Pandian honoured with FIH Prez Award
International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Tayyab Ikram presented the FIH President’s Award to VK Pandian, Secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, for his outstanding contribution to hockey. The award was presented in a ceremony held on the eve of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela final, “What we have...
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Prez, PM offer floral tributes to ‘Father of Nation' on 75th death anniversary
The nation remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 75th death anniversary on Monday with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering floral tributes to the 'Father of the Nation' at his memorial Raj Ghat. His death anniversary is observed as ‘Martyrs Day.’ Meanwhile, Commuters travelling towards central Delhi from the...
24 schoolchildren injured after four buses collide with three vehicles
Twenty-four schoolchildren were injured in an accident following a collision of four buses with three other vehicles on central Delhi's Salimgarh flyover on Monday, police said. There were 216 students in the four buses that "accidentally" collided with an autorickshaw, a car, and a motorcycle. In all, 28 people, including three...
Norms for compassionate appointment in Delhi Police relaxed
Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena has relaxed the norms for compassionate appointments in the Delhi Police by overruling an earlier decision of the force to reject three beneficiaries, who were overage by five or six months, and granting approval to their appointments. The applications for the appointment of the three...
Pending promotions of 139 Govt doctors from Grade-II to Grade-I approved
Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved the promotions of 139 doctors working at various Delhi Government hospitals from Grade-II to Grade-I. According to officials of Raj Niwas, the promotions of these doctors (non-teaching specialists), who became eligible after completing four years of service, had been "pending since 2020/2021”. Initially appointed by...
Tackling pollution made easy
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his Government would now be able to tackle pollution in a more appropriate manner with the launch of the real-time source apportionment 'supersite'. Kejriwal inaugurated the real-time source apportionment supersite at Rouse Avenue and a mobile van. "The real-time source apportionment supersite will...
BJP slams CM for seeking 1.3K MGD water from Centre
Delhi BJP on Monday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for requesting the Centre to give 1,300 MGD water to the city, calling his "promise" of round-the-clock water to the city residents a "bluff". "Even when Kejriwal made this promise, he knew it was not possible due to scarcity of water...
Court pulls jail officials for allowing daily call facility to Umar, Sharjeel
A court here on Monday has directed Tihar prison authorities to provide inmate telephone call facility for five minutes, thrice a week, to seven accused, including Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, in a case linked to the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots. The court, however, pulled up the jail administration for "wrongly"...
