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LS polls: Delhi bookies predict over 340 seats for NDA, 200 for INDIA bloc

In line with most of the exit poll predictions, bookies in Delhi feel the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will get more than 340 seats in the Lok Sabha polls while the INDIA opposition bloc may secure around 200 seats. According to the calculations of bookies and punters in Delhi, the NDA could get between 341 and 343 seats while the number could be between 198 and 200 for the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), a source working in the bookie network told PTI. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may win 310 to 313 seats on its own, the Congress's numbers could be between 57 and 59, the bookies have predicted. Of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, they have given one seat to the INDIA bloc, the source said. The betting market opened two weeks ago and bets of crores have been placed on the poll results so far in Delhi-NCR, he said, adding that the punters are not only from the capital but also from abroad. In the betting circle, a person w

Delhi election body gears for D-day with over 8,921,000 votes to count

The arrangements for the D-day for counting of over 89.21 lakh votes that will begin at 8 am across the seven constituencies of Delhi have been notched up with the authorities deploying a three-tier security arrangement at the counting centres. The officials at the Delhi poll body said that a total of 7,000 personnel would be deployed at the seven counting centres. "We have made all the necessary arrangements for the counting tomorrow which will start at 8 am sharp. The required security deployment has been made which includes a three-tier security arrangement at the counting centre. The manpower of counting staff is trained and ready," Delhi Chief Electoral Officer P. Krishnamurthy told PTI. "There will be a total of 7,000 personnel and each segment will have about 1,000 personnel, which includes a lot of support staff who will assist in works such as carrying the EVMs from the strong room to counting halls and back," he added. Digital monitors will be set up outside the counting

In a first, dog undergoes non-invasive heart surgery at Delhi vet hospital

A dog with a complex heart condition successfully underwent a minimally invasive heart surgery at a hospital here with veterinarians claiming it to be the first such procedure to be carried out by private practitioners in the Indian subcontinent. Seven-year-old beagle, Juliet, was suffering from Mitral valve disease for the last two years, Dr Bhanu Dev Sharma, an interventional cardiologist for small animals at Max PetZ Hospital in East of Kailash said on Sunday. The condition is caused by degenerative changes in mitral valve leaflets which result in back flow of blood within the left upper chamber of the heart and subsequent congestive heart failure (fluid build-up in lungs) as the disease progresses. The surgeons performed a Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) procedure using a valve clamp on May 30. "It's called hybrid surgery as it's a combination of a micro surgery and interventional procedure. The best part about this procedure is that its minimally invasive as it's a ..

Nine counting centres set up for five Lok Sabha seats in J&K, one in Delhi

With two days left for the declaration of results of the Lok Sabha polls, nine centres have been set up counting of votes in five Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. In addition, one counting centre has also been set up in Delhi for the counting of Kashmiri migrant votes which were polled by the displaced community at specially set up polling stations in Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seats, they said. The counting of votes, scheduled for Tuesday, also covering Udhampur and Jammu parliamentary seats in J-K, will decide the fate of 100 candidates, including senior BJP leader and Union minister Jitendra Singh, two former chief ministers Omar Abdullah of National Conference (NC) and Mehbooba Mufti of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The other bigwigs include former ministers Raman Bhalla and Choudhary Lal Singh of Congress, GM Saroori of DPAP, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi and Mian Altaf of NC, Ashraf Mir of Apni Party, Sajjad Lone of Peopl

Air India's Delhi-Vancouver flight faces delay, rescheduled for Sunday

Air India's flight from the national capital to Vancouver, which was to take off early Saturday morning, faced an inordinate delay due to technical issues. The airline said the flight has been rescheduled and is now expected to depart early morning on Sunday. In a span of three days, this is the second instance of an Air India ultra long haul flight getting delayed for long hours. After a delay of more than 30 hours, the airline's Delhi-San Francisco flight, that was originally scheduled to depart at around 1530 hours on Thursday, took off at 2155 hours on Friday. "AI185 scheduled to operate Delhi-Vancouver of 1 June was delayed because of technical issues and subsequently due to crew coming under the mandatory Flight Duty Time Limitations," an Air India spokesperson said in a statement on Saturday. The spokesperson said the flight is expected to leave early morning on June 2 and regretted the inconvenience caused to passengers due to the operational disruption. The flight was ..

Delhi bound IndiGo flight gets bomb threat, passengers safely disembarked

An IndiGo flight from Varanasi to the national capital received a bomb threat on Saturday and all passengers safely disembarked from the aircraft after landing at the Delhi airport. In a statement, the airline said flight 6E 2232, operating from Varanasi to Delhi, had received a bomb threat. "Upon landing in Delhi, the aircraft was taken to an isolation bay as per security agency guidelines and the crew followed all standard operating procedures," it said. According to the airline, all passengers have safely disembarked and the aircraft is currently undergoing inspection.

Parents of newborns injured in Delhi hospital blaze await their return home

Parents of newborns injured in last month's blaze at a private neonatal hospital in east Delhi are eagerly awaiting their return home. The infants were admitted to different hospitals following the tragedy at the Baby Care New Born Hospital in Vivek Vihar on May 26 that claimed the lives of seven newborns and left five babies injured. Madhuraj Kumar, a painter, whose eight-day-old son was among the fortunate survivors, said his son was likely to return home on Monday. "My child was born prematurely on May 25 and faced complications. I just want him to be home," Madhuraj Kumar, whose son was under observation at the ill-fated hospital, said. My son is out of danger and we might be able to bring him back home on Monday, Madhuraj Kumar added. Mrityunjay Kumar, the uncle of another injured child, said his nephew is also likely to return home on Monday. "The doctors have indicated a possible discharge on Monday but significant improvement in his weight is still needed as he remains ..

Court reserves order on Kejriwal's interim bail application for June 5

A court here on Saturday reserved for June 5 its order on an application moved by Delhi Chief Minster and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal seeking interim bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja reserved the order, observing that the application was for grant of interim bail on medical grounds and not for the extension of the interim bail granted by the Supreme Court. Kejriwal's interim relief granted by the apex court ends on June 1 and he has to surrender by Sunday.

Delhi's temperature didn't cross 50 degrees. It almost touched it, says IMD

Days after reports of Delhi touching 52.9 degrees Celsius and Nagpur boiling at 56 degrees, the IMD has said that there was a problem with its sensors

At least 25 poll staff among 40 heat-related deaths amid heatwave

India Friday reported at least 40 suspected heat-related deaths, 25 of them of staff deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heatwave conditions gripped a large swathe of the country. According to officials, heat-related deaths were reported from Odisha (10), Bihar (8), Jharkhand (4) and Uttar Pradesh (1) on Thursday also. Rajasthan has reported at least five heat-related deaths so far. Among the fatalities recorded on Friday, the maximum 17 were from Uttar Pradesh, 14 from Bihar, five from Odisha and four from Jharkhand, where officials said more than 1,300 people are hospitalised with heatstroke conditions. The soaring temperatures also caused water scarcity in some parts of the country including in Delhi where the residents faced continued acute shortages, with people in long queues struggling to secure enough to meet their daily needs. "I stand in line from 4 am, but due to the crowd, I cannot reach the water tanker... It's hard to get water," said Vibha

Court sends CM Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar to 14 days judicial custody

A court here on Friday remanded Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, who has been accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, in judicial custody for 14 days. Kumar, personal assistant to Kejriwal, allegedly assaulted Maliwal at the chief minister's official reidence on May 13. Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal allowed the Delhi Police's plea seeking judicial custody for Kumar, who was produced before him on expiry of his three- day police custody. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has reserved its order on maintainability of Kumar's plea challenging his arrest. Earlier on Monday, Kumar's bail plea was dismissed by a sessions court which said there appeared to be no "pre-meditation" by Maliwal in lodging the FIR and that her allegations could not be "swiped away". Kumar was arrested on May 18. He was sent to police custody for five days the same day by a magisterial court which observed that his anticipatory bail plea had become infructuous because of

News updates: Delhi records maximum temperature at 45.6 degrees Celsius

LIVE news updates: As Delhi reels under extreme heatwave, fire dept receives over 220 calls in a day. Catch all the latest updates from across the globe here

'Error in sensor': What happened in Delhi's Mungeshpur on Wednesday?

The met department quickly corrected the reading and blamed the malfunctioning of the sensors kept at the Automated Weather Station (AWS) for the gaffe

Heatwave crisis: Mercury at record high in Uttarakhand, J&K, Himachal

Dehradun on Wednesday saw its maximum temperature soar to a record-breaking 43 degrees Celsius, surpassing the norm by 7 degrees and matching the highest-ever recorded temperature for May, set in 2012

Rs 2,000 fine for wasting water in Delhi, Jal Board to deploy 200 teams

Delhi minister Atishi says DJB will ration supply and some parts of Delhi will get water only once a day

Delhi breaches 8,300 MW mark first time as power demand soars amid heatwave

Delhi's peak power demand reached the all-time high of 8,302 MW on Wednesday afternoon as the city logged its highest-ever temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius at the Mungeshpur weather station. Officials said this is the first time in the city's history that the power demand has breached the 8300-MW mark and the mercury crossed 52 degrees Celsius. Power distribution companies had estimated the demand to peak at 8,200 MW this summer, but according to the State Load Dispatch Centre, Delhi, it clocked 8,302 MW at 15:36:32 hours on Wednesday. The previous peak power demand was recorded just a week ago, when it touched 8,000 MW on May 22. The city has been braving a prolonged spell of heatwave conditions with the maximum day temperatures in many parts including Najafgarh, Mungeshpur and Narela touching almost 50 degrees Celsius. Delhi's demand usually peaks during June-end and early July, a trend that was broken last year when it peaked in August, according to discom officials. A disc

Record 52.9 deg C in Delhi's Mungeshpur was 'error in sensor': IMD

The IMD further said that the heatwave conditions will reduce during the next 2-3 days

LG letter on heatwave meant to defame, not help Delhi govt: Bharadwaj

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday accused LG VK Saxena of trying to "defame" the state government by saying that it did not do anything for the prevailing heatwave conditions in the city. According to a letter to Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, Saxena observed that despite the unusual severity of the heatwave, no instructions had been issued by the state government to protect labourers and accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabiinet of lacking "sensitivity" and "seriousness." Responding to the letter, Bharadwaj wrote to the LG alleging he gave "misleading information." He alleged that the objective behind the LG's letter was not to give "suggestions" to combat the heatwave but to humiliate the state government and portray it in a negative light. Addressing a press conference, Bharadwaj said, "On May 27, when half of the summer season has passed a letter from the LG office was written to the Chief Secretary taking a sarcastic dig stating tha

Delhi LG suspends Saurabh Bharadwaj's OSD on alleged irregularities

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena Wednesday suspended Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) R N Das with immediate effect in connection with alleged irregularities in the procurement of medical kits, according to an official order. Das was issued a show cause notice by the Directorate of Vigilance in April in connection with the alleged irregularities in the procurement of various items like Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits, gloves, masks and Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits worth around Rs 60 crore during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. In the order issued on Wednesday, the directorate said, "The Hon'ble Lt. Governor, Delhi, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of Rule-10 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965, hereby, places the said Dr. R.N. Das, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Hon'ble Minister (Health), GNCTD, under suspension with immediate effect." The BJP has also alleged Das's role in the registration process of a children's hospital

Delhi hits record-breaking 52.3 °C. What's causing the severe heat?

The temperature in Delhi, India’s capital, crossed 50 degrees Celsius! The scorching heat has prompted authorities to take action to prevent health issues like heatstroke and dehydration. But what's c