Delhi’s air quality on Monday improved from “poor” to “moderate” and the maximum temperature settled at 21 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. The 24-hour air quality index (AQI) read 180. On Sunday, the AQI was recorded at 282, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. The 24-hour AQI on Saturday was...
Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who remains in jail for over a year in the liquor policy case, has been allowed to meet his ailing wife and doctors once a week. Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court provided the relief to the AAP leader on Monday. The last time he was granted custody parole to...
A team of Delhi Police’s Crime Branch visited Delhi Minister Atishi’s residence for a second time on Sunday and served her a notice in connection with allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempted to “poach” Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, an official said. Officials had visited her and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residences on...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said crimes and criminals do not respect geographical borders and hence, law enforcement agencies should not consider borders as a hindrance and should rather consider those as meeting points for solving crimes. Addressing the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) — Commonwealth Attorneys and Solicitors General Conference (CASGC) here,...
Woman Robot Astronaut “Vyommitra” will fly into Space ahead of ISRO’s ambitious “Gaganyaan” mission, which will be India’s first human manned Space Flight carrying Indian Astronauts into Space. Disclosing this here during an interaction with media, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space,...
A team of the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch came to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s home again today to serve notice in a case over his allegation that the BJP tried to buy Aam Aadmi Party MLAs. The Crime Branch teams had gone to Mr Kejriwal and Delhi minister Atishi’s homes yesterday too to serve notice....
JMM legislative party leader Champai Soren will take oath as the Jharkhand chief minister on Friday after Governor C P Radhakrishnan nominated him for the post, officials said. The oath-taking ceremony will be held around 12.15 pm at the Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan here, they said. Champai Soren was nominated for the chief...
The cold conditions in Delhi persisted following light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms in various parts of Delhi-NCR on Thursday, as reported by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). In a post on X, IMD wrote, “Fog conditions observed (at 0530 hours IST of today): Very Dense fog over some parts of Delhi; in isolated pockets...
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal is unlikely to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy, sources in the party said. The ED on Wednesday issued a fresh and the fifth summons to Kejriwal after he skipped four earlier...
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a retired chief engineer and a contractor in connection with its money-laundering probe into the alleged irregularities in the tendering process of the Delhi Jal Board, official sources said on Thursday. Jagdish Kumar Arora, a retired chief engineer, and contractor Anil Kumar Aggarwal have been taken into custody under the...