BJP on Thursday released its 'vachan Patra' or promise letter for the upcoming MCD polls. (Twitter/@BJP4Delhi)News in Delhi Live Updates, November 10: The BJP on Thursday released its ‘vachan Patra’ or promise letter for the upcoming MCD polls, vowing to ramp up the construction of homes and provide clean water to the people of Delhi. “We will give water from tap to every house. Will give houses to every slum dweller,” said party leader Manoj Tiwari.
The Supreme Court on Thursday is set to hear a plea seeking measures to curb worsening air pollution in Delhi-NCR. A bench comprising former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Bela M Trivedi posted the case for hearing on November 10 after an advocate mentioned the matter for urgent hearing. In the two weeks from October 24 to November 7, Delhi’s air quality deteriorated first to ‘very poor’ and then ‘severe’ categories.
Meanwhile, Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez arrived in Delhi on Thursday to appear before the Patiala House Court for her pending bail plea hearing in the extortion case linked to conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. She was earlier granted interim bail in the matter by the trial court.
The BJP on Thursday released its ‘vachan Patra’ or promise letter for the upcoming MCD polls, vowing to ramp up the construction of homes and providing clean water to the people of Delhi. “We will give water from tap to every house. Will give houses to every slum dweller,” said party leader Manoj Tiwari.
Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez arrived in Delhi today to appear before the Patiala House Court for her pending bail plea hearing in the extortion case linked to conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. She was earlier granted interim bail in the matter by the trial court.
The Delhi police busted a call centre operating out of an office in Dwarka and arrested 12 people for allegedly cheating more than 1,700 persons of around Rs 2-5 crore by impersonating a loan agency app. According to the police, the accused were disguising their office as a medical store to evade police.
The police sent a team to Delhi’s Uttar Nagar after receiving information about an illegal call centre being operated there. Initially, one of the accused, a man named Faisal, misled the police by claiming that the employees were marketing medicines. He pointed out a few medicine boxes as proof.
Later, however, the police found that the accused were working as customer care support and were offering loans to people. Harsha Vardhan, DCP (Dwarka) said, “It was revealed that the accused were taking bank account details of the people and also asked for money as a fee for loans. They were not providing loans but were cheating their customers. Another main accused, Paras, who leased the place and was running it as an illegal call centre, is absconding.” Read more.
In Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) school of management, PhD candidates have been on a protest for a week against high fees and the lack of facilities.
The tuition fee for PhD students at JNU’s Atal Bihari School of Management and Entrepreneurship (ABVSME) is Rs 50,000 per semester. Alleging a lack of adequate facilities, several students of the programme have been trying to push the administration to lower the fees.
While they have written to administrators multiple times over the last few months, they began an indefinite dharna on November 3. In letters to the vice-chancellor and the dean of the school, students have compared their fees against the tuition fees for PhD candidates in the other departments, which is Rs 240 annually. Read more.
Three unidentified men opened fire at a cash collection agent in a lane near Galleria Market in DLF phase 4 area in an alleged robbery attempt on Wednesday afternoon, said police.
Police said the agent was unhurt, adding that they had recovered two cartridges. According to police, the incident took place around 3 pm when the victim, Mahendra Singh Negi, who works with a private company in Gurgaon, was on his way to Supermart after collecting cash from several shops on his motorcycle. In the FIR, Negi said that he left from his office at 9.30 am and had collected cash from several locations.
“Around 3 pm, I was going in a lane behind Galleria market when a motorcycle, on which three men were seated, waylaid me and the accused tried to snatch my bag. When I did not stop, the accused seated pillion on the motorcycle fired twice at me. I fell but I did not let go of the bag, which had Rs 4.29 lakh cash. As people gathered, the accused escaped from the spot. I suffered an injury on my leg,” he said. Read more.
Bureaucrats skipping meetings, not taking calls, “disobeying orders of ministers” and treating the elected government with “indifference” — an affidavit filed Wednesday by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the Supreme Court has listed several issues the AAP government is facing in its dealings with the bureaucracy.
The problem, Sisodia’s affidavit states, has “become even more acute with the appointment of Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena earlier this year”. “Any co-operation between the civil servants and the elected government is sought to be penalised and recalcitrance towards the elected government is being encouraged,” it states. Read more.
The BJP on Wednesday formed a 20-member election committee for the upcoming MCD polls and it will be headed by party's Delhi unit president Adesh Gupta.
The committee, including all the seven BJP MPs from Delhi and other senior leaders, was formed after approval of party's national president JP Nadda, a senior leader said.
The committee will meet for the first time on Thursday to discuss the party candidates for the polls to 250 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to be held on December 4. Delhi BJP in-charge Baijayant Jay Panda and co-incharge Alka Gurjar will be special invitees to the committee. (PTI)
The Supreme Court on Thursday is set to hear a plea seeking measures to curb worsening air pollution in Delhi-NCR. A bench comprising former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Bela M Trivedi posted the case for hearing on November 10 after an advocate mentioned the matter for urgent hearing. In the two weeks from October 24 to November 7, Delhi’s air quality deteriorated first to ‘very poor’ and then ‘severe’ categories.
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Owing to changes in the design and structure of some buildings, and labour shortage during Diwali and a temporary construction ban, seven upcoming Delhi government hospitals are running behind schedule, according to employees and workers deployed at under-construction sites.
At the upcoming 1,912 bedded block at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (GTB), onsite contractors and workers said it will cross the deadline of December 31 as construction was stalled delayed due to changes in design, the festival season, and the graded action plan being implemented due to rising pollution. Read more
The Enforcement Directorate, while wrapping up arguments in the bail hearing related to the alleged money laundering case against AAP minister Satyendar Jain, has told a Delhi court that he abused his power in jail as he was provided with fresh cut fruits and massage. The agency also said the jail is not a place of enjoyment.
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, who appeared on behalf of the ED, asked Special Judge Vikas Dhull to look into Jain’s conduct as he was “abusing his power” in Tihar jail. The court will hear Jain’s lawyers rebut the ED arguments on Thursday. Read more
Gurgaon District Magistrate-cum-Chairperson district Disaster Management Authority has passed an order under section 144 of CrPC and Section 34 of Diastser Management Act, 2005, directing M/S Chintels India Private Ltd to close D-Tower of its society in sector 109 permanently and start the process for demolition of Tower-D immediately.
Work on the 1.42-km-long extension of the Ashram flyover to the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) Flyway is in progress and has missed two deadlines — in March and November. Once completed, the six-lane-flyover will ease the commute between Delhi and Noida, and decongest the Ashram intersection which faces major traffic jams.
Started in June 2020, the project was delayed due to multiple reason, from the Covid-19 pandemic to the construction ban in the national capital. The flyover involves a three-lane ramp from South Delhi to Sarai Kale Khan, and a three-lane ramp from ITO and Sarai Kale Khan to South Delhi. Once ready, it will allow commuters a signal-free route from Ashram Chowk to DND. Read More
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will announce AAP's 10 'guarantees' for MCD polls tomorrow, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said. He also said the process to choose AAP candidate for the polls is carried out in a professional manner.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay MCD polls which is slated to be held on December 4. The court stated elections can't be stayed once it is notified. The result of the polls is scheduled to be announced on December 7.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal congratulated Justice DY Chandrachud on being administered oath as the Chief Justice of India on Wednesday.
As Sikhs across the globe celebrated Gurpurab Tuesday marking the birthday of their founder guru Guru Nanak Dev, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib located in Delhi’s busy Connaught Place continues to be one of the most famous Sikh sacred spots in India.
Built in the 17th century, the marble shrine with its golden dome, topped with the iconic flagpole known as Nishan Sahib, was first owned by a Hindu Rajput ruler Raja Jai Singh. It was then known as Jaisinghpura Palace.
In 1664, the palace had a young but esteemed visitor – the eighth Sikh Guru, Har Krishan – at a time when there were smallpox and cholera outbreaks in Delhi, “He was only a boy then and was also known as Bal Guru (child guru),” said conservation architect Gurmeet Rai, “Bal Guru had a huge following given the piety of the first five gurus and the Mughal resistance by the Sixth Guru,” Rai said.
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"People are not happy, BJP is answerable for the mess it has created in the last 15 years risking the health of people. MCD is meant for keeping the city clean free of garbage. But instead BJP which was ruling for the last 15 years has turned the city into garbage dumpyards. There is a kooda ghar in every nook and corner of the city with foul smell...we will clear all these mountains and resolve the issues after coming to power," Sisodia said.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday visited the Ghazipur landfill site and said the BJP, which has been in power for the last 15 years in the MCD, has done nothing except 'Gundagardi' and lying to the public. He alleged the BJP is suppressing the size of the garbage and throwing waste all over the vacant spaces at Ghazipur Landfill site to show that they size of the mountain has reduced. In strong pitch ahead of the MCD polls, Sisodia also said that if AAP comes to power all three garbage mountains will be cleared.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has arrived at the Ghaipur landfill site to take a stock of the situation. On Tuesday, AAP's MCD incharge Durgesh Pathak had alleged that BJP is suppressing the garbage mountains from the above to show the reduced size due to which the wastes are falling on roads.
As many as 1,008 candidates who had not registered for Delhi University admissions earlier have now signed up for the mid-entry provision ahead of the third round of seat allocations.
After the second round of allocations, the DU opened a window for fresh applicants who either failed to apply on the admission portal or failed to complete phase 2, which required them to select their programmes of choice and list their preferences.
Among the candidates who had been alloted seats in the second phase, 30,662 have chosen to ‘freeze’ their admissions, meaning that they are satisfied with their allotment and do not want to be considered for an upgrade in the next round, while 23,139 have opted for upgrade.
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