Delhi Live updates: Firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali in Delhi (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)Delhi News Live updates October 25, 2022: Particulate matter (PM) concentrations soared on Diwali night in Delhi with fireworks being set off in contravention of the ban that is in place. At some monitoring stations on Diwali night, the PM 2.5 level reached a figure that was as much as 15 times and PM 10 around 10 times the 24-hour standard, according to data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
Ahead of Diwali, Delhi Police arrested 29 people including seven women for their alleged involvement in gambling after raiding the banquet hall of a hotel in Punjabi Bagh in the capital early on Sunday. Police said that over Rs 58 lakh and 10 sets of playing cards had been recovered. According to police, they received information from a source on Saturday about “large-scale gambling” going on for the past five-six days at Hotel City West End on Club Road in Punjabi Bagh.
A fire broke out Monday evening in a garment factory in east Delhi. Ten fire tenders were rushed to the spot. According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), no casualties have been reported, and the fire was under control. DFS chief Atul Garg said, “A call was received at 6.50 pm regarding a fire at Factory No. 58 in Gandhi Nagar’s Raghubar Pura-2… four people were rescued.”
Following multiple search operations carried out during the festival season, the Delhi Excise Intelligence Bureau (EIB) arrested four people and registered three FIRs in different parts of the city for illegally storing, preparing and selling adulterated liquor, officials said.
The raids took place a few days ahead of Diwali, according to officials, and the arrested accused have been identified as Vikram from Mundka, Jaipal Singh from Hargovind Enclave, Mohit Kumar of Maidan Garhi, and Renuka Malhotra from Rani Bagh. Read more now
20 fire calls received on the day of Diwali in Gurgaon. Fire calls were reported from Wazirabad, Huda market sector 56, Krishna Kunj, Sector 10, Basai industrial area, Mohammadpur village, Feroz Gandhi colony, New Palam Vihar, near Mor chowk, Mianwali colony, near Bhim Nagar bus stand, Rajiv Nagar, Udyog Vihar phase 4, sector 102, Sohna road and Kasan village in Manesar.
According to the data from fire department on fire calls on Diwali day, 152 fire calls were reported on Diwali last year, the fewest in over a decade in Delhi. In the past decade, maximum number of fire calls was recorded in 2015 when 290 fire calls were reported on Diwali, followed by 271 in 2018 and 245 in 2019. According to the data, on average 220 fire calls were reported on Diwali in Delhi in the last one decade.
A fire broke out in an apartment on the 17th floor of a high-rise building in a Greater Noida society on Monday evening and it was doused without any casualties or injuries being reported, Uttar Pradesh Fire Service officials said.
Fire brigade officials said that the cause of the fire, which broke out in a building in Vedantam Society in the Gaur City-2 area, was yet to be determined. Read more...
Of the 72,800 students who accepted the college and course allotted to them by Delhi University, over 54,000 have sealed their admission by paying fees, an official said. The last date for payment of fees for admission to DU’s undergraduate programmes after the first round of seat allocation is October 25.
Over 72,800 candidates, out of 80,164, have accepted the college and course allotted to them in the university’s first round of seat allocations. Click here to know more
The Delhi High Court recently held that freedom of choice in marriage in accordance with law is an intrinsic part of Article 21 of the Constitution and “questions of faith” have no bearing on a person’s freedom to choose a life partner which is the essence of personal liberty.
The high court made this observation in its order of October 13 in a case where a couple got married against the wishes of the woman’s family and the man was allegedly assaulted by the family of his wife subsequently. Know more...
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The Biden administration has appointed senior foreign service officer Elizabeth Jones the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the US Embassy in New Delhi, an official announcement said.
Jones, who was the coordinator for Afghan relocation efforts recently, will depart to New Delhi soon, the State Department said in an announcement on Monday. Read more here
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Ahead of Diwali, Delhi Police arrested 29 people including seven women for their alleged involvement in gambling after raiding the banquet hall of a hotel in Punjabi Bagh in the capital early on Sunday.
Police said that over Rs 58 lakh and 10 sets of playing cards had been recovered. Read more here
A fire broke out Monday evening in a garment factory in east Delhi. Ten fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), no casualties have been reported, and the fire was under control. Know more...