Delhi NCR

Patriot Bureau -August 17, 2022

Delhi’s hospitalisation rate increase two-fold, doctors stress on masks

Delhi’s hospitalisation rate increase two-fold, doctors stress on masks

The occupancy rate was 6.13 per cent on August 12 and declined marginally to 5.99 per cent the next day. It rose to 6.21 per cent on August 14 and stood at 6.31 per cent on August 15.

Patriot Bureau -August 17, 2022

Tikri Border beautification to complete in 10 months

Tikri Border beautification to complete in 10 months

The tourist department has given the Delhi government a 10-month deadline to finish the work on its plans to beautify Tikri Kalan border entrance point and build a massive gate there

FAISAL MALIK -August 17, 2022

Kasturba Nagar residents fear immediate demolition of their homes

Kasturba Nagar residents fear immediate demolition of their homes

Kasturba Nagar is a slum area where people have built homes after decades of struggle. The DDA considers them encroachers and issues eviction notices

Patriot Bureau -August 17, 2022

Delhi, Kolkata among top 4 most-polluted cities in Asia: Report

Delhi, Kolkata among top 4 most-polluted cities in Asia: Report

While Beijing in China had the highest PM2.5-attributable death rate of 124 in 2019, Delhi and Kolkata ranked sixth and eighth, respectively.

Patriot Bureau -August 17, 2022

Delhi HC grants more time to judicial commission for probe in lawyers-police conflict

Delhi HC grants more time to judicial commission for probe in lawyers-police conflict

The Delhi High Court has granted five more months to a judicial inquiry commission to wrap up its probe in relation to the clash between lawyers and police at the Tis Hazari Court complex in 2019

Mohd Shehwaaz Khan -August 17, 2022

Killer string: Not Chinese at all but sourced from UP, MP despite ban

Killer string: Not Chinese at all but sourced from UP, MP despite ban

Why does glass-coated manjha, banned five years ago by the National Green Tribunal, continue to be bought and sold, taking the lives of animals and humans? That’s because it no longer comes from China but is Made in India, and the police are not serious about striking at the roots of this trade

Patriot Bureau -August 16, 2022

DU’s Executive Council to meet on 18 August to discuss FYUP syllabi, new admission process

DU’s Executive Council to meet on 18 August to discuss FYUP syllabi, new admission process

Delhi University's highest decision-making body — Executive Council — is slated to meet Thursday to decide on a number of issues, including first-semester syllabi of the Four-Year Undergraduate Programmes and new admission process through CUET scores

Patriot Bureau -August 16, 2022

Willing to work with Centre to revamp healthcare, education: Kejriwal

Willing to work with Centre to revamp healthcare, education: Kejriwal

On Tuesday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the Centre to utilize the Delhi Government's expertise for enhancing school education and healthcare facilities across the country to make it the number one country in the world