Delhi-NCR news live updates, June 15: A video of students rappelling down wires after a coaching centre in Mukherjee Nagar caught fire emerged online on Thursday. Eleven fire tenders reached to the site of fire to control the situation.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Police filed their chargesheet in the case pertaining to the sexual harassment allegations levelled by female wrestlers against outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Meanwhile, a cancellation report was submitted in the case filed by a minor, based upon statements of the complainant i.e., the father of the victim and the victim herself.
The chargesheet against Singh was filed for assault or use of criminal force against woman with intent to outrage her modesty (section 354), making sexually coloured remarks (section 354A), stalking (Section 354D).
Students who suffered injuries or suffocation because of smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a coaching centre in Mukherjee Nagar this afternoon, have been taken to Bara Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi.
All students have been rescued, and so far, nobody has sustained severe injuries, Atul Garg, DFS Chief, said.
A fire broke out at a coaching centre in Mukherjee Nagar, and 11 fire tenders were rushed to spot. A video captured students rappelling down wires to escape the blaze.
Chargesheet against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been filed for assault or use of criminal force against woman with intent to outrage her modesty (section 354), making sexually coloured remarks (section 354A), stalking (Section 354D).
Against accused Vinod Tomar, the chargesheet has been filed for assault or use of criminal force against woman with intent to outrage her modesty (section 354), making sexually coloured remarks (section 354A), abetment of offence (section 109) and criminal intimidation (section 506)
In the FIR registered by the wrestlers, after completion of investigation, we are filing a chargesheet for the offences under sections 354, 354A , 354D IPC against accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and for offences under sections 109, 354, 354A, 506 IPC against accused Vinod Tomar before the concerned court, say the Delhi Police.
A cancellation report has been filed in the minor's case in Delhi Patiala House Court, and the next date of hearing is 4th of July.
A statement by the Delhi Police read, "in the POCSO matter, after completion of investigation, we have submitted a police report under section 173 Cr PC requesting for a cancellation of the case based upon statements of the complainant i.e., the father of the victim and the victim herself."
A cancellation report is filed in cases when no corroborative evidence is found
Delhi Police officials arrive at Rouse Avenue Court with a chargesheet in wrestlers issue. The chargesheet will be filed in the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate.
Delhi is expected to witness light rains and gusty winds on Thursday, according to the weather department.
The city is expected to receive light rains under the influence of Cyclone Biparjoy, which is gaining steam in the Arabian Sea, private forecasting agency Skymet Weather had said earlier this week.
Delhiites woke up to an overcast sky as the minimum temperature settled at 29.1 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 39 degrees Celsius.
The relative humidity was 55 per cent at 8:30 am, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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The Delhi Police is likely to submit their chargesheet in the case pertaining to the sexual harassment allegations levelled by female wrestlers against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, today, June 15, in front of the Patiala House Court.
Signalling the first breakthrough in the protracted standoff between the wrestlers and the Government over allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation, the wrestlers, on June 7, had agreed to pause their protest until June 15, the date by which, according to the Sports Minister Anurag Thakur who held talks with the wrestlers, was to be filed.
“Once the details pertaining to these particular tournaments are received, they will be subsequently attached with the supplementary chargesheet,” a senior offer had earlier said.
Delhi Police is likely to file a charge sheet on Thursday in connection with the case of alleged sexual harassment filed against outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh on the complaints of women wrestlers, officials said.
On June 7, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur met Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and assured the agitating wrestlers that the charge sheet in the case would be filed by June 15, following which they suspended their stir.
"Since the minister has assured the wrestlers that the charge sheet in the case will be filed by June 15 (Thursday), we will abide by it," said a senior police official. (PTI)
Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shunsuke Takei Wednesday took a ride in Delhi Metro and visited the museum of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) here, officials said.
He was travelling as part of a Japanese G20 delegation that included the Ambassador of Japan to India, Hiroshi Suzuki, among others. 'The members of the delegation travelled by metro from Central Secretariat to Chawri Bazaar,' a senior official of the DMRC said.
The group took a tour of the Chawri Bazaar underground station located in old Delhi. On their return journey, the group stopped to visit the Delhi Metro Museum on the premises of the Patel Chowk Metro station, the official said. (PTI)
📌 CM Kejriwal said the DJB's water supply capacity has increased from 850 MGD in 2015 to 1,000 MGD now and that he has set an ambitious target to further enhance it to a range of 1,200-1,300 MGD within two to three years.
📌 The government plans to install tubewells in areas with high water-tables, enabling the extraction of water on a large scale.
📌 Additionally, an innovative approach will be adopted to recharge groundwater by rejuvenating lakes with treated sewage treatment plant (STP) water, the chief minister said.
📌 The recharged water will undergo further treatment in reverse osmosis (RO) plants before being supplied to households, he said.
📌 To ensure the highest standards of sewage treatment, all STPs in Delhi are currently undergoing comprehensive upgrades, he said.
📌 The government also plans to increase the use of treated wastewater for purposes such as gardening, road cleaning and at construction sites to save drinking water that can be provided to water-scarce areas. (PTI)
Delhi's water crisis will be resolved within the next two-three years with the government taking steps to enhance the water supply capacity by up to 300 million gallons a day (MGD), Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said.
Kejriwal said the DJB's water supply capacity has increased from 850 MGD in 2015 to 1,000 MGD now and that he has set an ambitious target to further enhance it to a range of 1,200-1,300 MGD within two to three years.
Once this goal is achieved, Delhiites will no longer face water shortages, he added. (PTI)
The Centre's ordinance on control of services in Delhi will be among the key issues that will come up for discussion at an upcoming meeting of opposition parties, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday after meeting CPI leader D Raja to garner support against the government's measure.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) leader extended support to the Aam Aadmi Party on the ordinance issue, and said, "It is not just about the Delhi government, it can happen to any other government".
Addressing a joint press conference with Raja, Kejriwal said, "The 'Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023' gives bureaucrats the power to overrule decisions made by ministers, and gives Centre control over bodies like the Delhi Jal Board and Delhi Transport Corporation".
Extending support to the AAP, Raja said CPI has been demanding complete statehood for Delhi as well as Puducherry. (PTI)
Aspirants to various undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Delhi University can apply from Wednesday, Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh has said.
The candidates who took the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) can apply to 78 undergraduate programmes through the admission portal http://www.du.ac.in by paying a registration fee of Rs 250 for the general category and Rs 100 for SC/ST/PWD/OBC categories. The admissions to a total of 71.000 seats will be based on the CUET score. (Read More)
Customs officials have arrested an Uzbek grandmother-granddaughter duo for allegedly smuggling gold worth Rs 8.16 crore at the international airport here in one of the biggest seizures of the yellow metal in recent times.
The officials had to launch a massive hunt to arrest one of the accused passengers, who changed her clothes at the airport in an apparent bid to dodge the authorities, a senior customs official said.
The accused were intercepted after their arrival from Tashkent on Tuesday. (PTI)
The residents’ welfare association (RWA) of an apartment in Greater Noida has imposed a dress code on its residents, urging them not to “roam around wearing lungis and nighties” on the society premises.
“All of you are expected to pay special attention to your conduct and dress while walking in the Society so that no one has any objection to your behavior. Your boys and girls also learn from you, so all of you are requested not to roam around wearing lungi and nightie, which are home wear,” read the circular by RWA of Himsagar Society in Phi-2 dated June 10. Read more
The admission for the new BTech programme will commence in the last week of June
Eligibility
Candidates must have passed class xii from a single recognised board.
Candidates must have scored 60 percent or more marks in an aggregrate of physics, chemistry and mathematics and must have passed english as a subject of study at the senior certificate examination level
Meanwhile, a slab of an elevated portion of Dwarka expressway link road across NH-8 collapsed today. A 35-year-old JCB driver got crushed under the debris. A case being lodged while the site supervisor and the manager have been held, said the Police
PhD admissions are being offered in 51 programmes this year. The registration process will start from last week of June.
There are 77 PG programs run in 58 departments in education, law, arts and other programs. The total seats in PG are 13,500.
The portal will open again for mid entry for the candidates who miss out in registering the first time around. An additional fee of Rs1,000 will be charged for the students under mid entry. The student might not be at an advantage as the options of courses and colleges might be very limited.
This is the first phase of admissions. The second phase of DU admissions will commence after the declaration of CUET results
The Delhi University launched its online portal for students to start applying today. The University is offering 78 undergraduate programmes with 190 BA subject combinations for approximately 71,000 undergraduate seats. The registration fees is Rs 250 rupees for the general candidates and Rs 100 for SC/ST/PWD applicants.
More than 25 years ago, in the winter of 1997, a gruesome murder took place in Southeast Delhi’s Tughlakabad. Kishan Lal, a 32-year-old sweeper, was stabbed several times near his house. A neighbour, Ramu, was accused in the case registered at Okhla Police Station. However, with the police unable to trace Ramu, and the Patiala House court declaring him an absconder, the case went cold.
Over two decades later, in August 2021, the Delhi Police’s North district relaunched investigation into the case. The year after, in September, a three-member police team in the garb of insurance agents managed to trace Ramu: He had started a new life as Ashok Yadav and was making a living renting out e-rickshaws.
A senior police officer privy to the probe said, “We got a tip-off that the accused’s nephew, Shivakar, 26, used to live in Uttam Nagar. We learnt from a lawyer that Shivakar’s parents and sister had passed away in a road accident in 1998 and that he had been claiming insurance money for the same for many years …posing as insurance agents, a three-member police team in civilian clothes told Shivakar that they would help him get the insurance amount and asked for the names and contact details of his relatives as witnesses.” Read more about how Delhi Police cracked the case
A total of 10 fire tenders were sent to the spot and it took around an hour for fire officials, at least a dozen of them, to douse the fire, said Delhi Fire Services Chief Atuk Garg.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch Tuesday said that it has arrested three persons in an alleged attempt to murder case case of a police informer in Southeast Delhi's Kalindi Kunj.
Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav said that two brothers, identified as Shafiq Ali and Afsar, had allegedly conspired to kill the police informer and they had hired a person called Arif for executing the task. They had offered him Rs. 3 lakh for the same, added Yadav.
Said Yadav, "Shafiq had a previous enmity with the police informer as the victim had earlier provided information to police about his involvement in the illegal ganja trade...we held the three accused after mounting technical surveillance on them".
On June 3, two bike-borne accused men fired several rounds of bullets at a police informer who was also on a motorbike in Madanpur Khadar in South East Delhi. The informer had sustained bullet injuries on his left knee, Yadav said.
A fire broke out in Narela’s Ghevra village late on Tuesday, fire officials said. Delhi Fire Services Chief Atul Garg said that at around 8 PM last night, they received a fire call regarding a blaze at the Ghewara village in Outer Delhi’s Narela, near Dabas Dhaba.