Delhi News Highlights: Delhi Police files an FIR against Mahua Moitra for her ‘pajamas’ remark against NCW chief Rekha Sharma

The Delhi BJP unit on Sunday congratulated its workers on the party winning all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital in the recent polls and asked them to step up efforts to ensure the BJP's victory in the 2025 assembly elections here.

They were lauded for their work at the unit's extended executive committee meeting at the JLN stadium. It was chaired by Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and inaugurated by Union Minister Piyush Goyal.

During the meeting, which focused on the BJP's preparedness for the assembly elections, leaders and workers were asked to inform people about the Narendra Modi-led central government's schemes and welfare projects while highlighting the "failures" of the AAP-led Delhi dispensation.

The Delhi BJP unit on Sunday congratulated its workers on the party winning all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital in the recent polls and asked them to step up efforts to ensure the BJP's victory in the 2025 assembly elections here.

They were lauded for their work at the unit's extended executive committee meeting at the JLN stadium. It was chaired by Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and inaugurated by Union Minister Piyush Goyal.

During the meeting, which focused on the BJP's preparedness for the assembly elections, leaders and workers were asked to inform people about the Narendra Modi-led central government's schemes and welfare projects while highlighting the "failures" of the AAP-led Delhi dispensation.

GSTA general secretary Ajay Veer Yadav said, “We are expecting to meet the L-G on Monday to request his intervention to put a halt to the transfer order or if that is not possible… to consider the grievances of the transferred teachers”.

On Saturday, Yadav wrote to the L-G, appealing for an immediate resolution.

VIDEO | "We met the Delhi L-G today, who has given us a huge relief by staying this order. The L-G said that a committee will be formed and the transfer policy will be relooked. This is a huge relief for us," says Ajay Veer Yadav, General Secretary, Government Schools Teachers… pic.twitter.com/6jOcSQ4pLI

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 7, 2024

The Government School Teachers Association (GSTA) on Sunday claimed to be “distressed” by the transfer order of at least 5,000 government school teachers who have served over 10 years in a school.

As the Education Department allegedly seemed to take no action in incorporating the demands, the GSTA has said it has decided to appeal to Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena for resolution.

The teachers’ body has written to L-G Saxena despite the formation of a four-member grievance redressal committee on Thursday under the instruction of the Director of the Education Department.

The GSTA requested the panel on Friday to exempt teachers with pending grievances from relieving and joining procedures until the panel addresses their issues.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi was recorded year's lowest at 56, with the air quality in the 'satisfactory' category for the first week of July, according to monitoring agencies.

The AQI in the national capital was under 100 for the first week in June and has improved further due to the weather in July.

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe.'

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has withdrawn its appeal before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against an NCLT order that approved Ace Infracity's bid for the 3 C Homes.

The development comes after YEIDA accepted the proposal by Ace Infracity Developers to pay for compensation to farmers and requested the NCLAT to withdraw its appeal.

The national capital could see rain in the evening as the city recorded a maximum temperature of 35.8 degrees Celsius, 0.8 notch below the season's average, the weather office said. It said Delhi's minimum temperature was 26.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain and thunderstorms during the evening hours.

The Delhi Police Sunday filed an FIR against Krishnanagar MP and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra over her ‘crude’ remarks against National Commission of Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma, news agency PTI quoted officials as saying.

She has been booked under section 79 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,  which pertains to work, gesture, or act intending to outrage the modesty of a woman. 

Earlier, the NCW had taken suo moto cognizance of Moitra’s remarks and sought an FIR against her. 

On July 4, Moitra, commenting on a video posted on social media platform X showing Sharma arriving at the site of the stampede incident at Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, had written, “She is too busy holding up her boss’s pajamas”. Read More

Eleven people, including nine women, were arrested for defrauding people in the name of loans and insurance policies from a call centre here, officials said on Saturday.

The Noida Police said that the gang had data of 10,000 people.

The gang, operating from a call centre on the fourth floor of a market in Sector 51, was busted on Friday in a joint operation by the Crime Response Team (CRT) and the local Sector 49 police station officials, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shakti Mohan Avasthy said.

The police have found a case against them lodged in Ranchi, Jharkhand also, Avasthy said.

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has completed the construction of three bridges over the Ghazipur drain as part of the comprehensive multimodal integration at Anand Vihar RRTS station, officials said on Sunday.

The bridges are a key component of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor, with integration work at Anand Vihar station nearly completed, they said.

The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, seeking additional meetings with his lawyers.

Arrested in the Delhi Excise 'scam' cases, Kejriwal has challenged a trial court's July 1 order rejecting his application for directions to the prison authorities for granting two additional meetings in a week with his lawyers through video conferencing.

Presently, he's allowed two meetings with his lawyers in a week. 

Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat visited Jagannath Temple in Delhi. He said, "India is a country full of diversity. For centuries, Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra has been commencing in Puri. In Delhi's Hauz Khas, this Yatra has been organised every year for the last 46 years. I pray that the prayers of all those devotees taking darshan of this Yatra be accepted."

#WATCH | Hauz Khas | Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat attends Lord Jagannath Yatra

He says, "India is a country full of diversity. For centuries, Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra has been commencing in Puri. In Delhi's Hauz Khas, this Yatra has been organised every year… pic.twitter.com/nz718MSEu0

— ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2024

The pink booth at Janpath Market has changed colors. Originally magenta and solely manned by female police officers dedicated to addressing the grievances of women passersby, the Delhi police outpost appears to have been repurposed and repainted.

In 2021, the booths were introduced as roadside safe havens for women. Run only by female personnel and placed strategically in areas like colleges and markets where there is a high footfall of women, they were intended to prevent the hassle involved in reaching and interacting with bigger police stations. Since then, 135 booths have been opened.

A spot check by The Indian Express showed that like the one at Janpath, several pink booths across the Capital are either non-functional or unkempt. Read More

The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 26.2 degree Celsius, two notches below the season's average. The weather department has predicted a generally cloudy sky and light to moderate rain.

The humidity was 80 per cent at 8.30 am. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 34 degrees Celsius, it stated.

The Delhi BJP is holding an extended executive committee meeting on the Delhi Assembly poll.

The pink booth at Janpath Market has changed colors. Originally magenta and solely manned by female police officers dedicated to addressing the grievances of women passersby, the Delhi police outpost appears to have been repurposed and repainted.

Jailed MLA and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has received permission from the court to release funds for development works in his Patparganj assembly constituency, an official statement said on Saturday.  Jain is lodged in Tihar jail in a money laundering case.

Delhi University Students’ Union vice-president Abhi Dahiya has alleged that the union’s president, Tushar Dedha, used “fraudulent mark sheets” to gain admission to DU — a claim denied by the latter.

In his complaint to DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh Friday, Dahiya, who is also a member of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), alleged that Dedha, from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), holds two mark sheets from different boards — the Madhyamik Shiksha Uttar Pradesh Board and the Central Board of Secondary Education — Class XII. Read More 

The CBI on Saturday informed a Delhi court that only the probe regarding Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the corruption case linked to the alleged excise policy 'scam' was pending.

The court which extended till July 15 the judicial custody of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was informed by the central agency that the investigation regarding other accused was complete.

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja was told by Sisodia's counsels that the Supreme Court had been informed earlier by the agency that the probe regarding all accused would be completed by July 3.

To this, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said new facts had emerged after June and that they would update the apex court.
Special Public Prosecutor D P Singh told the court that "the role of all the accused in the case has been investigated and only the role of Kejriwal is being probed." The court also allowed Sisodia to release funds for development work in his Patparganj assembly constituency.

It, meanwhile, deferred to July the aspect of taking cognisance of the third supplementary charge sheet filed by the CBI against BRS leader K Kavitha after noting some incorrect paginations.

Advocates Nitesh Rana and P Mohith Rao appeared for Kavitha. PTI

The Delhi State Kabaddi Association on Saturday announced the launch of its inaugural league.

The Delhi Kabaddi League will feature eight franchise teams named after different regions, with a formal bidding process to be conducted later.

Players from Delhi will be indexed into various groups, as the tournament will serve as a platform to promote local talent.

Speaking about the competition, Delhi State Kabaddi Association President Ramesh Bidhuri said, "Kabaddi is one of the oldest sports in India, and we are excited to launch the Delhi Kabaddi League, which will bring this beloved game to new heights in our capital city." The winners of the league will receive Rs 5 lakh, while the runners-up will take home Rs 3 lakh, whereas the teams finishing third and fourth will collect Rs 1 lakh each. PTI

A Congress delegation, which included party leaders Anil Chaudhary and Anil Bhardwaj, met people in Delhi's Yamuna Khadar area earlier today, whose houses were demolished by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) during an anti-encroachment drive. PTI

Jailed MLA and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has received permission from the court to release funds for development works in his Patparganj assembly constituency, an official statement said on Saturday.Sisodia, currently lodged in the Tihar jail, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in March last year in the alleged excise policy scam.

Sisodia had sought permission from the court to release Rs 3 crore from the MLA fund for development works in Khichripur village, East Vinod Nagar, Resettlement Colony Khichripur, Railway Colony and Mandawali, the statement read.The development projects include the beautification of open space in seven blocks of Khichripur, the development of the park in Mayur Vihar Phase-2, entrance gate in Pocket A and Firni Mod Khichripur of Mayur Vihar Phase 2, boundary wall and grill in Pocket-4 of Mayur Vihar Phase 1, beautification of Swati Park in West Vinod Nagar will also be done, the statement added. PTI

The maximum temperature in Delhi on Saturday settled at 34.7 degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal , the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The relative humidity was between 69 per cent and 92 per cent, according to the department's bulletin. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 34 and 36 degrees Celsius, respectively, on Sunday, the IMD said. PTI 

In a partial relief to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a Delhi court on Saturday allowed his wife Sunita Kejriwal to independently consult doctors who are examining him. Kejriwal is in judicial custody till July 12 for his alleged role in the excise policy case.

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court also directed the jail authorities to supply the Chief Minister’s medical records to his wife. The court, however, denied Sunita permission to be Kejriwal’s attendant during the checkups by the medical board that was set up earlier following the court’s directions to examine the Chief Minister.

Delhi L-G V K Saxena has approved a recommendation for a probe under the Prevention of Corruption Act against jailed former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a graft case related to CCTV installation in the city, Raj Niwas officials said on Saturday.

No immediate reaction was available from the AAP over the charge against its senior leader. Jain is already in jail in a money laundering case.

According to Raj Niwas officials, it has been alleged in the present case that Jain received a bribe of Rs 7 crore for waiving a penalty of Rs 16 crore imposed on a company for delay in the installation of CCTVs in 70 Assembly constituencies of Delhi. PTI

A taxi driver from Punjab allegedly strangled his friend over money dispute in a hotel in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj area, police said on Saturday.

Mandeep Singh (32), a resident of Punjab's Rup Nagar, was arrested in Karol Bagh here on Friday night and the victim's car, wallet and clothes were recovered from his possession, the police said.

The body of the victim, Rohit (28), was found in the bathroom of a room by the hotel staff on Thursday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Rohit Meena said. PTI

The Delhi University (DU) has doubled the charges for those seeking any correction in their degree certificate or marksheet, according to an official order.

The cost was increased following the recommendations made by a committee formed by university Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh, it stated.The DU has increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 the fee for those seeking correction in marksheet within six years from the day of graduation and Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 for a period more than six years, according to the order.For those seeking correction in their degree certificate within six years, the fee has been increased from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000.

For a period of more than six years, the fee has been hiked from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000.The recommendations of the committee was accorded approval by the authorities concerned on June 4, the order said.

Asked about the development, a senior DU official told PTI that the fee was hiked as it had not been revised for a long time.The charges for issuing of duplicate marksheet and degree certificate, if lost or destroyed, remains the same at Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 respectively. PTI

A court here on Saturday allowed jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita access to his medical records and also permitted her to independently consult and seek advice from the medical board or doctors on his behalf.

The court, however, rejected Kejriwal's application seeking directions to prison authorities allowing Sunita Kejriwal to be his attendant during consultations with doctors.Special Judge Kaveri Baweja said Kejriwal had not been admitted to a hospital and according to Delhi Prison Rules, permission was granted to a family member as an attendant with an undertrial prisoner by the jail superintendent in consultation with the medical officer in-charge, only when the prisoner is admitted in hospital.

'This court sees no reason to carve out an exception for the applicant (Kejriwal) by going against the prison rules, more particularly in view of the submission of the jail authorities that several other inmates are also undergoing treatment for the same ailment as the applicant and who have not been permitted to have an attendant,' the court said.Regarding granting Kejriwal's wife access to his medical records, the court said the prison authorities did not have any objection and during the proceedings, the chief minister agreed that his medical records were being 'duly shared' by the authorities concerned.

Also, Kejriwal's family members have been providing home-cooked food to him in accordance with the diet prescribed by the medical board of the AIIMS, the court said. PTI

Years of research work, including chemical samples, personal property, and costly equipment – students and faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi’s Kusuma School of Biological Sciences (KSBS) are grappling with heavy losses after last week’s torrential rain in the city.

Amid ongoing cleaning at the lab, several students are compelled to pause their research work till it opens again. Many faculty members too have suffered losses. Read More 

AAP Chief National Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar on Saturday said the BJP was trying to misguide people about the felling of trees in the Chhatarpur area. 

“BJP is trying to misguide. If they possess any such documents, why are they not submitting them in the Supreme Court? They claim that those documents show that we (AAP government) gave orders to cut trees. We have made a fact-finding committee to investigate the matter,” she said. 

A court here on Saturday extended till July 16 the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar.

Kumar is accused of assaulting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on May 13 at the Chief Minister's official residence.

Kumar was produced through video conferencing before Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal who extended his judicial custody.

Kumar was arrested on May 18. He was sent to police custody for five days the same day by a magisterial court, which observed that his anticipatory bail plea had become infructuous because of his arrest. PTI

Medical professionals must offer expert opinions without fearing legal repercussions and give the best guidance in sensitive matters like medical termination of pregnancy (MTP), the Delhi High Court said on Friday.

While allowing a woman to undergo MTP, a single-judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula observed in its July 5 order that the Medical Board at Lok Nayak Hospital, which was earlier directed by the court to submit an “opinion” on the woman’s request, did not meet its expectations. Read More 

The Delhi High Court has allowed a 31-year-old woman to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy of around 30 weeks after the foetus was found to have a neuro-developmental disorder.

The court, in an order passed on Friday, said the law ensures that women are not compelled to carry such pregnancies to term where the child would be born with severe abnormalities.

In view of a report given by a board of doctors from AIIMS, the court observed that the diagnosis indicated that the child, if born, would likely face severe neurological impairments and extensive health challenges on account of 'Joubert Syndrome'.

The court further noted that the first child of the petitioner woman also suffered from neurological handicaps and if the medical termination of pregnancy is not allowed in this case, "She and her family would be compelled to care for two children with significant neuro-developmental issues, requiring extensive, continuous, and advanced medical care potentially for their entire lives".

The burden of raising two children with severe disabilities in a household with limited financial resources is a daunting prospect that would likely lead to grave injury to the petitioner's mental health, it added. PTI 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal alleged on Saturday that he was made the victim of a "deep political conspiracy" and arrested by the ED in the excise policy case based on a false statement by a witness.

In a video message, she said Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED based on the statement of TDP MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (MSR). The Telugu Desam Party is a constituent of the ruling NDA.

Sunita Kejriwal also asked people to support the Delhi chief minister, saying he is an honest, educated and patriotic man, and if the public does not support him, no educated person would want to join politics given the treatment meted out to the AAP leader.

She claimed that MSR changed his statement to the ED about his meeting with the Delhi chief minister after his son Raghava Magunta Reddy was arrested and bail was denied. PTI

Medical professionals must offer expert opinions without fearing legal repercussions and give the best guidance in sensitive matters like medical termination of pregnancy (MTP), the Delhi High Court said on Friday. 

While allowing a woman to undergo MTP, a single-judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula observed in its July 5 order that the Medical Board at Lok Nayak Hospital, which was earlier directed by the court to submit an "opinion" on the woman's request, did not meet its expectations.

The HC's observations came in a 31-year-old married woman's plea seeking MTP of 30-week pregnancy as the MRI of the foetus suggested that it was suffering from Joubert Syndrome, "a multisystem disorder with poor neuro-developmental outcome". 

Commenting that the case raised a concerning issue, the HC emphasised that a medical board's opinion in MTP cases is important in assisting Courts in arriving at a "just order". 

The HC said, "Medical professionals must offer their expert opinions without fear of legal repercussions, and focus on providing the best possible medical guidance in such sensitive matters....In the present case, the Medical Board at Lok Nayak Hospital did not meet the Court’s expectations. Despite the serious nature of the matter, the Board failed to conduct necessary tests and did not approach the issue with the required level of seriousness. When the Court directed them to form a Board, the subsequent report remained inadequate and lacked thorough testing and evaluation".

The India Meteorological Department has forecast light rain in the city today. The maximum temperature is likely to be around 33 degree Celsius. The Air Quality Index was recorded in the ‘satisfactory’ category with a reading of 64 at 9 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

The Rouse Avenue Court has extended the judicial custody of Delhi’s former deputy CM Manish Sisodia till July 15 in the corruption case linked to the excise policy “scam”. Sisodia was arrested by the CBI earlier in its ongoing investigation of a case related to the alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).

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