Why no probe in MCD’s toll scam, aap asks lg
New Delhi: The AAP on Thursday asked Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena why he has not yet ordered a probe into alleged toll tax scam by the MCD worth Rs 6,000 crore even though Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia sent him a complaint in this connection with documents two months ago. AAP's Delhi civic body election in-charge Durgesh Pathak also wondered if Saxena was not able to "muster courage" to order a probe into the alleged scam as some “very senior leader” of the BJP was involved in it.
Police sub-inspector commits suicide
New Delhi: A Delhi Police sub inspector (SI) allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Punjabi Bagh area. The deceased has been identified as Benny (58), a resident of Police Colony in Punjabi Bagh, police said, adding he was posted in the Outer district. The police said the information about the incident was received at 8.50 PM on Wednesday. The S-I was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room and there was a slit on wrist of his left arm. Family members of the deceased raised no suspicion.
17-yr-old boy stabbed to death in jahangirpuri
New Delhi: A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area. The incident took place on late hours of Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Shivam, a resident of Mukundpur. Police said that a police control room (PCR) call was received from BJRM hospital in Jahangirpuri at 11.48 pm informing about the admission of a person with stab injuries on his chest. The teen was declared brought dead by the doctors, police said.
60-yr-old woman falls into open drain, dies
New Delhi: A 60-year-old woman died after falling into an open drain in Dwarka. The incident occurred around 7 pm on Wednesday in Sector 13. Police said that they received information that a woman had fallen into an open drain near the Reliance Fresh outlet. She was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to injuries. Sudha Devi's body was shifted to the DDU Hospital for post mortem.
why delhi children study in 2 shifts?: gupta
New Delhi: Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta on Thursday said that if Manish Sisodia is even 10 per cent worried students studying in the national Capital, as he is for the children of other States, then they would not be compelled to study in two shifts.
gahlot chairs meeting on complex for children
New Delhi: Delhi Women and Child Development Minister, Kailash Gahlot chaired a meeting to review the development of the proposed integrated complex for children (boys) in Alipur. The meeting was attended by senior officers from the Department of Women and Child Development and Public Works Department (PWD). During the meeting, the initial design concept and layout plan of the integrated complex were presented by PWD.
schools to conduct activities to phase out sups
New Delhi: The government schools in Delhi will conduct weekly activities to phase out single-use plastic from schools and promote waste management, a circular from the Directorate of Education (DoE) said. The activities include taking pledges, attending lecture sessions in the morning assembly, and sharing items from 'Bartan bhandar' (a separate room in schools to store reusable utensils) with the students. According to the circular, all government school students will take a pledge to phase out single-use plastic (SUP) every Monday during the morning assembly.
Vijay nair sent to 2 weeks’ judicial custody
New Delhi: A special court on Thursday sent businessman and AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair, arrested in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam case in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is also an accused, to two weeks' judicial custody. Special Judge M K Nagpal sent Nair to jail till October 20 after the CBI did not seek his further custodial interrogation. The central probe agency produced Nair before the court at the end of his CBI remand.
qci celebrates completion of 25 years
New Delhi: The Quality Council of India (QCI) celebrated a key milestone of completing 25 years and the momentous occasion was commemorated on October 6 at Dr Ambedkar International Center (DAIC). With the motto ‘Gunnwatta se Atmanirbharta’, the event commemorated the efforts made by QCI in its pursuit to delivering quality of services, products, and lives. The inaugural session was chaired by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles.
disruption in metro not due to technical failure
New Delhi: The disruption of services on a section of the Delhi Metro's Blue Line on October 5 was caused by external reasons and not a technical failure, officials said on Thursday. Metro services between Akshardham and Mayur Vihar Phase-I section of the Blue Line were affected for three hours from 6:45 am to 9:45 am on Wednesday as the catenary wire (system of overhead wires used to supply electricity to light rail vehicle) was damaged, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had said. On Thursday, the officials clarified that the delay in services was not due to any technical failure or malfunctioning of overhead equipment (OHE).