Delhi University admission.Delhi News Today Live, Diwali 2022: The deadline for students to “accept” their allotted seats in Delhi University has been extended to 11.59 am on Saturday, October 22. he earlier deadline for “accepting” the seats was 4.59 pm today. Once candidates accept their allocations, colleges, colleges will have till 2.00 pm on Sunday, October 23 to verify and approve the applications.
Ahead of Diwali, the Delhi Police has intensified patrolling, enhanced its presence and are carrying out anti-sabotage checks in heavy footfall areas of the capital, including markets and malls, officials said on Thursday. Flag marches and foot patrolling were conducted in the crowded market of Sarojini Nagar which usually witnesses heavy footfall during the festive season, they said.
Delhi State Election Commission (SEC) said that the people whose names are mentioned in the electoral rolls revised till January 1 this year will be treated as voters in the forthcoming municipal elections. The SEC has issued a gazette notification in this regard on Wednesday. In the notification the Commission said the electoral rolls revised by the Chief Electoral Officers with the last date as January 1, 2022 shall be treated as the voter lists for MCD elections.
In other news, two days after Ghaziabad police lodged an FIR based on a woman’s complaint that she was gangraped and assaulted by a group of men before being dumped on the side of the road, police said at a press conference on Thursday that she fabricated the allegations. Police also pointed to a property dispute as a potential cause. The Delhi Commission for Women had on Wednesday issued a notice to the Ghaziabad police regarding the case, with its chief Swati Maliwal alleging that the woman had been violated with an iron rod.
The Chinese woman, who was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on Thursday for her alleged involvement in anti-national activities, has claimed before investigators that she travelled to India to practice Buddhism.
On Thursday, Delhi Police had said that the woman, identified as Cai Ruo from Haikou city in China’s Hainan Province, had been residing in India under a Nepalese identity. Read more
The deadline for students to “accept” their allotted seats in Delhi University has been extended to 11.59 am on Saturday, October 22. he earlier deadline for “accepting” the seats was 4.59 pm today. Once candidates accept their allocations, colleges, colleges will have till 2.00 pm on Sunday, October 23 to verify and approve the applications.
Traffic congestion has been reported on national highway on Gurgaon-Delhi border at Sarhaul. A Gurgaon traffic police officer, said, "Due to festive season and weekend, vehicle congestion has been reporter at Gurgaon-Delhi border with a tailback till Iffco Chowk. The volume of traffic is higher on Delhi side, causing tailbacks. Traffic police officials are on the spot to facilitate movement."
A fire broke out at God Grace banquet hall in Rohini Sector-3, Delhi on Friday afternoon. A total of 13 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. No casualties have been reported so far, officials said.
A massive fire broke out at God Grace banquet hall in Delhi's Rohini. A total of 13 fire tenders have been rushed to the site in Rohini Sector 3. Fire is under control now.
Observing that special courts can award compensation of more than Rs 10.5 lakh to victims of child sexual abuse, the Delhi High Court Thursday directed a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to be paid to a minor girl for the mental trauma and bodily injury endured by her as a result of sexual assault.
The court was deciding on an appeal of the mother of a minor girl challenging a trial court order that had sentenced the accused to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment, but awarded a compensation of only Rs 50,000 to the girl, who was seven at the time of the crime.
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Three more people, who were hospitalised with severe burns in a firecrackers explosion at a home in Gurugram last week, have died, pushing the toll to six in the incident, police said on Friday.
Five days ago, three people had succumbed to injuries in the explosion in the house in Nakhrola village. With this, all six injured in the October 12 explosion have died, police said.
According to the police, Tanuj (14) and Vishnu Kant (40) succumbed on Friday morning at a hospital in Delhi while Satish (40) died on Wednesday night.
Earlier, the house owner, Bhagwan Das alias Kala (40), his son Manish (20) and daughter Chhavi (10) died on October 16. Satish was a relative of Kala while Tanuj was his son. Vishnu Kant was the driver with Satish, said police.
Six people, including four members of a family and their one relative and his driver, were seriously injured after a huge explosion at the house on October 12 afternoon. (PTI)
The Delhi High Court recently restrained 23 “rogue websites” from illegally hosting or streaming Akshay Kumar-starrer Ram Setu which is scheduled for release on October 25.
A single judge bench of Justice Jyoti Singh passed an interim order Tuesday after the producer ‘Cape of Good Films LLP’ moved the high court claiming that they had invested a huge sum in producing the film and have been actively promoting the same with a great deal of work put into its marketing, distribution and advertising.
The producer argued that they are the owner of the film and have exclusive rights “qua the film” under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1957. Therefore any “hosting, streaming, distribution, and/or communicating the film to the public or facilitating the same”, without authorisation from the producer on any platform, including internet and mobile would infringe the producer’s copyright. Read More
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The Delhi High Court Thursday granted transit anticipatory bail till October 28 to senior IAS officer and chairman and managing director of the Delhi Financial Corporation Jitendra Narain for his alleged involvement in a rape case while he was the chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Narain’s bail application was listed before a single judge bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna. The HC held: “It would not be appropriate to consider the allegations and counter allegations at this stage as it may prejudice the case of either party. Rather it would be in the fitness of things the court concerned who is seized of the matter should look into merit/demerit of the case.” Read More
Delhiites woke up to a sunny morning on Friday with the city's air quality recorded in the "poor" category.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 224 at 9.20 am, the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research ( SAFAR) data showed.
The index value was 228 (poor category) on Thursday, according to the 24-hour average AQI bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). (PTI)
A 25-year-old labourer was killed while his friend suffered injuries after their motorcycle was allegedly hit by an unidentified vehicle on Sukhrali flyover in Gurgaon on Wednesday, police said. The accused driver is yet to be arrested.
Police said the deceased has been identified as Shivam Bhagat, who worked as a labourer. His friend, Kuldeep Patil (27), a resident of sector 15, is undergoing treatment and his condition is reportedly critical, said police. Read More
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