Kejriwal further said that those "abusing him have spent thousands of crores to buy airplanes and private jets for themselves. (PTI/File)Delhi News Highlights: (July 16, 17, 2022): More than three months after nearly 200 protesters belonging to the BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BYJM), along with Lok Sabha MP and BJYM national president Tejasvi Surya, broke through police barricades outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residenceand damaged his main gate, the Delhi government’s Public Works Department (PWD) is turning the Flagstaff Road colony where he stays into a gated one, it is learnt.
In other news, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “revdi culture” jibe aimed at freebie politics asking whether providing free and quality education and medical care was “revdi politics”. He further said that those “abusing him have spent thousands of crores to buy airplanes and private jets for themselves. Kejriwal doesn’t buy airplanes for himself,” and added that despite making so many things free in Delhi, its budget is “still running in profit.”
AAP has decided to support opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha. Decision was taken by the AAP’s political affairs committee.
Miffed over the pending clearance from the Centre for his proposed Singapore visit, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has been waiting for the permission for over a month. Urging the prime minister to expedite the permission process so he could participate in the World Cities Summit and present his views, Kejriwal said his Singapore trip will bring pride to the nation. High Commissioner of Singapore Simon Wong had in June invited Kejriwal to World Cities Summit 2022 to be held in the first week of August. The Delhi chief minister has been asked to attend a programme on the first day.
The Delhi government will look into the "practical problems" that can arise out of the proposed ban on BS-IV diesel vehicles if air pollution rises to the "severe plus" level, and take a call after holding discussions with people, Environment Minister Gopal Rai has said. As part of its new policy to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) has for the first time recommended Delhi and NCR states to impose the ban on diesel four-wheelers when the air quality index (AQI) breaches the 450 mark. According to reports, the ban is projected to impact around 9.5 lakh diesel vehicles, including private cars, and could lead to a crisis for commuters if enough arrangements are not made.
India has created history again, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 200-crore mark.
Modi said Indians have shown remarkable faith in science, with the country's doctors, nurses, frontline workers, scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs playing a key role in ensuring a safer planet. PTI
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appeals to citizens about 18 years of age to take up the Covid precaution/booster dose being given for free in all Delhi Government dispensaries, health center and Mohalla clinics.
"Precaution doses are free and are being provided in Mohalla clinics and government health centers. Though the Covid positive cases and deaths have come down, the disease is still dangerous. I appeal to all who are eligible for precaution dose to come forward and take it," the CM said.
So far 3.5 crore vaccination doses have been administered in Delhi and only 18 lakh people received the precaution dose.
The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) will release the results of its Class 10 board examinations Sunday evening.
The ICSE Class 10 results will be declared at 5 pm and will be available on the CAREERS Portal of the CISCE, on its website, and through SMS. The ‘Recheck module’ will also be activated from 5 pm. Recheck will be restricted to semester 2 results and will have a charge of Rs. 1000 per paper per subject. Read more.
The MCD's ambitious project of developing a 'pet park' exclusive for pet dogs and cats has started gaining momentum as the civic body will soon begin its construction work in south Delhi's Jangpura.
Officials said the “pet park” will have space for pet grooming, off-leash area for dogs and cats to stretch, veterinary centre, play area, stalls for sale of pet food and accessories.
It will also have a day shelter where pets can rest when their masters or owners are away for work. PTI
A 31-year-old factory manager has been arrested for allegedly raping one of his employees, a 15-year-old girl, in Outer Delhi and trying to kill her by giving her a poisonous liquid.
“During the inquiry, it was revealed that the victim was undergoing treatment at a hospital and was unfit to give a statement. On Saturday, her statement was recorded in the presence of an NGO member,” said DCP (outer) Sameer Sharma. Read more.
Three persons were arrested for allegedly working with a China-based gang to extort money from people on the pretext of providing short-term loans.
DCP (outer) Sameer Sharma said the accused have been identified as Ravi Kumar Pankaj (28), Javed Raza Ansari (30) and Vikas Yadav (19). He said: “On June 22, a woman lodged a complaint, alleging she downloaded an app to take a short-term loan. She paid the amount within the stipulated time, but got calls from recovery agents who used abusive language and threatened her.” Read more.
Seven people, including three women, have been arrested by the Cyber Cell of the Rohini district for allegedly duping several on the pretext of either helping them redeem credit card points or increase credit card limit.
DCP (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said four accused have been identified as Pulkit Malik (23), Rahul Verma (22), Avinash Kumar (37) and Jitender Sharma (28), who works as a freelance app designer. He added that the three women used to make fraud calls to their targets. (Read More)
Delhi reported 491 new Covid cases, 2 pandemic related deaths on Saturday. While 605 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours the positivity rate stands at 3.48%. There are a total of 1894 active cases in the city.
Delhi reported 491new cases, 2 pandemic related deaths on Saturday. While 605 patients recovred from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the positivity rate stands at at 3.48%. There are 1,894 active cases in the city.
Eight people were injured when the ceiling of a godown in Khoda colony collapsed after incessant rain Saturday, Ghaziabad police said.
The injured have been identified as Satyendra (36), Suman (36), Renu (40), Girija Devi (54), Sushma (36), Sushma (28), Surekha Devi (40) and Uma (40), who are residents of Khoda colony, police said. (Read More)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “revdi culture” jibe aimed at freebie politics.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the PM said, “People of this country, especially the youth, need to be very careful. Those who believe in revdi culture will never build new expressways, airports, or defence corridors for you. These revdi culture people think they can buy the public by giving them free revdi. We have to collectively defeat this thinking of theirs and remove revdi culture from the politics of the country.” (Read More)
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested 10 people on charges of running fake call centres and duping several foreign nationals in the US, Canada, Lebanon and Britain to the tune of Rs 170 crore, in Noida Friday.
The accused have been identified as Karan Mohan, Vinod Singh, Dhruv Narang, Mayank Gogiya, Akshay Malik, Deepak Singh, Ahuja Paudwal, Akshay Sharma, Jayant Singh and Mukul Rawat, the police said. The accused were allegedly running a fake international call centre with at least 50 callers. The STF is reportedly tracking some other members of the gang. (Read More)
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) on Saturday imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Delhi Public School Knowledge Park V, for burning garbage, officials said.
The authority’s public health department imposed the fine on the school for not providing adequate facilities for waste disposal as well as burning the same. The school has to pay the fine within three working days. (Read More)
The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies on a plea by several homeowners of a cooperative group housing society, requesting contempt action against authorities for not deciding their applications for regularisation of memberships in a time-bound manner.
Justice Sachin Datta issued notice on the contempt plea filed on behalf of various homebuyers of Vimal Cooperative Group Housing Society situated in Dwarka's Sector 12 here.
"Issue notice to the respondent (registrar), on necessary steps being taken by the petitioners, through all permissible modes including electronically, returnable on December 1, 2022," the court said. (PTI)
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal hit out at PM Modi's "revdi culture" jibe, aimed at freebie politics. "There are 18 lakh students study in Delhi govt schools. We are providing them free, quality education. This should have been done in 1947 and 1950. We are setting up the foundation of the country, this is not giving out free revdis" he said.
"In Delhi govt hospitals, we give free and quality medical care. Is this giving out free revdis," he asked.
"Those who abusing me, have spent thousands of crores to buy airplanes and private jets for themselves. Kejriwal doesn't buy airplanes for himself... Despite making so many things in Delhi free, our budget is still running in profit (fayde me chal raha hai). I'm not saying this; the latest CAG report says this", Kejriwal said.
"I will tell you what free revdi is. There is a big company that took loans from various banks. Kha gaye wo loan. Bank diwaliya ho gaye. That company gave one political party donation of a few crores and no action was taken by the government against this company. This is free revdi. When you waive loans of thousand of crores by your friends, that is free revdi", said the Delhi CM.
In the wake of the first case of monkeypox being reported in the country, the Delhi government has made LNJP Hospital the nodal centre for management of the rare viral infection, with starting of training of the doctors there, a senior official said on Saturday.
The city government-run hospital has been the nerve centre of Delhi's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic since its outbreak here in March 2020.
"India has reported the first case of monkeypox in Kerala. We are on alert and LNJP Hospital has been made the nodal centre for management of monkeypox cases if anything happens in future," the senior official said. There is need to be "vigilant, but no need to panic," he said. (PTI)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has ordered a probe into the wall collapse incident in the Alipur area and suspended a junior engineer and an assistant engineer, a senior official said on Saturday.
Five people were killed and nine injured after the wall of an under-construction godown collapsed in outer Delhi's Alipur area on Friday.
"A probe has been ordered into the incident and action has been taken. A junior engineer and an assistant engineer have been placed under suspension, pending inquiry," a senior MCD official said. (PTI)
A thunderstorm and rainfall hit parts of Delhi from around noon on Saturday.
An India Meteorological Department (IMD) update issued at around 1.15 pm for the next two hours said that thunderstorms with light to moderate rainfall would occur over Delhi-NCR, including Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad and Sonipat.
Waterlogging in low-lying areas and traffic disruptions are likely in Delhi-NCR, the IMD said. The Delhi Traffic Police also issued an alert on account of the rains, asking commuters to plan their journey accordingly. (Read More)
From no mask to wearing it improperly, a large section of Delhi Metro commuters are flouting Covid norms inside trains and on station premises even as the DMRC said it is "adopting all necessary measures" to ensure adherence to the safety norms.
From north Delhi's Kashmere Gate station, which has multiple interchange facilities, to the relatively smaller station of Jungpura in south Delhi, on-spot visits by PTI found several passengers without a mask. Some commuters even facetiously claimed that "Covid is over".
A CISF personnel on duty at Kashmere Gate metro station admitted that many passengers were walking into the station's premises, without wearing masks.
"Those who say they have forgotten to wear a mask, we suggest them to buy it from street vendors selling those for just Rs 5 outside the main entrance gate of the metro. But hardly anyone listens. (PTI)
AAP has decided to support opposition presedential candidate Yashwant Sinha. Decision was taken by the AAP's political affairs committee.
A senior official of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) was found dead inside a cooling tower at the NTPC complex in Dadri late Thursday, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Satish Kumar (48), deputy general manager at NTPC. His body was recovered late on Thursday night. Noida police suspect it to be a case of suicide as no injuries or marks were found on Kumar’s body, police said.
“At around 4 pm, information was received by Noida police that Kumar had left his office around noon Friday, for lunch and did not come back. A police team began searching for Kumar immediately thereafter,” said Shri Shripal, station officer, Jarcha (Greater Noida). Read more
A 36-year-old man suffered a grievous injury in his eye after he was allegedly shot at by a minor boy in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area Friday evening, the police said. They have apprehended four minors in the case.
According to the police, the incident took place around 4.45 pm when the victim was sitting outside a shop near a park in the area. Officers said three minor boys, who were known to the victim, approached him and one of the boys fired at him and ran away.
Usha Rangani, DCP (northwest), said, “At about 5.15 pm, a PCR call was received regarding a gunshot injury to a person in his right eye. Police reached the spot and the injured was rushed to a nearby hospital and later referred to another hospital. His condition is now stable.” Read the full report here
This week in Delhi, attend a discussion on a Girish Karnad play, watch a Hindustani comedy by Ajay Shukla or immerse yourself in an instrumental music show by prominent artistes. More details here
The Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) sealed Gurgaon’s live entertainment, theatre and leisure hub Kingdom of Dreams for alleged non-payment of dues to the tune of Rs 108 crore and took possession of its auditorium Friday.
It also imposed a penalty of Rs 100 crore on M/S Great Indian Nautanki Company Pvt Ltd, which operated the building, alleged for violation of terms and conditions of the lease agreement and another penalty of Rs 114.15 crore for alleged encroachment of 1.34 acres of HSVP land adjoining the auditorium. Read more
With the government’s 75-day free Covid-19 precaution dose drive kicking off on Friday, so far, Delhi has administered 18.9 lakh precaution doses, of which 54.9% were for those between the ages of 18 to 59 years, defying the national trend of a higher proportion of precaution doses administered in the elderly. Only 16.7% of the total 5.43 lakh precaution doses administered nationally till Friday were for those between 18 and 59 years’ of age, although the age bracket has a higher number of beneficiaries.
Delhi on Friday saw a slight increase in the number of precaution doses administered – 22,262 as compared to just over 19,000 third doses administered daily on average over the previous seven days.
Two weeks after the Centre opened up precaution doses for all adults at private centres on payment in April, the Delhi government had made it free for all adults at government vaccination centres. This could be the reason that Friday’s numbers were not significantly high as Delhi has seen peaks of over 36,000 within the last one month as well. Read more
Dismissing her application seeking permission for termination of a pregnancy of 23 weeks and 5 days, the Delhi High Court in an order released on Saturday said that the 25-year-old unmarried woman’s case is not covered under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
The court also issued notice to the Centre on her plea praying that unmarried women also be brought within the ambit of Rule 3B of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules 2003 that allows only certain categories of women to seek termination of a pregnancy between 20-24 weeks. The government has been asked to file a reply before August 26.
The division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad on Friday had said that it “will not permit” the woman to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at past 23 weeks, saying it would “virtually” amount to “killing the child”, and suggested that she should give birth and opt for adoption instead. Read more
Dasna Devi temple priest Mahant Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati has been booked by the Ghaziabad police in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi in a video that went viral on Twitter.
According to the police, in the 2.20-minute video that went viral on Wednesday night, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati alleged that “Mahatma Gandhi gave rights to Indian Muslims and because of him 100 crore Hindu community does not have an inch of land of their own.”
In the video, he questions the character of Mahatma Gandhi and his comments can lead to a situation that may lead to disruption of law and order, the station house officer of Mussoori police station said. Read the full report here
Commuters, whose vehicles have been towed from no parking areas or for wrong parking, can now pay the challan amount due towards Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) through UPI (Unified Payments Interface) payment, in addition to the existing mode of payment through credit and debit cards.
“It was brought to the attention of GMDA officials that the contractual agencies of GMDA responsible for the towing of cars were only able to accept card payments. This would pose a challenge for residents who were seeking to carry out payments via UPI. Now, payment through UPI has been enabled in the POS machines with the contractors for ease of payment. We would request citizens to refrain from parking in illegal spots and park in designated areas for better traffic management,” said Colonel R D Singhal, General Manager, Mobility Division, GMDA, in a statement.
At present, GMDA levies towing charges of Rs 2,000 on heavy vehicles with more than 10 tyres, Rs 1,000 for heavy-medium-sized and all other commercial vehicles, Rs 500 for four-wheelers, and Rs 200 for two-wheelers for violating parking norms in the city. Read more here
Light rainfall, thunderstorms in a few places, and strong winds of 30 to 40 kmph are on the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for Delhi on Saturday.
The maximum temperature is likely to be around 38 degrees Celsius, close to the 38.6 degrees recorded on Friday. The maximum temperature recorded on Friday was four degrees above the normal for this time of the year. The minimum temperature on Saturday also settled a degree above normal, standing at 28.3 degrees Celsius.
Although ‘moderate’ rainfall was initially on the IMD forecast for Friday, most weather stations in the city recorded no rainfall on the day. The Safdarjung weather observatory, the city’s base station, remained dry. The only weather station that recorded some rainfall on Friday was the one at Jafarpur in South West Delhi, which recorded 1 mm of rain. Read the full report here
The political advisory committee (PAC) of AAP will meet today at noon to decide on its support in the Presidential election on Monday, sources in the party said.
The meeting will be attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other members of the PAC, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, Punjab MP Raghav Chadha, and MLA Atishi, among others.
The AAP has so far kept it's cards close to its chest, not revealing if it will support opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha or BJP candidate Droupadi Murmu in the Presidential poll.
The AAP is the only non-BJP, non-Congress outfit with governments in two states -- Delhi and Punjab.
It has 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from the two states, including three from Delhi. The party also has 92 MLAs in Punjab, 62 in Delhi, and two in Goa. (PTI)
The Noida Police early on Saturday arrested five men following a brief exchange of fire after they allegedly tried to evade arrest.
The accused, aged between 20-25 years, have been identified as Ankit alias Bittu Singh, Rishi, Vikrant Jaatav, Sandeep Bhati and Niraj Goyal, the police said, adding that all of them are residents of Baraula village in Sector 49. The accused had robbed 22-year-old Jitendra of a camera worth Rs 3 lakh after beating him up near Sector 76, Mahagun Mezzaria, on Sunday evening, the police informed.
“Earlier today, Noida police was informed that the accused would be arriving from Phase 2 and passing via a checkpoint at Sector 112 crossing and going towards Ghaziabad to sell the camera. When the accused approached the police barrier on their motorcycles, the police tried to intercept them. However, they sped away towards an empty ground in Sector 112 and opened fire,” said Sharad Kant, the Station Officer of Noida Sector 113. Read more here
The Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union (DSAWHU) is slated to meet Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Saturday to demand the reinstatement of its workers, the body has said.
The LG agreed to meet the union, after workers whose services were terminated staged a protest outside his residence on Wednesday, the union officials said.
Earlier, the members of the union had gathered at the Raj Niwas Marg with banners and raised slogans against the LG and the Delhi government, demanding a hike in their pay and reinstatement of terminated workers and helpers.
DSAWHU has claimed that 884 Anganwadi workers have been issued termination notices and 11,942 given show-cause notices by the Delhi government for participating in a 39-day strike. (PTI)
The first Model United Nations (MUN) conference for government schools in Haryana was organised by district administration and the education department in Gurgaon in collaboration with ‘The Dais’ and M3M foundation.
The block level MUN conferences were conducted at the government model senior secondary school Gurgaon and government senior secondary school Bhora Kalan. Around 120 students, 30 from each educational block of the district (representing 12 schools), participated in the conference. Officials said the students were trained and oriented about the United Nations and its procedures and protocols.
The conference hosted two committees – the UN General Assembly and UNESCO where the students were assigned as delegates of different countries and spoke on agendas related to women empowerment and waste management (single use plastic). Read more here
A 40-year-old businessman allegedly shot himself dead after allegedly gunning down his wife and two minor daughters over failure in his business, police said.
The deceased were identified as Israr Ahmed, Fahreena Praveen (35), Yashfika (11) and Inaya (9).
Israr was in the jeans business and faced huge losses, DCP (Northeast) Sanjay Kumar Sain said. Read more here
The first day of the Common University Entrance Test saw some confusion as several candidates in Delhi showed up at the wrong venue on Friday morning, unaware of a change in their examination centre made the previous day.
While many such candidates rushed to reach the correct venue after discovering their mistake, several were unable to appear for their Slot 1 papers scheduled for July 15. Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) in Dwarka Sector 3 was among the venues in Delhi allotted for Slot 1 papers on July 15 when admit cards were issued to candidates on July 12. However, the centre was changed to Delhi University’s North Campus. Read more here
The Delhi Police has started investigating allegations that Max Super Speciality Hospital Patparganj and an interpreter assigned to a Yemeni couple and their child, who was treated at the hospital in April and May, allegedly fleeced them and their passports have also been withheld preventing their return home, the Delhi High Court was told on Friday.
A counsel representing the police, before the bench of Justice Yashwant Varma, said the complainant’s statement has been recorded and the probe is being closely monitored by the Deputy Commissioner of Police concerned. The hospital on July 11 had told the court that it is not in possession of passports of the petitioner’s wife and child.
While police confirmed that the passports are not with the hospital and maybe with the interpreter, it told the court that the probe is underway to find out how they reached her. There appeared to be some nexus between her and the hospital, the counsel representing police said. The court listed the matter for next hearing on July 20. Read more here
The Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of rape by a woman who had been having a relationship with him for four years, saying that after having willingly lived with him, she cannot now allege rape if the relationship is not working out.
A bench of Vikram Nath and Hemant Gupta noted that the complainant woman’s case was that she was in a relationship with the man for four years and that her counsel had admitted that she was 21 years old when the relationship started.
“In view of the said fact, the complainant has willingly been staying with the appellant and had the relationship. Therefore, now if the relationship is not working out, the same cannot be a ground for lodging an FIR for the offence under Section 376(2)(n) IPC,” the SC said. Read more here
Established on July 10, 2020, FDRC is a pilot project based on a Memorandum of Understanding entered into between Deputy Commissioner of Police Vrinda Shukla (Women Security) on behalf of Noida Police and Professor Pradeep Kulshreshtha, Dean, School of Law, Sharda University. The centre facilitates mediation between parties for various family disputes including marital disputes. It also looks at issues around domestic violence, and those faced by couples in live-in relationships. Read the full report here
As the national capital prepares to host the G-20 summit in 2023, Lutyens and New Delhi areas will soon get a facelift. About 41 key stretches spread across 61 km will be revamped with state-of-the-art infrastructure on a par with international standards of road redesign, said New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) member Kuljeet Singh Chahal.
Under this mega redevelopment and beautification project, roads will be widened and strengthened for smooth travelling. Issues of potholes and patches will also be resolved to provide a better connectivity and travelling experience to the delegation of members from across 19 countries who will visit New Delhi for the summit. Announcing the details of the project, Chahal said the NDMC has planned the revamp project which will include increasing green covers on both sides of the roads, solar bollards on footpaths, solar street lights, smart pillars, cycle tracks etc. Read the full report here
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