Arvind Kejriwal. (file)Delhi news live updates (August 8): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that every citizen in the country should be provided with “free healthcare, education, electricity and unemployment allowance,” and that those who call these as “Revdi” are traitors of the country. He further highlighted that the BJP is creating an atmosphere where these free amenities are treated a “crime.”
Meanwhile, Bulldozers rolled in as demolition started at the home of the man who abused and pushed a woman at a housing society in Noida. The glass roof and wooden panels of accused Shrikant Tyagi’s balcony area have been demolished partially. This comes a day after his associates turned up at the society asking for the woman’s address. Tyagi continues to be on the run. 81,000 followers on Facebook and 52,400 on Instagram — social media profiles purportedly belonging to Tyagi, who abused and pushed a woman in a Noida residential society on Thursday, describe him as the National Executive Member, Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha.
In other news, with Delhi seeing an increase in street crime, especially phone snatching cases, the Delhi Police is planning to team up with internet service providers and the department of telecommunications to block stolen or robbed phones through the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. Senior police officers said they will note down the stolen/robbed phone’s IMEI number on a server and block the device immediately. This will act as a deterrent for criminals as they can no longer use the device, they said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday claimed an atmosphere is being created against free government welfare services by terming them freebies, rather than planning to strengthen them in the 75th year of independence. "We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the country's independence and we should be planning on strengthening such facilities but we are creating an atmosphere against them" he alleged.He said those who oppose such things, should be called "traitors". "These people waived off the loans of Rs 10 lakh crore of their friends. Such people should be billed as traitors and investigation carried out against them," he added.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that every citizen in the country should be provided with “free healthcare, education, electricity and unemployment allowance,” and that those who call these as “Revdi” are traitors of the country. He further highlighted that the BJP is creating an atmosphere where these free amenities are treated a “crime.”
An FIR has been registered against 10 persons, who allegedly support Shrikant Tyagi, for breaking into Grand Omaxe residential society in Noida and rioting, the police said, adding that six of the accused were caught and detained on Sunday night, while the others managed to escape.
Tyagi had last week abused and pushed a woman inside the housing society, a video of which went viral later, following which an FIR was registered against him for assault. He has not been arrested yet. On Sunday night, a group of 10 men arrived in the society and fought with police personnel, guards and residents, officers said.
The FIR has been registered on the complaint of the security supervisor of Grand Omaxe, they added. The police identified the men Nitin Tyagi, Lokendra Tyagi, Rahul Tyagi, Charchil Rana, Prince Tyagi and Ravi.
Noida police announces Rs 25,000 reward on arrest of absconding politician Shrikant Tyagi who is accused of assaulting woman, says an official. (PTI)
Unlike the two minor surges in cases seen in April and June, Covid-19 infections in the capital are continuing to increase with over 2,000 fresh cases being recorded now for five days in a row. As many as 2,423 cases were recorded in Sunday’s health bulletin with a positivity rate of 14.97%. To compare, the numbers had not crossed 1,800 during the two previous surges.
In fact, even when the numbers increased during the previous spikes, the positivity rate – the proportion of samples tested that return positive – shot past 10% only on one day. This is the highest positivity rate recorded in Delhi since January 22 this year when it stood at 16.36% as the Omicron-driven third wave was waning in the national capital.
The number of hospitalisations has also gone up, increasing from around 100 during the third week of July to 449 as per Sunday’s bulletin. The total number of hospitalisations have remained above 400 over the last three days. (Read More)
A 32-year-old food delivery executive died in a road accident Sunday night after he fell off his motorcycle and was mowed down by a heavy vehicle near the Tughlakabad Metro station in Delhi, said the police Monday.
They said that a Chinese manjha (kite string), which was found stuck to the tyre of his bike, might have led to his fall.
The deceased, identified as Narender, was riding on the Badarpur flyover when a stray kite string got stuck to his bike tyre, the police said. (Read More)
safer practices, the Delhi transport department is planning to modify various driving tests as it has been witnessing increasing failure in attempts to clear the tests on automated tracks, officials said.
According to officials, the department has issued an order regarding the changes. “Driving tests after the introduction of automated driving test tracks have become difficult and this is also leading to high failure in driving tests. Thus, the department has decided to bring some changes and modifications for public convenience. About 60-70% candidates who used to fail the DL earlier will now pass the test without comprising road safety,” said an official.
The official added that the department constituted a committee in this regard and its recommendations will soon be implemented in all test tracks, starting this week. (Read More)
The roof in the back area of Shrikant Tyagi’s home has come down
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Workers demolish Shrikant Tyagi's home from inside
Bulldozers have left Shrikant Tyagi's home for the moment. However, workers continued to Tyagi's house from inside. Since bulldozers cannot enter the inside Tygai’s home, workers are using hammers to break the glass roof and wood panels inside the back area in Tyagi’s home.
Two large glass roofs lay shattered at Tyagi’s home as bulldozer’s continue to demolish
Ishtiak Ahmed GM planning Noida Authority, is at the demolition site.
Panels of the balcony area of Shrikant Tyagi’s home being demolished by the bulldozer. Noida police and Noida authority present at the demolition site.
Noida Police Commissioner Alok Singh arrived at Grand Omaxe society in Noida’s Sector 93B, after a group of men forcibly entered the premises. Alok Singh is currently speaking with the residents of the society.
A day after reports emerged that a man seen abusing and pushing a woman during an argument in their residential society was from the BJP, a group of people entered the Grand Omaxe society in Noida’s Sector 93B and allegedly threatened the complainant.
According to Noida police: “A group of men entered the Grand Omaxe society in Noida's Sector 93. We have detained 5-6 men and are questioning them. Senior officials of the Noida police, along with a team from Noida Phase-2 police station, have reached the society. Allegations regarding stone-pelting or use of lathis are completely misleading. Detailed information will be provided soon.”
Meanwhile, the Youth Congress alleged that these men were followers of Shrikant Tyagi.
Wrestler Divya Kakran, who won a bronze medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, on Sunday tweeted that despite practicing and living in Delhi for the past 20 years, she had never been awarded any money by the state government, nor has she received any help till date.
She was reacting to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulating her for the latest win.
“I thank the honourable Chief Minister from the bottom of my heart for congratulating me. For the past 20 years, I have lived and practiced wrestling in Delhi but till now, I have not been awarded any money or received any help from the state government,” she tweeted. (Read more)
Delhi on Sunday reported 2,423 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 14.97 per cent, the highest since January 22, while two more people died due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department. On January 22, the positivity rate stood at 16.4 per cent. This is the fifth consecutive day when the daily case count has remained above 2,000. The positivity rate has remained above 10 per cent for seven straight days.
The fresh cases on Sunday came out of 16,186 COVID-19 tests conducted the previous day, the health department bulletin stated. Delhi on Saturday recorded 2,311 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 13.84 per cent and one fatality. On Friday, it logged 2,419 cases with a positivity rate of 12.95 per cent, while two people died due to the disease. On Thursday, the city saw 2,202 cases with a positivity rate of 11.84 per cent and four deaths.
On Wednesday, Delhi recorded 2,073 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 11.64 per cent and five fatalities. Wednesday's death toll was the highest since June 25, when six people succumbed to the disease. (PTI)
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has conducted the maiden test run of the RRTS train-set on its depot tracks at Duhai in Ghaziabad, the transport body said on Sunday. The NCRTC is establishing India's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) — a rail-based, high-speed regional commuter transit system — from Delhi to Meerut via Ghaziabad.
The first RRTS train-set had arrived at Duhai depot in June from its manufacturing unit in Savli in Gujarat. The test run was conducted at Duhai depot on Saturday evening.
"The NCRTC achieved an important milestone towards bringing in India's 1st Regional Rail on time, yesterday, RRTS trainset did a maiden test run on its depot tracks. The trainset was fed by recently charged NCRTC's 25 kV Traction system," the NCRTC said in a tweet on Sunday. (PTI)