AAP Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan (File Photo)Delhi News Updates: Delhi anti-Corruption branch on Friday arrested AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan for his involvement in Case FIR No. 5/2020 of ACB Delhi on the basis of incriminating material and evidences against him and from the recovery during the searches conducted today, Chief Madhur Verma said. After questioning Khan, the officials of Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi police conducted raids at multiple places, including Amanatullah’s house on Friday. In one of the places, they have found one unlicensed Beretta pistol and cash Rs 12 lakh, ACB officials said.
Six people were rescued and two trapped after a house collapsed in Northeast Delhi’s Johripur Extension on Friday. Video footage of the incident showed that the house had collapsed inwards. Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg said that they received a call around 12 pm regarding the incident. Four fire tenders were rushed to the site, Garg said. “So far six persons have been rescued and it is suspected that two more are there,” he added. Rescue operations are underway.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday alleged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) were “unnecessarily troubling everyone”, and that he still did not know what the liquor scam was all about. Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said the Lieutenant Governor, CBI and BJP have quoted varying amounts of money involved in the alleged liquor scam, but he didn’t understand what it was really about. “One of their (BJP) leaders says it is a scam of Rs 8,000 crore, the LG says it is a scam of Rs 144 crore and the CBI FIR says there is a scam of Rs 1 crore. I don’t understand what the liquor scam is,” Kejriwal said.
A file photo of a torched bus in the Northeast Delhi riots (Express)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has installed 85 electric vehicle charging stations at 82 locations and 92 more such facilities are to be set up by December, officials said on Friday. The Government of India is promoting EVs adoption in India and has recently announced its target to reach 25 per cent EV adoption by 2030, the MCD said in a statement.
Several state governments are also working towards accelerating EV adoption in their respective states, it added. "The MCD has installed 85 EV charging stations at 82 locations and all 85 EV charging stations have become operational for the public usage," the MCD said. (PTI)
Delhi on Friday reported 123 new Coronavirus cases, zero deaths with a positivity rate of 1.16 per cent. The national capital also saw 117 recoveries.
The Delhi High Court has issued notice in a writ petition filed by activist Shehla Rashid, seeking an apology from Zee News and its former anchor Sudhir Chaudhary which aired the interview of her biological father, who made several allegations against her and her family.
The petitioner has challenged an order passed by News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) on March 31 and sought a modification since the authority did not direct the broadcaster to run an apology on their platform. The authority, in the order, had examined whether the “programme lacked objectivity, impartiality, neutrality and whether it violated the complainant’s privacy”. (Read more)
Delhi anti-Corruption Branch on Friday arrested AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan for his involvement in Case FIR No. 5/2020 of ACB Delhi on the basis of incriminating material and evidences against him and from the recovery during the searches conducted today, Chief Madhur Verma said. (ENS)
Registrations for undergraduate admissions to Delhi University will remain open till October 10, the University announced on Friday.
The University had launched Phase I of its registration process on Monday, in which candidates are required to fill their personal details, academic details and submit their documents. The University has now announced that Phase II of its three phase admission process will only open from Monday, September 26.
In Phase II, candidates will have to select the programmes in which they would like to be considered and then list their desired college-programme combinations in order of preference. Both Phase I and Phase II will remain open till October 10. The university will also notify the date of declaration of the first list of admissions by October 10. (Read more)
On Friday, Delhi recorded its first ‘good’ air quality day this year, with an AQI of 47.
With intermittent rainfall over the day and strong winds, the AQI improved from 57, in the ‘satisfactory’ category on Thursday. The AQI has been in the ‘satisfactory’ category from September 11 onwards. AQI up to 50 is considered ‘good’, while AQI from 51 to 100 falls under ‘satisfactory’. ‘Good’ AQI has minimal impact on health, while ‘satisfactory’ AQI may cause “minor breathing discomfort to sensitive people”, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
Delhi recorded a single ‘good’ air quality day last year when delayed withdrawal of the monsoon and western disturbances brought rainfall to the city in October. In 2020, there were five days with AQI in the ‘good’ range, and the city saw two such days in 2019. (Read more)
Like in Delhi University, all undergraduate programmes in Ambedkar University Delhi starting from the upcoming academic sessions will run as four year courses.
Vice Chancellor Anu Singh Lather said that the university’s statutory bodies have approved this in line with the National Education Policy.
“Adapting to the new curriculum and framework under the NEP wasn’t unnatural or much of a task because we already have a robust system of internal assessment, multidisciplinary courses and the university is quite forward-looking, with some of the most contemporary and relevant courses to offer. In addition, the skill-based courses, happiness curriculum and outreach activities have been added to the UG programmes,” she said. (Read more)
An under-construction CBSE Headquarters has collapsed in Dwarka's Sector 23 on Friday. According to the Police scaffolding of the building had collapsed.
The collapse injured five people, who were admitted in the nearby Indira Gandhi Hospital with minor injuries. The Police also said that an enquiry was underway and that legal action would be taken after speaking to the injured persons. (ENS)
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A gym owner has been arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 1 crore from his Delhi-based relative in the name of jailed gangster Neeraj Bawana, police said on Friday. The gym owner's associate has also been arrested, they said.
The accused have been identified as Pankaj (25) and Sashi alias Rahul (25), both residents of Rohtak district in Haryana, they said. Pankaj owns a gym and was under debt burden since the Covid lockdown following which he decided to extort money from his relative, police said, adding that a case was registered in this connection on August 24.
The complainant alleged that he was receiving threat-cum-extortion calls from various international numbers and the caller had been demanding Rs 1 crore in the name of jailed gangster Neeraj Bawana, police said. (PTI)
After questioning AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, the officials of Anti-Corruption Branch of Delhi police has conducted raids at multiple places, including Amanatullah's house. In one of the places, they have found one unlicensed Beretta pistol and cash Rs 12 lakh: ACB officials said. The ACB official are filing their complaint at Jamia Nagar police station against the relatives, family members and friends of Khan, offical said. (ENS)
The Delhi High Court on Friday listed for hearing on January 31 pleas concerning the legal status of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) under the Constitution and the Right to Information Act.
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad also granted four weeks’ time to the Centre to file its reply in the matter in terms of an earlier order passed by the court.
In July, the court had asked the Centre to file a “detailed and exhaustive” reply on the petition by Samyak Gangwal seeking to declare the PM CARES Fund a ‘State’ under Article 12 of the Constitution to ensure transparency in its functioning. (Read more)
The Delhi Govt today felicitated 28 students of Delhi Govt schools who secured top 1000 ranks in NEET and JEE Advanced. The students were awarded by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Kejriwal said 1,141 students cleared JEE and NEET from Delhi state govt schools. (ENS)
A Ghaziabad-based journalist who writes for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) weekly Panchjanya has alleged that he received death threats, the police said. Nishant Aajad claimed that he received messages Monday saying that he had spoken against a particular religion and threatening him that he would be beheaded, the police added.
In a Tuesday complaint to the Indirapuram police station, Aajad said that he had received death threats and threats against his family if he did not stop reporting. The threats appeared to be from a US-based number, he said. (Read more)
The Delhi Traffic Police in its annual data report, released on Friday said that in 2021, 4,720 road crashes killed 1,239 people in Delhi and injured 4,273 persons. Here are the highlights:
● There was an increase of 3.6 percent in fatal crashes in Delhi as compared to 2020. There was an increase of 13 percent in total crashes. However, the death rate per 1,00,000 population remains the same.
● Pedestrians were the most vulnerable victims. In 2021, 40.7 percent of the total persons killed in road crashes were pedestrians. Scooter/motorcycle riders were the second most vulnerable victims
constituting 38.1 percent of the total persons killed.
● In 2021, car/taxis caused 176 fatal crashes accounting for 15 percent of total fatal crashes which was the maximum number for a vehicle type. HTVs came next with 145 fatal crashes (12%). (Read more)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that if Aam Aadmi Party gets control of the MCD, it will “beautify” the national capital and accused the current MCD of trying to turn the city into a city of "garbage mountains." During a press conference, he alleged that the civic body has plans to create 16 new landfill sites. At present, three landfill sites -- Ghazipur, Okhla, and Bhalswa -- are located on Delhi borders.
"People living in the vicinity of these landfill sites are affected by the foul smell emanating from these garbage mounds and a host of other issues. Their life is literally like hell. We have heard that there are plans to make 16 new garbage mountains in the national capital," the CM said. On the other hand, he said, the AAP government is developing Delhi into a city of parks and lakes.
"Today, Delhi is known for its education and health facilities and these people want to turn it into a city of garbage mountains. The government is working to make Delhi a City of Tirangas, lakes and parks and these people want to turn it into a city of garbage mountains," Kejriwal said. (PTI)
Six people were rescued and two were trapped after a house collapsed in Northeast Delhi’s Johripur Extension on Friday. Video footage of the incident showed that the house had collapsed inwards.
Six people were rescued and two were trapped after a house collapsed in Northeast Delhi’s Johripur Extension on Friday. Video footage of the incident showed that the house had collapsed inwards.
Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg said that they received a call around 12 pm regarding the incident. Four fire tenders were rushed to the site, Garg said. “So far six persons have been rescued and it is suspected that two more are there,” he added. Rescue operations are underway.
Due to the quality education provided in Delhi government schools, 1,141 students have cleared JEE and NEET exams, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday. Kejriwal was speaking at an event organised to felicitate toppers of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) at Thyagaraj Stadium here.
Felicitating the students, Kejriwal said 18 crore children study in government schools across the country and most of them are in a poor state. "These government schools can be improved the way we did it in Delhi. We provided quality education to students and because of that 1,141 students of our government schools cleared JEE and NEET exams," he said.
Earlier, a perception was created that governments cannot run schools and such schools should be handed over to private players or handled through CSR initiatives, Kejriwal said. (PTI)
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that 1,141 students of Delhi government schools have cleared JEE, NEET exams, PTI reported.
A car driver in Delhi’s Southwest district injured a police officer who was issuing a challan in a road rage incident Tuesday afternoon, according to a complaint registered Wednesday.
The complainant, head constable Vijay Pal of the traffic unit, said that he was issuing challans for traffic violations near the Nauroji Nagar bus stop along with assistant sub-inspector Balwant Singh. He alleged that around 4.15 pm, he saw a vehicle being driven fast and negligently from the AIIMS direction and stopped it. Read more