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Toolkit case: Court grants one week to Delhi Police to file reply to Nikita Jacob
A court here on Tuesday granted a week’s time to the Delhi Police to their file reply to the anticipatory bail plea of Nikita Jacob, a co-accused along with Disha Ravi The two were earlier arrested in connection of their allegedly involvement in sharing a “toolkit” on social media related to the farmers’ protest. Additional […]
Capital one step closer to electrifying public transport
The Delhi Transport Corporation on Monday, March 1, approved bids for procurement of 300 air-conditioned low-floor e-buses, a move hailed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who said his government was committed to switching public transport to electric mode The 300 electric buses, after approval by the cabinet, will start arriving from October and the entire […]
Elderly queue up as 2nd phase of vaccination drive begins in the city
With the second phase of the covid-19 vaccination drive starting on Monday, elderly people received their first shots of the vaccine In the first phase, starting January 16, over 3.6 lakh beneficiaries comprising healthcare workers and frontline workers, were vaccinated in Delhi. On Monday, the drive began to give jabs to persons aged 60 and above, and […]
Delhi bids a warm goodbye to winters; records second highest mean maximum temperature in 120 years
Delhi has recorded mean maximum temperature of 27.9 degrees Celsius in February, the second highest recorded for the month in the last 120 years, the Indian Meteorological Department said on Sunday The highest mean maximum temperature recorded for February in Delhi was 29.7 degrees Celsius in 2006, the IMD officials said. On Sunday, a minimum […]
Covid vaccine rollout: individuals suffering from comorbidities, those above the age of 60 eligible
The Covid-19 vaccination drive for people above 60 years and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities will begin on Monday at 192 health facilities, including 136 private hospitals in the national capital, Delhi government officials said The vaccines will be administered free of cost at government hospitals and health centres while Rs 250 will […]
Services on Dwarka-Rajiv Chowk section hit due to technical glitch
Services on a major section of the busy Blue Line of the Delhi Metro were intermittently affected for nearly two hours on Friday due to a technical snag, officials said The Blue Line connects Dwarka in Delhi to Noida City Centre. The DMRC tweeted in the morning that there was a “Delay in service from […]
Another plea in HC for recognition of same sex marriages
Four more people belonging to the gay and lesbian community urged the Delhi High Court on Thursday to declare that marriages between any two persons irrespective of their sex be solemnised under the Special Marriage Act (SMA). The Delhi government in response to a similar petition filed earlier has said that there is no provision […]
At 32.5 deg Celsius, Delhi records warmest February day in last 15 years
New Delhi on Wednesday recorded February’s warmest day in the last 15 years, with the maximum temperature settling at 32.5 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Delhiites woke up to a warm and humid morning with the humidity levels shooting up to 100 per cent and the minimum temperature settling at a […]