Page 32 - Delhi

We are confident of winning over 200 seats in MCD polls: BJP's Adesh Gupta

Adesh Gupta, president of the BJP's Delhi unit, has expressed confidence of winning more than 200 seats in the December 4 polls for the 250-ward Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)

MCD polls: Top BJP leaders to hold 14 roadshows across Delhi today

With elections for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) around the corner, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday will hold 14 roadshows across the national capital

Delhi murder: Accused gives consent to undergo Narco test within 5 days

Delhi Police had applied for the Narco test as Aftab was not cooperating with the investigation

Reliance Jio announces rollout of 'True 5G' service in Delhi, NCR cities

Company's welcome offer will give users unlimited data at up to 1Gbps speeds

MCD elections: BJP to organise mega road show in Delhi on Nov 20

According to sources, the road show will include 14 national leaders who will reach out to people in all of Delhi's 14 districts to inform them of the BJP's policies.

CAIT seeks govt's intervention in Delhi's poor road infra, requests audit

Seeking the intervention of Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari him to order a road audit of Delhi.

2,021 candidates file paper for MCD polls, includes 507 Independents

A total of 2,021 candidates have filed their nomination papers with the poll authorities for the upcoming civic elections in Delhi, sources said on Tuesday. The 250-ward Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) goes to polls on December 4 while the results will be declared on December 7. Of the total nominations, Independent candidates have the maximum share with 507 candidates, followed by AAP with 492 candidates. On Monday, the last day to file nominations, all candidates from the three major parties -- the AAP, BJP and the Congress -- and nominees from other parties and many Independents submitted their papers. The tabulation of data from nominations filed went on till the early hours, the sources said. The poll authorities have received 2,585 nominations from 2,021 candidates, a source said. Of the total nominations received, 1,462 are from women and 1,123 men, according to data shared by officials. Among the other parties, 423 candidates have filed their papers for the BJP, 334

Ready to help Delhi cops in Shraddha Walkar murder case: Maha police

Police in Vasai town near Mumbai are ready to extend all help to their Delhi counterparts in the investigation of brutal murder of call centre employee Shraddha Walkar, allegedly by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala, a senior official said on Tuesday. The senior official of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police told PTI, "We will help the Delhi police in connection with the Shraddha Walkar murder case if they need any help or approach us for assistance." Poonawala (28) has been arrested by the Delhi police for allegedly murdering Walkar, who had stayed in Vasai, in May this year, chopping the body into 35 pieces before dumping them at different places in the national capital over several days. "After registering a missing complaint (filed by her father), we have forwarded all details to the Delhi police. If they (Delhi cops) approach us, we will provide them all possible help," said the official. "Accused Poonawala's family members left their Vasai-based flat around 15 days ..

IndiGo Cargo starts with 1st freighter flight between Delhi, Mumbai

IndiGo commenced operations of its first A321 Freighter aircraft between Delhi and Mumbai from Tuesday

Mehrauli murder: Accused should get strictest punishment, says DCW chief

DCW chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday said the murder of a woman by her live-in partner in the national capital's Mehrauli area is perhaps "one of the scariest cases" of her life and demanded stringent punishment for the accused. The woman, Shraddha Walkar, was from Maharashtra and was living here with Aaftab Amin Poonawalla. Poonawalla allegedly strangled her and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at their residence in south Delhi's Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days, according to police. "According to media (reports), Aftab used to store food in the same fridge in which he had kept Shraddha's body parts. While the body parts were at his home, he would bring over another woman. "This is perhaps one of the scariest cases of my life. Aftab should get the strictest punishment," Maliwal said in a tweet in Hindi. The Delhi Commission for Women had also issued a notice to the Delhi Police in the matter on Mo

Delhi BJP replaces presidents of 6 district units ahead of civic polls

Amid discontent over ticket distribution for the upcoming civic body polls, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta on Tuesday replaced working presidents of the party's six districts units with immediate effect. On Monday, Gupta had appointed working presidents of six district units but the appointments were withdrawn within hours. In the latest list, three working presidents, whose name was in the first list issued on Monday, have been dropped. Party sources claimed that the move was triggered after senior leaders including party MPs expressed discontent with some of the working presidents appointed by Gupta. According to the fresh list, Sardar Kuldeep Singh has been appointed the president of Chandni Chowk, Manoj Tyagi of Navin Shahdara, Lata Gupta of Shahdara, Naresh Vashishth of Mehrauli, Vinod Sehrawat of Northwest Delhi and Ramesh Shokhanda of Najafgarh. In Monday's list, Dipak Gauba was appointed as working president of Shahdara, Azad Singh of Mehrauli and Sunil Mittal of Northwe

Delhi Nurses Federation withdraws call for mass casual leave on Nov 16

The Delhi Nurses Federation has withdrawn its call for mass casual leave on November 16 due to the model code of conduct in place ahead of the civic polls, an official said on Tuesday. The 250-ward Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) goes to polls on December 4 while the results will be declared on December 7. On November 4, the Delhi Nurses Federation (DNF) announced that its members would go on a mass casual leave since its symbolic three-day strike did not yield a positive outcome. The federation held a symbolic strike from 9-11 am from November 2-4 to put forward their demands, which include regularisation of services and long-due promotions. "Due to rising cases of dengue, we have decided to take any further course of action after three weeks from now. If our mass casual leave protest doesn't move authorities to look into our demands, we will go for indefinite strike from November 30," DNF Secretary General Liladhar Ramchandani had said earlier. On Tuesday, he said, the ...

Delhi restaurants, hotels can now serve food in open spaces; Details here

Under the new rules, restaurants will not be asked to present a no-objection certificate from the fire department for allowing dining on the terrace

Delhi excise policy case: ED arrests AAP in-charge, Hyderabad businessman

The ED has arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) communication in-charge Vijay Nair and businessman Abhishek Boinpally in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe into the Delhi Excise policy that was scraped following corruption allegations, official sources said Monday. The two are currently in judicial custody and lodged in jail here after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested them in the same case. While Nair was arrested by the CBI in September, Boinpally was apprehended last month. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will seek the custody of the two from a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Monday, they said. The ED is investigating the money laundering angle of the case and the two will be confronted with the evidence gathered and statements recorded by other persons and accused involved in the formulation and implementation of the liquor policy, officials said. The agency has arrested Sameer Mahandru, promoter of liquor company Indospir

Messages from the margins

Making Place for Muslims in Contemporary India offers a critical understanding of the differential citizenship to which Indian Muslims have been subject, and suggests ways to combat it

Delhi murder case: DCW issues notice to police to submit report by Nov 18

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday issued a notice to city police asking it to submit by November 18 action taken report in the 29-year-old woman's murder allegedly by her live-in partner, here. Accused Aftab Ameen Poonawala (28) allegedly chopped Shraddha Walkar's body into 35 pieces, kept them in a refrigerator for almost three weeks and dumped them in various parts of Delhi over several days. Details of the killing and its grisly aftermath came to light almost six months later with Poonawala's arrest, officials said. Some chopped body parts have been found and police are looking for the murder weapon, they said. The officials said Poonawala bought a 300-litre fridge to keep the severed body parts and used incense sticks and room freshners to suppress the foul smell emanating from the corpse. Poonawala and Walkar fell in love while working at a call centre in Mumbai. But since their families objected to the relationship, they moved to South Delhi's Mehrauli earlier t

BJP releases second list of 18 candidates for Dec 4 civic polls in Delhi

As per reports, the names of the BJP candidates were decided after going through a screening process after BJP's Delhi unit was flooded with around 15,000 probable candidates seeking a ticket

AAP fields women in 55% MCD elections, prioritises young candidates

The Aam Aadmi Party has fielded women candidates in 55 per cent of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's 250 wards and also gave a ticket to a transgender member, party officials said. Apart from the 125 seats reserved for women, the AAP has given tickets to female candidates in 13 general seats as well, they said. The MCD polls will be held on December 4. The counting of votes will take place on December 7. About the women candidates the AAP fielded, the party said in a statement, "These women have emerged as the first choice of the public in the survey conducted by the ground workers of the party." "Better connection with the people of the area and active participation on issues of public interest was a plus point for these women who got tickets on general seats," it said. Of the ticked distributed for the MCD polls, the AAP has fielded party 218 volunteers, saying young faces have also been prioritised. Several candidates within the age group of 23 and 24 have been given the ..

Earthquake tremors lasting 5 seconds felt in Delhi, neighbouring areas

The severe tremors lasted for nearly 5 seconds and were reported from Noida and Gurugram as well

Delhi records 30 fresh coronavirus cases, one death in past 24 hours

Delhi recorded 30 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday with a positivity rate of 0.62 per cent, while one more person died due to the viral disease, according to a data shared by the health department here. The city had witnessed 36 cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 0.79 per cent. With these cases, Delhi's infection tally has risen to 20,06,710, while the death toll stands at 26,514. On November 7, the city had logged 21 cases with a positivity rate of 0.93 per cent. On November 8-9, the city government did not issue bulletins. Delhi on November 4 had recorded 54 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 1.22 per cent, and two deaths. The fresh cases came out of the 4,824 tests conducted the previous day. The number of active cases stands at 182, while the number of patients in home isolation is 138. Of the 8,768 Covid beds in the city hospitals, only 36 are occupied, the data added.