It is painful to note that in a large number of cases of riots, the standard of investigation is very poor, the Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) said, adding that in a majority of cases investigating officers (IOs) have not been appearing in court. (File photo)Delhi News Highlights: A Delhi court has said that the standard of investigation in a large number of 2020 northeast riots cases is “very poor” and sought the intervention of the Delhi Police Commissioner. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav made the observations while framing charges against one Ashraf Ali for allegedly attacking police officials with acid, glass bottles and bricks during the communal violence on February 25, 2020.
It is painful to note that in a large number of cases of riots, the standard of investigation is very poor, the Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) said, adding that in a majority of cases investigating officers (IOs) have not been appearing in court. Furthermore, ASJ Yadav said the police hardly bother about taking the investigation to a logical end after filing half-baked charge sheets, due to which the accused, who have been named in multiple cases, continue to languish in jails.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, Delhi recorded 31 fresh Covid-19 cases and zero fatalities.
Earlier on Saturday, the Delhi government had announced a Rs 139 crore project to digitise healthcare management and hospital-patient interactions in the city through a cloud-based integrated management system and digital health cards. Officials said the Delhi cabinet has approved the budget and sanctioned funds to set up the ‘health information management system’, and the contract has been awarded to M/s NEC Corporation India Private Limited.
With these children having been away from school since March 2020 without a single day of offline school activities, parents of those in government and municipal corporation schools are eager for classes to resume soon. (File photo)
The building that looked like Jaipur’s iconic Hawa Mahal in Chandni Chowk has been dismantled by the trader who made it, after he was told by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to take it down earlier this month.
The building, on the 1.3-km pedestrian stretch between Red Fort and Fatehpuri Masjid, was renovated by Rajasthan-based trader and architect Ankit Keyal. He said he removed it after the North MCD served him a notice. Read more
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, ace shuttler P V Sindhu and other sportspersons who brought laurels for India at the recently-held Tokyo Olympics have been honoured with murals in the national capital, officials said on Sunday.
The artwork depicting these Olympians have been done on the pillars of a metro station in northwest Delhi. The idea was conceived by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
"Big murals of Olympic medallists have been done on pillars of the Pitampura Metro Station in Rohini zone to laud the achievements of these sportspersons. Javelin hero Neeraj Chopra, badminton star P V Sindhu, and others find a place in the artwork," a senior official of the civic body said. (PTI)
No death due to Covid-19 was recorded in Delhi for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, while 31 new cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.04 per cent, according to a health bulletin issued here.
32 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said. On March 2, the national capital had reported zero death due to the virus. The number of single-day cases was 217 on that day and the positivity rate was 0.33 per cent. (PTI)
Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday inaugurated a 10 MW battery energy storage system here which he claimed to be the largest in South Asia that will be used for electricity load management across the capital.
The system will prevent power cuts and fluctuations, and can be charged through renewable sources of energy as well, the Delhi government said.
"Visited 10MW Battery Energy Storage System at Rohini today (Sunday). This system is made by Tata Power and is South Asia's largest Energy Storage System. "This will be used in grid stabilization and load management across Delhi and will also make use of renewable energy sources," Jain said in a tweet. (PTI)
The Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested four men, including a movie producer, for allegedly posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials and extorting money from hundreds of people.
The producer, Santosh Rai, is allegedly involved in more than 35 cases of cheating and extortion across India. He also produced a Bollywood movie with the cheated money, said police. In 2008, he was convicted by the Saket court for cheating but later got out on bail. Read more
Less than 10 hours after a three-day-old infant was kidnapped from a government hospital, Ghaziabad Police rescued the baby and arrested two people in connection with the case.
According to police, a complaint was filed after the infant went missing from a Community Health Centre (CHC) in Murad Nagar. The child’s mother, Meenu, had alleged that she woke up at around 4 am on Saturday to find her baby boy missing from the room. Read more
More than half the days in the last month have seen no Covid deaths in Delhi.
Since July 29, zero Covid deaths were recorded on 17 days – the longest stretch with no deaths was five days from August 20 to 24. The highest number of deaths in one day in the last month was on August 6, when the city recorded five fatalities. A total of 31 people died of Covid in the last month. Read more
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav, in his order in relation to a Northeast Delhi riots case, said that “after filing the half-baked chargesheets in court, police hardly bother about taking the investigation to a logical end”.
“The accused persons, who have been roped in multiple cases, continue to languish in jails as a consequence thereof. It is high time that the DCP of Northeast District and other higher officers concerned take notice of the aforesaid observations and take immediate remedial action required in the matters,” the court said. Read more
In response to the turbulence in Afghanistan, Jindal Global University has introduced a new fellowship for Afghan students admitted to Ph.D. programmes in the university, offering them a monthly stipend, accommodation, and health insurance.
The fellowship policy, called JGU’s ADVANCE (Advancement of Afghan Nationals in Comprehensive Education), will be effective from January 2022, and will be offered to a maximum of 10 students. Read more
The Delhi Police has arrested a man for allegedly cheating people of their investments through schemes offered by him promising high returns, a senior police official said on Sunday. The accused, Murari Kumar Srivastav, was arrested from Humayunpur village, Sitamari district in Bihar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing) R K Singh said.
The arrest was made on a complaint made by 38 people, who alleged that a company called ‘Progress Producer Company Limited' and its directors cheated them of their money invested in the schemes offered by the firm, Singh said.
Around 531 victims invested money in these schemes. The directors of the company collected around Rs 3.5 crore from duped investors and fled, the officer said.
Srivastav, along with his acquaintances, operated the company from Paharganj and targeted people from Delhi-NCR.
Most of the payments were collected in cash. He also sold his house here before running away, police said. (PTI)
The Delhi University organised a two-day music festival in the memory of father-son sitar duo of Padmabhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhuri and Pandit Prateek Chaudhuri both of whom died due to Covid, an official statement said.
The two-day ‘Malhar Utsav' organised by the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts concluded on August 25.
Delhi University Registrar Vikas Gupta appreciated the faculty for organising the virtual concert to pay tributes to "two great artistes who contributed immensely to music". (PTI)
Over 11,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered to inmates of three jails in the national capital so far by the Delhi Prisons Department, officials said on Sunday. A total of 11,525 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered, they said.
As on Friday, 1,710 Tihar jail inmates aged above 45 and 6,328 below the age of 45 years were given Covid-19 vaccine, they said.
Similarly, in Rohini jail, 172 inmates above 45 years and 600 below that age were administered the vaccine while in Mandoli jail, 483 inmates aged above 45 and 2,232 below it have been inoculated, according to the data.
The prisons department launched a Covid vaccination drive for the inmates in the 45-plus age category on March 18, while the inoculation of prisoners in the 18-44 age group began on May 18. (PTI)
A court here has said that the standard of investigation in a large number of 2020 northeast riots cases is “very poor” and sought the intervention of the Delhi Police Commissioner.
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav made the observations while framing charges against one Ashraf Ali for allegedly attacking police officials with acid, glass bottles and bricks during the communal violence on February 25, 2020.
It is painful to note that in a large number of cases of riots, the standard of investigation is very poor, the Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) said, adding that in a majority of cases investigating officers (IOs) have not been appearing in court.
Furthermore, ASJ Yadav said the police hardly bother about taking the investigation to a logical end after filing half-baked charge sheets, due to which the accused, who have been named in multiple cases, continue to languish in jails.
“This case is a glaring example, wherein victims are police personnel itself, yet the IO did not bother to collect the sample of acid and to have its chemical analysis. The IO has further not bothered to collect the opinion about the nature of injuries,” he noted in an order dated August 28. (PTI)
The Delhi High Court has asked the prison authorities here to file an affidavit stating why the correct facts relating to a man's conviction being modified from gang rape to the offence of rape were not placed before the Sentence Review Board (SRB).
The court directed the Delhi Prisons director general to file the affidavit also indicating the reasons why the SRB was informed that the case was for the offences of gang rape and robbery.
"In view of the fact that complete and correct facts were not brought to the notice of the SRB, Director General (Prisons) is directed to ensure that while putting up the case of the petitioner before the SRB in its next meeting, the judgment of conviction passed by the trial court as also the judgment of this court in appeal, whereby, the petitioner has been convicted only for the offence punishable under section 376 IPC and the gist thereof will be placed before the committee," Justice Mukta Gupta said. (PTI)
The BJP has asked its Delhi unit to advertise the work done by Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital in a better manner ahead of the civic body elections next year.
In a two-day brainstorming session held in Haridwar and attended by party general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi, national convener of IT cell Amit Malviya and MPs Manoj Tiwari, Parvesh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri, Harsh Vardhan and Hans Raj Hans, it was discussed that the party needs to be more proactive than reactive to the agenda set by the Opposition. Read more
In a bid to enhance accessibility to passengers belonging to the transgender community, the DMRC has allowed them access to separate toilet facilities at its metro stations, which were hitherto meant only for persons with disability, officials said on Sunday.
Besides, any transgender who wishes to use gender-based toilet as per self-identified gender can also continue to do so, they say.
At present, Delhi Metro has 347 such separate toilets across its stations, a senior official said.
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) has approved a proposal to exempt houses measuring up to 50 square metres from paying property tax. The proposal, passed from the house of North MCD, is also believed to be aimed at garnering support for the party in the civic elections scheduled early next year.
This will benefit about 3 lakh property owners, said former mayor Jai Prakash who had proposed it. Leader of the House (LOH) Chhail Bihari Goswami said residential properties up to 50 square metres including those in approved colonies, rural areas and even unauthorised colonies, will be exempt from paying house tax to the corporation.
Delhi Police has arrested a man who allegedly shot at another man while he was in his car in Outer Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy area.
The accused, identified as Rishi Dahiya, is involved in more than five cases of attempted murder, firing and violence, police said.
Last week, a man named Pawan Gupta was found injured in his Mahindra XUV car. Rajiv Ranjan, DCP (Outer North) said, “We received a call at around 8 pm about an incident involving firing. The man was admitted to Jaipur Golden hospital with bullet injuries. We sent teams to the spot and found the car which also had bullet marks on it.”
In a project expected to ease traffic and benefit commuters travelling from Mayur Vihar Phase-I to Noida and Akshardham, and vice-versa, a ‘cloverleaf’ loop, ramps, and service road were inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday. The project is part of Barapullah Phase-III.
“The service roads, cloverleaf loop, ramps and cycle track being inaugurated today will bring a huge relief to the people of this region as well as entire East Delhi from traffic jams,” said the CM at the inauguration.
Three teenagers who had gone for a bath in the Yamuna river in North Delhi drowned Sunday morning, while one of their friends was rescued. The bodies of the deceased have been recovered and will be handed over to families after post-mortem.
Police identified the deceased as Sameer (16), Pankaj (15) and Sumit (14). “We received a PCR call at around 7.41 am that four boys were drowning in the Yamuna. Two fire tenders, a team of divers and local police rushed to the spot. We have rescued one of them, identified as Bunty (14). All four had gone to the Yamuna on Sunday morning for a bath,” a senior police officer said.
Another 500-bed hospital is to be developed by Max Healthcare in South Delhi’s Saket, expanding its current capacity in the area to 2,300 beds. The group has acquired rights to aid development to the hospital to be built in Saket through its subsidiary Alps Hospital. The hospital will be developed in a 3.5-acre plot of land between the existing Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket and Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital.
The first phase of this hospital is expected to be commissioned in 2024, and according to a hospital spokesperson, will enable the “creation of a 2,300-bed contiguous medical hub spread over 23 acres of land” by integration with the existing hospital.
Another 500-bed hospital is to be developed by Max Healthcare in South Delhi’s Saket, expanding its current capacity in the area to 2,300 beds. The group has acquired rights to aid development to the hospital to be built in Saket through its subsidiary Alps Hospital. The hospital will be developed in a 3.5-acre plot of land between the existing Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket and Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital.
The first phase of this hospital is expected to be commissioned in 2024, and according to a hospital spokesperson, will enable the “creation of a 2,300-bed contiguous medical hub spread over 23 acres of land” by integration with the existing hospital.
Light rainfall remains on the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for Delhi-NCR on Sunday as well as the coming week.
Sunday is likely to see cloudy skies with light rainfall, a maximum temperature of 34 degree Celsius and a minimum of 26 degree Celsius. The IMD’s seven-day forecast suggests that light rainfall is likely to persist through the week till Sept 2, with the possibility of thundershowers on Sept 3.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch Saturday filed a chargesheet against four men, including a crematorium priest, in connection with the death of a minor Dalit girl in Southwest Delhi earlier this month.
The Crime Branch said they chargesheeted Radhe Shyam (55), Kuldeep Kumar (63), Laxmi Narain (48) and Mohd Salim (49) under several IPC sections including murder, gangrape, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation and causing the disappearance of evidence.
Chinmoy Biswal, the Delhi Police spokesperson, said the 400-page chargesheet was submitted to Patiala House Court. Read More
In a project expected to ease traffic and benefit commuters travelling from Mayur Vihar Phase-I to Noida and Akshardham, and vice-versa, a ‘cloverleaf’ loop, ramps, and service road were inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday. The project is part of Barapullah Phase-III.
“The service roads, cloverleaf loop, ramps and cycle track being inaugurated today will bring a huge relief to the people of this region as well as entire East Delhi from traffic jams,” said the CM at the inauguration. Read More
The Delhi government has sanctioned over Rs 139 crore for its ambitious HIMS project which will bring all hospitals of the national capital on one platform and ensure that patients don't have to stand in queues for appointments, an official statement said on Saturday.
After its implementation, Delhi will become the only state in the country to have a cloud-based health management system, the statement claimed.
At present, such a system is available in some developed countries, including Sweden and Germany.
Referring to the project at an event on Saturday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the Health Information Management System (HIMS) project has been awarded to M/s NEC Corporation India Private Limited, a multinational corporation that will be looking after the whole platform. (PTI)
The Delhi police filed a charge sheet in a court here on Saturday against a crematorium priest and three others for alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in the Delhi Cantonment area earlier this month.
The 400-page final report named Radhey Shyam, the 55-year-old priest of the crematorium in South-West district, and its employees - Kuldeep Singh, Salim Ahmad and Laxmi Narayan as accused - claiming there was sufficient evidence against them.
The accused were charged under sections 302 (murder), 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 376D (gang rape), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation), 201 (destruction of evidence) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
The four have also been charge-sheeted under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act and Section 3 (offences of atrocities) of SC/ST Act. All the accused are currently in judicial custody. (PTI)
Seven year-old Jyoti Kumari and her group of friends play in a park close to their homes in Zamrudpur on Saturday afternoon, running up and down the stairs of the slide.
Jyoti leaves for tuition classes at 3 pm every day, except Sundays. While schools in Delhi are set to open for classes 9 to 12 from September 1, and it has been recommended that they also be reopened for classes 6 to 8 from September 8, there is no word so far on plans for younger children like Jyoti.
“After reviewing the situation in the two phases, the Directorate of Education may take the decision of opening the schools for primary and pre-primary classes in the third phase,” state the recommendations of a committee formed to look into the matter. Read More
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the cloverleaf and ramps on the Mayur Vihar Phase-1 flyover on the Delhi-Noida Link Road on Saturday which will help ease travel between east Delhi and Noida. The chief minister also inaugurated service roads near the flyover.
According to a government statement, the project is a part of the Barapullah elevated corridor Phase-III from Mayur Vihar to Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi.
"The service roads, cloverleaf loop, ramps, and cycle track are being inaugurated today. This will bring a huge relief to the people of this region as well as the entire east Delhi area from traffic jams," the statement quoting Kejriwal said.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and PWD Minister Satyendar Jain were also present on the occasion along with local MLAs and officials of the Public Works Department (PWD). (PTI)
The Delhi government has decided to recommend the names of ILBS Director Dr SK Sarin, LNJP Medical Director Dr Suresh Kumar and Max Healthcare Clinical Director (Internal Medicine) Sandeep Budhiraja for Padwa Awards, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal informed Saturday.
Three men were arrested for allegedly opening fire at a 25-year-old shopkeeper in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura area after he allegedly refused to pay them extortion money, police said on Saturday.
The accused were identified as Nav Prabhat (35), Junaid (27) and Md. Asif (32), they said.
According to police, the incident took place on Thursday when the victim, Alauddin, was at his shop and the three men reached there and asked him to pay Rs 2,000 every week or face dire consequences. When the victim refused, Junaid fired at him and the trio fled from the spot, police said, adding that Alauddin survived the shooting. (PTI)
The Delhi Cabinet has decided to add nearly 7000 beds in the city's government (Delhi govt-run) hospitals. There are approximately 10,000 beds in Delhi government hospitals currently.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said the Covid situation in Delhi is under control but the government is keeping a close watch and will take a decision on reopening of schools for junior classes accordingly.
According to Kejriwal, the Cabinet has also decided to award Rs 130 crore tender for Health Management Information System (HIMS) to a private company. (With PTI inputs)
The Delhi government's doorstep delivery of services scheme will be restructured, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced Saturday. The contract with VFS Global, which was handling the scheme, ends this month.
A tender will be floated inviting bids for launching the scheme in a new avatar.
A Delhi court has dismissed the bail application of one of the organisers of an event near Jantar Mantar where communal slogans were raised earlier this month.
Additional Sessions Judge Anil Antil denied relief to Preet Singh, arrested by the Delhi Police in the case, saying right to assemble and freedom to air one’s thoughts are cherished under the Constitution, however, these are not absolute and have to be exercised with inherent reasonable restrictions.
Singh was accused of creating enmity between different groups and inciting the youth to propagate against a particular religion at a rally at Jantar Mantar on August 8.
The Delhi government has directed private aided and unaided schools to vaccinate their teachers and staff ahead of the reopening for classes 9-12 from September 1, PTI reported.
A circular was issued in this connection by the Directorate of Education of the city government. "It is the prime concern of Directorate of Education, GNCT of Delhi to ensure the vaccination of all teachers and staff working in schools of Delhi. Therefore, all the HOS/managers of private aided/unaided schools in Delhi, are hereby directed to ensure that their teachers and staff get vaccinated immediately," it read.
"In the above context, all the private aided/unaided schools are also advised to facilitate their teachers and staff by making special arrangements for vaccination at schools/cluster levels in consultation and coordination with concerned authorities," the circular said.
The Delhi government, which has been allotted 16.79 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses for August, has demanded at least 45 lakh shots from the Centre. The central government has said that the supply has picked up and will “definitely increase” further in the coming months.
It is learnt that both Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia raised the matter during a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), which was attended by top officials of the Centre including NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr VK Paul, and representatives of the Union Health Ministry.
The Delhi Cabinet has decided to add 7000 beds in the city's government (Delhi govt-run) hospitals. There are approximately 10,000 beds in Delhi government hospitals currently.
A Delhi court Saturday directed singer Hirdesh Singh, who goes by the stage name Yo Yo Honey Singh, to appear before it on September 3 in connection with the domestic violence case filed against him by his wife, Shalini Talwar, after he failed to appear before the court citing poor health.
Metropolitan Magistrate Tania Singh while hearing the matter observed that no one is above the law.
Singh’s counsel sought the singer’s exemption from personal appearance citing he’s unwell and assured that he will appear on the next date of hearing when his medical records and income documents will be submitted.
A Delhi court Saturday directed singer Hirdesh Singh, who goes by the stage name Yo Yo Honey Singh, to appear before it on September 3 in connection with the domestic violence case filed against him by his wife, Shalini Talwar, after he failed to appear before the court citing poor health.
Metropolitan Magistrate Tania Singh while hearing the matter observed that no one is above the law.
Singh’s counsel sought the singer’s exemption from personal appearance citing he’s unwell and assured that he will appear on the next date of hearing when his medical records and income documents will be submitted.
Days after a 24-year-old man’s body was found in a trolley bag in Southeast Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar, seven persons, including the man’s wife and his mother-in-law, have been arrested.
According to the police, a group of men had allegedly stabbed Naveen Chand, a resident of Dakshinpuri, after he had a fight with his wife on August 8. The men later put the body in a bag and dumped it in a canal.
On August 10, the police received information about a decomposing body near a canal in Sukhdev Vihar. The man’s identity was established after extensive search.
Post-graduates from top technical institutes across the country who were recruited as faculty for the Ministry of Education’s Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) are currently protesting in the capital, demanding absorption in their project institutes.
TEQIP, initiated with the World Bank, is a project aimed at improving the quality of technical education especially in low income states and Special Category states by providing resources and highly qualified faculty members to existing engineering colleges in these states. Under the ongoing phase of the project, those protesting had been engaged as assistant professors in the institutes concerned since January 2018, and the project is set to end on September 30. These faculty members are now pointing to a clause in the project implementation plan which stated that the funding under the project “will be based on an understanding with state governments that well-performing faculty hired using project funds will be retained post project, all else unchanged”. They began their protest outside Shastri Bhavan demanding absorption on Wednesday.
Delhi is expected to receive light rain while overcast conditions are likely to prevail throughout the day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
The maximum temperature is likely to be 35 degrees Celsius, while the minimum will be 27 degrees Celsius. Rains are expected to continue till September 3, with a possibility of thundershowers on September 2 and 3, IMD predicts.
Relative humidity at 8.30 am on Saturday stood at 73%. The temperature at the same time was 30.6 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature recorded on Friday was 36 degrees Celsius. Over the next seven days, the maximum temperature is likely to range between 33 and 35 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature could range from 25 degrees Celsius to 27 degrees Celsius.