Nihangs key suspects after Dalit Sikh man tortured, lynched at site of farm protests
In a macabre incident that cast a shadow on the ongoing farmer protest at Singhu on the Delhi-Haryana border, a man’s hand was chopped off before he was killed and the body tied to a metal barricade, allegedly by a group of Nihangs, at the protest site early Friday.
Police said a preliminary probe suggested that the Nihangs killed 35-year-old Lakhbir Singh, a Dalit Sikh resident of Cheema Kalan village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, because they suspected him of desecrating the Guru Granth Sahib — a claim the police said had not yet been corroborated.
Second wave of Covid-19 in Delhi fuelled by Delta, highlights challenge of reaching herd immunity
The severe outbreak of Covid-19 in Delhi in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is extremely transmissible, but that it can infect individuals who had previously contracted a different variant of the coronavirus, said a team of international scientists writing in Science.
SARS-CoV-2 had spread widely throughout India in the first wave, with initial results from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) finding one in five (21 per cent) adults and one in four (25 per cent) in the 10 to 17 year adolescent bracket infected.
To counter namaz in open, Gurgaon residents show up with mic, sing bhajans
For the fourth consecutive week, a group of residents Friday objected to namaz being offered in the open at Gurgaon’s Sector 47 as police shifted the prayer site by 100 metres from its original spot.
Prayers were offered amid heavy police presence as at least 70-80 people, carrying placards, raised slogans and tried to march towards the site. Police created a security cordon and stopped them.
Twin brothers, aged 14, died after allegedly falling from the balcony of their 25th floor flat in Ghaziabad. The incident took place around 1 am on Sunday.
According to police, the victims lived with their family in Prateek Grand Society. “We received information that two boys had fallen from the balcony of a high-rise building in Siddharth Vihar. They were rushed to a hospital but died en route. Prima facie, it appears to be an unfortunate accident… there is no proof of foul play. No complaint has been filed in connection with the incident,” said Yogendra Malik, SHO, Vijay Nagar police station. The bodies will be handed over to the family following a post-mortem, police said. Read More
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait Sunday said that the lynching of a man at the Singhu border was a “religious matter”, and has no connection with the ongoing farmers’ protest.
“They (the Nihangs) have said that it is a religious matter and the government should not link it to farmers’ protest… Farmers have also said that this was a religious issue. We’re talking to the Nihangs and have told them that they’re not needed here as of now,” Tikait was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Read More
Delhi recorded zero death due to Covid-19 and 32 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 0.07 per cent on Sunday, according to the health bulletin issued by the government. The death toll due to coronavirus in Delhi stands at 25,089. The number of cumulative cases stands at 14,39,390. Over 14.13 lakh patients have recovered from the infection.
The Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has written to the Commissioner of Police Rakesh Asthana asking him to ensure that SHOs bring all POCSO cases to the attention of child welfare committees (CWC) within 24 hours of an FIR being registered.
This needs to be done according to the provisions of the POCSO Act as the Act also provides for the child to the produced before the CWC if the police have a reasonable apprehension that the perpetrator lives in the same household as the child, or the child is in an institution, or is without any parental or institutional support, the commission said. Read More
As Delhi’s air quality plunged into the “very poor” category on Sunday morning, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that increased pollution was due to stubble burning in neighbouring states as governments were “doing nothing” to help farmers to stop it.
He appealed to the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to understand their responsibilities towards reducing stubble burning and controlling pollution. “For the past one month, I have been tweeting data of air quality in Delhi. Pollution has increased in the last 3-4 days, and it is due to stubble burning in neighbouring states. Farmers in neighbouring states are compelled to burn stubble as their governments are doing nothing for them (towards stopping stubble burning),” Kejriwal said in an event organised to lay the foundation stone of a 1,430-bed new government hospital in Shalimar Bagh. Read More
The AIIMS Students’ Association issued an apology on Sunday afternoon after video clips circulated on social media showing a Ramleela skit, which was performed by MBBS students from the institute, was criticised for “mocking” the Ramayana.
On the occasion of Dussehra, a group of MBBS students had performed the skit at the AIIMS hostel premises. The video clips show that the students were performing scenes from the Ramayana in the form of a slapstick comedy. Read More
The Delhi Metro has introduced free high-speed Wi-Fi on all 37 metro stations of its yellow line, which runs from HUDA City Centre to Samaypur Badli, from Sunday.
A spokesperson of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said, “The service, coinciding with the start of the festival season, has been launched on this line comprising 37 Metro stations, most of which are underground. The line travels through the most congested parts of Delhi covering outer Delhi, north Delhi through central Delhi and south Delhi, and finally Gurugram. More than 330 access points have been installed at these 37 stations to provide uninterpreted internet access to the commuters. This high-speed free Wi-Fi service will prove to be a special boon to students travelling to and from North Delhi Campus of the Delhi University.” Read More
Heavy rains lashed the national capital on Sunday leading to waterlogging and traffic jams at several parts of the city causing inconvenience for commuters. The weather office had forecast a generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain and thundershowers. The maximum temperature on Sunday is likely to settle around 33 degrees Celsius. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) attributed the untimely rains to western disturbance. (PTI)
Besides Delhi, moderate to heavy rains were predicted for almost all adjoining areas in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and many of those falling under the National Capital Region.
The India Meteorological Department has predicted thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain over isolated places and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h in and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR during next two hours. IMD has also forecast rains in parts of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Delhi | Parts of the national capital receive light showers; Visuals from Central Delhi
Some parts of the city received rains on Sunday, while the minimum temperature settled at 23.5 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal, the Meteorological department said. The city received 3 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours and the relative humidity was 90 per cent. The weather office has forecast generally cloudy sky with moderate rain and the maximum temperature is likely to settle around 33 degrees Celsius. On Saturday, the maximum temperature settled at 35.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, while the minimum temperature settled at 20 degrees Celsius.
The Delhi Police on Saturday detained 28 people following a clash between two groups over a petty issue in southwest Delhi's Dabri area, officials said. The police received information about the clash following which it reached the spot at Bindapur in JJ Colony's Pocket-IV. The two groups clashed with sticks and swords over a petty issue.
Seven people were injured in the incident, a senior police officer said. They disturbed the peace of area with the objective to create a law and order issue, the officer said. (PTI)
Plenty of seats are still up for grabs at the Delhi University’s (DU) top colleges — barring Hindu College and Miranda House — with most courses still open for admissions across disciplines as per the third cut-off released by the university Saturday. However, the dip in cut-off has been marginal. Read more
A 28-year-old man accused of shooting dead the son of an assistant sub-inspector of police a few days ago has been arrested after a brief exchange of fire with Delhi Police personnel, officials said on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Anil Joon of Prem Nagar in Najafgarh, they said.
Upon being was intercepted in Dwarka Sector-23 area on Friday around 11.30 pm, Joon shot at the police thrice. In self-defence, the police also fired three rounds, hitting both his knees. Joon was then arrested and sent to the hospital, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Shankar Choudhary said. (PTI)
A 24-year-old man was arrested from Rajasthan for allegedly extorting money from a person after posing as a police officer and using Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana's photo as profile picture on social media, officials said on Saturday. The accused is Hakmuddin, a resident of Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, they said.
Police had received a complaint alleging that the complainant got a woman's friend request on Facebook and she later asked for his WhatsApp number, they said.
After sometime, he got a video call on WhatsApp with pornographic content and later, he received a morphed and objectionable video of himself, police said.
Then the accused called him up pretending to be a police officer, using Asthana's picture that was downloaded from the Internet. The accused told him to pay money to prevent the video from being uploaded online and the complainant complied and paid Rs 1,96,000, police said.
During investigation, it was found that the mobile numbers used for calling the complainant were issued from Assam and were being used in Bharatpur. The bank accounts, in which the extorted money was deposited, were identified, they said. (PTI)
The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) leaders and workers staged a protest on Saturday against rising prices of fuels near Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's residence on Akbar Road.
The protesters, raising slogans against the central government, were stopped by the police near Puri's residence, said IYC media in charge Rahul Rao. National president of Indian Youth Congress, Srinivas BV ji, said that "skyrocketing" petrol and diesel prices and unbridled inflation have become the "hallmark" of the Modi government.
"Every effort is being made to squeeze the pockets of the public. In this period of crisis, the government loot is a clear seal on the fact that it is not concerned with the interests of the people," he said.
Petrol and diesel prices on Saturday were hiked again by 35 paise a litre to take retail rates across the country to new record highs. (PTI)
Delhi recorded zero death due to COVID-19 and 21 fresh cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 0.04 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
Two fatalities due to COVID-19 have been recorded so far this month in Delhi, on October 2 and 10, according to official data.
Only five Covid-related fatalities were reported last month, one each on September 7, 16 and 17, and two on September 28, according to official figures. The death toll due to coronavirus in Delhi stands at 25,089.
The number of cumulative cases stands at 14,39,358. Over 14.13 lakh patients have recovered from the infection. (PTI)
Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Vijay Sampla Saturday spoke to the Punjab DGP and asked him to take strict action against residents of the village where the Dalit farm labourer who was found dead at the Singhu border lived.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Sampla said that the body had been taken back to the deceased’s village where the villagers refused to allow the last rites to take place. Read more
A 25-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by two persons over parking in southwest Delhi's Dabri area, police said on Saturday. On Friday, police received information regarding firing at Dabri, and when a team reached the spot, it found blood on a street at Mahavir Enclave Part-II, they said.
The team was informed that Afroz Alam had been taken to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where he was declared brought dead, a senior police officer said. The officer said that a case has been registered at the Dabri police station on the complaint of an eyewitness. The complainant disclosed that accused Suhel Khan and Raja were behind the incident, the officer said, adding that Alam was shot in the head. (PTI)
At Ramjas College, all major arts and commerce courses are open for admission except Political Science and BCom. The cut-offs are 98.75% for Economics and BCom Honours, 98.25% for History and 98% for English.
All science courses also open at Ramjas College except Botany. The cut-off for Physics, which was initially at 100%, has now come down to 98.33%.
At Lady Shri Ram College, all major arts and commerce courses are open for admission. Only Hindi, Philosophy and Sanksrit are closed.
At Miranda House, courses which are open for admission for unreserved seats are BSc programme in Physical Science with Computer Science at 97%, Bengali at 70%, History at 99%, Philosophy at 97.25%, and Sociology at 98.25%.
Admission for all courses except BCom Honours, BSc (Prog) in physical science with electronics, economics and one BA programme combination close for unreserved seats at Hindu College. Economics is open at 99% and BCom Honours at 98.75%.
Only 10 of 41 courses are open for admission at Deshbandhu College. Among those open are English, Political Science and BCom (Hons) with cut-offs at 94.75%, 95% and 96.5% respectively.
At Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, only course closed in third list is economics. All six BA Programme combinations that the college had closed in the second list are still closed. English, History, Political Science are open at 97.5%, 97% and 98% respectively.
Admission for students under ECA (Extra Curricular Activity) and sports quota categories to commence on November 8.
SRCC cut-off for economics at 99.5% and BCom (Hons) at 99%. Both courses were at 100% in the first list. The cut-offs had come down to 99.75% and 99.12% in the second list.
History, Economics, BCom (Hons), BCom, Urdu, Sanskrit and three BA programme combinations closed for admission at Kirori Mal College. Out of these, BCom, Urdu and two BA programme combinations had closed after the second list.
English and BSc (Prog) in Life Sciences, which had closed after the second list, have re-opened again now at 98% and 96% respectively.
Geography (98.5%), Political Science (98.75%), Physics (97.66%), Chemistry (96.66%) and Maths (97.75) are among the courses which are still open for admission.
Detailed cut-offs as Maharaja Agrasen College releases third list
At Hansraj College, computer science, anthropology and two BA programme combinations had closed in the second list. Now, Sanskrit and another BA programme have also closed. However, most popular courses still open for admission.
Economics and philosophy cut-offs remain the same at 99% and 96.75% respectively. English (98%) and History (98.25%) down by 0.5 percentage points each.
Among the science courses, physics, chemistry and maths all are still open at 98.66%, 97.66% and 98.25% respectively. In the second list, the cut-off for these courses were at 99.33%, 98.66% and 98.75% respectively.
Dyal Singh (Evening) College had closed admissions for History in the last cut-off. Now BCom (Hons) and English have also closed. Political Science and BCom have both opened at 94%, down from 94.5% and 95.5% respectively.
All seven BA programme combinations also open, with the dip ranging from 0.25 percentage to 4 percentage points depending on the combination.
English and Political Science — the two courses that had closed for admission in the second list — are the only ones that continue to remain closed in the third list in Aurobindo College. All remaining courses are open. BCom and BCom Hons cut-off down from 95% and 97% to 94.25% and 96.25% respectively.
Maharaja Agrasen College had closed admissions to BCom Hons and one BA Programme course in the second list. These remain closed. One other BA programme has closed. All other courses are open for admissions.Cut-off for English (95%) and Political Science (96.5%) down 0.5 percentage points from last list. Journalism is at 95.5%, down from 97%.
Fourteen BA programme combinations still open for admissions.Maharaja Agrasen College had closed admissions to BCom Hons and one B A Programme course in the second list. These remain closed. Admission to one other BA programme has closed. All other courses are open for admissions.
Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies which only offers Computer Science had declared 100% cut-off in the first list. In the second list it was brought down to 98.5%. The course remains open in the third list with a cut-off of 97.25%
All courses are open for admission at the Delhi College of Commerce & Arts. A dip of around 0.25-1 percentage points was noted in courses. Lowest dip in Political Science was seen from 98.25% to 98%. Highest dip in history from 98% to 97%. Economics, English, Journalism and B Com (Hons) are open at 98%, 97%, 98.25% and 98.25% respectively.
Admissions had closed at College of Vocational Studies for BCom (Honours) Economics, History and Computer Science and Hindi in the second list. These remain closed. English Honours remains open at 96%. Among vocational courses, only Tourism Management (88.25%) and Office Management & Secretarial Practice (86.25%) are open.
In Aryabhatta College, 7 out of 13 courses have been closed for admissions. Of these, political science and one B A Programme combination had closed in the second list. In the third list, Economics, History, Computer Science, Maths and one other B A Programme combination have closed.
B Com which had closed in the second list, has reopened again at 96.75 percent. English (94.75%), Psychology (97.75%) and B Com (Hons) at 97% also remain open.
At Jesus & Mary College, Hindi open is at 64%, B Voc Retail management & IT open at 76.25% and B Voc Health Management at 72%. All other courses - B.Com (H), B.Com, economics, English, history, maths, political science, psychology, sociology and BA programme had closed in the second list, and continue to remain closed.
9 out of 16 courses closed for admissions at Deen Dayal Upadhyay college for general category in the third cut off list. This includes English, B Com (Hons), Physics, Zoology, B Sc Mathematical Sciences, B Sc Physical Science with Computer Science, B Sc Physical Science with Chemistry, and two BA Programme combinations. Some popular courses that are open include Chemistry (96.33%), Computer Science (97%) and Maths (97%).
The only non-sciene course open is BA Programme (Economics History) at 95.5%.
The Greater Noida Authority will build a 180 bed guest house-cum-shelter home, out of which 84 beds will be for the labourers.
According to officials, in the industrial area of Greater Noida, a large number of people come looking for jobs and are unable to afford expensive rents. The guest house will be an inexpensive alternative for the workers, said officials. Read more
A day after a 35-year-old man was brutally lynched and strung up at the farmers’ protest site at Singhu border, the police on Saturday said they have arrested a Nihang Sikh, Sarvjit Singh, in the case.
Singh was taken into custody after he surrendered to the police on Friday night for his alleged role in the lynching, said police. Read more
The Delhi airport saw a sharp rise in passenger count as people resumed travelling during the festive season after a considerable break owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Between October 9 and October 13, the number of travellers in a day ranged from 1,19,000 passengers to 1,38,500. This is around half of the pre-Covid passenger footfall, which would be between 2 and 2.5 lakh a day. Read more
Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius on Saturday, slightly above the season's average. The city is likely to receive light rains during the day, the India Meteorological Department said. The maximum temperature will hover around 34 degrees Celsius, the IMD said.
An order directing teams of government school teachers to carry out inspections to ensure adherence to dust control measures has led to outrage among teachers.
The order from the SDM Rohini’s office has constituted five teams of two teachers each to “carry out inspections/special drives to ensure adherence to the dust control measures especially in construction activities and pollution caused by burning of garbage, plastic, rubber etc and burning of fire crackers”.
Three teams have been ordered to be on duty from 10 AM to 6 PM and the other two from 8 PM to 4 AM. Read more
For the fourth consecutive week, a group of residents Friday objected to namaz being offered in the open at Gurgaon’s Sector 47 as police shifted the prayer site by 100 metres from its original spot.
Prayers were offered amid heavy police presence as at least 70-80 people, carrying placards, raised slogans and tried to march towards the site. Police created a security cordon and stopped them. Read more
Delhi recorded 26 fresh Covid-19 cases and zero deaths with a case positivity rate at 0.04 per cent, the city’s health department said. So far in October, only 2 deaths were registered in the national capital. Currently, there are 327 active cases.
The Delhi University today will release the third cut-off list for its undergraduate admissions. Based on the first and second cut-offs, the university has so far admitted over 48,000 students after receiving over 1.8 lakh applications. The total number of seats in all DU colleges that are open for admissions is 70,000.