Truckers feel the fuel pain; traders say 80% cost hike

As fuel prices skyrocket in India, truckers coming into the Capital city tell Patriot they are especially feeling the pinch When Covid-19 pandemic broke out in 2020, it resulted in a worldwide lockdown pushing the price of crude oil down. Now with vaccines to fight Covid, things are looking up, and so is the demand […]

Delhi CM administered COVID-19 vaccine at LNJP hospital

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his parents received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan hospital here on Thursday. The Covishield vaccine was first administered to Kejriwal’s parents, Govind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi, and then to the chief minister. “My parents and I got vaccinated […]

Delhi municipal bypolls: AAP wins 4 wards, Congress 1

The AAP on Wednesday won four of the five civic wards in Delhi in a bypoll, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserting that people were desperate to bring the party to power in the three municipal corporations in the national capital. The AAP, however, suffered a shock defeat in the minority-dominated Chauhan Bangar ward, where […]

Love the stray like your pet!

Tina Antoniades with the support of locals took care of the dozens of dying stray dogs during the pandemic months, in the process, creating civic awareness. A model to replicate…. The pandemic was a crisis for all of us in some measure, in these trying times  there were some who spent their time with compassion […]

“I can never forget March 1, 2020:” Delhi’s first Covid survivor recalls his battle against the virus

It’s a day most Delhiites would like to erase from their memories but March 1, 2020, the day the city reported its first case of COVID-19, is seared into Rohit Datta’s memory. There’s no erase button for the businessman, the national capital’s first patient. From facing stigma in the initial days after the diagnosis to […]

HC seeks govt’s response on inadequate compensation for kids’ death under assistance scheme for riot victims

The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought response of Delhi government on a plea by parents of two children, who lost their lives during the communal violence in north east Delhi last year, challenging an assistance scheme to help the riot victims as it provides inadequate compensation for the death of minors Parents of the two […]

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 […]