Lt Governor Najeeb Jung visited several hospitals across the city on Sunday. Stressing on “special attention” to the elderly, he took stock of their preparedness in dealing with the rising number of chikungunya and dengue cases in the national capital. His inspection comes a day after the ruling AAP government[Read More…]
Tag: Delhi
LG summons Sisodia to tackle capital’s health crisis
LG Najeeb Jung has asked deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia to cut short his trip to Finland and return to Delhi. Chief secretary Kewal Sharma had been asked to send an email and contact Sisodia’s hotel. With eight chikungunya deaths in the capital, the ruling AAP govt has been facing a lot[Read More…]
Two teenage girls gangraped in a park in Delhi, four arrested
In a shocker for the national capital, two teenage girls, aged 17 and 18 were allegedly gangraped by five youths on Wednesday evening. They were out on a walk with their boyfriends at a park in outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar area when the attackers thrashed the victims’ boyfriends before tying[Read More…]
St. Stephen’s College student student recounts harrowing night in her Lajpat nagar PG
A St. Stephen College student recently shared a harrowing incident on Facebook Page Pinjra Tod which went viral. The girl described the incident which took place on 8th September in her PG in Lajpat Nagar where she found a drunk intruder with his ‘pants down’ in her Kitchen. She pulled[Read More…]
“No one dies of chikungunya” says Delhi health minister as 5 succumb to the disease
As the national capital reels under chikungunya, witnessing five deaths in the past three days, an all-out verbal war has broken out between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party. The former has accused the Delhi Government of negligence and pointed out towards the absence of its ministers,“The[Read More…]
Three chikungunya deaths in Delhi as ministers remain elusive
Delhi reels under the unexpected or rather ‘much’ expected bout of chikungunya, dengue and other mosquito vector borne diseases. Till now, chikungunya which is a “non-fatal” disease has claimed three lives on Monday and at least 10 people have died of dengue and malaria. As Delhi hospitals overflow with patients,[Read More…]
Close shave: Kejriwal unhurt after minor car accident
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday escaped unhurt when the SUV in which he was travelling rammed into an escort vehicle near PAP chowk on Jalandhar-Amritsar road. A biker had apparently come in front of the convoy suddenly, which led to a pile-up. The Toyota Innova in which Kejriwal[Read More…]
Kejriwal mobbed at railway station by protesting BJP women workers
As Aam Admi Party supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday departed from New Delhi railway station to campaign for the party in Punjab, he was met with protests by workers of BJP’s women wing. Police officers were seen frantically scrambling around him to provide him with security cover as BJP[Read More…]
Supreme Court to take Sushant Rohilla’s suicide as a PIL
Breaking: Fali Nariman to assist Supreme Court in suo motu petition over Sushant Rohilla suicide The Apex Court of India has agreed to hear the appeal filed by Sushant Rohilla’s family and friends. It has been more than three weeks since Sushant rohilla a student of Amity Law School (IPU) committed suicide[Read More…]
CBI raids ex-Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda’s home over corruption case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted searches on the premises of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his associates in connection with alleged irregularities in the acquisition of land in Gurgaon district. In raids in 20 locations across Delhi, Chandigarh, Rohtak and Gurugram, the CBI[Read More…]
Delhi government cracks down on agitating nurses, as Capital reels under diseases
Coming down hard on the strike declared by the nurses union in state-run hospitals, the Delhi government on Friday invoked the stringent ESMA declaring the agitation as illegal. Even as a two-year-old girl died of dengue in the capital on Thursday, taking the total death toll to eight, the city hospitals are[Read More…]
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s event destroys Yamuna floodplains forever
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AOL) organisation, which claims that it believes in the philosophy of a stress-free mind and a violence-free society, has actually destroyed the environment. A report by a committee of experts which was directed by National Green Tribunal to assess the damage[Read More…]
4 women raped, 9 molested every day in Delhi: Report
According to data compiled by the Delhi police regarding crimes against women between 2012 and 2015, at least four women were raped and nine were molested every day on an average. After 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case much was promised about women’s safety but seems like the situation is deteriorating.[Read More…]
Delhi to soon get Journalism & teachers’ Universities
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said he is “focusing on higher education in Delhi”. Sisodia said the national capital may soon get a teachers’ and a journalism university. While responding to a query, he said during the hiring process of new teachers, the priority will be given to guest[Read More…]
DJB Water tanker scam: ACB to interrogate Sheila Dikshit, Arvind Kejriwal
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday filed an FIR in the ₹400 crore water tanker scam of Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The ACB will interrogate “both” Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit. ACB chief MK Meena said they received two complaints, one from Delhi’s water[Read More…]