Regarding the discharge of untreated sewage into drains, the GMDA CEO has directed the teams to keep a vigil and make use of sophisticated technology to plan and keep track of the sewerage and drainage networks in the city, said an officer. (Representational/File)Delhi Live News: As many as four persons got trapped inside a sewer line in Outer Delhi’s Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar Tuesday afternoon. Police said the incident happened when three of the victims were working to repair wires in the sewer. Sleuths added they received a call at around 6.34 pm from locals saying that three workers went missing inside a sewer. According to news agency ANI, the rescue operation is underway with fire tenders at the spot.
Nearly 24 hours after a massive fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site Monday afternoon, officials said it continued to rage in some parts of the area. The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said more than 90 firefighters have been working since Monday to control the fire. At present, four fire tenders and six JCBs have been deployed at the landfill site. Local residents complained of difficulty breathing as fumes from the blaze spread to nearby colonies. Fire officials Tuesday said they have been facing multiple challenges in the firefighting operation.
A bill that seeks to raise the age of superannuation of members and chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) up to 70 years was passed by the House on Tuesday. “The Delhi Electricity Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2022 fixes the term of the members and chairman of DERC to five years or age of 70 years, whichever is earlier,” Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said before the passing of the Bill.
As many as four people got trapped inside a sewer line in Outer Delhi’s Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar Tuesday afternoon. Police said the incident happened when three of the victims were working to repair wires in the sewer. Sleuths added they received a call at around 6.34 pm from locals saying that three workers went missing inside a sewer. The rescue operation is underway with fire tenders at the spot.
The fourth person has been identified as Sukhwinder Singh, an e-rickshaw battery operator, belonging to Sardar Colony in Sector 16.
"We came to know that our friend's brother has entered the sewer line. Sukhwinder was on his rickshaw when he saw a crowd. As he came to know that some people are trapped, he immediately went inside to help and has been trapped since. He has three children. Hope he is safe," said Harinder Singh, an acquaintance.
Delhi Technological University (DTU) officials on Tuesday apprised Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on the varsity's achievements during the last year, which included starting of centres for electric vehicles and happiness for students. Baijal was chairing the fourth meeting of the court of the university.
"Chaired the 4th meeting of the Court of Delhi Technological University. The court considered and approved the audited annual statement of the accounts and the annual report of the university for the year 2020-2021," he said in a tweet.
Lt Governor Baijal also said that he advised authorities to address and settle the "outstanding audit paras at the earliest". (PTI)
Visitors look at photographs during the exhibition 'Untold Ukraine (Glimpses)' at IHC in New Delhi, Tuesday.
(PTI photos/Arun Sharma)
Nine people were injured after a fight broke out between two families over some issue in Delhi's Prahlad Vihar, police said on Tuesday. The incident came to light after a video went viral in which two groups of people were seen quarreling with each other. A woman was also seen being beaten up badly.
The incident is said to have taken place on March 14. On March 14, an incident took place between two families in the area of Prahlad Vihar, Rohini Sector-25, a senior police officer said.
Nine people -- six from one family and three from another family -- were injured in the fight, the officer said. Cross FIRs were registered in the matter, he said. (PTI)
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday visited a government school in Jahangirpuri and admonished an official for not ensuring adequate hygiene in the premises, according to an official statement.
Sisodia, who holds the Education Portfolio, visited Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in D- Block, Jahangirpuri. He spoke to the students about academic activities and their experiences of studying new curricula -- the Happiness Curriculum and the Deshbhakti Curriculum. He also reviewed the progress of the reading campaign at the school.
During the visit, Sisodia admonished the estate manager for not ensuring adequate hygiene in school premises. Sisodia said strict action will be taken against the officials concerned for lack of cleanliness on campuses. (PTI)
As many as four people got trapped inside a sewer line in Rohini Sector 16 of the national capital, on Tuesday.
The rescue operation is underway with fire tenders at the spot. (ANI)
The Opposition BJP termed the Kejriwal government's 'Rozgar' budget "disappointing", as it showed a decline in GDP and rise in fiscal deficit.
Participating in a discussion on the budget in Delhi Assembly's budget session, Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri claimed in a statement that the GDP growth rate in the seven years of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has "come down to 67.7 per cent as against 147.6 per cent earlier".
"Delhi's fiscal deficit is increasing continuously," he said. In 2020-21, it increased to Rs 9,972.96 crore. This deficit has almost doubled in 2021-22 to Rs 18,776.67 crore, he said in the House. (PTI)
Former chief secretary Anshu Prakash on Tuesday told a Delhi court that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia were the "kingpins" of a conspiracy that led to him being assaulted in 2018.
Prakash made the submission during the hearing of an appeal filed by him against a trial court decision to discharge Kejriwal, Sisodia and nine other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs in the case. The criminal case relates to the alleged assault on Prakash during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence on February 19, 2018.
Senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, appearing for Prakash, told Special Judge Geetanjli Goel that the trial court erred in its judgment of discharging the politicians in the case. (PTI)
Three workers fell into a sewer in northwest Delhi's Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar on Tuesday and efforts were underway to rescue them, police said. A man who had gone to help them also got trapped inside the sewer, they said.
According to the police, the information regarding the incident was received at Samaypur Badli police station around 6.30 pm. Police personnel rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. Fire department officials were also part of the rescue operation.
Rescue efforts were underway and none of the four was pulled out yet, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Brijendra Kumar Yadav said. It was not immediately known how the workers got trapped inside the sewer. (PTI)
BJP MLAs Vijender Gupta and O P Sharma were marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly for the day by the speaker for allegedly obstructing the AAP members from raising law-and-order and other issues in the House.
The two opposition MLAs objected when the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators attacked the Centre over the law-and-order situation in the national capital.
Pravin Kumar, the AAP MLA from Jungpura, raised the issue of the stabbing of a teenager in his constituency and demanded that the Delhi Police Commissioner be summoned to the House and answer about the law-and-order situation. (PTI)
With the municipal polls in the national capital getting delayed over the Centre's move to unify three corporations, the State Election Commission (SEC) of Delhi on Tuesday asked returning officers to allow employees requisitioned for the election to work in their respective departments.
The poll body, however, said that such staff will have to report at short notice to the returning officer concerned whenever required.
"Due to prevailing situations, where the Government of India has introduced a Bill in Parliament for unification of three Municipal Corporations of Delhi, general elections to municipal corporation(s) may take some time. (PTI)
A British national has been arrested for allegedly forging a document in the name of the finance ministry to stay proceedings against his company under a law to recover non-performing asset loans, police said on Tuesday.
London resident Bharat Amritlal Parikh's Gujarat-based GPT Steel industries Ltd was facing proceedings under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002, they said.
The Act empowers banks and financial institutions of India to take over assets and properties of a borrower to recover an unpaid debt. Parikh is a charted accountant and is also engaged in the business of import and export of steel products. He is a British national with an Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) passport, police said. (PTI)
Delhi Transport minister Kailash Gahlot on Tuesday said from April 1, bus drivers who not ply on designated lanes will be slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 while repeat offenders can lose their driving licenses and get prosecuted under the Motor Vehicle Act.
The minister told the Delhi Assembly said the Transport department will launch the enforcement drive from April 1 under which all the DTC and cluster buses will follow lane discipline across the city.
He said the Traffic police has been asked for an intensive enforcement of the drive, and teams of Transport department will also be deployed. He said the Transport department will also soon launch a WhatsApp number on which people can send videos of violations by bus drivers. (PTI)
Delhi on Tuesday recorded its hottest day of the season with the maximum temperature settling at 39.2 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The mercury will rise further, it said.
The maximum temperature at the Safdarjung observatory, which is considered the official marker for the national capital, was recorded at 39.2 degrees Celsius, seven notches above the season's average. The minimum temperature was recorded at 18.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal.
Humidity levels oscillated between 79 per cent and 14 per cent. At many places in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), the maximum temperature was recorded at 40 degrees Celsius. Narela recorded a maximum temperature of 41.7 degrees Celsius, 10 notches above the normal. (PTI)
A Delhi court has said that there can be no stigma attached to former TERI chief R K Pachauri due to an alleged sexual harassment case since the prosecution could not prove its case while he was alive.
Pachauri died in February 2020 while his revision petition against an order to put him on trial in the case was pending before a court.The case was abated after his death.
Special Judge Mohinder Virat made the observation while dismissing a plea by Pachauri's son through advocate Ashish Dixit, who had sought a decision on his father's petition “on merits just to remove the stigma of this present criminal case on the deceased revisionist.” The court said the application filed by Pachauri's son was not maintainable. (PTI)
The Delhi High Court Tuesday refused to pass directions to the Centre on a public interest litigation seeking a probe into the allegations of siphoning of funds, which were collected by certain overseas organisations from the public in the name of Covid relief, towards terrorist activities.
A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi noted that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has already sought from the petitioner -- Mohammad Ashfaq Hussain, the relevant documents which form the basis of his claims and opined that there was no reason to assume that the central government was not alive to the problem.
“There is no reason for the court to assume that the central government and its agencies are not alive to the problem... We are of the view that no direction is called for on the petition,” said the bench which also comprised Justice Navin Chawla. (PTI)
The Special Cell unit of the Delhi Police has arrested twelve members of three gangs, who among other crimes were also involved in the murders of a gangster outside a Delhi court and an international Kabaddi player in Punjab, officials said on Tuesday.
These members belong to the gangsters Lucky Patial-Bambiha-Kaushal alliance and were involved in organised crimes in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Chandigarh, apart from having significant footprints in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, they said.
In order to expand their operations to the National Capital Region (NCR), they had partnered with local gangsters Sunil alias Tillu Tajpuriya and Neeraj Bawana, the police said. (PTI)
A bill that seeks to raise the age of superannuation of members and chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) up to 70 years was passed by the House on Tuesday.
"The Delhi Electricity Reforms (Amendment) Bill, 2022 fixes the term of the members and chairman of DERC to five years or age of 70 years, whichever is earlier," Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain said before the passing of the Bill.
The term of the members and chairman of the DERC was five years or age up to 65 years, whichever was earlier. The panel comprises a chairperson and two members. (PTI)
Harjot Singh, who was shot multiple times in Ukraine's capital Kyiv last month while fleeing the war-torn country, has been discharged from the Army hospital here.
His condition is now stable, his brother Prabhjot said on Tuesday. "He (Harjot) was discharged yesterday. He is doing fine but it will take time for him to recover properly," Prabhjot told PTI. Harjot's family has also sought financial help from the government for his treatment.
"Our financial condition is not very well. We urge the Indian government to help us in my brother's further treatment," Prabhjot said. Harjot was brought back to India on a special Indian Air Force flight on March 7. (PTI)
The Delhi government's 'Rozgar' budget worth Rs 75,800 crore for the financial year 2022-23 was passed by the Assembly after a debate on Tuesday. The Speaker adjourned the Assembly sine die after conclusion of the budget session that had started on March 23.
The budget presented last Saturday focussed on creating 20 lakh job opportunities in the next five years through boosting retail sector, redevelopment of famous markets and industrial areas in non-conforming zones, startups, tourism and promoting night-time economy.
Participating in the debate on the budget, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said various measures announced in the budget reflected Aam Aadi Party's ideology of "hardcore patriotism, diehard honest and humanity". (PTI)
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University vice-chancellor Mahesh Verma has been appointed the new chairman of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers (NABH).
NABH, a constituent Board of Quality Council of India, operates accreditation, certification and empanelment programmes for healthcare organisations. Dr Verma is a recipient of Padma Shri as well as Dr. B. C. Roy award.
He has also received the National Science and Technology award. He is currently the vice-chancellor of Delhi's Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, and Professor Emeritus at Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. (PTI)
The AAP on Tuesday alleged that it was Lt Governor Anil Baijal who consistently opposed the regularisation of services of Kashmiri migrant teachers in Delhi government schools despite a nod by the Arvind Kejriwal-led Cabinet.
The statement of the ruling party in Delhi came a day after a teachers' association hit out at Chief Minister Kejriwal for claiming credit for regularisation of the migrant teachers, saying the Delhi government did it because it was left with no choice after the Supreme Court's judgment in the matter.
Addressing a press conference on the premises of the Delhi assembly, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj dismissed the association's claims as "false and misleading", and accused the BJP of doing politics over the issue. (PTI)
A Delhi court granted bail to 20-year-old engineering student Niraj Bishnoi, who is accused of allegedly creating an app on GitHub, where photos of hundreds of Muslim women were posted with objectionable comments for ‘auction’.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dr Pankaj Sharma on Monday observed that Bishnoi is a first-time offender “having already been suspended from college” and that such “prolonged incarceration would be detrimental to his overall well-being and career” since he’s a young person.
The court also said that Bishnoi has “roots in the community and he’s not a flight risk. ” Read more
A labourer suffered injuries after he got trapped beneath a mound of loose soil while he was engaged in digging work at an under-construction commercial plot near the Sikhanderpur Bada village in Gurgaon Sector 85 Tuesday morning.
The Fire department officials said a rescue call was received at IMT Manesar at 9:50 am following which, two fire tenders were pressed into service.
An official said six workers were working in the basement, dug about 25 feet deep, of the plot when a mound of earth collapsed on them around 9:30 am. Read more
In another incident of theft on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, miscreants broke into the house of Professor Dhananjay Singh and decamped with valuables.
According to an FIR registered in the case, Singh, who is the chairperson of the Centre for English Studies and Associate Dean of School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, had left his house in the campus on March 17 for Lucknow. He returned on March 24 and found that his house had been ransacked.
Singh claimed that the thieves broke into his house through a window and it had been left open. The faculty has now written to JNU vice-chancellor Santishree D Pandit requesting for a new residence in the campus, sources said. Meanwhile, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) claimed "lack of accountability and commitment towards the safety and security of campus residents in the past years". (PTI)
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights and a state government think-tank have launched a project to rehabilitate street children.
To fulfil its objective, the child rights body and the Dialogue and Development Commission (DDC) of Delhi have collaborated with Salaam Baalak Trust and Youth Reach to roll out a taskforce in a phased manner, starting with South and South-East districts.
Highlighting that thousands of children live on the streets of Delhi, they said in a statement, "Engaging in informal work and begging as a means for survival, these children survive precariously in the unsafe environment of city streets. They are deprived of adequate and appropriate adult protection, education and health care." (PTI)
Hardcore patriotism, honesty and humanity are the three pillars of the Aam Aadmi Party's ideology and Delhi's budget for 2022-23 reflects it, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Replying to a discussion on the budget in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday, he also accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of stalling development works in the city.
It was for the first time after the Independence that a 'Rozgar Budget' was presented by any government, the Delhi chief minister claimed. "The budget presented in the Assembly is not an ordinary document, it is historical. A 'Rozgar Budget' has been presented for the first time in independent India. (PTI)
A new interchange station at Punjabi Bagh, providing interconnectivity between Green Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro, was inaugurated on Tuesday, officials said.
This is for the first time that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has built such a station which is connecting two operational corridors.
The two lines earlier crossed each other but there was no halt facility, and there were demands from the people to provide an interchange provision at the intersection, officials had earlier said. (PTI)
The Delhi Police has registered a case in connection with the fire that broke out at Ghazipur dumping yard in east Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.
A thick blanket of smoke has engulfed the dumping yard as the blaze that broke out on Monday continued to rage on in some pockets even after over 24 hours. Four fire tenders are at the spot, an official of the fire department said.
"An FIR has been registered under sections 278 (making atmosphere noxious to health), 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter) and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code against unknown people," Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Priyanka Kashyap said. (PTI)
Mentioning that many people have come forward asking what the AAP’s ideology was, party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in the Assembly on Tuesday that the AAP’s ideology has three pillars. “These three are -- Love for the country, we are ready to die for the country; Kattar imaandari, we now have kattar imaandaar governments in two states; and humanity.”
“When we stop at red lights, we see children begging. We either scold them, or give them some money. We think they have done them a favour. Has anyone done anything for them beyond that? Some governments have come out with anti-begging laws. Why? Because those governments lack humanity. We see these children performing gymnastics at traffic signals. If trained, they can even win Olympic medals. No one has thought about these children,” Kejriwal pointed out.
He further stated: “We have decided to set up a state of art school for them. Rs 10 crore will be spent on this boarding school. Kids will stay there and they will get psychological and emotional support as well. You see, one day these children will bring you Olympic medals.”
The Delhi Police has arrested two men and recovered heroin worth over Rs 40 crore in the international market from their possession, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused has been identified as Dinesh Singh (57) and Nazir alias Nazim (28), both residents of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh, they said. The recovered heroin was smuggled into India from Myanmar via Manipur, police said.
On March 24, the police got a tip-off that two men had collected a big consignment of heroin from Jharkhand and they would come to Delhi-Meerut Expressway near ISBT Sarai Kale Khan to deliver the drug, a senior police officer said. (PTI)
Asserting that opening eateries and food hubs is "not enough" to stimulate the night-time economy of Delhi, restaurant owners have said a parallel system must be devised like allowing offices and cinema halls to remain open till late to ensure customer availability.
Moreover, they have suggested that the city government must lay out a plan to ensure safety and security at night.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced a raft of measures in the budget for the financial year 2022-23 on Saturday like providing land for cloud kitchens, redeveloping major food hubs and introducing a food-truck policy in the national capital. (PTI)
A total of 218 deaths were recorded in the cardiology department of Rajiv Gandhi hospital here in the last two years, out of whom 101 were those patients who had undergone stent implantation and angiography procedures, the Delhi government informed the Assembly on Tuesday.
The city health department in a written response to a question also said a committee was set up recently to probe deaths that have taken place in the coronary care unit (CCU) of the facility.
According to the response, based on data from medical record department and cardiological department, 70 deaths took place in 2020 and 148 fatalities in 2021. (PTI)
Indian Youth Congress (IYC) activists staged a protest outside the Union Petroleum Ministry here on Tuesday against the rising prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. IYC president Srinivas BV posted a video of the protest on his official Twitter handle.
In the video, the protesters are seen performing a mock funeral as they carry an LPG cylinder. The protesters also raised slogans against the central government. "The protesters carried an empty cylinder in a symbolic way to bring attention towards rising fuel prices," said Indian Youth Congress's National Media Incharge Rahul Rao.
Petrol prices in the national capital as well as most state capitals crossed Rs 100 a litre mark as its rates were hiked by 80 paise a litre and that of diesel by 70 paise on Tuesday, taking the total increase since last week to Rs 4.80 per litre. (PTI)
The CPI(M) hit out at the government on Tuesday over the rise in fuel prices, alleging that Centre is "condemning people to a torturous slow death" with the hike.
Petrol prices in the national capital as well as most state capitals crossed Rs 100 a litre mark as its rates on Tuesday were hiked by 80 paise a litre and that of diesel by 70 paise, taking the total increase since last week to Rs 4.80 per litre.
Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 100.21 per litre against Rs 99.41 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 90.77 per litre to Rs 91.47, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers. (PTI)
The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) will organise its 14th convocation ceremony Wednesday at its Dwarka campus in Delhi. Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and Chancellor of the University Anil Baijal will preside over the Convocation Function.
The convocation will also see the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as the chief guest and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as the Guest of Honour of the occasion. Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev will also be present for the event. Read more
With the plan to unify Delhi’s three MCDs leading to a delay in civic body polls, councillors of the ruling BJP have communicated to the state leadership that there should be provisions for extension of their tenure, it is learnt.
The current term of the councillors expires on May 18, before which the state election commission had to conduct the elections. Read more
Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging 100 percent physical reopening of the schools in Delhi. The petition argued that children aged between 4-12 years are not administered vaccines and other children have not been yet fully vaccinated.
The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla said that children lose much more by not attending schools. "It's been a long time. So many studies have shown that it's had psychological impact on children. There is nothing to show that right to life is affected," said the court.
When the petitioner prayed that parents should be given a choice in the matter of sending their children to physical classes, the court observed, "those parents only are fed up".
The Delhi government has decided to switch over to electric vehicles from petrol and CNG ones for all official purposes to inspire and set an example to the people and push them to adopt EVs.
After nearly seven months, the committee formed to prepare policy for the purchase/hire/leader electric vehicles has also come up with revised guidelines and fixed net dealer price (NDP) at Rs 4.75 lakh. According to NDP, bureaucrats and officials will purchase vehicles within the given price range. Read more
BJP is like a child trying to delay getting an injection, says Aam Aadmi Party’s MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak. The party leader, who has been with AAP since its inception, speaks on inducting members from Congress and BJP into their fold, the anganwadi worker stir, and his party’s national ambitions.
Nearly 20 hours after a massive fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi Monday afternoon, officials said it continued to rage in parts of the area. The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said firefighters were deployed on Monday night to control the fire and are still working to douse it.
Even as the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and no casualty has been reported, local residents complained of difficulty in breathing as toxic fumes from the blaze spread to the nearby colonies. Read more
The Delhi Traffic Police have identified 62 congestion points in the city where construction work, cave-ins, illegal encroachments and traffic jams affect vehicular movement on a daily basis. Officers said they have identified the congestion points and made an action plan to reduce congestion in these areas.
According to the police data, the most congestion points were in the South district (14), followed by East (10), West (10) and North districts (13) of Delhi. Read more
A sessions court has said an investigating officer (IO) of the Delhi Police fabricated evidence against a man accused of assaulting an official and asked a lower court to initiate proceedings against him.
Additional Sessions Judge Sonu Agnihotri passed the order on March 26 directing a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to initiate proceedings against sub-inspector Vivek Tomar under section 193 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which provides punishment for giving or fabricating false evidence for the purpose of being used at any stage of a judicial proceeding. Read more
Considering the fact that a man accused in 14 Northeast Delhi riot cases was languishing in prison for over a year despite bail being granted in all cases, a Delhi court has ordered that he only produce one surety in all cases.
Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat passed the order in an application filed by advocate Z Babur Chauhan, on behalf of his client, Parvez. Read more
The maximum temperature in Delhi Tuesday is likely to settle at 40 degrees Celsius, and heatwave conditions are on, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for the day.
The maximum temperature forecast for some weather observatories in the city is even higher. At Narela, the forecast suggests that the maximum temperature is likely to be 42 degrees on Tuesday. It is likely to settle at 41 degrees Celsius at the Ridge and Lodhi Road. Read more
Following the Delhi government’s budget announcement of a proposal to set up a boarding school for homeless children, National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo has sought information on the status of children “running away from childcare facilities”. Read more
A massive fire broke out at a landfill site in east Delhi’s Ghazipur on Monday, leading to a huge cloud of smoke enveloping the region and neighbouring areas. No casualty has been reported, a fire department official said.
Firefighting operations were on till late night. The fire department said it is also using JCB machines in the operation. Read more
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), in collaboration with a Delhi-based NGO, has launched a football training programme called Coach the Educators.
A senior SDMC official said as part of the workshop, 60 primary school teachers have been trained in football techniques, basics of injury prevention and detection, diet and nutrition and session planning. Read more