Delhi News Live Updates: People perform Yoga outside the India Gate on occasion of World Yoga Day celebrated on June 21, 2023 (Express/Premnath Pandey)Delhi News Live Updates Today (June 21): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise events to mark International Day of Yoga at each of the 70 Assembly constituencies in the capital today including an outreach among the city’s Muslim community and an exhibition of works done by its government at the Centre during its nine-year tenure.
An impending change in guard at the helm of the Congress’ state leadership in Delhi, likely over the next couple of days, and the announcement regarding the new president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) is awaited not only by the grand old party but also by one of its two political rivals in the city – the AAP. The development is crucial as the AAP has reached out to Congress’ leadership for support against Centre’s ordinance over Services, and the Congress has said that inputs of state units would be taken into account.
In other news, to cater to the needs of visitors, whose numbers shoot up to even a lakh on weekends, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is planning to scale up public facilities at Kartavya Path, including parking, vending zones, walkways and benches.
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From a modest school in Karol Bagh to a renowned college in Delhi University’s North Campus, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a nod to the resilience and thirst for learning among post-Partition refugees. Named after Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru who is considered the spiritual successor of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, the college has its own Gurdwara — the only one in North campus. It was in 1951 that the Delhi Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee mulled establishing a college in the university enclave to serve educational needs of Punjabi refugees — a place where teaching of Punjabi language and promotion of Punjabi culture could take place. At a meeting at Bangla Sahib Gurdwara, community leaders such as Sardar Baisakha Singh agreed to take the lead in this regard. An amount of Rs 2 lakh was deposited with Delhi University and in June 1951, the college began to function as a constituent college of DU.
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First published on: 20-06-2023 at 10:47 IST
A five-star hotel here has alleged to have suffered a loss of Rs 58 lakh when one of its guests colluded with some hotel staff and stayed for almost two years without making any payment. The hotel, Roseate House in Aerocity near the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, has lodged a case at IGI Airport police station.
According to the FIR lodged recently by Vinod Malhotra, an authorised representative of Bird Airports Hotel Private Limited, which operates Roseate, guest Ankush Dutta stayed for 603 days which cost Rs 58 lakh but checked out without paying a single penny. Read more
A skin bank — a first for North India — was inaugurated on Tuesday in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. The country has 16 skin banks — a facility where the skin of deceased persons can be donated — with seven in Maharashtra, four in Chennai, three in Karnataka, and one each in Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.
“Till now we did not have a skin bank in Delhi or in Northern India… People would call us and make requests for skin donations but we could not act upon those,” said Dr Shalabh Kumar, the head of the department of burns and plastic surgery of the hospital. Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise events to mark International Day of Yoga at each of the 70 Assembly constituencies in the capital today including an outreach among the city’s Muslim community and an exhibition of works done by its government at the Centre during its nine-year tenure.
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The mayor of Delhi has asked official to ensure the de-silting process of all drains is completed by June 28 so that the city does not face the problem of waterlogging during Monsson, officials said.
De-silting of drains in Delhi completed up to 80 per cent, the MCD officials said "De-silting of drains in Delhi completed up to 80 per cent. The Mayor said that the work of cleaning all the drains connected with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi should be completed by June 28 under any circumstances," the MCD said in a statement.
Work has to be done at the zone level to save Delhi from waterlogging during monsoon, the MCD said. Oberoi held a high level meeting on Tuesday to review the capital city's pre-monsoon preparedness. (PTI)
Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Tuesday directed the Delhi government to set up a ‘single-window system’ for approving applications by shops and business establishments proposing to operate round-the-clock in the national capital.
L-G House officials said that Saxena had issued directions in the matter to the Labour Department in a bid to promote ease of doing business, facilitate economic activities and employment generation in Delhi. (Read More)
"CUET results to be declared in the first week of July due to the extension of CUET examination dates in Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast and Jharkhand," said UGC chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI) has announced a short-term training programme on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) next month, registration for which are underway, a university official said.
The programme, which is being organised by the university's Department of Computer Engineering, will be for three weeks between July 4 and July 22, according to the brochure released by the university.
"The timings of the program are from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, from Monday to Saturday. The classes will be held both online and offline," the official informed.
The course includes both lectures and practical work under the guidance of experienced professionals, the university said. (PTI)
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Delhi University will launch a new portal for registering and applying for the three BTech programmes to be introduced this academic session by next week, officials said.
The students will get to choose their preferences among the three programmes and the university will later allot seats to them, they said.
The BTech Computer Science and Engineering, BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering, and BTech Electrical Engineering will begin at the university from this year with a total capacity of 360 seats. Students will be selected for the courses based on their Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) score.
"The process is expected to begin next week. Students will be given to fill their preferences and seats will be allotted to them. They will be given a few days to accept the seats allotted to them," said Dean of Admission Haneet Gandhi. (PTI)
Days after the firing at a wine shop in Manesar, which killed one and injured two persons, the alleged mastermind of the shooting was arrested on Monday, the police said on Tuesday.
The arrested accused, Dayaram Nehra (49), is the father of gangster Lipin Nehra.
Lipin had allegedly called and threatened the wine shop owners to transfer The Discovery Wine shop at Panchgaon Chowk to his father. He had also threatened the owners of dire consequences, the complainant told the police. (Read More)
CM Arvind Kejriwal has called for the second meeting of the National Capital Civil Services Authority — with the transfer and posting of civil servants deputed to serve in Delhi on the agenda — at his residence on June 28.
Following the first meeting of the National Capital Civil Services Authority, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the newly constituted body ‘futile’ and said that the Delhi government will move the Supreme Court against the Centre’s ordinance. “BJP lost four elections badly in Delhi. They have no hope of winning Delhi for the next several years. So they have tried to capture Delhi through this ordinance,” he said.
Traffic was briefly affected on Tuesday morning in Uttam Nagar area when residents, more than a hundred in number, demonstrated against water supply issue in the area, police said.
A senior police officer said that around 8.30 am, about 100 to 150 people came out for the protest. They protested for around an hour over issues related to water supply in their area. Later, they were dispersed from the area, the officer said.
📌 BJP lost four elections badly in Delhi. They have no hope of winning Delhi for the next several years. So BJP has tried to capture Delhi through this ordinance.
📌 This ordinance places officers above the ministers, the chief minister and the cabinet.
📌 Now the final decision in every department will not be of the minister, but of the department secretary. The Secretary can overrule the decision of the Minister.
📌 Above the cabinet will be the chief secretary who will decide which decision of the cabinet is correct.
📌 In order to reverse the decision of the CM in the authority, two officers were placed above the CM.
📌 No proposal can be brought in the cabinet without the consent of the officers.
📌 So all the decisions will now be taken by the officers. And the central government will have direct control over these officers. In this way, after losing the election, BJP wants to run the Delhi government by stealth.
Highlighting the "alarming" surge in crimes, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has proposed a meeting of the cabinet with the Lieutenant Governor to discuss the matter.
In a letter dated June 19, he wrote to LG V K Saxena over the rising crimes in the national capital and the dire need to deliberate on the issue.
"The seriousness of the situation can be gauged from the heart rending fact that four murders have taken place during last 24 hours in different parts of Delhi," read the letter.
"As a responsible citizen and representative of over 2 crore Delhi residents, I express my willingness to extend full cooperation in ensuring the rule of law and safeguard the interests of the people in the NCT of Delhi," it said.
"I propose a meeting of my cabinet colleagues with your goodself for a meaningful discussion on this important issue," he added. (PTI)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday asked L-G V K Saxena to take immediate steps with regard to policing in the capital in the wake of what he alleged was an alarming spurt in crime with four murders in just over 24 hours.
Kejriwal alleged that citizens were feeling unsafe and left with no alternative but to hire private security guards because police presence was visibly missing on the ground. Kejriwal has been saying the national capital would be a safer city if law and order came under the Delhi government instead of the Centre through the L-G. (Read More)
Taking suo moto notice of a fire accident at a coaching centre in a four-storey building in Mukherjee Nagar last week, the Delhi High Court observed that Delhi Fire Services is required to do a “fire audit” in such buildings.
On June 16 a division bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan took suo moto cognizance of a newspaper report as well as WhatsApp messages circulating on social media. “The Delhi Fire Services shall also see whether these institutes have Fire Safety Certificates,” the HC added. (Read More)
Delhi L-G VK Saxena directed Labour Department to develop online Single Window System for granting approval to shops and businesses proposing to operate 24x7 in Delhi. He also approved exemptions to 155 such shops.
"What is the need of such authority? So, all these things show that, we will take all these things and points to the Supreme Court. And I believe that we will get relief from the Supreme Court on this matter. We also believe and hope that all the parties will also support us in the Rajya Sabha, if the ordinance comes in Rajya Sabha and we will win," CM Arvind Kejriwal said.
Following the first meeting of the National Capital Civil Services Authority, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the newly constituted body ‘futile’ and said that the Delhi government will move the Supreme Court against the Centre’s ordinance. He also said that the ordinance, through which the Authority was constituted, has made bureaucrats “the boss” of ministers.
"The Centre through this ordinance has made the bureaucrats the boss of all the ministers, gave power to the Chief Secretary to decide on the decisions taken by the cabinet and the L-G who has been given power to overturn any decisions taken by the cabinet, which is the supreme body of the elected government.
Now, they formed a three member Civil Services Authority and put two bureaucrats on the head of the Chief Minister. The exercise of this authority is so futile," Kejriwal said in a press conference after the meeting.
"The first meeting of this authority was held today and they wanted to suspend an officer. In this regard, I received a file about 15 days ago, in the last week of May. They wanted to suspend an officer. I read the file, and I had 3-4 queries and clarifications after reading it. So, I wrote in the file, that these are my queries, Please provide me the answers, after that I will tell you the date and venue where the meeting can be held. I did not get that file back. The file went straight to the L-G and it was written on the file that two out of the three have agreed to the decision, so it has been approved.
Now, they will always vote and agree on any matter. They are appointed by the centre and I am the only person who is not being listened to. They rejected any clarifications or queries put up by me and sent them to L-G, who then approved it and suspended the officer," he added.
In a first, Municipal Corporation schools will start a new audio series of stories for its students, as part of an exercise on storytelling, by the last week of June.
“The impact of storytelling is the maximum on a child; it plays a huge role in shaping their future. In order to reduce screen time, we have come up with the idea of audiobooks. Under this, every evening around 7-8 pm, a story will be uploaded on our edulive portal,” said MCD mentor and coordinator Kumar Akhilesh.
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Education Minister Atishi on Monday visited University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom to discuss potential partnerships with UCL’s leadership, focusing on capacity-building training for teachers and school administrators from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) primary schools.
“Education has always been the priority of the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led government. After Delhi government schools, now our focus is on MCD schools and revolutionising the education system in them is our priority. In order to make the MCD schools world-class education institutions, it is important for us to let MCD teachers explore the education trends across the world. Partnership with institutions like UCL will help us do so,” said Atishi.
Training gang members in posh hotels in Mumbai, setting up fake company offices in Delhi and Mumbai and opening multiple bank accounts dealing in Rs 5 crore a week — the latest entrant in the ‘work from home’ scam scene has managed to dupe thousands of over Rs 100 crore since March.
This week, Delhi Police busted the gang’s ‘accounts’ module and arrested three men. The main accused, who run the Telegram and WhatsApp groups that lure victims, are yet to be traced.
According to police, the complainants alleged they would receive messages on social media offering a lucrative ‘work from home’ gig. Once they agreed, the victims would be directed to join a Telegram group.
Jignasa Sinha reports
In a letter to Delhi L-G V K Saxena, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged the capital’s “deteriorating” law and order situation, terming it “extremely serious”. “Seriousness of the situation can be gauged from a heart rending fact that four murders have taken place during last 24 hours in different parts of Delhi,” he wrote.
Kejriwal further alleged that every citizen feels unsafe, and underlined that the L-G and the Union Home Minister are directly responsible for the city’s law and order. He asked for the reinstatement of Thana Level Committees — which have both local police officials and elected MLAs as members in addition to citizens’ representatives — so that the situation can be improved with the participation of all three.
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