Kids play in a puddle amid rainfall in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav) Delhi News Highlights (July 12): Light to moderate rainfall is expected in Delhi today, according to the IMD’s weather forecast. The minimum and maximum temperature are likely to settle at 26 degrees and 33 degrees Celsius respectively.
With the Kanwar Yatra beginning on July 14 and a new Delhi Police pilgrim registration system in place, police across the city have been making preparations for the event. The Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory saying they expect about 15-20 lakh pilgrims or kanwariyas, and 1,925 police and 56 cranes had been deployed. Several routes for pilgrims have been specified, and separate dedicated routes will be provided for traffic and pilgrims.
In other news, a Delhi court on Tuesday deferred the bail plea of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to July 14 in a case related to a 2018 tweet which allegedly hurt religious sentiments. Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava informed the Patiala House Court that another hearing is pending in the Supreme Court in a different matter related to the case against Zubair filed by UP police in Sitapur for hurting religious sentiments through a tweet, in which he called some Hindu seers “hatemongers”.
The anti-defection law and frequent House disruptions will be discussed at a meeting of presiding officers of legislative bodies that will be chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla here on Friday, according to a statement.
The issue of people's participation in legislative bodies and uniformity of rules and procedures in legislatures will also come up for discussion, the statement by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on Wednesday.
The political developments in Maharashtra and Goa have brought focus back on the anti-defection law.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government in Maharashtra collapsed on June 29 following the rebellion by Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde and most of its MLAs.(PTI)
The stress has increased manifold among students ever since the admit cards for the CUET-2022 were issued, with the aspirants complaining about a lack of time to prepare for the examination and no knowledge about their examination centres.
The debut edition of the CUET-UG will be conducted from July 15 to August 10. The "city intimation slips" were issued to the students on Monday.(PTI)
Delhi logged 490 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 3.16 per cent while three more people succumbed to the viral disease in a day, according to data shared by the health department here.
The infection tally in the city has risen to 19,41,905 while the death toll has reached 26,288.(PTI)
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at the government over price rise, rising unemployment and debt and the fall in the value of the rupee.
"When 'Egonomics' trumps 'Economics'...," he said in a tweet citing figures of government debt, unemployment and the value of the rupee.
He shared a chart sharing such details and said while the government's debt in 2014 was Rs 56 lakh crore, it is Rs 139 lakh crore in 2022.(PTI)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the construction of the 116.65-km Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road rail line at an estimated cost of Rs 2,798.16 crore, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said Wednesday.
To be built by the Ministry of Railways, the project will link two states and three religious places and will be completed by 2026-27.
The proposed rail line will traverse through the Sirohi district of Rajasthan and Sabarkantha, Banaskantha and Mahesana districts of Gujarat.(PTI)
A 23-year-old man was killed allegedly by a group of locals in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur area following a heated argument, police said on Wednesday.
The man, with injuries on his head and legs, was found lying unconscious at the gate of a temple in Brahanpuri around 4 pm on Monday. The police rushed the man, Ashu, to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, they said.
A case under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered and an investigation taken up, a senior police officer said.(PTI)
Aircraft maintenance technicians at IndiGo and Go First continue to remain on sick leave in protest against their low salaries, aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday said, adding it hopes the situation will improve soon.
Flight operations of these airlines have remained normal during the period, it said.
"We are closely monitoring the situation. As of now operations are normal. Hopefully, it will be resolved shortly," the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in a statement.(PTI)
The customs department have arrested a couple from IGI airport and recovered 45 hand guns from their possession. They were returning from Vietnam along with their 2-year-old daughter when they were caught by the customs department.
The Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union staged a protest at the lieutenant governor's house here on Wednesday demanding a hike in honorarium and reinstatement of terminated workers and helpers.
Members of the union as well as the Anganwadi workers whose services were terminated recently gathered at the Raj Niwas Marg with banners and raised slogans against the LG and the Delhi government.(PTI)
Delhi government schools are helping students prepare for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) by conducting free preparatory classes for aspirants.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who interacted with students at Kautilya Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Chirag Enclave, on Monday, said, “This year, for the first time, the CUET is being conducted for admissions in central universities of India. Many Delhi government school students wanted to prepare for the entrance but were not in a situation to afford high coaching fees. For them, the Kejriwal government, under a unique initiative, has ensured that all aspiring students are provided sufficient support at the school level itself so they do not consider giving up their dreams because of financial reasons.” Read more
St Stephen’s College teacher and a member of the Governing Body (GB) Nandita Narain has written to the GB chairperson asking why the body was not informed of the college’s decision to file a writ petition in the Delhi High Court on the matter of admissions. Read more
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) at Shahdara South Zone has issued four new control room numbers for the convenience of the citizens after its headquarters were shifted, said officials Wednesday.
Citizens can now call on 66667391, 66667392, 66667393 and 66667394 for any of their complaints/problems and suggestions. Read more
Two Delhi Police head constables were injured while arresting a man who was chasing another person with a shaving razor in the Capital’s Dwarka area Tuesday, said officials.
They said that head constables Jitender and Mukesh were patrolling when they spotted the accused, identified as S K Masaraf, 39, a resident of the Pappan Kalan J J Colony, running behind another man with a razor blade to allegedly assault him. Read more
Delhi has seen less than 2,000 active cases of Covid-19 or those with current infection for two days in a row, according to the daily health bulletin released by the government. There were 1,960 active cases recorded on Tuesday, of whom 103 were hospitalised.
The low number of active cases, and daily incidence, also coincide with fewer tests being conducted. There were 400 new Covid-19 cases recorded with 13,700 tests on Tuesday and 280 new infections with 6,645 tests, as per the data. Fewer tests are being conducted during the current surge, with most people relying on home-based Covid-19 kits to test themselves. Read more
Delhi Metro has recovered around 76 per cent of pre-Covid ridership and hopes to achieve 100 per cent ridership in the coming months, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) MD Vikas Kumar said, adding that the ridership has improved since last week after schools and colleges reopened.
“It is not only Delhi Metro. Covid pandemic has impacted Metro services globally and almost all the Metro networks across the world still have a 20 per cent gap in bringing back ridership as compared to the pre-Covid period,” Kumar said during his first interaction with the media. “So, only around 80 per cent of ridership is back…but we are hopeful that things are getting normal so commuters will return to the Metro,” he added. Read more
The body of an unidentified woman with injuries on her body was found near a posh residential apartment complex in Greater Noida Tuesday, said the police.
The woman’s body was found lying in a service lane opposite AWHO Apartments in Sector Chi-IV, according to the police. Passersby in the area found her and notified the Noida police who reached the spot, they added. Read more
The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) Tuesday said it was carrying out extensive work pertaining to desilting of the city’s master stormwater drains along with regular cleaning of water chutes, road gullies, drain mouths and culverts to help curb waterlogging concerns during the monsoon. Read more
With the Kanwar Yatra beginning on July 14 and a new Delhi Police pilgrim registration system in place, police across the city have been making preparations for the event.
The Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory saying they expect about 15-20 lakh pilgrims or kanwariyas, and 1,925 police and 56 cranes had been deployed. Several routes for pilgrims have been specified, and separate dedicated routes will be provided for traffic and pilgrims. Police also noted that movement was expected to increase after July 21. Read more
Eating out in restaurants, coffee houses, hotels, food courts and five-star hotels is set to get costlier in several areas in the capital as the corporation has increased health trade licence fees in areas under the jurisdiction of the erstwhile North and East MCDs, to bring uniformity in rates. This would likely affect the prices of the final product, said a senior official of MCD. Read more
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board to ensure that adequate notice is given well in advance on the additional requirement of reaching the examination centre an hour before the reporting time, for candidates desirous of wearing a kara or a kirpan. The court said that other recruiting agencies also are expected to take appropriate steps in this regard. Read more
The power department of Delhi government has readied a standard operating procedure (SOP) having online and offline forms for consumers who want to avail benefit of its subsidy scheme after October 1, officials said on Tuesday. The SOP, after ratification by the Cabinet, will be implemented for seeking consumers' replies whether they want to avail power subsidy, said a senior official from the department.
"Any consumer who opts out of subsidy scheme by choice can again avail the subsidy if he changes his mind later on without any inconvenience," said the officer. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in May had announced that from October 1, power subsidy would be provided to only those consumers who specifically demand it. (PTI)
Four men smashed the windows of a car with iron rods in what appears to be a road rage incident in Dadri on Tuesday. While the men are absconding, the occupants of the car were unhurt, said the police.
CCTV footage of the incident, recovered from a busy intersection at GT Road, shows that around 9.42 am, a black Mahindra Thar touched the bonnet of a white car behind it, the police said. The footage further shows four men getting out of the white car and smashing the windows of the Thar with iron rods. The owner of the white car has been arrested, said the police. (Read more)
Over 5,000 Delhi government school students were provided free preparatory classes for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday. "This year, for the first time, the CUET is being conducted for admissions in central universities of India.
"Many of the Delhi government school students wanted to prepare for the entrance, but were not in a situation to afford high coaching fees," Sisodia said during an interaction with CUET aspirants at Kautilya Sarvodaya Vidyalaya at Chirag Enclave here. "For them, the initiative ensured that all the aspiring students are provided sufficient support at the school level itself, so that they do not consider giving up dreams because of financial reasons," he added. During the classes spread over 20 days, the students were guided in over 13 subjects. (PTI)
The Delhi Police on Tuesday said that adequate security arrangements have been made ahead of the 'Kanwar Yatra', which will start from July 14. According to police, the special arrangement regarding security and traffic will be in place from July 14 to July 26. The traffic of Kanwariyas is expected to increase after July 21.
"Preparations are being made. There are some particular routes which have been dedicated to the Kanwariyas. A total of 338 camps are being put in place for Kanwariyas. I want to tell the Kanwariyas to go through the channelizer (routes) dedicated for them,” a senior police officer said. “The motorists and road users should follow traffic rules and go through their dedicated road lanes,” the officer said. The yatra is being held after a suspension of two years due to COVID-19 pandemic. (PTI)
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, demanding a reduction in the GST rates on the alternatives to the banned single-use plastic items and their raw material. The Delhi minister said users and manufacturers of single-use plastic (SUP) items are facing hurdles in shifting to sustainable alternatives due to "higher GST rate".
"With the pressing need to encourage the switchover to alternatives to SUP items, it is crucial that GST rates on alternatives to SUP items and their raw material be reduced. This will reduce, to some extent, the challenges being faced by the users and the manufacturers," Rai wrote in the letter.
This will facilitate better implementation of the ban on the identified single-use plastic items on the ground and will encourage the availability of alternatives in the supply chain, he said. (PTI)
The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained the owner of a confectionary under the name 'Facebake' from using any mark which is deceptively similar to that of social media company Meta Platforms, Inc's 'Facebook' mark.
Justice Navin Chawla, while dealing with a lawsuit by Meta, said that 'Facebook' is a well-known trademark in the country and the overall visual representation adopted by the defendant, Noufel Malol – the owner of Facebake, depicted the mala fide intent in obtaining unfair advantage.
The judge noted that the use of a mark similar to 'Facebook' can lead to an unwary consumer being at least interested in taking note of the defendant as having some kind of connection with the plaintiff and the mala fide intent of the defendant was also evident from the fact that after an interim injunction was passed against the use of 'Facebake', the defendant changed the mark to 'Facecake' and chose not to defend the suit. (PTI)
An Indian couple who had secured asylum in France with forged Bangladeshi citizenship documents was caught at the Delhi airport on July 8, according to officials. They were identified as West Bengal natives Biswajit and his wife Rinku Das.
The couple had come to India, along with their minor daughter, from France to attend the last rites of Rinku’s father, said the police. They were caught with the possession of Indian passports as well as French travel documents when they were at the immigration counter for their return to France, the police said.
According to the police, the couple was in Qatar in 2018, where they allegedly met an agent who said he could help them get asylum in France. Deputy commissioner of police Tanu Sharma (Indira Gandhi International Airport): “They were told by this agent that if they had Bangladeshi documentation, it would be easy to obtain asylum in France. He did this for them for a price of around Rs 8-9 lakh… They had subsequently been residing in France.” Read the full report here
In a major blow to the BJP, the party’s former Himachal Pradesh President Khimi Ram on Tuesday joined the Congress in the presence of senior leader Rajeev Shukla. The two-time MLA was sworn in at the AICC Headquarters in New Delhi.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to develop concept parks in East Delhi, based on the festivals celebrated in India. The ‘Celebration Park’ will come up on the MCD’s 2.7 acre land at Nirman Vihar, next to V3S mall, and will feature major festivals like Dussehra, Diwali, Eid-ul-Fitr, Christmas etc.
The MCD will develop this space as a hub for exhibitions and fairs from across India and it will have replicas featuring scenes from all religions and cultures, a senior MCD official said.
The corporation is planning to develop the park on a public-private partnership model where the civic body will develop the space and the concessionaire would conduct activities like holding exhibitions, fairs etc. Once the tendering is finalised, the Celebration Park project is estimated to be completed within six months at a cost of nearly ?17 crore, to be borne by private concessionaires. Read more here
While parts of Delhi-NCR woke up to another spell of rain Tuesday morning, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast issued a little after 9 am said that thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rainfall is likely over Delhi and NCR, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad, over the next two hours.
The IMD forecast indicates that Delhi is likely to receive ‘moderate’ rainfall Tuesday. The maximum temperature is likely to settle at around 35 degrees Celsius, a little below the 36.9 degrees recorded on Monday. The minimum temperature recorded early on Tuesday was 26.2 degrees Celsius, a degree below the normal. Read the full weather report here
Days after a panchayat in Haryana’s Manesar, claiming to represent the Hindu society, had called for an economic boycott of Muslim shopkeepers and issued an ultimatum to the administration to conduct an enquiry to evict illegal immigrants, the organisers of the panchayat met a city magistrate on Monday to enquire about the action taken so far and to demand a thorough probe.
The organisers said that depending on the action taken by the administration in the next few days, they would take a call on holding a mahapanchayat of 70 villages in Manesar on the issue.
In a memorandum to the deputy commissioner last week, the panchayat members had stated that “jihadist and fundamentalist elements had infiltrated commercial and residential spaces” in Gurgaon and Manesar and called for the eviction of illegal immigrants. “There should be an immediate enquiry into this and those found staying illegally should be evicted. Many here are involved in religious conversions and strict action should be taken against them,” the memorandum had read. Read more here
The Noida police arrested three men on Sunday for allegedly issuing fake visas and duping many people. The men were identified as Ashutosh Pandey, resident of Ashok Nagar in Delhi, Praveen Kumar Gaur alias Vikrant, resident of Khora Ghaziabad, and Imran Khan, resident of Chijarsali in Ghaziabad.
The accused ran their office under the name ‘Om Consultancy’, located in Sector-2, and offered job opportunities to victims in Gulf countries, the police said. The nature of the jobs depended on the skills of the applicant, the police said. Read more
Noida police arrested six men and apprehended two minors for allegedly snatching chains and mobile phones on Monday, officers said. The accused were caught near Sorkha village at 4 am on Monday during police checking in the area, the station house officer of Noida Sector 113 police station said.
“Around 40 mobiles and 12 display screens have been recovered from them. Our investigation shows that one of the members had stolen at least 37 mobiles in a month,” said additional deputy commissioner of police Ranvijay Singh. The police have also recovered three stolen motorbikes – two Splendor Plus and one Yamaha FZ – from the accused. Two of the bikes were stolen from Noida and one from Delhi. Additionally, Rs 5,000 in cash and two illegal revolvers of .315 bore and two live cartridges have also been recovered from the accused, officers said.
“The group’s area of operation was Delhi-NCR where they would snatch chains and mobile phones and send pictures of the stolen items to their associates. The associate would then sell the mobile phones. Some of the accused have a criminal history. The minors, who were snatchers too, have been booked under the Juvenile Justice Act,” Singh added. Read more here
As it began to rain in Delhi on Tuesday morning and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a forecast of “light to moderate” thunderstorms across the national capital and the surrounding areas, the Delhi traffic police advised commuters to plan their travels accordingly.
New Delhi district traffic officials said that while a minor slowdown of traffic on account of rain could be expected, there was no major waterlogging yet that had obstructed traffic.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and National Capital Territory government over control of services in Delhi for an “authoritative pronouncement”.
A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli was urged by senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for the AAP government, that the issue needed an urgent hearing. Read more
Five districts in Delhi have reported deficient rainfall this monsoon so far due to poor distribution of rains, according to India Meteorological Department data.
On average, Delhi has recorded a rainfall deficiency of 23 per cent — gauging 90.4 mm of rains as against a normal of 116.9 mm since June 1, when the monsoon season starts.
Till a week ago, on July 5, the city as a whole had logged 10 per cent excess rainfall. But rains have repeatedly given the capital a miss since then. Read more here
A Delhi court on Tuesday deferred the bail plea of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to July 14 in a case related to a 2018 tweet which allegedly hurt religious sentiments.
Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava informed the Patiala House Court that another hearing is pending in the Supreme Court in a different matter related to the case against Zubair filed by UP police in Sitapur for hurting religious sentiments through a tweet, in which he called some Hindu seers “hatemongers”.
Shrivastava sought time till Thursday, following which the hearing was adjourned till July 24, the Bar and Bench reported. Read the full report here
In order to end the manual monitoring and also to keep a close eye on the bus lane discipline violation, the Delhi transport department is planning to install high-resolution CCTV cameras at all the bus queue shelters across the national capital.
Currently, the bus lane discipline violations are monitored by the Delhi transport department’s enforcement team and over 1000 civil defence volunteers have been deployed across the city to ensure that buses run on the extreme left and stop at the designated boxes. Read more
An FIR has been registered against unknown persons for allegedly sexually harassing a female spokesperson of Delhi BJP after a video defaming her was posted on social media platforms, police said.
The matter came to the fore after a complaint was made by the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party alleging that the video, along with misinformation, was posted against the spokesperson for insulting her modesty electronically, they said. Read more here
To ramp up security arrangements for the 75th Independence Day (August 15) celebrations, Delhi Police will install over 925 CCTV cameras in different parts of the city. Senior officers from the police’s provisioning and logistics department have already invited dealers and distributors to install CCTVs and oversee arrangements.
Amid communal tension in and around Delhi, the police will deploy maximum personnel on the ground and also ask paramilitary forces for additional security cover. According to the police, most of the CCTVs will be installed in North and Central Delhi where the Independence Day parade is held. Most of the lanes will be barricaded to ensure smooth traffic movement for parade guests and the safety of locals.
The police said they would use 4-megapixel and 2-megapixel high-definition cameras. Some of the devices will be pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras to ensure maximum areas are covered for high security. Read the full report here
The investigation in the death of a 45-year-old DTC employee has revealed that his wife, ex-wife and 21-year-old daughter had allegedly been planning the murder for the past three years. The probe also revealed that the ex-wife and daughter sent money to the victim’s current wife to “plan the hit”.
Sanjeev Kumar was gunned down by an assailant while he was heading home with his wife and their 9-year-old son on July 6. Delhi Police have arrested his wife Najma (28), ex-wife Geeta (44) and her daughter Komal (21) for allegedly planning the murder and hiring a contract killer. The women were caught after the investigating team recovered a deleted photo of the victim’s bike from his wife’s phone, which led probe officers to conclude that the photo had been shared with a contract killer.
“They had been planning for three years but it took them time to communicate and build trust. Najma first got in touch with Geeta and shared how she was allegedly being abused and beaten up. Geeta told her he used to do the same to her,” said the officer. Read more here
A 22-year-old man was shot dead on suspicion of theft, allegedly by a security guard at a construction site where work on the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) is underway, in Shahdara on Sunday night. The guard has been arrested, said police.
Police said the accused, Rajender Singh (46), found the victim, Ashish, and his friend, Kunal (18), roaming inside the premises and allegedly fired at them with his single-barrel gun. The pellets hit Ashish in the face and chest. A case had been registered under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).
Police said they received information at 9.51 pm that Ashish had been brought to Hedgewar Hospital by his mother, where he was declared dead on arrival. Police said Kunal told them the two had gone to the construction site at CBD ground to steal iron rods and that a security guard had shot Ashish while they were cutting through a tin shed. Read the full report here
The Delhi government has planned to work on the restoration of the 71 monuments that fall under its jurisdiction in the city. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia held a review meeting with officials Monday to go over pending plans, and said each monument would get a facelift without any tampering.
“Historical monuments in Delhi symbolise the country’s evolution over the period of time. These extremely important historical buildings have remained neglected for a longer time, which has caused much damage to them. The government is ensuring that each of the monuments under its responsibility gets a facelift as soon as possible without tampering with the essence of history associated with it. This will help generations to understand our history in a better way,” Sisodia said. He also said cultural events to celebrate the history of these monuments will be organised.
As part of the plan, which has been in the works for a few years now, the conservation of the Dara Shikoh Library and Baradari Qudsia Bagh will be expedited. Both monuments will also get museums on their premises. Read the full report here
The MCD’s new property tax structure will incentivise group housing societies that carry out waste segregation at source and recycling. According to officials, the corporation will provide a 10 per cent rebate to those group housing societies in which 90 per cent residents pay tax.
Besides, an additional 5 per cent rebate will be available if the colony implements 100 per cent waste segregation at source, composting of wet waste in the colony, re-cycling of recyclable dry waste and handing over remaining dry waste to the MCD or its authorised agencies.
The new policy incentivises waste segregation, de-centralised processing, recycling and reuse in order to get rebate and concessions in property tax. Through this, the MCD is making a renewed push for waste segregation, which has seen several hits and misses in the past. Read more here
Gurgaon Police have filed an FIR against the chairman and managing director of SpiceJet Limited, Ajay Singh based on a complaint by a Gurgaon resident.
In the FIR registered on July 7, the complainant, Amit Arora, a consultant in the aviation sector, claimed that around 2016 at the time of its takeover, SpiceJet was in dire financial difficulty. “… the company required an overhaul and financial restructuring… the accused approached the complainant to salvage the situation. In lieu of the same, he promised to transfer… 10,00,000 shares to the complainant… The complainant provided his services such as presenting the case of revival and restructuring in front of all authorities/government…,” stated the complainant in the FIR.
The complainant claimed he requested Singh to transfer shares as promised, but he instead provided a depository instruction slip (DIS). “When my representative went to deposit the said slip, he was informed that the slip was invalid and outdated,” he alleged. Read the story here
On July 2, sisters-in-law Virmati (62) and Prakashi (60) boarded a bus from Delhi and headed for the Amarnath Yatra together. It was their long-standing dream, said their families. On the evening of July 8, they called up their families and told them they had reached the shrine, done the “darshan”, and begun their descent. That was the last time their families spoke to them.
The two women from Delhi were among the 17 people who died in a flash flood that hit a camp near the Amarnath cave shrine, in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday.
“It was the first time they had gone to Amarnath. They went very happily. It was something they had wanted to do for a very long time. Ek lamba sapna tha (It was a long-standing dream). Their travel was comfortable, and they sent us photographs of their journey,” said Virmati’s husband, Balkishan (68), a retired sewer supervisor at the New Delhi Municipal Council. Read the full story here
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