Delhi News Live Updates: After protesters targeted home, iron gates to guard Delhi CM’s colony – The Indian Express

Delhi News Highlights: (July 16, 17, 2022): More than three months after nearly 200 protesters belonging to the BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BYJM), along with Lok Sabha MP and BJYM national president Tejasvi Surya, broke through police barricades outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residenceand damaged his main gate, the Delhi government’s Public Works Department (PWD) is turning the Flagstaff Road colony where he stays into a gated one, it is learnt.
In other news, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “revdi culture” jibe aimed at freebie politics asking whether providing free and quality education and medical care was “revdi politics”. He further said that those “abusing him have spent thousands of crores to buy airplanes and private jets for themselves. Kejriwal doesn’t buy airplanes for himself,” and added that despite making so many things free in Delhi, its budget is “still running in profit.”
AAP has decided to support opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha. Decision was taken by the AAP’s political affairs committee.
Miffed over the pending clearance from the Centre for his proposed Singapore visit, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has been waiting for the permission for over a month. Urging the prime minister to expedite the permission process so he could participate in the World Cities Summit and present his views, Kejriwal said his Singapore trip will bring pride to the nation. High Commissioner of Singapore Simon Wong had in June invited Kejriwal to World Cities Summit 2022 to be held in the first week of August. The Delhi chief minister has been asked to attend a programme on the first day.

The Delhi government will look into the “practical problems” that can arise out of the proposed ban on BS-IV diesel vehicles if air pollution rises to the “severe plus” level, and take a call after holding discussions with people, Environment Minister Gopal Rai has said. As part of its new policy to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Commission of Air Quality Management (CAQM) has for the first time recommended Delhi and NCR states to impose the ban on diesel four-wheelers when the air quality index (AQI) breaches the 450 mark. According to reports, the ban is projected to impact around 9.5 lakh diesel vehicles, including private cars, and could lead to a crisis for commuters if enough arrangements are not made.

India has created history again, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 200-crore mark.
Modi said Indians have shown remarkable faith in science, with the country’s doctors, nurses, frontline workers, scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs playing a key role in ensuring a safer planet. PTI
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appeals to citizens about 18 years of age to take up the Covid precaution/booster dose being given for free in all Delhi Government dispensaries, health center and Mohalla clinics.
“Precaution doses are free and are being provided in Mohalla clinics and government health centers. Though the Covid positive cases and deaths have come down, the disease is still dangerous. I appeal to all who are eligible for precaution dose to come forward and take it,” the CM said. 
So far 3.5 crore vaccination doses have been administered in Delhi and only 18 lakh people received the precaution dose.
The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) will release the results of its Class 10 board examinations Sunday evening.
The ICSE Class 10 results will be declared at 5 pm and will be available on the CAREERS Portal of the CISCE, on its website, and through SMS. The ‘Recheck module’ will also be activated from 5 pm. Recheck will be restricted to semester 2 results and will have a charge of Rs. 1000 per paper per subject. Read more.
The MCD’s ambitious project of developing a ‘pet park’ exclusive for pet dogs and cats has started gaining momentum as the civic body will soon begin its construction work in south Delhi’s Jangpura.
Officials said the “pet park” will have space for pet grooming, off-leash area for dogs and cats to stretch, veterinary centre, play area, stalls for sale of pet food and accessories.
It will also have a day shelter where pets can rest when their masters or owners are away for work. PTI
A 31-year-old factory manager has been arrested for allegedly raping one of his employees, a 15-year-old girl, in Outer Delhi and trying to kill her by giving her a poisonous liquid.
“During the inquiry, it was revealed that the victim was undergoing treatment at a hospital and was unfit to give a statement. On Saturday, her statement was recorded in the presence of an NGO member,” said DCP (outer) Sameer Sharma. Read more.
Three persons were arrested for allegedly working with a China-based gang to extort money from people on the pretext of providing short-term loans.
DCP (outer) Sameer Sharma said the accused have been identified as Ravi Kumar Pankaj (28), Javed Raza Ansari (30) and Vikas Yadav (19). He said: “On June 22, a woman lodged a complaint, alleging she downloaded an app to take a short-term loan. She paid the amount within the stipulated time, but got calls from recovery agents who used abusive language and threatened her.” Read more. 
Seven people, including three women, have been arrested by the Cyber Cell of the Rohini district for allegedly duping several on the pretext of either helping them redeem credit card points or increase credit card limit.
DCP (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said four accused have been identified as Pulkit Malik (23), Rahul Verma (22), Avinash Kumar (37) and Jitender Sharma (28), who works as a freelance app designer. He added that the three women used to make fraud calls to their targets. (Read More)
Delhi reported 491 new Covid cases, 2 pandemic related deaths on Saturday. While 605 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours the positivity rate stands at 3.48%. There are a total of 1894 active cases in the city.
Delhi reported 491new cases, 2 pandemic related deaths on Saturday. While 605 patients recovred from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the positivity rate stands at at 3.48%. There are 1,894 active cases in the city.
Eight people were injured when the ceiling of a godown in Khoda colony collapsed after incessant rain Saturday, Ghaziabad police said.
The injured have been identified as Satyendra (36), Suman (36), Renu (40), Girija Devi (54), Sushma (36), Sushma (28), Surekha Devi (40) and Uma (40), who are residents of Khoda colony, police said. (Read More)
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “revdi culture” jibe aimed at freebie politics.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the PM said, “People of this country, especially the youth, need to be very careful. Those who believe in revdi culture will never build new expressways, airports, or defence corridors for you. These revdi culture people think they can buy the public by giving them free revdi. We have to collectively defeat this thinking of theirs and remove revdi culture from the politics of the country.” (Read More)
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested 10 people on charges of running fake call centres and duping several foreign nationals in the US, Canada, Lebanon and Britain to the tune of Rs 170 crore, in Noida Friday.
The accused have been identified as Karan Mohan, Vinod Singh, Dhruv Narang, Mayank Gogiya, Akshay Malik, Deepak Singh, Ahuja Paudwal, Akshay Sharma, Jayant Singh and Mukul Rawat, the police said. The accused were allegedly running a fake international call centre with at least 50 callers. The STF is reportedly tracking some other members of the gang. (Read More)
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) on Saturday imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Delhi Public School Knowledge Park V, for burning garbage, officials said.
The authority’s public health department imposed the fine on the school for not providing adequate facilities for waste disposal as well as burning the same. The school has to pay the fine within three working days. (Read More)
The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies on a plea by several homeowners of a cooperative group housing society, requesting contempt action against authorities for not deciding their applications for regularisation of memberships in a time-bound manner.
Justice Sachin Datta issued notice on the contempt plea filed on behalf of various homebuyers of Vimal Cooperative Group Housing Society situated in Dwarka’s Sector 12 here.
“Issue notice to the respondent (registrar), on necessary steps being taken by the petitioners, through all permissible modes including electronically, returnable on December 1, 2022,” the court said. (PTI)
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal hit out at PM Modi’s “revdi culture” jibe, aimed at freebie politics. “There are 18 lakh students study in Delhi govt schools. We are providing them free, quality education. This should have been done in 1947 and 1950. We are setting up the foundation of the country, this is not giving out free revdis” he said.
“In Delhi govt hospitals, we give free and quality medical care. Is this giving out free revdis,” he asked.
“Those who abusing me, have spent thousands of crores to buy airplanes and private jets for themselves. Kejriwal doesn’t buy airplanes for himself… Despite making so many things in Delhi free, our budget is still running in profit (fayde me chal raha hai). I’m not saying this; the latest CAG report says this”, Kejriwal said. 
“I will tell you what free revdi is. There is a big company that took loans from various banks. Kha gaye wo loan. Bank diwaliya ho gaye. That company gave one political party donation of a few crores and no action was taken by the government against this company. This is free revdi. When you waive loans of thousand of crores by your friends, that is free revdi”, said the Delhi CM.
In the wake of the first case of monkeypox being reported in the country, the Delhi government has made LNJP Hospital the nodal centre for management of the rare viral infection, with starting of training of the doctors there, a senior official said on Saturday.
The city government-run hospital has been the nerve centre of Delhi’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic since its outbreak here in March 2020.
“India has reported the first case of monkeypox in Kerala. We are on alert and LNJP Hospital has been made the nodal centre for management of monkeypox cases if anything happens in future,” the senior official said. There is need to be “vigilant, but no need to panic,” he said. (PTI)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has ordered a probe into the wall collapse incident in the Alipur area and suspended a junior engineer and an assistant engineer, a senior official said on Saturday.
Five people were killed and nine injured after the wall of an under-construction godown collapsed in outer Delhi’s Alipur area on Friday.
“A probe has been ordered into the incident and action has been taken. A junior engineer and an assistant engineer have been placed under suspension, pending inquiry,” a senior MCD official said. (PTI)
A thunderstorm and rainfall hit parts of Delhi from around noon on Saturday.
An India Meteorological Department (IMD) update issued at around 1.15 pm for the next two hours said that thunderstorms with light to moderate rainfall would occur over Delhi-NCR, including Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad and Sonipat.
Waterlogging in low-lying areas and traffic disruptions are likely in Delhi-NCR, the IMD said. The Delhi Traffic Police also issued an alert on account of the rains, asking commuters to plan their journey accordingly. (Read More)

Delhi University’s Miranda House continued to retain the first rank for the sixth year in a row in the college-wise NIRF rankings 2021 released Friday, followed by Hindu College which jumped seven spots to secure rank 2. DU’s most elite college – St Stephen’s College – has been pushed out of the top 10 college rankings this year. Last year, Hindu College dropped to rank 9 after being at rank 3 in 2020. Lady Shri Ram College which secured rank 2 in 2021 dropped three places in the 2022 rankings by securing rank 5.
NIRF Rankings 2022
Stephen’s had dropped to rank 8 in 2021 from rank 4 in 2020. This year, it has dropped to rank 11. The college is currently embroiled in a tussle with DU over the holding of undergraduate admissions.
Two other DU colleges which feature in the top 10 list this year are Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm (ARSD) College at rank 7 and Kirori Mal College (KMC) at number 10. Last year, none of them were on the top 10 list. They had secured rank 12 and rank 17 respectively.

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