Tag: Delhi

Bhubaneswar: Indian Railways has decided to introduce two more weekly special trains from Bhubaneswar to Delhi in view of the upcoming festive season. While Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar (02813) via Angul-Sambalpur City-Jharsuguda-Rourkela will be introduced from October 17, Duronto Express will start operations from October 21. The Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar train will depart from Bhubaneswar every Saturday at […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the state government was not in favour of imposing lockdown in the national capital, but ‘if the health system collapsed…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has severely criticised the growing trend of police in different States summoning individuals from far corners of the country over social media postings. Hearing a petition concerning a Delhi resident Roshni Biswas who was reportedly summoned by Bengal Police for posting objectionable content on Facebook, the Bench of Justices DY […]

New Delhi: Mentioning that stubble burning in neighbouring states is behind the 40 per cent pollution in the national capital, the Delhi government on Monday appealed to the Central government to handle the issue suggesting it to analyse bio-decomposer as an alternative to the issue. Stressing on “collective action on ground” to counter the effects […]

New Delhi: Covid-19 cases shattered all records in the national capital as it reported as many as 7,745 new coronavirus cases and an all-time high positivity rate of 15.26 per cent on Sunday while the fatalities recorded were 77 in the last 24 hours. It is the highest ever single-day tally since the pandemic struck […]

New Delhi: Following a resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently concluded Manipur by-elections, party national vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda has turned his attention to Delhi and Assam where he has been appointed as the party’s State in-charge. Speaking to OTV on the new responsibility the party has bestowed on him, […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Director General Of Police (DGP) SK Chatterjee passed away following pro-longed illness in Delhi late on Saturday night. DGP Abhay informed the demise of his predecessor through tweet. The DGP expressed his heartfelt condolences over the death of Chatterjee. A former IPS officer of 1966 batch, Chatterjee served as head of the […]

New Delhi: Woman Head constable Seema Dhaka of police station Samaypur Badli has become the first Delhi Police officer to get out-of-turn promotion for tracing missing children under the incentive scheme announced by Delhi Police commissioner S.N. Shrivastava. She has traced 76 missing children and 56 of them are below the age of 14 years. […]

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Thursday decided to impose Rs 2,000 fine for not wearing masks in public areas. The hefty penalty amount is a four-fold increase from the earlier fine. Earlier, the violators were fined Rs 500 for not wearing masks in public places. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement on […]

New Delhi: Hundreds of commuters faced traffic snarls on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway on Friday as Delhi Police put up roadblocks at the interstate border to stop farmers from entering the national capital to hold their protest against the three central agricultural laws. A large number of security personnel, including those from the central armed police […]

New Delhi: Amid heavy security presence, thousands of farmers gathered at the Singhu border held a meeting on Saturday morning and decided to continue demonstrating there even after being offered a site in north Delhi to hold their protest. Those gathered at the Tikri border continued to hold ground as well. A decision on whether […]

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested five men with alleged links to banned outfits from Shakarpur area here, two of whom were also allegedly involved in the murder case of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu, police said on Monday. The group affiliation of those arrested is yet to be ascertained. Those […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line along with the fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on the Airport Express Line via video conferencing. The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, the government has […]

New Delhi: Four Covid positive patients have been found infected with the new variant first detected in the UK, while around 200 people, including returnees from the UK and their contact have been put under institutional quarantine by the Delhi government, officials told IANS. All four patients have been admitted in the Lok Nayak Jai […]

New Delhi: A crucial and ‘decisive’ sixth round of dialogue between the Centre and the 41 farmers’ representatives began on Wednesday here to end the deadlock as the agitation entered 35th day. The meeting started around 2.30 p.m. at Vigyan Bhavan in the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush […]