Delhi News Live Updates: Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain examined for spine problem at Safdarjung Hospital
Jailed AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was on Monday examined by doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital here for a spine problem, an official said. Lodged at Delhi's Tihar Jail since his arrest in connection with a money laundering case last year, Jain was taken to the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital on Saturday but as he wanted a second opinion, he was taken to the Safdarjung Hospital, a senior jail official said.Read Less
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Result for the Assam secondary examination this year, which was hit by controversy after question papers of two subjects leaked, was declared on Monday and over 70 per cent candidates cleared it. The boys outshone the girls in the examination, which recorded an overall pass percentage of 72.69 per cent. The pass percentage for boys was 74.71, while that of girls was 70.96 per cent, the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) said. The overall pass percentage this year was an improvement over that of 2022, when 56.49 per cent candidates cleared the examination. (PTI)
In the wake of incidents compromising the safety of students in all-women colleges, the Delhi University has reconstituted a committee to strengthen the safety and security of female students and employees on the campus. The six-member committee will be headed by university proctor Rajni Abbi. Speaking to PTI, Abbi said the committee has been reconstituted after harassment incidents were reported during cultural festivals at colleges. "The university felt the need to have a specific committee to look into the issues of female safety. The committee that was formed after these incidents created generalised guidelines. But it was not specific to the safety of girl students," she said. (PTI)
Jailed AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was on Monday examined by doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital here for a spine problem, an official said. Lodged at Delhi's Tihar Jail since his arrest in connection with a money laundering case last year, Jain was taken to the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital on Saturday but as he wanted a second opinion, he was taken to the Safdarjung Hospital, a senior jail official said. "Jain visited the neurosurgery OPD in the morning and after being examined by the doctors there, he left. He was accompanied by police," said a spokesperson of the Safdarjung Hospital. Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on May 31, 2022, in connection with a money laundering case. (PTI)
Jailed AAP leader Satyendar Jain brought to Safdarjung Hospital after he complained of deterioration in health.
Four persons drown as boat capsizes in UP
At least four persons were drowned when a boat with 30 people, mostly women and children, capsized in river Ganga near Maldepur area of Ballia district on Monday morning.
DK Shivakumar meets SM Krishna
Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar meets BJP leader-former Union minister and his relative, SM Krishna in Bengaluru DK Shivakumar's daughter married SM Krishna's grandson in 2021.
Section 144 in Guwahati
Security tightened at Guwahati Airport as Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas is expected to appear before the Guwahati Police today in connection with the case filed by Dr Angkita Dutta. Meanwhile, Sec 144 CrPC imposed in the Police Commissionerate, Guwahati area.
TN: Nine Twitter handles booked for spreading ‘biryani jihad’ rumours
The Coimbatore city cybercrime police on Sunday registered a case against nine twitter handles for spreading rumoursabout some hotels run by Muslims waging a ‘biryani jihad’. Thamaraikannan, sub-inspector, lodged a complaint saying hechecked twitter messages randomly and found a message saying some hotels in Coimbatore were serving biryani mixed with contraceptive pills, that would affect hormones and make people impotent, to Hindus, and normal biryani to Muslims. A case was registered against the twitter handles under sections 465, 505 (1) (b), of the Indian Penal Code and sections 66, 66 D of the Information Technology Act and inspector P Arun took over the investigation.
Heavy rain for just about an hour late Sunday afternoon caused havoc in several parts of the city and claimed the life of a 23-year-old woman, who died after the MUV she was travelling in along with five other relatives submerged in the flooded KR Circle underpass here. The area received 35-40 mm of rainfall during the hour.Bhanu Rekha, a resident of Pragathinagar near Electronic City, was an employee of Infosys and originally from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Her relatives from Andhra had come to visit her in Bengaluru.
The capital’s IGI Airport may soon have two international terminals. IndiGo, India’s largest airline by domestic market share, has asked Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) to create facilities to handle international traffic at the upcoming expanded Terminal 1 — which has, so far, been all-domestic.
With heatwave conditions already developing in some parts of the city on Sunday, the met department has issued a yellow alert (“be aware”) for heatwave for Monday. Before this, the hottest day of the year was reported on May 12 when the mercury settled at 42. 5 degrees Celsius. On Sunday, apart from the station where temperatures touched 45 degrees C or more, Ridge reported 44. 5 degrees C, Pusa 44. 8, Ayanagar 44, Jafarpur 44. 6 and Palam 43. 8.
Cash, gold recovery from officer almirah: Govt official suspended in Jaipur
Rajasthan: Ved Prakash Yadav, joint director of the Department of Information and Technology (DoIT), has been suspended. This comes after he was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau and around Rs 2.31 crore cash and about 1kg of gold biscuits were recovered from his almirah.
