Police chief meets parties
Delhi police commissioner YS Dadwal met major political parties in the wake of the coming polls on Wednesday.
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 22, 2008 11:45 PM IST
Delhi police commissioner YS Dadwal met major political parties in the wake of the coming polls on Wednesday.
In the meeting at police headquarters the police chief asked the parties to follow the “model code of conduct” issued by the Election Commission. “The police chief told the political parties that stern action would be taken against them if they flout the guidelines,” said a senior police officer who attended the meeting.
Party members were strictly asked not to deface walls and public property with manifestos and posters. “They were even asked to strictly follow the guidelines on loudspeakers during their election campaigns,” said the officer. If the number of vehicles in the convoy exceeds the permitted limit then the police would impound it.
In another development the Delhi Electoral Office has asked the police to identify sensitive areas as per new Assembly boundaries defined under delimitation process.
A wall of security around Red Fort as dust of violence settles
By Anvit Srivastava, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 28, 2021 02:00 AM IST
- The Red Fort was at the heart of the violence as farmers deviated from their tractor rally routes, barged into the monument, damaged property, and hoisted flags on the ramparts
Violence at tractor rally: Actor Deep Sidhu, gangster Sidhana named in FIR
By hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 28, 2021 01:19 AM IST
- Farmers’ union representatives also chose to distance themselves from actor Deep Sidhu and his participation in Tuesday afternoon’s violence.
Infiltrators defamed our stir: Farmers at Tikri site
By Fareeha Iftikhar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 28, 2021 12:53 AM IST
- On Tuesday, a group of farmers who started the tractor march from the Tikri border broke police barricades to veer away from the agreed-upon route between the farm unions and Delhi Police.
Red Fort to remain closed for visitors till January 31: ASI order
PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2021 11:24 PM IST
Earlier on Wednesday, culture and tourism minister Prahlad Patel visited the site and has sought a report on the incident from the ASI.
Mercury inches upwards, slight relief from the biting cold in Delhi
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2021 09:35 PM IST
A day after Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 2
Delhi records 96 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, lowest in over 9 months
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2021 10:55 PM IST
The disease also claimed nine lives in the said period which pushed the death toll 10,829, according to health bulletin released by state government.
Plastic burning main cause behind reduced visibility in Delhi: IIT Madras study
PTI
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2021 04:03 PM IST
Many studies in the past have identified particulate matter or aerosol particles with diameter less than 2.5 micrometre (PM2.5) as a major pollutant, responsible for haze and fog formation over Indo-Gangetic plain, including Delhi.
Tractor rally chaos: FIRs filed under attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy
By Prawesh Lama
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2021 04:10 PM IST
Delhi Police officers said the FIRs have the names of many farmer leaders who have been caught on tape instigating people to break barricades and force their way into the national Capital
Farmers at Ghazipur protest site say road closure led to Tuesday’s chaos
By Karn Pratap Singh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2021 01:01 PM IST
Farmer leaders blamed the government, Opposition parties, and the police alleging that they sent hooligans impersonating farmers
Delhi Police Commissioner holds security review meeting after violence
ANI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2021 12:23 PM IST
Additional DCP Central's operator was attacked with a sword at ITO on Tuesday during the violence, it added.
Farmers’ tractor rally violence: 22 FIRs filed by Delhi Police so far
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2021 10:33 AM IST
The national capital descended into chaos as thousands of farmers protesting against the three laws passed in September to reform the agriculture sector on Tuesday stormed into Delhi’s Red Fort
Parliament: Govind Ballabh Pant’s relocated statue to be unveiled in Delhi today
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2021 10:33 AM IST
The statue was the first to be moved out as construction for the new Parliament complex began on January 15
Delhi to conduct Covid vaccination drive today to make up for R-Day
By Anonna Dutt
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2021 09:52 AM IST
On Monday, the city had vaccinated 7,408 beneficiaries of the 8,100 targeted, crossing the 90% mark for the first time since the nationwide roll-out of the vaccination drive on January 16
Farmers' protest: Ghazipur mandis, NH-9, NH-24 closed, says Delhi traffic police
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Susmita Pakrasi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2021 09:51 AM IST
- Heavy security has been deployed near the Red Fort where a group of protestors climbed to the ramparts of the fort and unfurled flags yesterday.
Delhi’s air quality very poor, likely to improve marginally today
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2021 08:31 AM IST
CPCB recordings show that the overall AQI of Delhi on Tuesday was 330, in the “very poor” zone. This was a slight slip from Monday’s AQI of 323, which was also in the “very poor” category