Delhi News Live Updates: Tension gripped Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area late Wednesday night after hundreds of residents started quarrelling and pelting stones at each other and the police, leaving 8 police personnel injured, police said on Thursday. More than 27 people were booked for rioting after an argument escalated and residents threw bottles, attacked police personnel and police vehicles, and disrupted traffic movement in the area.
Meanwhile, Supreme Court Thursday is set to hear a plea filed by the Aam Aadmi Party challenging the postponement of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls. Appearing for the party, A M Singhvi on Tuesday had told the court that the terms of the three MCDs — now unified — expired in mid-May this year. The party has urged that post-unification, the polls cannot be delayed.
In a new flashpoint between the Lieutenant Governor and the Assembly Speaker, L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena has asked Speaker Ram Niwas Goel to amend rules for the conduct of business and procedure of the House under the GNCTD (Amendment) Act, 2021. In a statement, the Speaker’s office, however, said, “The amendment to the GNCTD Act made by Parliament has been challenged by the Delhi government on the grounds that it violates Article 239AA. This amendment has made the committee system of the Assembly nonfunctional. The amendment prohibits the Assembly and its committees from making an inquiry into administrative decisions. Then what will the committees look into, the affairs of the United Nations?”
Power cuts lasting hours and drains in desperate need of maintenance have emerged as key concerns during the rainy season in Noida, with resident welfare associations (RWAs) urging authorities to intervene and address the crises.
Just last week, on July 23, more than 75 RWAs under the umbrella body of Federation of Noida Residents Welfare (FONERWA) held a meeting in sector 52 with the officials from the discom PVVNL to press for their demand for uninterrupted power supply.
“Power outages are an everyday issue in Sector 62 – it goes out even after a little drizzle. Even generators cannot be depended on because if we cross the particular load given to us – the 220 V assigned for domestic usage – we are levied a fine,” said B S Mathur, vice-president of the federation of RWAs of Sector
On August 4, thousands of children will gather in Delhi to make the world's largest flag (tiranga). They will resolve to make India the best country in the world, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.
Administration of the third precaution dose against Covid-19 has continued at a slow pace in the national capital despite Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urging all adults to get the shot 10 days ago. The coverage of the third dose in Delhi has remained at 11.7% among the total number of people who received the first shot. The third dose has been administered to 21.38 lakh people in Delhi, according to data from CoWIN, against 1.8 crore people who received the first dose in the city.
The numbers have not increased significantly despite the government’s door-to-door campaign and vaccination starting in mohalla clinics close to peoples’ homes. There were 1.28 lakh precaution doses administered on average over the last three weeks, as compared to 1.16 lakh the week before. The numbers stood at 76,390 doses in a week at the end of May
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