With businesses being affected amid lockdown since last year, capital city’s financial crisis is far from over   A year since the Covid pandemic pushed the country into a lockdown, its revenue is slowly recovering. The capital city which was met with lakhs of migrants wanting to return home was also affected acutely by its […]

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An alleged gangster and his accomplice wanted in several cases were arrested after an encounter with police on Bhairon Marg in Central Delhi’s Pragati Maidan area, police said on Thursday. The accused, Rohit Choudhary, was carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh on his arrest while his accomplice, Parveen alias Titu, was carrying a reward […]

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The AAP government told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that the Disaster Management Authority (DMA) has prohibited public gatherings, including for festival celebrations and protests, in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases The submission was made before Justice Prathiba M Singh during the hearing of the pleas by AAP MLAs Raghav Chadha and […]

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With increasing Covid cases in the capital city, as well as in other states, labourers are yet again facing the horrors of last year. Will lack of means to survive force them to go back to their hometown, again? It’s an usual Saturday afternoon of March in the capital city. Pradeep, Mukesh and Raju are […]

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Sindh-born Kamla Das, who turned 100 during the height of the pandemic in Delhi last September, got her first shot of COVID-19 vaccine in the city, her daughter said. The centenarian, wife of late Maj Gen (retd) Chand N Das, got vaccinated on Thursday and said the jab was “totally painless”. “My mother turned 100 […]

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Amid a surge in daily COVID-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday asked people to be cautious and observe all safety norms, and not get complacent about the pandemic situation in the city. Interacting with reporters, he also said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has convened a meeting with him […]

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Owing to lesser leaves, excessive workload and fatigue, the number of suicide and fratricides among paramilitary forces are on the rise. Moreover, new rules regarding Risk & Hardship Allowance (RHA) makes things worse   In December 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asked all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to furnish the leave data […]

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AAP stages sit-in at Jantar Mantar against bill to grant LG more power Hundreds showed up at Jantar Mantar on March 17, to protest against the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Calling it unconstitutional, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which is in power in Delhi, urged the centre to take […]

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