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Delhi construction workers' woes continue despite uptick in registration

Delhi construction workers welfare board has registered around 6,400% increase in registrations but many remain aloof

AAP MLA Raghav Chadha slams Centre over rise in petrol, diesel prices

Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Monday lashed out at the BJP-led Central government claiming that petrol and diesel prices had both risen over 75 times in the past year.

Delhi Police launches drive to curb liquor consumption in public places

Delhi Police has launched a special drive against drunkards to restrain the consumption of alcohol in public places and to curb crime and offences due to liquor consumption. During this drive

Delhi's monkeypox patient doing fine, says report; L-G urges not to panic

Fourteen contacts of the patient have been traced and none of them have shown any symptoms. Of the 14 contacts, four are his family members, who are in isolation at their west Delhi residence

Fire breaks out at godown in Delhi's Ranhola; 12 tenders rush to the spot

Atul Garg, director, Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said a call about the fire was received at 3:55 pm, and 12 fire tenders were rushed to the spot.

Delhi logs 463 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; positivity rate at 8.18%

Delhi logged 463 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities due to the disease as the positivity rate climbed to 8.18 per cent, highest in over a month, according to city health department data.

Delhi Cong protests against excise policy, demands Sisodia's resignation

Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar alleged that Sisodia, the minister in-charge of Delhi government's excise department, is directly responsible for "corrupt deals" with liquor contractors.

DSEU announces last date to apply for undergraduate courses, diploma

The last date to apply for diploma programs and BA in digital media and design at Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University is July 27, the varsity said on Monday. Meanwhile, the last date to apply for undergraduate programs is August 15. "Last date to apply for Diploma programs and BA Digital Media and Design is 27th July 2022. Last date to apply for Undergraduate programs is 15th August 2022," DSEU tweeted. For the second batch of the university, the Kejriwal government-run skill varsity has opened admissions for 15 full-time diploma programmes, two part-time diploma programmes and 16 undergraduate programmes (except B.Tech.) and for the Advanced Diploma in Automotive Mechatronics along with Lateral entry to the B.Tech. programmes and five PG programmes. Amongst the 16 UG programmes, the university has added four new flagship programmes B. Library Sciences, B. Optometry, B.Sc. Hospital Management, BBA Automotive Retail Management. The programmes are being offered on 19 campus

Delhi reports 16 dengue cases in July, total tally at 159 this year: MCD

No death has been reported due to dengue so far this year in the national capital, according to the report.

Former president Kovind moves to post-retirement home at 12 Janpath

Former president Ram Nath Kovind moved to his new residence at Janpath road, the bungalow once occupied by former Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan

CISCE Class-12 exam: Mubashira Shamim is topper in Delhi with 99.25%

Siddhi Mishra, Jayant Kapoor and Anisha Wahi were ranked second with 98 per cent, while Khushi Kataria secured the third rank in the national capital with 97.25 per cent

Delhi logs 729 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; positivity rate 5.57%

Delhi on Sunday logged 729 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities due to the disease as the positivity rate climbed to 5.57 per cent, according to city health department data. This is the third consecutive day when over 700 cases have been reported in the national capital. With this, the national capital's COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 19,48,492 and the death toll to 26,301, the latest bulletin stated. The number of active cases of the disease in Delhi now stands at 2,696 up from 2,489 the previous day. As many as 1,846 COVID-19 patients are under home isolation, the bulletin showed. The fresh cases were detected out of 13,097 COVID-19 tests conducted the previous day. On Saturday, Delhi saw 738 new coronavirus cases and one death due to the disease. The positivity stood at 5.04 per cent. On Friday, it recorded 712 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 4.47 per cent and one death. On Thursday, the city logged 649 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.06 per

Delhi reports India's fourth monkeypox case; Centre holds review meeting

A 34-year-old man from Delhi with no history of foreign travel tested positive for monkeypox, taking India's tally of cases to four and prompting the Centre to hold a high-level review meeting

Separate isolation ward set up at Delhi hospital for monkeypox cases

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said a separate isolation ward has been set up at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital (LNJP) here for patients affected by monkeypox. A 34-year-old man from the national capital with no history of foreign travel has tested positive for monkeypox.This is the fourth case of the disease being reported in India. Asking people not to panic, Kejriwal said the patient is stable and recovering. "The patient is stable and recovering. There is no need to panic. The situation is under control.We have made a separate isolation ward at LNJP. Our best team is on the case to prevent the spread and protect Delhiites," he tweeted. Three cases of monkeypox had earlier been reported from Kerala. The WHO had on Saturday declared monkeypox as a global public health emergency of international concern. Monkeypox virus is transmitted from infected animals to humans via indirect or direct contact. Human-to-human transmission can occur through direct contact w

PM Modi's posters up at AAP plantation event: Gopal Rai cries foul

Gopal Rai alleged that the Centre tried to hijack an event of Arvind Kejriwal with the Delhi Police putting up banners carrying pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the venue last night

Delhi LG at tree plantation event; Kejriwal skips citing ill health 'again'

In yet another flashpoint, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday skipped a tree planation programme at Asola Bhati Mines where Lieutenant Governor Saxena was present

Delhi man tests positive for monkeypox, becomes India's 4th case of virus

A 34-year-old man from the national capital with no history of foreign travel has tested positive for monkeypox virus, official sources said on Sunday

2020 North-East Delhi riots: Court denies interim bail to Sharjeel Imam

A city court on Saturday denied interim bail to former JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to an alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 North-East Delhi riots

Delhi records 738 fresh Covid-19 cases, one death; positivity rate at 5.04%

With this, the national capital's COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 19,47,763 and the death toll to 26,299, the latest bulletin stated.

Delhi BJP protests against AAP govt's new liquor policy; many detained

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Saturday took to the streets of the national capital protesting against the Delhi government's new excise policy