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Heavy rains cause waterlogging across Delhi, traffic hit in many areas

Heavy rains that lashed the national capital on Wednesday morning led to waterlogging and traffic snarls in many parts of the city, including the Minto Road railway underpass

Rains cause waterlogging in national capital, traffic movement affected

Rains lashed many parts of the national capital and its neighboring areas on Wednesday morning, leading to waterlogging and traffic snarls in parts of the city

Rain lashes various parts of Delhi and NCR, IMD issues orange alert

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for the national capital after rain lashed various parts of Delhi and its neighbouring areas on Wednesday morning

Dalit girl from Delhi raped, killed in Gurgaon; landlord's kin arrested

A 13-year-old Dalit girl from north Delhi's Narela was allegedly raped and killed at neighbouring Gurgaon by a relative of her landlord, officials said Tuesday.

Delhi: Metro services affected on Red Line section due to technical issues

Services were affected for nearly 90 minutes on a section of the Red Line of the Delhi Metro due to some technical issues on Tuesday, officials said. The Red Line connects Rithala in Delhi and Shahid Sthal (Bus Stand) in Ghaziabad. "Services were affected for about an hour and a half on a section of the corridor due to some technical issues with the OHE (overhead equipment) line at Rithala," a senior official said. The Delhi Metro had also tweeted around 8.30 am to inform commuters about the delay in services. "Red Line Update Delay in service between Pitampura and Rithala. Normal services on all other lines," the DMRC tweeted. The technical issue was later resolved and normal services were resumed, the official said. About 10 am, the DMRC again tweeted, "Red Line Update. Normal service has resumed.

Heavy rain across Delhi-NCR leads to waterlogging, traffic jams

Delhi-NCR witnessed heavy rainfall on Tuesday leading to waterlogging on arterial roads, which in turn, caused severe traffic jams.

Delhi to start implementing action plan to combat climate change by yr end

Delhi will start implementing a new 10-year action plan by this year end to combat climate change, according to officials.

Covid-19: 1,100 challaned in Delhi on Sunday for not wearing mask

The Delhi Police Sunday issued 1,100 challans to people for not wearing a mask, according to official data. The data provided by the Delhi Police showed a total of 1,225 challans were issued Sunday of which 76 were for violating social distancing norms, eight for spitting and 41 for consumption of liquor at a public place, and chewing pan, gutkha, and tobacco. A total of 2,38,721 people were prosecuted for not wearing a mask in the national capital during the lockdown from April 19 to August 29. In the same period of time, police penalised 28,734 people for violating social distancing norms, 1,463 for large public gatherings or congregations, 1,482 for spitting and 1,509 for consumption of liquor, pan, gutkha, and tobacco, the data showed. A total of 2,71,909 challans were issued from April 19 to August 29, according to the data.

Portable mohalla clinics envisioned for JJ colonies, dense areas in Delhi

The Delhi government is constructing two mohalla clinics inside portable containers in Shakurbasti area of the city, which the authorities plan to replicate in dense cluster colonies where creating health infrastructure at a dedicated building is a challenge owing to space constraints. A senior official had earlier said the city currently has over 500 mohalla clinics, a neighbourhood facility for providing free primary healthcare to residents. A typical mohalla clinic has a doctor and a midwife-cum-nurse. It provides an array of diagnostic services and essential medicines free of cost. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain Friday visited the sites of two mohalla clinics being constructed in giant containers in Shakurbasti and took stock of the situation. "Visited the construction site of 2 new Mohalla Clinics at Shakurbasti. These Clinics have been set up in portable containers. Such Clinics are easy to set up & transport in Cluster areas like Jhuggi-Bastis & narrow streets ...

Delhi schools reopening: 50% students per classroom, staggered lunch breaks

Mandatory thermal screening, staggered lunch breaks, alternate seating arrangement in classrooms and avoiding routine guest visits are among the guidelines announced by the DDMA

Covid-19: Around 7,000 ICU beds to be added in Delhi, says Kejriwal

Around 7,000 ICU beds will be added in government-run hospitals of the national capital in view of an impending third wave of Covid-19, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday

Delhi Congress leaders discuss roadmap for next year's MCD elections

Delhi Congress leaders discussed the roadmap for next year's MCD polls, but some of them expressed displeasure over the party's decision to involve AICC observers in the process

Delhi-bound Air India plane suffers tyre burst on Kolkata airport taxiway

A Delhi-bound Air India flight failed to take off from Kolkata on Saturday morning after one of the tyres burst on the taxiway, an airport official said. No one sustained any injury due to the incident, he said. The tyre burst emitting a loud noise, following which the pilot immediately informed the air traffic controllers, the official said. The aircraft, carrying 226 passengers, was subsequently brought back to the parking bay. All passengers and cabin crew members were made to de-board the plane, following which engineers attended to it. An Air India official stated that the plane finally took off around 3.30 pm after all technical issues were taken care of, at least five hours behind schedule. Arrangements for lunch were made for the passengers, he added.

Covid-19: Delhi records zero death, 29 new cases; positivity rate 0.04 pc

No death due to Covid was recorded in Delhi for third consecutive day, while 29 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.04 per cent, according to data shared by city health department

Delhi govt making 'thorough' preparations for possible third wave: Jain

The Delhi government is not taking any chances and making "thorough" preparations for an impending third wave of COVID-19, Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said. Jain also thanked doctors who sacrificed their lives during the pandemic and said that their names will be written in golden words. Jain urged people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and asked them not become negligent. The health minister was speaking at the sixth felicitation ceremony for healthcare workers of government hospitals -- Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS), Vasant Kunj; Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital in Ashok Vihar; Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri and Burari Hospital -- in northwest Delhi at Delhi Vidhan Sabha on Friday. "Their (healthcare workers) dedicated service saved precious lives, their supreme sacrifice cannot be forgotten and shall be written in the pages of history in letters of gold. "The Arvind Kejriwal government salutes the selfless and dedicated service of healthcare

Top headlines: HC notice to Centre on IT Rules; Delhi schools to re-open

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Friday

Over 98,000 vaccine doses administered in Delhi on Wednesday: Bulletin

A total of 98,548 Covid vaccines were administered in Delhi on August 25, according to the city government's vaccination bulletin issued on Thursday. The present stock of anti-coronavirus vaccines will last for another three days, it said. As on Thursday morning, Delhi had a balance stock of 6,53,940 anti-coronavirus vaccines, of which 5,29,140 jabs are Covishield and 1,24,800 are Covaxin, according to the government data. Of the 98,548 vaccine doses administered on Wednesday, 66,816 were first doses and 31,732 second doses, it said. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the national capital so far is 1,46,20,342, including 55,07,580 second jabs. Delhi's current vaccination capacity stands at 1,77,496 doses per day, the bulletin stated.

Delhi coronavirus update: Zero Covid-19 fatality, 45 new cases

No death due to Covid-19 was recorded in Delhi on Thursday, while the national capital reported 45 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 0.06 per cent

Delhi records 35 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday, one fatality:

Delhi reported 35 fresh COVID-19 cases and one more fatality due to the disease on Wednesday, according to data shared by the city health department.

Delhi transport department to focus on procuring electric buses

In a bid to boost public transport without raising the city's air pollution, the Transport Department of Delhi government has now decided to focus on procurement of electric buses, officials said