On Friday, Delhi Industries Minister Satyendar Jain said that damaged roads in Delhi’s Mayapuri and Mangolpuri areas will be upgraded soon, said Jain chaired a meeting of the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (DSIIDC) and took stock of the condition of roads in the two industrial areas. He gave clearances to upgrade 22 roads in Mayapuri industrial area in Phases 1 and 2 and said roads in Mangolpuri will be upgraded too. After the upgrade, the transport system in the area will be revived which should boost the economy in the two areas.
In other news, at a review meeting attended by top officials on Friday, Lt-Governor Anil Baijal said waterlogging in Delhi could have been managed better despite the “alibi” of excessive rains, official sources said. Sisodia directed officials to identify vulnerable spots and find a permanent solution, the Delhi government said in a statement. Apart from Sisodia and Baijal, the meeting was attended by Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Satyendar Jain, chief secretary Vijay Dev, commissioners of all the three MCDs and NHAI officials.
Delhi: Child rights commission finds North MCD did not distribute dry ration to school children for 17 months
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) issued a notice to the Director (Education) of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation for not allocating dry ration as mid-day meal in its schools.
“North MCD has not distributed dry ration as mid-day meal to lakhs of children in its 700 schools. This is serious deprivation of rights of the children, more so in times of pandemic. Taking a serious view, @DCPCR has issued notice to Director (Education) seeking explanation!” DCPCR Chairperson Anurag Kundu tweeted Friday.
A total of 8,326 people were administered COVID-19 vaccine in the national capital on Sunday, according to data on CoWin portal.
The number was low as all government vaccination centres remain closed on Sundays.
According to the Delhi government's vaccine bulletin, which reports figures from the previous day, a total of 1,68,283 people were administered the vaccine on Saturday.
On Saturday, 1,02,822 beneficiaries received the first dose and 65,461 the second dose.
A total of 84,365 beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group received their first shots on Saturday, while 47,256 in the same group were given the second shot. (PTI)
The maximum temperature in the national capital on Sunday stood at 33.9 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 25.8 degrees Celsius while the relative humidity was recorded at 70 per cent at 5.30 pm, an official said.
The weatherman has forecast partly cloudy skies with the possibility of very light rain with thundershowers on Monday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 35 and 27 degrees Celsius. (PTI)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday said the kisan mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar echoed the “call of truth” that an “unjust government” must listen to, while BJP sought to paint it as an “election meeting” ahead of Assembly polls due in a number of states, including Uttar Pradesh next year. Read more
Delhi recorded 30 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday with a positivity rate of 0.05 per cent, while no fresh death due to the infection was recorded for the fifth consecutive day, according to data shared by the health department.
This is also the 24th time since the start of the second wave in the national capital that zero fatality has been reported in a day.
The second wave swept Delhi during April-May.
A total of 65,365 Covid-19 tests, including 45,500 RT-PCR ones, were conducted the previous day, the bulletin on Sunday stated. (PTI)
The SDMC has found mosquitoes breeding on the premises of 119 offices of different government departments, including the DMRC, DDA, PWD and the IGNOU, and issued legal notices and challans to them, officials said on Sunday.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) officials said 75 notices and 21 challans were issued to these offices as part of a massive drive to detect mosquito breeding for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases which include dengue, malaria and chikungunya.
"Intensifying its ongoing drive for prevention and control of vector-borne diseases, the SDMC has carried out a massive drive to detect mosquito breeding in government offices.
"The public health department of the SDMC has inspected government offices in all four zones and found mosquito breeding in 119 office premises. The department, while initiating action, issued 75 notices and 21 challans (against violators)," the civic body said in a statement. (PTI)
Gathering in thousands at the ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday, protesting farmers slammed the government for “selling the country to corporates” and said they are fighting to “save the nation”.
The event was organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) at the Government Inter College ground in Muzaffarnagar in protest against the Centre’s three controversial farm laws. Read more
BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Sunday described farmers, who have been protesting against three farm laws, as “our own flesh and blood” and suggested that the government should re-engage with them in reaching common ground.
“Lakhs of farmers have gathered in protest today in Muzaffarnagar. They are our own flesh and blood. We need to start re-engaging with them in a respectful manner: understand their pain, their point of view and work with them in reaching common ground,” Gandhi tweeted, posting a short video of the large crowd. Read more
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has arrested actor Leena Maria Paul, who is the girlfriend of Rohini jail inmate Sukesh Chandrasekar, for allegedly supporting her partner in duping people.
Sukesh was arrested for allegedly duping Aditi Singh, wife of Shivinder Singh, the former Fortis Healthcare promoter, of Rs 200 crore. Read more
Eyes on the upcoming Delhi municipal corporation polls, both the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have launched massive outreach programmes to connect to their voters.
While the BJP plans to hold as many as 11,000 public meetings in a month, AAP has launched a house-to-house campaign to establish its stronghold. Read more
The RSS on Sunday distanced itself from an article in its affiliate publication Panchjanya which alleged that Bengaluru-based IT major Infosys supported anti-India forces.
Clarifying the organisation’s stand on the matter, RSS spokesperson Sunil Ambekar tweeted: “As an Indian company, Infosys has made seminal contribution in progress of the country. There might be certain issues with a portal run by Infosys, but the article published by Panchjanya in this context only reflects individual opinion of the author.” Read more
The Delhi Police’s cyber cell has arrested four persons who allegedly cheated hundreds of business owners in the name of providing them with dealerships or franchises of food companies such as Haldiram and Amul.
The accused are involved in more than 126 cases of cyber fraud across 16 states and cheated people of around Rs 1.1 crore. Police said the men created fake websites and invited people to invest in franchises of popular brands. Read more
The officials of the Public Work Department (PWD) said that few more stretches will be redeveloped as a part of the 540 km redesign and streetscaping project. Work is already underway on seven stretches. The project was first announced by the Delhi government in 2019.
In a meeting on Saturday, PWD Minister Satyendar Jain and PWD officials and consultants, a few new stretches were discussed and a final list will be made soon. Read more
Scenes from the mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday
Rakesh Tikait further says, “The mills owe over Rs 12,000 crore to sugarcane farmers. The Yogi govt has not increased the SAP even by a rupee. The movement started over the demand to repeal three black laws and MSP. Fasalon ki daam nahi toh vote nahi. People of UP will not tolerate Shah, Modi and Yogi."
He adds, "Don't forget the night of January 28. That night brought together the people of the country. If we have govts like this, there will be riots. During (Mahendar) Tikait saheb's time, this land used to witness the slogan of allah hu akbar, har har Mahadev. Ye todne ki baat karte hai, hum jodne ki baat karte hai.”
Dr. Darshan Pal says, “165 years ago in Meerut, an uprising began. That revolt of 1857 ended the company rule of 100 years. I am thankful to people of UP, that I can see a reflection of that rebellion in Muzaffarnagar.”
He adds, “The 1857 mutiny had started at Meerut. The people of this region had ended the reign of the east India company. It is time for Modi and Amit Shah to quit. We believe that the price of sugarcane should be Rs 360. SKM will fight not just for three laws, but will also fight for hiking sugarcane prices and lowering of electricity prices.”
Rakesh Tikait says, “Who are these people selling the country? We need to identify them. We need to have big meetings, gatherings like this. Mission is not just UP or Uttarakhand. Mission is to save the country.”
He adds, “The Centre ended talks on January 22. They did not even express grief over the deaths of over 600 farm protesters over the last nine months. The mission will not just be limited to UP and UK, it will cover the entire country, our mission is to save the country. You (Centre) have cheated the people of the country. They are selling our farmlands, highways, power, LIC, banks and corporate houses like Adani and Ambani are the buyers. Even the FCI godowns and ports are being sold. Under this govt, the entire country is up for sale.”
He further says, “Is Yogi government weak that it cannot raise the price of crops by even one rupee? They say talking about farmers Is playing politics. We will continue to raise these issues. We will not go home. We are all around Delhi and we will stay. I will go directly from here and not step foot in Muzaffarnagar. We will only come back when our movement is successful.”
During the Kisan Mahapanchayat, Balbir Singh Rajewal, President, BKU (Rajewal), said, "It has become government by the people for the corporates. Politicians get elected so that policies and laws are made for corporates to live comfortably... The farmers have been hurt by the remarks made against them. Never they had been abused so much. They will never forgive BJP."
The farmers’ agitation in Punjab was a few months old when, acting on a call to take the protest to Delhi, Gurnam Singh Chaduni on November 24, 2020, exhorted protesters to make it to the Capital “at any cost”, “breaking police barricades” if needed. The next day, thousands hit the streets in Haryana, surging through multiple blockades, manned by thousands of policemen.
It was then that the rest of the country took note of the 61-year-old leader of BKU (Chaduni) and member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is spearheading the agitation against three farm laws passed by the Centre. On August 28, it was on Chaduni’s call that protesters tried to make their way to a BJP event in Karnal, attended among others by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. The police crackdown left several farmers injured, the Khattar government on the backfoot, the transfer of Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha, and the reinforcement of the fact that the Chaduni-led agitation in Haryana has kept the state administration on its toes now for nearly a year.
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Yogendra Yadav Sunday took part in the Kisan Mahapanchayat organised by farmers union and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha against the three farm laws passed by the Centre. During the event, he said, "For the last 100 days, government people were saying that the protest was losing steam. This ground, this city is not able to accomodate everyone, such is the scale of gathering. Farmers had debt worth crores in UP... This is the same Muzaffarnagar where rivers of blood were drawn between Hindus and Muslims. They played politics with burning houses. Someone (Yogi) who makes communities fight, cannot be true Son of the nation."
"The price of sugarcane has not been increased. Instead of giving fair prices for crops, the UP government is fooling the farmers. They said we will buy each food crop grain. Modi government said we will get crop insurance. The govt benifitted of Rs 2,500 crore in the name of insurance. It is farmers money," he added.
During the Kisan Mahapanchayat on Sunday, Gurnam Singh Chaduni of BKU (Chaduni) and a member of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) said, "Today you have showed the government that its roots can be shaken by gathering in such numbers. The government needs to be shaken more. Uttar Pradesh has 8 crore farmer votes. We will defeat BJP. Get candidates among you and steal the political mandate from them. There should be a mission Punjab as well. Till the time we change policy makers, nothing will happen. Politicians looted our country."
A Delhi court on Saturday sent Sukesh Chandrashekhar, an alleged conman and an accused in 21 cases including the Election Commission bribery case, to 16 days of police custody in a Rs 200 crore cheating matter.
The Delhi Police recently invoked stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Chandrashekhar and others.
Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh also sent co-accused Pradeep and Deepak to five-day police remand each.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police produced the accused before and sought their further custody, informing it that MCOCA has been invoked against Chandrashekhar.
The EOW recently registered an FIR against Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh, and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore besides ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the country. (PTI)
Delhi Congress chief Chaudhary Anil Kumar on Saturday termed the Delhi government's decision of reopening schools a "premature move", saying the protection of students' health is "paramount" especially at a time when experts are warning about a possible third Covid wave.
Kumar urged the state government to "resist the pressure from the private schools lobby for reopening the schools", claiming that the states which allowed reopening of schools have witnessed a jump in the number of coronavirus cases among children.
"The chief minister (Arvind Kejriwal) should have a rethink the government's rush to reopen the schools, as the government's concern on the education of children should be applied in their safety as well, as presently, protection of the health of students is paramount.
"The states where schools have been opened, corona cases among children have gone up," said a statement quoting Kumar. "A decision to reopen the schools can be taken after watching the situation for another three months," he suggested. (PTI)
Three men were arrested for their alleged involvement in forging passports and visas, police said on Saturday.
The accused have been identified as Mehboob Khan, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in UP; Mahesh Kumar, a resident of Gurgaon; and Saif Bari, a resident of Jamia Nagar, they said.
According to police, 99 agents involved in passport or visa forgery cases were arrested by IGI airport police during a special drive in 2020 and 2021. On August 26, four passengers arrived as deportees from Armenia via Sharjah.
The immigration staff checked their passports and found that they departed from IGI Airport on August 24 for Armenia, but they were refused entry at Yerevan airport on the ground of holding fake visas. (PTI)
The Delhi BJP will kick-start its campaign for the next year's MCD polls by launching a massive outreach programme later this month and connecting with voters across the city through 11,000 small and medium public meetings.
The party has already strengthened nearly 14,000 booth level units by forming 21-membered executive committees which will play a crucial role in reaching out to each household starting from September 15, said Delhi BJP general secretary Harsh Malhotra on Saturday.
The BJP, which has been ruling the three municipal corporations since 2007, is going to the elections with an upbeat AAP trying to unseat it.
"The outreach programme will be based on two-way communication between our workers and the residents in their neighbourhood. We have prepared a list of talking points that focus on highlighting tangible benefits to the people through various schemes of the Narendra Modi government," said Malhotra. (PTI)
The Delhi government will celebrate Teachers' Day on September 5 as 'Abhar Diwas' and award 122 teachers who diligently discharged their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday.
A music teacher who recently created a world record for playing sitar non-stop for over 32 hours and a maths teacher who helped students of Delhi government schools crack the IIT examination will be given the 'Face of DoE' (Directorate of Education) award.
"Teachers of Delhi have played an important role in the tough times of Covid. They have not only worked shoulder to shoulder with the administration but have also done remarkable work on the vaccination front, at quarantine centres, in distribution of food, mask enforcement and airport duty," said Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio.
While performing these duties, the teachers also continued to teach children online and did not let their education stop, he added. (PTI)
Gurgaon police Friday arrested a man who had been absconding in a murder case for over two years. In his bid to evade arrest, the accused did not use a cell phone, worked odd jobs in at least two states and changed his appearance, but he was arrested a week after he returned to Gurgaon, based on information received from an informer, said police.
On October 4, 2019, one Kunj Lal, who worked in a logistics firm in Bilaspur, had died after being roughed up in a drunken brawl by three people. A case of murder was registered against Dhyan Singh, Kulvir Singh and Pawan Singh at Bilaspur police station. Police had arrested Dhyan Singh on December 16, 2019, while the other two were declared proclaimed offenders. Read more
The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested two men who allegedly cheated people in the name of Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana and ran a fake office in Ghaziabad. Police said the accused allegedly targeted more than 1,500 people using a fake website.
On September 1, police found that a gang was cheating people in the name of the government loan scheme for small and medium enterprises. The people who were duped were shown fake PMMY approval letters, and a website, mudrafinseve.in, was created by the accused to “lure” others. Read more
A Supreme Court-appointed committee has given the green signal to Delhi Metro’s proposal to cut 7,229 and transplant 5,545 trees for construction of three new lines, arguing that the projects strike a balance between potential benefits to people and the need to protect ecology.
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) rejected contentions made in a petition that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) should be restrained from undertaking any construction as the corridors being built are predominantly elevated, which will claim thousands of trees. Read more
A 26-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by two persons after he asked them to not make loud noises while they were travelling in an e-rickshaw, police said on Saturday.
The accused, identified as Lav Kumar (21), a resident of Mohan Garden, Sainik Enclave, and Deepak (23), a resident of Faridkot in Punjab, have been arrested.
On Friday, a PCR call was received at Ranhola police station around 11.30 pm regarding murder at main Gandhi Chowk, Mohan Garden, police said.
Thereafter, police reached the spot and found a man lying on the ground in a pool of blood. The injured was immediately shifted to the DDU hospital where he was declared dead, a senior police officer said.
The deceased was identified as Dalip, a resident of Roorkee in Uttarakhand. He used to live in Tilak enclave Part 1, Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar with his maternal aunt and worked as salesmen in a mall in Dwarka, police said.
Dalip received three stab injuries on chest, waist and thigh, they said. (PTI)
Critical observations made by various courts on the Delhi Police investigation into the Northeast Delhi riots suggest that the “real culprits are being shielded”, the AAP said Saturday, questioning the decision of Lt Governor Anil Baijal to allow a panel of lawyers chosen by the police to argue the cases.
Addressing a press conference, AAP MLA Atishi said the status of the investigation, including the fact that chargesheets have been filed in “only 35 out of 750 cases lodged in connection with the riots” so far, and the repeated strictures from the courts have made it clear that the police are not doing their job properly. Read more
Over 150 assistant professors who were recruited under the third phase of the Ministry of Education's TEQIP project have been protesting in the national capital demanding regularisation of their services.
A statement said the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme, initiated with the World Bank, is aimed at improving the quality of technical education especially in low income states and Special Category states by providing highly qualified faculty members to existing engineering colleges.
Under the project's third phase, the protesting faculties had been engaged as assistant professors. The project is set to end on September 30, the statement said.
Under the TEQIP-III project, 1,500 assistant professors were recruited on a temporary basis for 71 engineering institutions in rural and focus areas across 12 states, the statement said. (PTI)
A section of English teachers of Delhi University has accused a varsity panel of making a mockery of the "democratic and the due process" in drafting the subject's syllabus and demanded reinstating of dropped works, including Mahashweta Devi's celebrated short story "Draupadi".
In a statement issued on Friday, about 115 English teachers from across DU colleges slammed the dropping of works of Devi, Bama, and Sukirtharani by the Oversight Committee during redrafting the English syllabus for semester 5.
According to the teachers, the "entire process was flagrantly violated and bypassed by the Oversight Committee".
"It (the Oversight Committee) single-handedly seeks to destroy a syllabus that has been put together after years of careful discussion and debate, where democratically elected committees have chosen democratically diverse texts that seek to represent all sections of society," they said in the statement.
"We demand the reinstatement of works by Mahasweta Devi, Bama, and Sukirtharani in the Core Women's Writing paper of semester V," they added. (PTI)
Delhi did not report any death due to Covid-19 for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday while the number of new infections was 55 with a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
This is also the 23rd time since the start of the second wave of the pandemic in the national capital that zero fatality has been reported in a day.On March 2 this year, the national capital had reported zero death due to the virus. On that day, the number of new infections stood at 217 and the positivity rate was 0.33 per cent.
On Saturday, 55 fresh cases were recorded as the positivity rate increased to 0.08 per cent, while there was no death due to COVID-19, according to the latest bulletin. (PTI)
Democracy is not just elections, but protection of individual liberty and freedom of expression that police ensure by maintaining law and order, Home Minister Amit Shah said Saturday. He was speaking at a function organised to commemorate the 51st Foundation Day of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).
“Democracy is not just elections. In democracy, the most important thing is protection of individual liberty and freedom of expression. It is the idea that India’s 130 crore people should be able to realise their potential according to their ability. Its cumulative benefit goes to the country. If law and order is not proper, democracy cannot succeed. Law must protect people’s rights given by the Constitution. That will lead to the progress of the country,” Shah said, pointing out that it is the police which provides that protection. Read more
The Delhi Police Crime Branch filed a chargesheet on Friday against a 34-year-old man in connection with a rape case in East Delhi. On August 11, a minor girl was allegedly attacked and raped by a man who lives near her house. The girl sustained injuries and was later admitted to AIIMS.
Police Friday said they collected evidence within three weeks and booked the accused under sections of rape, POCSO Act, and SC/ST Act. The 187-page chargesheet was submitted to Additional Sessions Judge Hasan Anjar at Karkardooma court. Read more
Damaged roads in Delhi’s Mayapuri and Mangolpuri areas will be upgraded soon, said Delhi Industries Minister Satyendar Jain Friday.
Jain chaired a meeting of the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (DSIIDC) and took stock of the condition of roads in the two industrial areas.
He gave clearances to upgrade 22 roads in Mayapuri industrial area in Phases 1 and 2 and said roads in Mangolpuri will be upgraded too. After the upgrade, the transport system in the area will be revived which should boost the economy in the two areas.
The Najafgarh and Shahdara link drains that flow into the Yamuna will be cleaned and beautified, said Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Satyendar Jain.
“The drains, including the supplementary drain that meets the river, will be converted into clean water channels,” he said. His department has prepared a plan for the rejuvenation of the drains which was reviewed by Jain Friday.
Observing that “the sole act of protesting” cannot be used as “a weapon to justify the incarceration” of those exercising this right, the Delhi High Court granted bail Friday to five persons arrested last year by Delhi Police for allegedly being part of an anti-CAA protest during which Head Constable Ratan Lal sustained fatal injuries.
Justice Subramonium Prasad granted bail to Furkan, Arif, Shadab Ahmad, Suvaleen and Tabassum — three are residents of Chand Bagh, one from Jagatpura and the last from Mustafabad in Delhi.
While Furkan and Arif were in custody for 17 months, Shadab and Suvaleen spent 16 months behind bars. Tabassum, a mother of two children, was arrested 11 months ago. It was alleged that they were among the protesters who had assembled near the Chand Bagh area and 25 Futa Road on February 24, 2020.
The National Democratic Teachers’ Front (NDTF), a right-wing teachers’ group backed by the BJP, has said they “fully support” the changes made to the English syllabus of the fifth semester BA honours course of Delhi University, and has demanded that the DU administration “scan” all other syllabi of the English department so as to remove similar “demeaning” references.
DU’s Oversight Committee (OC) had removed the works of two Dalit authors, – Bama and Sukhirtharani, as well as renowned author Mahasweta Devi’s short story from the English syllabus, inviting the ire of 108 permanent English teachers and 15 Academic Council members.
Delhi is expected to receive light rain today, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The maximum temperature is likely to be 33 degrees Celsius while the minimum is likely to settle at 26 degrees Celsius.
Relative humidity stood at 88% while the temperature was 27.2 degree Celsius at 8.30 am on Saturday. Rainfall is expected every day from September 6 to September 10. Thundershowers are a possibility on September 9 and 10.
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) issued a notice to the Director (Education) of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation for not allocating dry ration as mid-day meal in its schools.
“North MCD has not distributed dry ration as mid-day meal to lakhs of children in its 700 schools. This is serious deprivation of rights of the children, more so in times of pandemic. Taking a serious view, @DCPCR has issued notice to Director (Education) seeking explanation!” DCPCR Chairperson Anurag Kundu tweeted Friday.
The management board of the Delhi Sport University held its first meeting on Friday to discuss the state’s plan to train sportspersons.
The new university’s board of management has 15 members, of which seven are ex-officio and eight are nominated members.
St Stephen’s College Friday released its cut-off for undergraduate courses with Economics (Hons) seeing the highest cut-off (99.5%) for Commerce and Humanities students. Last year, Commerce students needed 99.25% and Humanities students needed 98.75% in the subject. Science students will need 98.75% to apply for Economics.
Commerce and Science students will also need 99% to be eligible for History, English, and BA Programme. For Humanities students, the cut-off in these subjects is 98.25%, 98.7% and 97.75% respectively. Last year too, Commerce students needed 99% in these three subjects, but the percentage for Humanities and Sciences varied a little.
Over 100 English teachers of Delhi University have objected to “multiple falsehoods and misrepresentations” in Registrar Vikas Gupta’s statement on the syllabus for the course, which he said was “inclusive” and had been passed through a “democratic process”.
Gupta’s statement had come in response to criticism over the decision by DU’s Oversight Committee (OC) to remove two Dalit authors – Bama and Sukirtharani – and renowned author Mahasweta Devi’s short story ‘Draupadi’ from the fifth semester English syllabus. Read More
Delhi’s St Stephen’s College Friday released the cut-off percentages for different subjects a month before the overall cut off.
Economics carries the highest cut-off percentage at 99.5% followed by English and History at B A Programme at 99%. Read More
The Delhi High Court said Friday that the right to protest and express dissent is a fundamental right in a democracy and the sole act of protesting “should not be employed as a weapon” to justify the incarceration of those who are exercising the right.
The court made the observations while granting bail to five persons who were arrested last year by the Delhi Police for allegedly being part of a gathering which murdered head constable Ratan Lal during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. It said that every member of the unlawful assembly cannot be booked under murder charges.
“The applicability of Section 149 IPC, specifically read with Section 302, cannot be done on the basis of vague evidence and general allegations. When there is a crowd involved, at the juncture of grant or denial of bail the court must hesitate before arriving at the conclusion that every member of the unlawful assembly inhabits a common intention to accomplish the unlawful common object,” said Justice Subramonium Prasad. Read more
A Delhi court Friday allowed the wife of singer Hirdesh Singh alias Yo Yo Honey Singh to visit her matrimonial home on September 5 to gather her belongings.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tania Singh passed the order after conducting an in camera counselling of the couple, orally observing, “May God give us the strength to do justice to both parties.” Singh’s wife Shalini had moved court alleging physical, mental and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband.
Singh appeared in the court Friday with his parents and a team of lawyers. During the last hearing, the judge had ordered the singer to be present for the proceedings noting that no one was above the law. Read more
Former JNU student Umar Khalid’s lawyer told a Delhi court Friday that the chargesheet filed against his client in a northeast Delhi riots case under the UAPA painted him as communal, however, “it is the officer who drafted the report and his mind was communal”.
The arguments were addressed by senior advocate Trideep Pais who told Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that the chargesheet sounded like a television channel script. Read more
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has issued a notice to the Director (Education) of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation for not allocating dry ration as mid-day meal in its schools.
A man was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside Sheetla Mata Mandir in Sector 5 around 10 am on Friday. The police said the identity of the victim is yet to be established.
According to preliminary information, the victim was walking on the road outside Sheetla Mata temple when the accused persons intercepted him near a foot over bridge and allegedly fired at him.
The victim suffered a fatal gunshot wound on his forehead and collapsed. He was rushed to civil hospital in Sector 10, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, said the police. Read more
The Delhi government has resumed the free Covid-19 vaccination drive for construction workers at Central Vista and also started vaccination for labourers at the Delhi airport.
A government official said that around 1,600 workers have been vaccinated at the Central Vista construction site. There are around 2,600 construction workers at the site, most of them employed by Shapoorji Pallonji & Co Pvt Ltd, the contract company working on the project. Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who is serving life imprisonment in an 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, seeking interim bail on health grounds.
The apex court perused the medical records of Kumar and observed that he has been examined by doctors at a government hospital here and his condition is stated to be stable and improving.
A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M M Sundresh said it is not inclined to grant him bail on medical grounds. Read more
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Delhi government and Delhi Police to ensure that the number of Afghan nationals protesting outside the office of United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees in Vasant Vihar is “suitably reduced” and that they strictly follow Covid-19 norms.
Justice Rekha Palli also granted the Centre time till Tuesday to resolve the issue and said that if 500 people continue to remain there for so many days, it was likely to turn into a “Covid super spreader”.
“It is however made clear that in case by the next date the matter is not resolved, the court will be constrained to pass appropriate orders,” said the court, while listing the case for hearing on Tuesday. Read more
Delhi Police has arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly planning to kill his wife so that he could marry his girlfriend. Police made his arrest when the accused procured a pistol from Aligarh after his wife refused to give him a divorce.
According to police, the accused has been identified as Kamal Sehgal. “We received information on August 31 that Kamal was carrying two firearms and would be coming to Vikaspuri. A trap was laid and he was arrested,” JCP (Crime) Alok Kumar said. Read more
The Delhi High Court has upheld the CRPF’s decision to compulsorily retire from service a constable who, in 2017, had shared a defamatory message about a senior officer on his WhatsApp group.
The division bench of Justices Manmohan and Navin Chawla said that the constable, with an intention of lowering the name, image and reputation of a company commander, had circulated the message among two hundred CRPF staff members, without any verification and without asking the authorities to investigate its authenticity. Read more
We have registered an FIR under Section 188 IPC against Afghan nationals, who are protesting outside the UNHRC office for resettlement to a third country, for violation of the Covid-19 protocol, the Delhi Police tells the Delhi High Court.
"We have not permitted them but we have also not used force against them. A sovereign is capable to take drastic as well as brute measures. But this is a sensitive issue which will have international ramifications," the Delhi Police added.
"This is a law and order situation. We have no role in this case," says the Ministry of External Affairs.
They (refugees) are here because of situation and compulsion. The petitioners (Vasant Vihar residents) must know they have a right but if we take action, it will have international ramifications. Some of our relatives are there. We need to reciprocate. They (Afghans) are not protesting against Indian government. They are begging before United Nations. We are in coordination with Delhi Police, the Ministry of External Affairs added.
"If one has to perform a marriage, only 100 are allowed. Here there are 500 people. Law has to be same for everybody. They can't be there. What's this exception of refugees", the Delhi High Court tells the Centre.
"What care is Delhi Police taking place? They are giving them masks. The guidelines say 100, how are they 500 there," the Delhi High Court further added.Guidelines don't permit any protest. 100 is only for marriages and funerals: Delhi Police to court
Delhi-NCR will witness light to moderate rainfall on Friday, after two days of overcast skies and heavy rainfall over the national capital, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast.
The maximum temperature is likely to be 32 degrees Celsius, with the minimum at 25 degrees Celsius. Relative humidity at 8.30 am was 92 per cent. Thundershowers are a possibility on Friday. At 8.30 am, the temperature stood at 27.4 degrees Celsius. Read more
Singer Hirdesh Singh, who goes by the stage name Yo Yo Honey Singh, is expected to appear before a Delhi court shortly in connection with a domestic violence case filed against him by his wife, Shalini Talwar. His parents are also expected to join the singer.
A Delhi Court will shortly hear the bail plea moved by former JNU student Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots UAPA case.