Saturday, April 27, 2024

Topic: Delhi

Housing minister promises flats for Rohingyas in Delhi, home ministry says no such order

Hours after Union housing minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced on Wedensday that Rohingya refugees will be shifted to flats in Bakkarwala area of Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that it had not given any such directions.

Delhi: 2,423 COVID cases in 24 hours, positivity rate highest since January

Delhi on Sunday registered 2,423 new coronavirus cases, and the national capital city’s positivity rate was recorded at 14.97%. The positivity rate was the highest since January 22, when it was 16.4%.

Delhi reports India’s first monkeypox case in a woman

A Nigerian woman living in Delhi for over a month, tested positive for monkeypox Wednesday. This is the country’s first case in a woman, with other eight cases being detected in men so far.

Kejriwal refuses to attend event after PM Modi’s photo added to banner

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal refused to attend an event with Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Sunday, after the Delhi government event was allegedly "hijacked" on orders of PM Modi's office by the police who put up Modi’s towering photos on stage and threatened to arrest anyone who removed them.

Delhi bypoll: AAP wins by 11,555 votes

The Aam Aadmi Party swept the Rajinder Nagar bypolls in Delhi with a margin of around 11,000 votes on Sunday.

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain arrested by ED in ‘money laundering case’

Delhi minister Satyendar Jain was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case. The arrest was registered on Monday.