The active cases as of Sunday evening stood at 3926. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)Delhi News Updates: Delhi logged 804 fresh Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours on Sunday. With a positivity rate of 1.50 per cent on Sunday, 1197 recovered from the virus. The active cases as of Sunday evening stood at 3926. The city, on Saturday, recorded 920 Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths.
Meanwhile, two days after a part of a Gurgaon residential tower collapsed, the body of a woman who died on the first floor was recovered. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), fire department and district administration, who worked to retrieve the body, Saturday procured cribs used in railways to stabilise the basement so they could remove the debris safely.
In another development, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said the Delhi government will hold two shows on B R Ambedkar every day from February 25 to March 12 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, as part of a “grand show” on the father of the Indian Constitution. He added that this will be free of cost for the general public.
A delegation of AISA activists outside the Banga Bhawan, holding placards before submitting a memorandum demanding the release of all activists of AISA who were arrested on 7th February by West Bengal Police, in New Delhi on Friday. (Amit Mehra)
At least 12 accidental vehicles were damaged when a major fire broke out at a police godown in southwest Delhi's Sagarpur on Sunday, police said.
A call regarding a blaze at a police godown was received at the control room of the Delhi Fire Service at 12.42 pm, following which eight fire tenders were rushed to the site, a Fire Service official said.
According to the police, head constable Prahlad noticed the fire in a centralised pit used for keeping accidental vehicles and chassis of southwest district. (PTI)
A 72-year-old woman was allegedly attacked and killed by a 40-year-old man who broke into her tent under the RTR flyover to rob her, police said on Sunday. The accused was arrested after a local enquiry, they said.
According to police, the accused, identified as Rajender Chauhan, suspected the woman was hiding cash and decided to rob her. However, when she caught him inside her room and raised an alarm, he killed her before stealing cash from her place, they said.
On Friday, the woman was found injured at her place and a PCR call was made by locals. Police found the deceased had grievous injuries on her neck and face. They rushed her to a nearby hospital but was declared brought dead. The woman and her family live in tents near the flyover. According to police, both the deceased and accused were unemployed. (Read More)
Residents of Chintels Paradiso in Sector 109, where two women died after a portion of the sixth floor of a tower had collapsed all the way to the first floor on February 10, have written to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar demanding that the licence of developer Chintels India Ltd (CIL) be revoked with immediate effect.
“All projects, whether announced or under construction, must be stopped with immediate effect. No further sale of any property of any project of CIL should be allowed until there is timely, prompt, effective and satisfactory resolution of this catastrophic event,” said the residents in the letter.
Appealing for swift and strong action, residents said 35 families had been uprooted from their homes while other families are unable to sleep peacefully.
Appealing for swift and strong action, residents said 35 families had been uprooted from their homes while other families are unable to sleep peacefully. (Read More)
The new Delhi Police 'pink booth' at the popular Janpath market, staffed by female personnel to help women in distress, has earned praise from shoppers and hawkers alike and the demand is now growing for similar kiosks in other shopping centres.
In less than a week of its establishment, the 'pink booth' has instilled a sense of security in women shoppers and hawkers.
Arushi Prakash, who works in a private company in the national capital, said, "I feel that if similar complaints are coming on regular basis, then the police should work to address the matter. The issues related to women should be resolved as the section is very vulnerable. I have not gone to other shopping places for a year and if no such booth is there, the authorities should consider setting up such kiosks there as well." The 'pink booth' at Janpath market under Connaught Place police station was inaugurated by Joint Commissioner of Police (New Delhi Range) A K Singh on Tuesday.
According to the police, the aim is to facilitate complainants, especially women and girls, by providing them instantaneous relief in case of any type of need and by making women staff available to them at the market. (PTI)
With offline classes set to begin in a few days at Delhi University, a section of students from other states say they are not equipped to make this quick shift to the capital.
On February 9, in the midst of strong protests by different student groups pushing for reopening, the DU administration issued a notice that offline classes will resume on February 17 and that ‘outstation students’ will have to complete three days of isolation before joining their colleges. Several students said less than a week’s notice is not enough to travel to Delhi, find accommodation and pay considerable amounts required for private accommodation in the middle of an ongoing semester.
With limited campus accommodation — many colleges do not have any hostel — the biggest challenge is finding accommodation. (Read More)
Delhi logged 804 fresh Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours on Sunday. With a positivity rate of 1.50 per cent on Sunday, 1197 recovered from the virus. The active cases as of Sunday evening stood at 3926.
The sight of a fellow student being mocked during a school function five years ago is etched deep in Anoushka Jolly's memories. But for this 13-year-old, that incident became the push to start a social initiative to stop bullying and provide a platform for students as wells as parents to report anonymously.
The 'Anti Bullying Squad (ABS)', with help from educational institutions, social organisations and experts, has positively impacted over 2,000 students from over 100 schools and universities, said Jolly as she spoke about the digital platform, she formed three years ago.
The Class 8 student has also come up with a mobile application called 'Kavach' and it allows students and parents to report incidents of bullying anonymously, giving opportunity to schools and counsellors to tactfully intervene and take action.
The incident of the girl being bullied "got registered in my memory and I still cannot forget her face", she was terrified and felt helpless, said Jolly, who was nine years old then. (PTI)
Expressing concern over the impact of continued Covid curbs on local businesses, traders in the national capital are seeking further relaxation of restrictions, including allowing shops to remain open till 9.30 pm.
Traders' associations of various markets said they are facing increasing losses due to the restrictions. They also questioned the logic behind continuing with the curbs when the pandemic situation has improved in Delhi.
The New Delhi Traders Association (NDTA), which represents the Connaught Place market in central Delhi, has written to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal seeking relief for local traders. (PTI)
A woman who uses a wheelchair complained Saturday that she was denied entry into a popular restaurant in Gurgaon following which its management has apologised saying that they would look into the matter and take action accordingly.
The woman, Srishti, took to Twitter and said that she had gone to the restaurant Raasta on Friday with friends and family, only to be informed by the staff that her wheelchair “can’t go inside”.
“We thought it was an accessibility issue, but it wasn’t. We told him that we’d manage, just book us a table. What he said next left all of us shocked for a while,” the tweet said.
A fire broke out on Sunday at a restaurant in Delhi's Uttam Nagar. Till now, three people have been rescued. Delhi Fire Services said they received a call around 10.45 am and sent five fire tenders to the spot.
Residents of Chintels Paradiso society, where two women died after a large portion of the sixth floor collapsed till the first floor in tower D on Thursday, staged a protest at the society gate demanding that affected families be rehabilitated and compensation be given to them. Setting up a tent near the entrance to continue their protest, residents, especially of tower D said they were having “sleepless nights”.
Bhupender Bhardwaj, who lives on the 17th floor of tower D, said he paid Rs 1.75 crore for the flat and took possession in 2018. “I will not stay here anymore. Either the builder should compensate me or provide a flat in another society,” he said. (Read Pavneet Singh Chadha's full report here)
The Delhi government's mobile mental health units in 11 districts have handled 39 cases in the last two months, officials said on Friday. The Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) is involved with the functioning of these mobile units that started in September last year. These facilities are available in fully equipped ambulances.
The mobile units are involved in rescue and engaging into treatment homeless and homebound persons with mental illnesses, providing aftercare to persons with mental illness, epilepsy and stroke with behavioural issues, and counselling of persons with mental illnesses in shelter homes.
Liquor stores in several areas of Delhi witnessed long queues of tipplers on Saturday as some outlets offered discounts on different brands of alcohol. Liquor stores in some parts of the city, including Jahangirpuri, Shahdara and Mayur Vihar, offered up to 35 per cent discount on certain IMFL brands.
Liquor stores have to exhaust their stock by the end of March as licences will be renewed in the new financial year, said a liquor vend employee in East Delhi.
Delhi's 24-hour air quality was recorded in the "moderate" category on Saturday evening. The air quality index (AQI) read 159 at 8.30 pm.The air quality in neighbouring Faridabad (194), Gurugram (166), Ghaziabad (178), Greater Noida (142) and Noida (153) was also recorded in the "moderate" category.
For Sunday, the weather office has forecasted moderate fog in the morning and clear skies throughtout the day in Delhi. The maximum and minimum temperature are likely to settle around 24 and 7 degrees Celsius.
Delhi witnessed a clear sky on Saturday with the maximum temperature settling at 23.4 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the season, the India Meteorological Department said. The minimum temperature settled at 8 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, the IMD said. The relative humidity oscillated between 37 and 76 per cent.
Days after a 40-year-old woman sustained severe injuries after she fell off a moving e-rickshaw while resisting a snatching bid in Shahdara, police have arrested two men. Investigators said they scanned over 500 CCTVs and detained and questioned more than 50 men in search of the accused.
The duo have been identified as Manish Singh (41), who is involved in more than 100 robberies and other criminal cases, and Mohit Gupta (34). Police recovered a pistol from Manish’s possession. The men confessed to their involvement in the Shahdara case, police said.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said the Delhi government will hold two shows on B R Ambedkar every day from February 25 to March 12 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, as part of a “grand show” on the father of the Indian Constitution. He added that this will be free of cost for the general public. The mega event was to be held from January 5 originally but was postponed due to the rise in Covid-19 cases.
“Babasaheb Ambedkar is considered one of the greatest leaders of our country. He struggled a lot in his life and we all receive a lot of inspiration from his life. He has crores of fans around the world. I’m also one of them, I worship him. He struggled all his life and fought for justice for the poor and Dalits. He came from a poor family and ended up becoming the Law Minister,” Kejriwal said in a digital press conference Saturday.
The second body has been recovered from the debris on the first floor of tower D of Chintels Paradiso society in Gurgaon. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), fire department, and district administration were working to retrieve the body of the woman who died at the society when a part of the tower collapsed on Thursday.
A group of men allegedly thrashed some people over a property dispute in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur area, police said on Saturday. Two people were injured and admitted to the GTB Hospital. Police have registered a case and arrested one of the four identified accused, named Jagat (62).
The accused put up boards of 'advocate' and 'Bharatiya Janata Party' in vehicles and the police said they will take up the matter with BJP officials and the bar council. According to the police, Jagat and his associates allegedly thrashed some relatives over a property dispute on Friday, video clips of which were widely circulated on social media. Responding to PCR calls, police reached the spot and noticed "riot-like situation" where some people have beaten another group brutally. The situation was controlled and the injured were shifted to hospital, a senior police officer said.
In one of the videos, a person is seen lying on a road and two men are thrashing him brutally. The victim is crying for help and an elderly woman comes to his rescue.
A case under sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 307 (attempt to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and 34 (common intension) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered, the officer said. Four accused persons -- Jagat (62), Harender (41), Sumit (27) and Amit (24) -- have been identified on the basis of video footage and other evidence, while the rest are being identified. Of them, Jagat has been arrested, the officer said. (PTI)
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday condoled the demise of noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj, remembering his contribution to the progress of the country.
Former chairman of the Bajaj Group Rahul Bajaj passed away on Saturday due to illness in Pune. He was 83.
"Saddened at the passing away of Shri Rahul Bajaj. A Pioneer of Industry in the post independence era and a man who successfully created one of India's most enduring and successful brands, Shri Bajaj will be missed for a long to come. My condolences to his family and friends," Baijal tweeted.
Kejriwal said Bajaj was a major contributor to the progress of the country on the economic front. "Received the very sad news of the death of the country's famous industrialist Rahul Bajaj. He made a big contribution to the progress of the country on the economic front. 'Buland Bharat Ki Buland Awaj' became a part of every household. My soulful condolences to such a great personality. May God place the departed soul at his feet," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi. (PTI)
The national capital witnessed a clear sky on Saturday with the maximum temperature settling at 23.4 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the season, the India Meteorological Department said.
The minimum temperature settled at 8 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, the IMD said. The relative humidity oscillated between 37 and 76 per cent.
The weather office has forecast moderate fog on Sunday morning. The maximum and minimum temperature are likely to settle around 24 and 7 degrees Celsius. The city's 24-hour air quality was recorded in the "moderate" category on Saturday evening. The air quality index (AQI) read 159 at 8.30 pm. (PTI)
Delhi on Saturday reported 920 fresh COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 1.68 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,50,516 and the death toll climbed to 26,060, the latest health bulletin stated. The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 54,913, it said.
Delhi had on Friday and Thursday reported 977 and 1,104 cases with a positivity rate of 1.73 per cent and 2.09 per cent respectively, and 12 deaths each on both days.
The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13. (PTI)
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), fire department and district administration, working to retrieve the body of a woman who died at a residential society when a part of the tower collapsed, Saturday procured cribs used in railways to stabilise the basement so they can remove the debris safely.
On Thursday evening, a large portion of the sixth floor collapsed all the way to the first floor at Chintels Paradiso society’s tower D in Gurgaon’s sector 109. Read more
The Director of Education (DoE) Saturday met Heads of Schools (HoSs) to “intensify preparations to empower Delhi students for the upcoming board exams” which are to be held from April 26 as announced by the CBSE. The opening of schools from Monday for students of Nursery to Class VIII was also on the agenda.
The DoE has asked schools to ensure that students of senior secondary sections, classes X and XII attend classes regularly. Read more
Days after a 40-year-old woman sustained severe injuries after she fell from a moving e-rickshaw while resisting a robbery in Shahdara, police have arrested two men in connection with the crime. Police said they scanned over 500 CCTVs and detained at least 50-70 men in search of the accused.
The duo has been identified as Manish Singh (41), who is involved in more than 106 robberies and other criminal cases, and Mohit Gupta (34). Police recovered a pistol from Manish’s possession. The men confessed to their involvement in the Shahdara case. The injured woman, Ritu Kumar, remains critical and is on ventilator support. Read more
The long wait for resumption of offline classes at the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) may end soon with the administration planning to issue a notification on this likely by Sunday.
Though a tentative date for reopening of the campus is not known yet, Waseem Ahmad Khan, Chief Proctor of the university, said it would open in a phased manner.
On courses that would be given priority for physical classes, Khan said PhD scholars whose submission dates are near and students in courses that require practical classes would be called first.
After the Delhi Disaster Management Authority issued guidelines to reopen all schools and colleges, several universities, including JNU and Delhi University, have announced resumption of offline classes. The Jamia Millia Islamia, however, is yet to make an announcement in this connection. (PTI)
While every central jail in Delhi reported Covid cases among inmates during the highly-transmissible Omicron fuelled third wave, the number 16 women's prison in Mandoli had a different story to tell.
"None of our inmates were infected, and they include small children," a senior official said, attributing the feat to strict protocols and lessons learnt from the second wave last year, which had crippled health systems across the country.
Inmates and doctors at the jail told PTI that besides protocols, authorities made sure there was availability of medicines, and teas or 'kadha' made of authorised herbs and turmeric mixed in milk were served to boost immunity. Homeopathic medicines provided by the AYUSH ministry was also given to staffers and prisoners, they said.
Established in 2017, the Central Jail No-16 or more commonly known as the Mandoli women's prison has 174 inmates, among whom 162 are under-trials and 12 convicts. (PTI)
Water supply to Shalimar Park, Mayur Vihar Phase-I and several other areas in Delhi have been affected due to repair work being undertaken after some damage in the Jal Vihar main line at Yamuna Vihar, the DJB said on Saturday.
In a tweet, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said, "URGENT UPDATE: Jal Vihar water main was damaged yesterday by DMRC at Zafrabad Road, Yamuna Vihar. The repair work of this line at 4mtr depth is in process and will take 12 hrs to complete the work." It also shared a picture of the site.
A response from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation was awaited. "The supply of areas connected with Shalimar Park, Vishwakarma park, Dallupura, Mandawali 2, GT Rd Shahdara UGRs, Mayur Vihar Phase I, Pandav Nagr, Shakarpur, Mother dairy etc will be effected. (PTI)
Police have arrested a 38-year-old retired subedar for allegedly posing as a Delhi Police personnel and raping a 19-year-old woman at a park in Dwarka last month.
The woman had alleged that she was raped and her friend assaulted and robbed by the man on the evening of January 28. She alleged they were approached by the man in khaki uniform, who claimed they were indulging in obscenity and threatened to file a complaint against them. Read more
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has turned down a plea which sought an exemption from the ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the Delhi-NCR on grounds of being disabled.
A bench comprising NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Sudhir Agarwal said such an application on a decided matter was not maintainable.
"Such applications in a decided matter cannot be allowed to be entertained for all times. In view of the above, the application is dismissed as not maintainable," it said.
The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Sarabjit A Singh seeking direction for grant of exemption to use a diesel vehicle in the Delhi-NCR area beyond the 10-year time limit on grounds that the applicant is 100 per cent disabled. The NGT had earlier dismissed the Centre's plea seeking modification of its order banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the Delhi-NCR. (PTI)
Jamia Millia Islamia has received funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to investigate the mental health benefits of Yoga and meditation using molecular tools and neuronal activity recordings, the university informed in a statement. The research will be carried out in collaboration with the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY).
“In the proposed research, the investigators will look at the brain imaging, brain activity, biochemical and neuro-physiological parameters in University students who may be susceptible to stress, anxiety or depression and provide intervention to deal with these complications. The students and staff will be enrolled from the University to participate in the study over the course of a three-year study. Yoga and other psychological interventions will be carried out both at JMI and MDNIY,” Jamia PRO Ahmed Azeem said in a statement. Read more
Two days after after a chunk of the sixth floor collapsed in Gurgaon’s Chintels Paradiso society, residents on Saturday began to protest against the builder of the society demanding structural audits in their societies. They residents alleged that the DTCP had ignored multiple complaints earlier of cracks in walls and seepage. The collapse of the roof resulted in the death of two and left one injured.
With Covid cases on the decline, authorities have lifted several restrictions in Gautam Buddh Nagar. As per the fresh orders, restaurants, gyms and cinema halls can function at full capacity. According to officials, the active case load in the district has dropped to less than 1,000, paving the way for the relaxations. Covid-appropriate behaviour must be observed, they said.
Night curfew will continue to be in place between 11 pm and 5 am. Not more than 200 persons will be allowed to attend weddings. Events can be held at open venues at 50 per cent capacity, the order said. Read more
A group of men and a woman allegedly attacked their relatives with sticks and sharp weapons over a property dispute in Northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur area Friday. Police said two of the injured people were shifted to GTB Hospital. Cops have arrested a man named Jagat Singh (62) and have identified three of the other accused. His son, brother and nephew are being questioned. A case has been registered under sections pertaining to rioting and attempted murder.
Viral videos of the incident, uploaded on social media by locals, show three to four men and a woman brutally attacking people with sticks in the middle of the road in broad daylight. Read more
A musical on the life of Babasaheb Ambedkar, organised by the Delhi government which was earlier postponed due to the rise in Covid-19 cases, will now be held from February 25 to March 12, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday. The chief minister said that the show will be free of cost, with limited seating.
"There will be two shows daily. Famous TV actor Ronit Roy will play Ambedkar's role," He added.
The security team at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital nabbed a tout for a Green Park-based private diagnostic lab who was luring patients with the promise of cheaper tests.
According to the institute, this is the third instance in which the guards have caught touts from the same diagnostic lab in the last four months. AIIMS is carrying out a special drive to trace touts of various diagnostic labs who mislead people at the hospital, where all tests are available at nominal rates. Read more
Along with clear skies, the maximum temperature on Saturday in Delhi is likely to be 23 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature is likely to be 8 degrees Celsius. Strong winds at a speed of 25 to 35 kmph are likely over parts of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh over the next 24 hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
No significant change is likely in the minimum temperature over northwest India during the next 24 hours, but it could rise by 2 to 4 degrees thereafter, said an IMD update issued on Saturday morning. Read more
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday set up NGO cells at its headquarters and district units for better coordination between the administration, NGOs and people when needed. The idea of having an NGO cell at the DDMA headquarters and similar units at the district level was mooted in a meeting called by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) regarding Covid-19 and Omicron-related preparedness in January this year.
The purpose was to have the cells for better coordination between the administration, NGOs and people during an hour of need. An order issued by the DDMA on Friday stated that there will be an NGO Cell at its headquarter as well as in every District Disaster Management Authority. The SDM (DDMA) has been designated as the nodal officer for the NGO Cell. (PTI)
Both women were inside the safety of their homes, with loved ones, when tragedy struck. A large portion of the sixth floor collapsed all the way down to the first floor at Chintels Paradiso society’s tower ‘D’ in Gurgaon’s Sector 109, killing Ekta Bhardwaj (40) on the second floor and Sunita Srivastava (55) on the first floor, on Thursday.
“She had just entered the drawing room to answer the phone. Within seconds, it all came crashing down. It’s tragic,” said Ekta’s husband, Rajesh Bhardwaj, on the basis of whose complaint police have now filed an FIR against the Chintels MD, Ashok Solomon, under IPC Sections 304-A (causing death by negligence) and 34 (common intention). Read more
A day after a chunk of the sixth floor collapsed in Gurgaon’s Chintels Paradiso society, killing two people, residents alleged that they have, in the past, filed complaints on poor quality of construction, structural issues and substandard material being used.
In July 2021, a slab of a roof in a balcony had collapsed at tower H. After complaints by residents, a structural audit was conducted by the developer under the supervision of the Department of Town and Country Planning. One of the conclusions of the audit, conducted by a private consultant, was that the building towers were “safe for human habitation”. Read more
Continuing their indefinite strike for an increase in honorarium, hundreds of anganwadi workers and helpers Friday took out a ‘khabardar’ rally against the Delhi government near Vidhan Sabha, threatening to intensify the stir if their demands are not met.
Police said they had filed an FIR in connection with the protest, since it was held without permission. “Legal action has been initiated under IPC Section 188 and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. No arrest has been made nor has any person been detained as of now,” said DCP (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi. Read more
The Delhi High Court on Friday suspended the Executive Committee of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and decided to appoint an administrator for discharging its functions, after perusing the report of a three-member committee constituted by it last year to look into the allegations made by Manika Batra.
Justice Rekha Palli said that the court’s faith in the sports body was shaken and that its conduct prima facie appears to be blameworthy as per the committee report in which it has been opined that TTFI was in fact safeguarding the interests of its officials instead of promoting the players. Read more
Rash driving has been a constant issue in the Greater Kailash I area where businessman Anant Mandelia (37) was hit by a car and dragged for some distance on its bonnet, his family as well as residents claimed. A family member, who asked not to be identified, said Mandelia’s condition was stable though he has not yet regained consciousness. He claimed Anant was trying to stop the accused from driving rashly when he was hit by the vehicle.
Mandelia runs a hydroponics business, and the family has been living in the area for a long time, according to neighbours. Read more
Four persons, including a nine-year-old girl, who were out grazing sheep on an empty plot in Outer Delhi’s Bawana area died after an old building nearby collapsed and they were buried under the rubble on Friday. Police identified the victims as Rukaiya Khatoon (55), Shahzad (25), Danish (24) and Afrin (9), who were from the Bawana JJ colony area. Their families alleged there was delay in rescue work — a claim police denied. Read more
Delhi University (DU) Friday said it would shift to the physical mode of examinations only in May and that all exams to be held in the month of March, including for first-year students, will be held in online open book examination (OBE) format. DU had shifted to an OBE format during the pandemic. All examinations since 2020 have been held in this format, for which the university had initially faced a lot of flak. Read more
Delhi reported 977 fresh Covid cases Friday, recording a daily tally of less than 1,000 after a period of 44 days, as per the daily health bulletin released by the Delhi government. The positivity rate also dropped below the 2% mark to 1.73% Friday. A positivity rate of less than 2% was recorded for the first time in 42 days as per the data.
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