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Swaraj India demands Sisodia’s resignation
New Delhi: The Delhi unit of the Swaraj India on Thursday demanded resignation of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged excise scam, days after the CBI booked Sisodia and several others on the same.…
Delhi BJP and AAP spar over providing free flats to Rohingyas
New Delhi: BJP leader and MLA Vijender Gupta on Thursday accused AAP government in Delhi of helping Rohingyas in all possible manner for using them as its 'vote bank'.
Gupta demanded convening of a special session of State Assembly to…
Delhi liquor policy controversy echoes in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Tuesday talked about alleged corruption by ministers in Delhi and Punjab, and also raised the issue of Delhi's excise policy, triggering protest from Opposition MPs in Lok Sabha.
Bidhuri, making…
Sanjay Arora is new Delhi Police Commissioner
New Delhi: Sanjay Arora, a Tamil Nadu cadre Indian Police Service Officer of 1988, has been appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Delhi on August 1, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in an order on Sunday.
Arora will succeed the current…
Lok Nayak Hospital to double up as dedicated facility to treat Monkeypox cases
New Delhi: Delhi Government has made Lok Nayak Hospital the dedicated facility to manage Monkeypox patients in the national capital, according to an official notification issued on Monday.
A notification issued by the Directorate General…
World PR Day musings: ‘Intolerance runs high in current public discourse’
New Delhi: The book launch event of the latest offering by senior journalist Rashid Kidwai held on Saturday saw a freewheeling discussion on the current state of public communication in the spheres of news media, social media and politics…
New underpass to save Delhi-Gurugram journey time and fuel
New Delhi: Commuting between Delhi and Gurugram is set to get easier with the inauguration of a new underpass in the national capital.
The Delhi Government on Saturday opened Benito Juarez Marg Underpass to the public. Deputy Chief…
Delhi shocker: Goods vehicles barred from entering Delhi from Oct 1 till March 2023
New Delhi: Delhi Government on Thursday announced to ban the entry of medium and heavy goods vehicles in the national capital from October onwards till February next year.
The move is said to be taken as a measure to reduce the acute…
Delhi Police refutes allegations of Congress about forcibly entering AICC HQ
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Wednesday refuted the allegations made by Congress party that police entered inside grand old party’s headquarters at 24, Akbar Road and forcibly pulled out leaders from there.
A senior police official said that…
Delhi Health minister Jain rushed to hospital after court hearing
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain was rushed to a hospital on Thursday while leaving the Rouse Avenue Court where his hearing against custody by the Enforcement Directorate took place.
Jain complained of uneasiness while…
AAP holds ‘Jan Aakrosh Rally’ to protest targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in valley
New Delhi: A massive protest rally to condemn the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir Valley was organized by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Sunday. Labelled as Jan Aakrosh rally, the protest witnessed…
Social Media Cell set up at Delhi Police HQ
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday set up a Social Media Cell in-house state-of-the-art studio to counter fake news, holding Podcast, Twitter Live sessions, panel discussions and press briefings.
Inaugurating the Media Cell, Delhi…
Strong hailstorm, rain hit national capital, 2 dead
New Delhi: At least two persons lost their lives in separate incidents after the national capital received a heavy downpour, accompanied by a hailstorm, which lashed a few parts of the national capital on Monday evening.
The deaths were…
Delhi L-G asks MCD to prepare action plan to sort legacy waste sites
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena on Sunday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to draw out an action plan for the complete razing of all three garbage mountains situated at Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla area of…
At 49 degrees Celsius, Delhi city turns into hot cauldron
NEW DELHI: Recurring heat waves in the city is taking a toll on people as well as the environment. The two city weather stations on Sunday recorded a high of 49 degrees C first-ever such reading in Delhi, said experts.
The heat waves are…
Kejriwal to devise counter-strategy against MCD demolition drive
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Arvind Kejriwal, will hold a crucial meeting with party MLAs on the anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled municipal corporations in the city. As per the…
Mundaka Fire: Authorities identify seven of 27 dead bodies, 29 missing
New Delhi: The authorities have identified 7 out of the 27 people
who were killed in a massive fire in Mundaka area of West Delhi on Friday, officials told media. The bodies retrieved by Delhi Police and Fire Department from…
Several reported missing after blaze in building in Mundka
NEW DELHI: Several people were reported missing after a massive fire broke out in a four-storey building near Mundka metro station in Delhi on Friday evening. Panic gripped the kin of those who went missing after the fire mishap as they…
Demolition spree unabated in Delhi; war of words break out between AAP, BJP
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporations (North and South) continued with the anti-encroachment drives in various parts of the city on Friday, with Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium at Mangolpuri being one of them, which they said was “illegally”…
Pvt schools can’t enforce specific vendor, shop upon parents for books, uniform
New Delhi, May 5: In a move to tighten the noose around private schools in the national capital, the Delhi Government on Thursday ordered that the school will not force the parents to buy uniforms and educational materials ffrom certain…
