Questioning the decision to hospitalise him, Gitanjali J Angmo claimed Wangchuk had appeared fine on Friday. NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on Saturday, the 21st day of his indefinite hunger strike, with his wife Gitanjali J Angmo saying that no medical treatment should be administered to him without her…
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from Jantar Mantar by Delhi Police early on Saturday and shifted to a hospital NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was removed from Jantar Mantar by Delhi Police early on Saturday and shifted to a hospital after his hunger strike against alleged irregularities in the NEET examination entered its…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta Friday inaugurated 45 new Ayushman Jan Arogya Mandirs, taking the total number of such primary healthcare centres in the city to 415.Launching the new centres from Shakurpur in northwest Delhi, Gupta said the expansion of the network was aimed at bringing affordable and quality healthcare closer to residents and…
Anurag Kumar (L), Satish Golchha (R) NEW DELHI: In a move that left power corridors both surprised and intrigued, Anurag Kumar, an intelligence veteran and 1994-batch IPS officer, was appointed Delhi Police commissioner Friday, replacing Satish Golchha.Kumar, who was posted as special director in the Intelligence Bureau, served in Delhi Police till the rank of…
New Delhi: Three people were killed in separate incidents across Delhi in two days.A 24-year-old man was shot dead by unidentified assailants in northeast Delhi’s Dayalpur on Friday. The deceased, Sajid, was attacked in Old Mustafabad. He had a criminal history. The motive behind the killing is being investigated.In another case, a woman was shot…
New Delhi: Noting that freedom of press cannot be used as a shield for irresponsible journalism or the dissemination of content that jeopardises public order, Delhi High Court has called for reform.“Today, virtually anyone armed with a mobile phone and a microphone can proclaim themselves to be a ‘reporter’, often without any journalistic training, ethical…
New Delhi: Two bidders for the MCD’s MLFF-based toll tax and environment compensation charge (ECC) collection tender have written to Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, alleging that the municipal body unfairly qualified only three of the seven bidders. They claimed the tender conditions favour a few players and that their financial bids were higher than those…
New Delhi: A notorious auto-lifter with 19 criminal cases, a seasoned dacoit and a domestic help formed the core of an armed gang that held a businessman’s family captive during a dacoity at their Golf Links bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi, according to a chargesheet filed by Delhi Police before Patiala House Court on Friday.The 602-page…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will hold elections for chairperson and deputy chairperson of its standing committee on July 27, following the completion of process to fill vacancies created by the retirement of half of the committee’s members on July 15.“Under section 47(1) of Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, the Standing Committee is…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has notified a major increase in the income ceiling for ration card applications, a move aimed at expanding the food security network in the capital.The annual family income eligibility limit for inclusion under the priority household (PHH) category of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) has been raised from Rs 1.2…
