Posts by: PTI

PTI -March 1, 2021

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 […]

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PTI -February 26, 2021

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 […]

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PTI -February 25, 2021

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 […]

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PTI -February 25, 2021

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 […]

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PTI -February 24, 2021

Amid a spike in Coronavirus infections in some states, the Delhi government is likely to ask travellers from five states, including Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab, to show negative Covid-19 test report before entering the national capital, officials said on Wednesday. They said an official order will be issued later in the day and it will […]

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PTI -February 22, 2021

Public buses and metro trains in the national capital will run at their current limited capacities for at least two more weeks with the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Monday deciding to maintain status quo on the number of passengers, sources said The decision was taken as states like Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and […]

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PTI -February 18, 2021

Climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested for alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing the ongoing farmers’ protest, moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking to restrain police from leaking to the media any probe material in relation to the FIR lodged against her. The petition, which is listed before Justice Prathiba M Singh, also […]

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PTI -February 17, 2021

A 30-year-old man who was allegedly swinging swords that “motivated” the protesters at the Red Fort during the violence in Delhi on Republic Day has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. Maninder Singh, who works as a car AC mechanic, was arrested around 7.45 pm on Tuesday near the C D block bus stop in […]

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