An assistant commissioner of police on Friday slapped a young girl inside a hospital where she and others were protesting against the brutal rape of a five- year-old girl and was immediately suspended. Delhi Health Minister A K Walia was also heckled inside the Swami Dayanand Hospital when he arrived there to meet the victim.
The Delhi government on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs two lakh each to the next of kin of the four persons, who died in a state-run hospital allegedly due to malfunctioning of an oxygen supply machine
Spurt in swine flu cases in Delhi With a spurt in swine flu cases, Delhi government Thursday directed 22 hospitals, including five private ones, to set up isolated wards to offer treatment to patients affected by the disease.
For the first time, Delhi government on Friday admitted to the presence of deadly superbug NDM1 (New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactama) in several leading city hospitals but downplayed the concerns over the infection, saying the situation was "not alarming".
The first batch of 900 pilgrims on Thursday left for Jeddah in three flights from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi to attend the annual Haj pilgrimage.
"The child has died. The party is finished," he told reporters, referring to the Congress.
Four students of Indian origin have been served probation sentence and community service.
Good news for economically-weaker sections (EOS) in Delhi. The city government Wednesday decided to built around 35,000 flats for them which are likely to be ready in two years.
The Delhi government on Tuesday offered "all support", including bearing the cost of the treatment of 51-year-old Raj Bala, who was seriously injured in the police crackdown on Ramdev and his followers on Saturday night. Health Minister A K Walia and Pawan Khera, political secretary to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, visited the woman at the G B Pant Hospital and offered the government's full support to her.
Delhiites will have to shell out more from their pockets for virtually everything from cooking gas to diesel with Delhi government on Monday withdrawing subsidy on LPG and increasing VAT on many items to "generate" additional revenue.
As the tables turned on the Congress in the Delhi polls, several heavyweights including three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit, four-time member of Legislative Assembly A K Walia and senior Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta failed to save their seats.
The government also withdrew the five per cent VAT on compressed natural gas besides bringing back the VAT for tea, coffee and cocoa to five per cent from the proposed 12.5 per cent.
However, the date from which the new timings will come into effect has not yet been decided.
Rohan Bopanna of IOCL defeated teammate Sunil Kumar Sipaya in straight sets to win the men's singles title of the PSPB Inter-unit tennis tournament in Chennai on Friday.
A decision in this regard was taken at a Cabinet meeting held in New Delhi chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. "There will be no tariff hike this year. We first want the discoms to improve the services to the satisfaction of the people," Power Minister A K Walia told reporters.
Delhi and Maharashtra may lower value added tax on bullion to 0.25 per cent as consensus on introducing uniform floor rate for precious metals seemed difficult to emerge at the empowered committee's meeting on Wednesday
Seven ministers also took the oath of office and secrecy along with her.
Under pressure from the petrol pump lobby and legislators, Delhi government on Thursday decided not to implement its budgetary proposal to hike the sales tax on diesel from 12 to 20 per cent.
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The Delhi poll results have thrown up several "giant killers" who led a life of anonymity and were political novices before they entered the electoral battle on AAP tickets.
AAP wins 67 of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly.
Breaking with past practice, the Congress on Thursday released its first list of 24 candidates for the Delhi assembly polls repeating all its eight members of Legislative Assembly and 12 others who were runner-ups in the 2013 assembly election in which the party had suffered a setback.
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