Delhi clocked a spike in dengue cases Monday, taking the total number of cases detected over the past seven days to 129. According to the data shared by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, 525 cases have been reported so far this season, the highest in the last four years. With the surge in numbers, the … Read More “Delhi: Number of dengue cases highest in 4 years” »
NEW DELHI: A local politician was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a flight stewardess in south Delhi’s Mehrauli on Sunday. The accused, Harjeet Yadav, is a resident of Khanpur. DCP (South) Chandan Chowdhary said the PCR got a call on Sunday about the alleged sexual assault in a flat in Freedom Fighters Enclave at Mehrauli. … Read More “Politician held for sexual assault on flight attendant in south Delhi | Delhi News” »
Two security guards and a supervisor of an office-cum-commercial complex in sector 106 Gurgaon suffered injuries after a group of men allegedly attacked them and vandalised their cabin, said police. The victims alleged the accused threw chilli powder at them before assaulting them. According to the police, the incident took place in the early hours … Read More “Group of men throws chilli powder, assaults security guards in Gurgaon” »
GURUGRAM: Twenty-seven applications, seeking permission to use forest land in three areas of Faridabad district to build banquet halls and recreation complexes, have been sent to the Centre. Combined, these applications to the ministry of environment, forest and climate change have sought clearance for the use of almost 100 acres in the villages of Ankhir, … Read More “Faridabad: Rush to build banquet halls on ‘forest’ land | Gurgaon News” »
All 23 IITs will come together for a two-day research and development fair at IIT Delhi in October “to promote innovations in line with the Make in India and Digital India initiatives”. The event, named IInvenTiv, will exhibit 75 projects brought out by the 23 IITs. There will be six showcase projects, one each from … Read More “IIT Delhi to host 2-day R&D fair in October” »
Hospitalisation of Covid patients has reduced significantly in the last week at Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi’s nodal hospital for Covid cases. According to Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director at Lok Nayak Hospital, on three days last week, no hospitalisation was reported. “Currently, we have two patients admitted in the Covid ward who came two days … Read More “Hospital admissions reduce for Covid cases” »
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has imposed an environmental compensation amount of Rs 2.8 crore on the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) for non-compliance with norms at the Bandhwari landfill site in Gurgaon. A senior official of the Haryana PCB said that the penalty has been imposed mainly for violation of the Municipal Solid … Read More “Gurgaon civic body fined Rs 2.8 cr over green norms” »
Structural repair work for three hostels is likely to begin in a week and approval of the estimates for the repair in other hostels and waterproofing are pending from the standing committee of the University Grants Commission, Jawaharlal Nehru University officials stated Monday. On Monday, The Indian Express reported that Delhi’s recent rainy spell has … Read More “Day After Express Report: Infra crumbling, repair work to begin soon at three JNU hostels” »
Three men were arrested for allegedly beating up the staffers and owner of a cafe in Gurgaon’s DLF phase 2 area on Saturday night. Police said the accused were inebriated at the time. According to the police, the incident took place at a cafe – known for hosting stand-up comedy and poetry – around midnight … Read More “At cafe in Gurgaon, staff assaulted ‘after women were harassed’” »
NEW DELHI: The flood and irrigation department on Sunday issued a flood warning as water levels in the Yamuna were expected to go above the danger level. A similar flood warning was issued in August. According to officials, water levels at Old Railway Bridge on Sunday afternoon rose to 204.09 metres. The reason for the … Read More “Yamuna River News: Flood warning in Delhi; Water may go above danger level at Yamuna | Delhi News” »
