Formed in February 2021 on Delhi Police’s Raising Day, the Delhi Police women pipe band, comprising 46 constables at the time, has come a long way.
Performing for the first time on the country’s 74th Republic Day on Thursday, the band held their bagpipes and side drums, donned traditional bagpiping outfits, and played the ‘Delhi Police song’.
President's Bodyguard's carcade arrives for rehearsals of the Beating Retreat ceremony, at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi, January 27, 2023. (PTI)
One of the woman constables who is part of the band, Rumi Konwar, 24, told The Indian Express: “I joined the band five months ago and was earlier posted at Delhi Cantt Police Station… I was always interested in performing and when I got to know that the Delhi Police women pipe band is auditioning for members, I applied and got selected.”
Four key stretches in South and Central Delhi are going to get a significant revamp with the addition of aesthetic features such as seasonal plants, designer streetlights, granite and red sandstone flooring, new seating areas and paintings ahead of the G20 Summit scheduled for September.
The Public Works Depar-tment (PWD) has decided to redevelop South Extension 1 and 2, Moolchand road and flyover; ITO to DDU Marg; and Bhishma Pitamah Marg near Defence Colony flyover. The department has also decided to give an aesthetic upgrade to the South Extension flyover and the AIIMS U-turn as well as to stretches leading up to Humayun’s Tomb, Nila Gumbad and Nizamuddin.
In other news, Gurgaon Police conducted a raid at a popular nightclub joint, ‘Casa Danza’ in Udyog Vihar, in the early hours of Saturday and recovered narcotics including heroin, cocaine, charas, marijuana and MDMA from the premises. Police said though no narcotics were recovered from anyone’s personal possession, blood samples of 288 people partying in the club were taken and sent to the forensic science laboratory for testing and further probe.
Meanwhile, Union minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday asked BJP members to take a renewed pledge to remove the “corrupt and anarchist Arvind Kejriwal government” from Delhi and the country in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections. Thakur was speaking at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre on day two of the BJP’s state executive meeting. “I campaigned myself during the MCD elections and saw that the magic of the Kejriwal government has waned among citizens. We have to take word of the Modi government’s work to the people now and I am sure that victory will be ours, first in 2024, and then in 2025,” Thakur said at the meeting.
The AAP held ''padayatras'' in all the 70 Assembly constituencies of Delhi on Saturday to protest against the BJP for allegedly indulging in "hooliganism" and conspiring to stop the MCD mayor election twice. AAP MLA and MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak said, "The BJP seeks to maintain control over all aspects of Delhi. Troubled by the BJP's mismanagement of the MCD for 15 years, the people of Delhi have now given a majority to the AAP.
The Delhi BJP's two-day executive committee meeting concluded Saturday with Union minister Anurag Thakur asking party workers to "uproot" the Aam Aadmi Party in the 2025 Assembly polls. He also asked the BJP workers to reach out to the people and "expose" the alleged corruption and wrongdoing of the AAP in the city. The second day of the executive meeting was held at Ambedkar International Centre here with 'Chanda Vadhyam' players from Kerala playing special instruments and Vande Mataram rendered by Shabana Rahman.
Aimed at redefining maintenance standards of urban roads across the city, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday announced a complete “world-class transformation of Delhi’s roads” on 1,400 km under the Public Works Department starting April 1 following a high-level meeting to review the road transformation project. The Chief Minister also announced a pilot project revolving around e-scooters in Dwarka, which citizens can rent, and will be replicated across the city if successful.
Placards outside BBC office in Delhi. (Express Photo) 
Ghaziabad Police arrested three men Saturday in connection with the murder of a 25-year-old man, who was reported missing since January 22.
ACP (Masoori) Nimish Dashrath Patil said the accused were allegedly trying to escape via Meerut when police caught them. He also said the body of the deceased, identified as Krishna Kumar, was recovered from the Ganga canal at the instance of the accused.
The accused were identified as Sumit Kumar (22), Monu (24) and Punit Kumar (19), who hail from Didauli village in Ghaziabad, the same as the victim. Read more
BJP leader Shyam Jaju has sent notices to AAP leaders, asking them to take down all social media content related to their "corruption" allegations against him and his son, and desist from doing so in future.
The 'cease and desist' notice was sent by Jaju and his son Sandesh Jaju to MLAs Saurabh Bhardwaj, Durgesh Pathak, and Dilip Pandey, as well as party MP Sanjay Singh for accusing the Jajus on January 22 of indulging in corruption.
"The former Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta and in-charge of the Delhi BJP Shyam Jaju got a company (promoted by their sons) registered on the address of the party office... They own 40 to 45 properties in Delhi and neighbouring areas. The Lokayukta has sent them three notices but they have not replied yet," Pathak had alleged in one press conference.
Jaju in a notice sent to the AAP leaders called the allegations false and accused the politicians of defaming him. (PTI)
Cold winds and rain swept through Delhi on Sunday, with the maximum temperature dipping to 17.2 degrees Celsius, five degrees below what is normal for this time of the year.
An intense western disturbance over Afghanistan and the neighbouring area is the reason behind the overcast conditions and rain in and around the city, officials at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Rain gauges recorded 3.3 mm of rain in the afternoon. More is expected on Monday. Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will on Monday inaugurate a "super site" and a mobile van which will collect pollution data in realtime and tell its constituents.
Delhi would become the first city in the country to get a realtime source segmentation of air pollution that will help in identifying factors responsible for increase in air pollution at any place in Delhi, Delhi Environment minister Gopal Rai said on Sunday.
"The super site facility is located at Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya premises near ITO. The project has been initiated by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, and TERI,” Rai said in a statement.
The pollution forecasts will also help the government in taking policy decisions in time, the state Environment minister said.
The launch of the super site is one of the most important aspects of Delhi's campaign to combat pollution. (PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said domestic patent filings have outscored the country's foreign patent filings as he expressed confidence that India's dream of "techade" -- his call for Indian technologies to dominate the decade -- will be fulfilled on the strength of its innovators.
This underscores the country's increasing scientific capabilities, he said in the first episode of 'Mann ki Baat' in the new year.
Modi has in the past used "techade" to describe the decade being dominated by homegrown technologies.
He said India's rank in patent filling is seventh globally while it is fifth in trademark registration. India's patent registration has risen by 50 per cent in the last five years, the prime minister said, noting its ranking in the global innovation index has surged to 40 from below 80 in 2015. (PTI)
Members of the Hindu Sena on Sunday put up anti-BBC placards outside the UK-headquartered broadcaster's office on Kasturba Gandhi Marg over its documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. Placards reading “BBC is a threat to India's Unity and it should be Banned" and "BBC stop tarnishing India's image. BBC leave India” were put up outside the main gate of the BBC office. Hindu Sena local chief Vishnu Gupta said, “BBC is a threat to the unity and integrity of the country and should be banned immediately. BBC has been working to tarnish the image of the country... Now, they are targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” The placards were, however, removed by the police.
From rescuing an owl that got entangled in a kite thread to saving a cow which fell into a pit, Delhi Fire Services rescued more than 4,000 birds and 3,000 animals last year, officials said on Sunday.
Most of these rescue operations were carried out around Independence Day -- the traditional kite flying season in the national capital.
According to data accessed by PTI, firefighters in the national capital responded to 28,449 distress calls between January and December last year and rescued 3,354 animals and 4,182 birds.
Over 16,500 of these distress calls were fire related, the data showed. Eighty-two people died and more than 700 were injured in fire-related incidents last year. (PTI)
An intense western disturbance over Afghanistan and the neighbouring area is the reason behind the overcast conditions and the likelihood of light rain in Delhi, officials at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The weather system is likely to cause “light/moderate rainfall/snowfall at most places with isolated heavy falls over western Himalayan region during the next two days; light/moderate rainfall at some/many places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan during the same period. Isolated very light rainfall/drizzle would also occur over Delhi on Sunday and Monday morning,” officials said. Read more
Film actor Annu Kapoor, who was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here after he complained of chest pain four days ago, was discharged on Sunday, doctors said. He was admitted to the hospital in the early hours of January 26.
According to Dr Ajay Swaroop, Chairman (Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital), Kapoor complained of chest discomfort and he has been discharged Sunday.
He underwent treatment under a cardiology team comprising Dr J P S Sawhney, Dr Rajneesh Jain, Dr Rajiv Passey, Dr BS Vivek and Dr Sushant Wattal, the hospital said in a statement.
According to Dr Jain, co-director of cath lab and head of the unit, under whom the actor was admitted, "Kapoor was discharged today in a stable condition." (PTI)
The Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of South District has busted an interstate gang of Auto-Lifters/Receivers of luxury cars and arrested two accused persons after conducting multiple raids in Moradabad, Meerut, Bengaluru, and Karnataka, informed the police.
A total of 09 stolen Luxury Cars and SUVs and 01 country-made pistol with three live cartridges were recovered from their possession.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Farhad Ali alias Shanu, and Zakir Hussain A case has been registered under sections 25/54/59 of the Arms Act and 411 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Saket Police Station.
The team of the AATS was briefed and directed to take preventive and detective action to curb the crime particularly auto thefts in the area of South District. (ANI)
Gautam Buddha Nagar police Friday sacked a sub-inspector posted at Ecotech-1 police station for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 4 lakh earlier that day, officers said.
According to the police, the anti-corruption team from Meerut caught SI Gulab Singh Rajput while accepting a bribe in connection with a 2019 case. Singh was arrested and sent to jail. He was the investigating officer of a case registered under section 380 (theft in dwelling house) of the Indian Penal Code. Read more
Light showers were witnessed in some parts of the national capital on Sunday as the minimum temperature settled at 6.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below the average for the season, the India Meteorological Department said.
At 8.30 am, the relative humidity was recorded at 95 per cent, the IMD said. The weatherman has predicted generally cloudy skies with light rain and thundershowers during the day. According to the IMD, the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 17 degrees Celsius.
The Beating Retreat ceremony, which marks the formal end of the Republic Day celebrations, is scheduled to be held at Vijay Chowk on Sunday. On Saturday, the minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 6.1 degrees Celsius and the maximum at 23.8 degrees Celsius. (PTI)
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged the Centre to provide 1,300 million gallons per day (MGD) of water to Delhi, saying it will help ensure round-the-clock water supply to the people in the city.
The Delhi government is trying to increase water availability in the city, he said after inaugurating an 11 million litres capacity underground water reservoir (UGR) in Patparganj village.
"Delhi received 800-850 MGD water when its population was around 80 lakh. It is still getting the same water though the population has now tripled to 2.5 crore," the chief minister said. "We will supply round-the-clock water to each household in the city if Delhi is provided 1,300 MGD water by the Centre," he added.
Delhi can be provided water from the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, Kejriwal said, adding that his government would work for this. (PTI)
The Saket Court of Delhi has dismissed the bail petition of former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan, arrested recently for allegedly misbehaving with the police in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area.
Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri while passing the order on Saturday said, "If law enforcers are attacked /abused and accused are released on bail, it will send wrong signal in society. To my mind, in these circumstances, bail application of accused Asif Mohammad Khan does not deserve to be allowed and is accordingly dismissed."
The court further said, "I am of the view that as per averments in FIR, accused stopped way of complainant Ct. Dharampal while he was going from place of occurrence without his consent, threatened him, used objectionable words and tried to incite public at large and hence can be said to have used criminal force against complainant squarely bringing act of accused within purview of Section 353 IPC." During the course of arguments, videos of the accused concerning the present case and earlier cases were played before the court by the Investigation Officer on his mobile and laptop. These videos were also shown to counsels for the accused. (ANI)
Amid the ongoing power tussle between the AAP government in Delhi and the Lieutenant Governor, and allegations by the former regarding the L-G bypassing the concerned ministers in administrative decision-making, the chief secretary has directed all departments to submit weekly reports about important proposals and matters disposed of to the minister in charge.
A copy of the same is to be marked to the Lieutenant Governor. The order has been issued under the recently much-debated “Rule 17 of Transaction of Business Rules”. Read more
The Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) Friday directed the heads of government schools in Delhi to make sure girl students of Class 8 and above, along with two teachers, attend the menstrual health and awareness campaign organised by the NGO Sacchi Saheli at Rajiv Chowk on February 4.
Sacchi Saheli, an NGO working to raise awareness and sensitisation regarding menstruation and “good touch and bad touch”, will celebrate the first ever National Menstrual Health and Awareness Day in the form of a ‘Period Fest’ and ‘Pad Yatra’ bearing the theme “Ab Pata Chalne Do”. Read more
The minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 6.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday, three notches below the average for the season, with the India Meteorological Department predicting light rain and thundershowers during the day. At 8.30 am, the relative humidity was recorded at 95 per cent, the IMD said.
The weatherman predicted generally cloudy skies with light rain and thundershowers during the day, and said the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 17 degrees Celsius.
The Beating Retreat ceremony, which marks the formal end of the Republic Day celebrations, is scheduled to be held at Vijay Chowk on Sunday.
On Saturday, the minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 6.1 degrees Celsius and the maximum at 23.8 degrees Celsius. (PTI)
The Delhi Police Sunday said several routes, including Vijay Chowk and Kartabya Path, will be closed for commuters ahead of the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk Sunday. The ceremony marks the formal conclusion of the Republic Day celebrations.
The police said traffic will be restricted on multiple streets from 2 pm to 9.30 pm. As per the traffic advisory, traffic would not be allowed on Rafi Marg between Sunehri Masjid roundabout and Krishi Bhawan roundabout, beyond Dara Shikoh roundabout, Krishna Menon Marg roundabout and Sunehri Masjid towards Vijay Chowk. The area from Kartavya Path to Vijay Chowk and C-Hexagon will also be blocked for commuters. Read more
Marking the formal end of this year’s Republic Day celebrations, the Beating Retreat ceremony will be held at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on Sunday.
Tunes based on Indian classical music will be the flavour of the Beating Retreat ceremony which will also include the country's "biggest drone show" comprising 3,500 indigenous drones, officials said on Saturday.
According to news agency PTI, the ceremony will be graced by President Droupadi Murmu, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The ceremony will also be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Detailed orders with specific tasks and timelines related to the rejuvenation of the Yamuna have been issued to several government agencies after the first meeting of the high-level committee (HLC) constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) earlier this month.
These include deployment of the territorial army in Delhi to confront the issue of waste-dumping into drains of varying lengths and specifications leading to the river, among others. The NGT had, on January 9, constituted the HLC for the purpose and asked L-G V K Saxena to head it.
The committee met on January 20 for the first time to formulate an action plan and assess important parameters for the rejuvenation of the river, following which a detailed one was deliberated upon and finalised. Read more
Unavailability of devices, poor internet connectivity, low attention span among students and some privacy concerns are among trends that have emerged in a study released by the Delhi government’s Planning Department on how school children learnt in the online mode during the Covid-induced lockdown.
The study, conducted in April 2022 and made public recently, has been done in collaboration with the Directorate of Education and was carried out by the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST). It surveyed 9,087 students – 73.5% were from government schools and 26.5% from private schools – 1,772 teachers and 1,753 parents. Read more
The life of a 30-year-old man, who allegedly hanged himself, was saved by police in north Delhi's Sadar Bazar, police said on Saturday. On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, police got information regarding the incident.
Police rushed to the spot where one Pankaj Kumar, a resident of Sarai Jaat, was found in an unconscious state. It was revealed that he tried to hang himself from a ceiling fan, but his wife noticed him and raised an alarm, they said.
Pankaj was taken to Hindu Rao Hospital by the police. Police said the man was a drug addict and had mental problems. (PTI)
One of three men was arrested for allegedly stabbing an 18-year-old in central Delhi's Paharganj on Saturday, police said. According to police, the victim has been identified as Jatin. Jatin was returning home along with his friend after attending a wedding when the accused intercepted them.
The main accused, Saurabh (23), a resident of Multani Dhanda, stabbed the victim for allegedly having illicit relations with his wife, the police stated. Jatin was rushed to Lady Hardinge Medical College where he succumbed to his injuries, a police officer said.
"A case under IPC section 302 (murder) was registered at Nabi Karim police station. Saurabh has been arrested and a search is on for his brother Akshay and one Rajnikant," he said. Police said Saurabh worked at a tattoo shop in Palika Bazar in Connaught Place. (ANI)
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged on Saturday that doctors' salaries and government projects were unlawfully stalled in order to influence the MCD polls, but asserted that these actions will not obstruct the public welfare work of the Arvind Kejriwal-led dispensation.
Sisodia inaugurated a new casualty and emergency and labour room in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology in the MCH (maternity and child health) block, along with upgraded oxygen facilities, at the state-run Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital here.
"The Delhi government's health department has been working round the clock to ensure that the people of the national capital get the best of world-class health facilities at the hospitals run by the city government, which is a priority of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi's health model has received acclamation the world over. Upgrading our hospitals is just another effort to make our health model more efficient and sustainable," the AAP leader said. (PTI)
The BJP Saturday said the renaming of the iconic gardens in Rashtrapati Bhavan as 'Amrit Udyan', shreds yet another symbol of colonialism even as the opposition parties advised the government to focus on creating jobs and controlling inflation instead. While the Congress did not officially react to the name change, the TMC and CPI rubbished the move with the Left party terming it an 'attempt to rewrite history'.
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, in a tweet, said, 'Our Hon'ble President of India, Droupadi Murmu Ji sets an example by renaming the iconic gardens at the President House as 'Amrit Udyan. A powerful symbol of our nation's progress and a reflection of a brighter future for New India.'
However, the opposition said the government should focus on job creation and controlling inflation instead. 'Who knows, they might now want to rename the Eden Gardens and call it Modi Gardens! They should focus on creating jobs, controlling inflation and protecting the precious resources of LIC and SBI,' TMC's Parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien told news agency PTI.
CPI general secretary D Raja said this name change has been going on for quite some time and no one knows when it will end. (PTI)
A Delhi court on Saturday fixed February 2 to decide whether to take cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against five individuals and seven companies in relation to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
The judge, who was scheduled to take up the matter on Saturday, adjourned the case for February 2, noting that the documents were still under scrutiny by the court staff. “The record is still under scrutiny. Hence, the matter is directed to be listed on February 2, 2023 for consideration/orders/further proceedings,” Special Judge M K Nagpal said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed the charge sheet in a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy scam also involving Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. (PTI)
Decisions on the development of a bio-diversity park in the Yamuna floodplain and a public awareness campaign to restore the old glory of the river were taken at a high-level committee meeting here, officials said Saturday. The meeting was held to discuss the cleaning of the river.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had earlier this month formed a high-level committee (HLC) to deal with the issue of pollution in Yamuna and requested Delhi LG V K Saxena to chair it. (PTI)
A 25-year-old man has been arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly extorting money from a woman he met on Instagram by threatening to leak her nude video online.
DCP (central) Shweta Chauhan said that on January 12, a woman filed a complaint stating that in July last year, she came in contact with Sanny Chauhan on Instagram. They exchanged their WhatsApp numbers. “The accused used to message her on WhatsApp regularly in a friendly way and won her trust over time,” the police officer said.
They gradually developed intimacy and stripped naked during a video call, police said. “The accused recorded a semi-nude video of the complainant and started demanding money from her,” the officer added. Read more
A day after two men were killed when a car hit their two-wheeler, allegedly dragging one of them for 350 metres, the family of one of the deceased said he was the sole breadwinner.
The deceased have been identified as Kailash Bhatnagar (41) and Sumit Khari (38). They worked at a jeans manufacturing factory. While Kailash was declared dead on arrival at a hospital, Sumit died during treatment around 10 pm on Friday, officers said.
Police had arrested five accused persons, all students aged 19-20 years, who were inebriated at the time of the incident and were roaming around after attending a wedding. Read more
Shehzad Ahmad, a convict in the 2008 Batla House encounter case and Indian Mujahideen member, died during his treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday, prison officials said.
Ahmad (32) was convicted in the case for the murder of Inspector Mohan Chand and injuring other officers. Read more
Of late, an American black vulture with sooty black plumage was spotted in India’s Delhi, causing a stir amongst birdwatchers and conservationists. The scavenger bird is native to the northeastern United States and a few South American countries like Peru, central Chile, and Uruguay, and many experts argue that it is possible that the bird might have escaped the captivity of illegal bird traffickers.
As per the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association, a research organisation aimed at conserving scavenger birds, the black vultures typically avoid crossing large bodies of water and do not cover long distances. Therefore, finding an adult black vulture in the heart of Delhi is perplexing.
On Wednesday, Anu Mathur (@anuradhamathur), who self-identifies as a birder, shared three pictures of the blackbird and wrote, “#BlackVulture sighting in #Delhi #NCR!!!! at chandu budhera canal gurgaon area #Today afternoon! I am informed by #indiaves it’s a very rare sighting in #India!”. Read more
Gurgaon Police conducted a raid at a popular nightclub joint, ‘Casa Danza’ in Udyog Vihar, in the early hours of Saturday and recovered narcotics including heroin, cocaine, charas, marijuana and MDMA from the premises. Police said though no narcotics were recovered from anyone’s personal possession, blood samples of 288 people partying in the club were taken and sent to the forensic science laboratory for testing and further probe.
Police said a ‘secret input’ was received that contraband drugs were allegedly being consumed and distributed at a rave party at the club on Friday night, following which teams under ACP crime, ACP Udyog Vihar, ACP east, four crime branch teams and a scene of crime team carried out a raid around 2 am along with assistance from teams of the chief medical officer’s office. Read more
In view of the "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav", celebrating 75 years of India's Independence, the Mughal Gardens at the Rashtrapati Bhavan has been given a common name — the "Amrit Udyan".
"On the occasion of the celebrations of 75 years of Independence as 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', the President of India has given a common name to the Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens as 'Amrit Udyan'," news agency ANI quoted Navika Gupta, Deputy Press Secretary to President, as saying.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan's official website, however, lists both the names. Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has been conferred with the 'Outstanding Achiever' honour in the Government and Politics category at the India-UK Achievers Honours in London.
Taking to Twitter, Chadha said, 'Humbled to receive ‘India UK Outstanding Achievers Award’ in London, celebrating India@75 in UK Parliament. I dedicate this to an extraordinary person I have the honour of calling my mentor- @ArvindKejriwal & to our AAP volunteers whose unflinching devotion to India is exemplary.'
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal congratulated Chadha for the feat and said, 'Keep shining and keep making India proud!'
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said that the Delhi government is going to introduce e-scooters to address the issue of last-mile connectivity in Delhi, a pilot project around which will be launched in Dwarka.
The e-scooters will come with helmets, can be hired by anyone and will be operational for 60 km with one charge, the CM said.
The Delhi government has decided to refurbish 1,400 km of roads under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday.
'The project will begin in April and we hope to complete it within six months from the commencement date,' he added.
Sharing more details on the project, Kejriwal said over 100 mechanical sweepers will be hired; 250 smog-guns-cum-sprinklers — one for each ward — will also be hired for sanitation purposes. A massive plantation drive will be carried out at central verges of the streets as well as empty spaces along side roads.
"The entire programme will be monitored on a real-time basis on a dashboard; we will also issue a centralised number to receive complaints related to cleanliness," the CM added.
A day after students were detained from Delhi University’s Arts Faculty over attempted screenings of the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’, the varsity has constituted a seven-member committee to “enforce discipline and maintain law and order in the University” and look into the incidents of January 27.
The notification issued by the Registrar of the university on Saturday stated that the Vice-Chancellor has constituted the committee which will be chaired by Rajni Abbi, proctor of Delhi University.
The notification states that the committee “may specifically look into the incident of 27th January, 2023 which occurred outside the Faculty of Arts and Opposite Gate No. 4, University of Delhi.” Read more
A 31-year-old man was arrested after his car allegedly hit two traffic police officers in Dabri area of Dwarka on Friday, officers said.
DCP(Dwarka) Harsh Vardhan said that at around 2:15 PM, one Maruti Ertiga car being driven by a person, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, hit two traffic personnel at Dwarka’s Sector 1.
Immediately after the incident near Sector 1’s traffic signal, police officers chased the car and took the car and the driver into custody. Read more
The Public Works Department (PWD) has decided to install missing lights on street poles and replace sodium lights with LED smart lights on the Outer Ring Road bypass from IG Stadium to Geeta Colony Bridge.
This comes days after a series of reports by The Indian Express on dark spots in the national capital – the stretch in question is among those highlighted during our reporting.
During a spot check at night, it was found that 26 lights were non-functional from Sachiwalay Road to Rajghat Depot near Outer Ring Road bypass. On the Outer Ring Road bypass, while lights on the central verge were working, those on either side of the road were not. Read more
A day after students were detained from Delhi University’s Arts Faculty over attempted screenings of the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’, the varsity has constituted a seven-member committee to “enforce discipline and maintain law and order in the University” and look into the incidents of January 27.
The notification issued by the Registrar of the university on Saturday stated that the Vice-Chancellor has constituted the committee which will be chaired by Rajni Abbi, proctor of Delhi University.
The notification states that the committee “may specifically look into the incident of 27th January, 2023 which occurred outside the Faculty of Arts and Opposite Gate No. 4, University of Delhi.” Read more
Noting that “huge gaps” remain in compliance with Biomedical Waste Management Rules in the country, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked for remedial action to be planned and executed.
“…it is seen that there still continue huge gaps in compliance of statutory Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules. Unless duly addressed, such gaps will continue to compromise public health and environment. Thus, remedial action needs to be planned and executed,” the NGT said in an order issued earlier this week while hearing a matter on non-compliance with Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016. The rules deal with the collection, segregation and processing of biomedical waste.
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Ahead of the G20 summit meetings to be held in Gurgaon, Metro pillars, National Highway 48, and buildings along the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway in the city will be illuminated and the G20 logo shall be displayed at over 100 public places.
A meeting of the Anti-Corruption Working Group of G20 countries will be held in Gurgaon from March 1 to 3. The foreign delegates are expected to visit Museo Camera, Sultanpur National Park, Aravalli Biodiversity Park, Cyber Hub in Gurgaon, Transport Museum in Tauru, and Pratapgarh Farm.
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal held a meeting on Friday with senior officials of government agencies in Gurgaon to review the preparations.
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Three unidentified bodies of a woman and two children were found near the railway tracks in Outer Delhi’s Narela on Saturday, officers said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Devesh Kumar Mahla said the woman was in her 20s and the two children were supposed to be aged around 4 and 5 years old. The bodies were found beside the railway tracks at Narela around 9 am, the officer said.
The identification process of the deceased is under way and the forensic teams of Rohini have been called to the spot for examination, sources said.
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday asked BJP members to take a renewed pledge to remove the “corrupt and anarchist Arvind Kejriwal government” from Delhi and the country in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections.
Thakur was speaking at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre on day two of the BJP’s state executive meeting.
“I campaigned myself during the MCD elections and saw that the magic of the Kejriwal government has waned among citizens. We have to take word of the Modi government’s work to the people now and I am sure that first in 2024 and then in 2025 victory will be ours,” Thakur said, after inaugurating the meeting. Read More
The second day of the BJP state executive meeting has begun at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. Union minister Anurag Thakur inaugurated the meeting.
While dismissing a plea seeking the constitution of a censor board to review ‘non-film songs’ before they are released in public through television or social media platforms, the Delhi High Court observed that directing the appointment of a censor board would result in legislation which it cannot do.
A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a PIL seeking the constitution of a censor board to review non-film songs, their lyrics and videos before they were released to the public through TV or social media, making it mandatory for composers of such songs to receive certification. The plea also sought a direction to constitute a body to screen every non-film song and its contents, including lyrics and videos, before it is released on the internet through any platform/application and to ban all such songs on the internet which have obscene/vulgar content with immediate effect.
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Weeks after a 35-year-old man died after a staircase collapsed inside a shop in North Delhi’s Sadar Bazar, a police probe revealed that the incident was triggered by a firecrackers blast. Earlier, the police had said the shop collapsed due to a blast caused by a “water pipe.” The deceased Gulab Singh worked as a labourer at the shop that sold undergarments.
Day two of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) state executive meeting will see senior party leaders and MPs deliberate on a political resolution Saturday.
To be inaugurated by Union minister Anurag Thakur, the meeting would see a discussion on the resolution, which was expected to indict the Aam Aadmi Party government’s alleged failures in administration in Delhi, sources said.
The non-implementation of central government schemes in the city would also be discussed. Apart from the alleged blocking of initiatives such as the Ayushman Bharat scheme, the Centre’s continuing disbursal of ration to the economically weak was also likely to find a mention.
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