A four-storeyed building collapsed in east Delhi's Jafrabad area in the wee hours on Saturday leaving one dead and more than a dozen people injured.
Homegrown cellular phone handset maker Micromax said on Friday said that its Chief Executive Officer Deepak Mehrotra has quit the firm.
"It seems this is the beginning of a new victory trail which started with the MCD polls. We look at the future with a new hope," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said. In Gujarat, BJP won five of the seven assembly seats, where by-polls were held.
An 11-year old schoolgirl, who was allegedly meted out severe corporal punishment by her school teacher, died on Friday at a hospital in New Delhi. The girl was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday after Manju, a teacher, allegedly punished her for not answering some questions. Shanno, a class II student of MCD primary school in Bawana, was 'made to stand' in the sun with bricks on her shoulders allegedly. She breathed her last at Maharishi Valmiki Hospital.
All Delhi government, aided, private and schools run by civic bodies will remain shut, said Sisodia.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday threatened to "go to any extent" over his pet anti-graft legislation, the Jan Lokpal bill, which is opposed both by the Congress, whose continued support is essential for the survival of his government, as well as the BJP.
Swarajya Abhiyan has been campaigning on varied issues, ranging from agriarian crisis to corruption.
The aggregate score read 4-2 in favour of the Blues who will now look to land their first ever ISL title on Sunday.
The guidelines are being drafted to dispel any misconception and raise awareness regarding spread of the disease from a deceased
The police believe a truck loaded with rubber material parked near the godown caught fire, which spread in no time because of strong winds on Tuesday night.
For long, McDonald's has been riding on the affordability plank, advertising its prices that are apparently a throwback to an era. Now, it has to share the plank with India's oldest fast food giant, Nirula's when it comes to people picked from sepia tone menus. In spite of a rise in input costs, homegrown fast food chain Nirula's, which a-decade-and-a-half ago was the only one of its kind in Delhi, has slashed its prices.
While seeking relief for the traders who have given an undertaking to stop the misuse, the MCD sought permission for 'de-sealing' of those premises that are protected under the notifications.
The civic body resumed its controversial sealing drive on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee decided to go ahead with the operations, despite protests from traders.
The Bench did not give any interim direction when the Additional Solicitor General sought permission from the court that till the matter comes up for hearing, the authorities be allowed to use their administrative discretion.
A bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat expressed its anguish at the manner in which the order of the court was not carried out in its letter and spirit.
Three persons were killed in Wednesday in protests against the sealing drive.
Each sensor chip installed in a specific location in the rickshaw will carry such information as a unique serial number, the zone of the MCD where it is licensed to ply, its owner and validity.
Work at Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) office on Wednesday came to standstill after Municipal Corporation of Delhi sealed its building.
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Tuesday said sealing will resume from November 2 in Delhi.
The decision to go on strike comes as the Supreme Court-ordered sealing drive against trading activities in residential areas is set to resume from November 1.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul to personally appear before it on Wednesday for failing to provide adequate police protection for the sealing drive in the capital.
The bench said that there are reports coming that many areas doctors are not being paid. "We saw report that doctors went on strike. In Delhi, some doctors have not been paid for past three months. These are concerns that should have been taken care off. It should not require court intervention."
Violence erupted in several parts of Delhi on Wednesday as traders protesting the MCD's sealing drive clashed with police killing 2 and injuring nearly 100 people, including 30 securitymen and a deputy commissioner of police.
Twelve people died of dengue and over 1,900 fresh cases have been reported in the past one week.
The MCD has been asked to publish a list of violators within 10 days.
Initiating a discussion on the situation arising out of the ongoing sealing drive, Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Janata Dal-United) said the government had failed to finalise a master plan for the capital.
"The DDCA has 96 hours to try and meet the minimum requirements," said Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit.
The court made it clear that it intended to appoint officers from MCD and Delhi Police to ensure strict compliance of its order in this regard. The officials would be responsible to none but the court, it said.
Former prime minister V P Singh Wednesday said he was detained briefly by the police as he prepared to go protest demolition of slums on the Yamuna bank, a charge denied by the police.
The bone of contention is believed to have been the number of the seats the Congress wants to contest in the national capital.
Naren Jain and Harjeet Singh have been given tickets for MCD polls and assembly bypoll respectively.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has issued notices to the superstar and Union Law and Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley after finding their house a breeding ground for mosquito larvae.
The strong words came after the ASG said that the MCDs and the other agencies need to work together in an integrated and synergetic manner to handle the problem.
Bajpai said he quit the AAP as he felt "suffocated" over the "misbehaviour and insult" meted out by the party and claimed that several other legislators of the ruling party in the national capital felt the same way.
The Delhi government on Sunday ordered all schools to file "safety report" within a month, saying arrogant and insensitive behaviour will not be tolerated.
Targeting the Delhi government, the party president also accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of getting into fights with the Centre for political reasons.
Manish Sisodia's elevation as Delhi CM would set Arvind Kejriwal free to take up a significant role in national politics, or he could return to activism, says Sudhir Bisht.
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