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Okhla Mandi functions as usual, but other markets affected by bandh
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 09, 2020 05:36 AM IST
While it was business as usual at the Okhla fruit and vegetable market, trade was hit at the Azadpur and Ghazipur markets. The Narela and Najafgarh foodgrain markets remained completely shut in support of the strike on Tuesday.
Blocked borders fuel concerns of rising price of essential items in Delhi
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 30, 2020 06:19 AM IST
It is mostly wholesale supply that has taken a hit with hundreds of trucks not being able to enter the city. According to the Azadpur Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Azadpur, supply in the market dropped by 50-60% in the last two days with trucks from Punjab and Haryana unable to reach the market.
Waste-to-energy unit inaugurated at Ghazipur market
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 28, 2020 04:52 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal was accompanied by deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and environment minister Gopal Rai at the inauguration event.
Snake in your backyard? Wildlife rescuers say don’t panic!
By Mallika Bhagat | HIndustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON SEP 24, 2020 12:25 PM IST
Monsoon might be at its fag end, but there’s still at least another month till when there are high chances of you spotting a wild animal or reptile when in Delhi-NCR. Here’s what you ought to do in such a situation.
Seven-day ‘Garbage-Free Delhi’ campaign to help clean up city
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2020 12:59 AM IST
Under the campaign, the civic bodies will press into service 100 more garbage compactors to reduce the number of dhalaos (local garbage collection sites) across the city.
Delhi’s private firms putting in place mechanisms to keep virus at bay
By Soumya Pillai | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 04, 2020 04:03 AM IST
Soon after the Delhi government released the order on Sunday, many firms said they are now putting their heads together to ensure that normalcy is restored while avoiding any risk of infection, in light of the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease.
Industrial associations in Delhi seek clarity on reopening guidelines
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 04, 2020 04:05 AM IST
To give more clarity on the order, the government will address representatives of over 80 industrial associations through a video conference on Monday at 3pm, said Brajesh Goyal, convener of the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) trade and industry wing in Delhi.
‘2 crore voters sent a shock to Amit Shah, BJP’: AAP leader after Delhi win
By Prawesh Lama and Kainat Sarfaraz | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 12, 2020 09:45 AM IST
Okhla includes Shaheen Bagh, the venue of a sit-in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, that started almost two months ago, and opposition to which became the central thrust of a high-decibel campaign by the BJP led by Union ministers and local MPs.
AAP’s Amanatullah Khan wins Okhla seat by over 70,000 votes
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 11, 2020 05:51 PM IST
The epicentre of the anti-CAA protests-- Shaheen Bagh and Jamia Nagar both fall under the Okhla constituency.
Delhi poll results 2020: AAP candidate set for a record win in Okhla, home to Shaheen Bagh
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 11, 2020 02:51 PM IST
Khan has already declared victory and says the people of Delhi had served a lesson to the BJP.
AAP’s Amanatullah Khan widens lead against BJP’s Brahm Singh in Okhla, home to Shaheen Bagh
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 11, 2020 01:02 PM IST
Delhi election result 2020: The Okhla assembly seat, one of the 70 constituencies in Delhi, a Muslim majority area with Shaheen Bagh and Jamia Nagar was thrust into the national spotlight after protesters blocked a major road demanding the repeal of the contentious citizenship act.
AAP candidates visit EVM strongroom
By Asian News International | New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 11, 2020 07:04 AM IST
Delhi Election Result 2020: Earlier on Monday, Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had called a meeting at his residence over the security of EVMs after the elections were concluded.
Delhi assembly election 2020: In Delhi’s ‘sensitive’ areas, voters determined to make it count
By Sweta Goswami & Abhishek Dey | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 08, 2020 04:43 AM IST
In the run up to the 2020 polls, Seelampur witnessed violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and so has Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, which comes under the Okhla constituency in East Delhi parliamentary segment.
Delhi assembly election 2020: Police keep drones on standby to record threats to law and order during Delhi polls
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 08, 2020 04:52 AM IST
At many polling stations across the city, police are keeping drone cameras on standby to use and record any threats to law and order. Voting across the city will be held on Saturday for the 70 assembly seats from 8am to 6pm.
Delhi Police start probe into Sunday’s shooting near Jamia University
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 03, 2020 11:53 AM IST
Eyewitnesses said two men came on a scooter from Okhla and moved towards Jullena and opened fire outside Gate No 5 and then Gate number 1. No one was injured in the shooting.
Another firing incident reported near Jamia University in Delhi
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 06, 2020 09:39 PM IST
Security guards at Jamia told officials that two persons came on a scooty from Okhla and moved towards Jullena.
Delhi Elections 2020: Congress too doesn’t name a face against Arvind Kejriwal
By Ashish Mishra and Abhishek Dey | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2020 02:09 AM IST
Delhi Elections 2020: Senior Congress leaders said that the party leadership is still holding talks regarding whom to field against Kejriwal as it is looking for a strong candidate who can give him the AAP chief a tough fight .
Homeless man killed, 3 others hurt as truck climbs footpath in south Delhi’s Okhla
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2020 06:08 AM IST
The police identified the dead man as Lalan, a homeless man, who lived on the footpath and worked odd jobs. The injured include a man and women, both aged 60 years, and a 13-year-old boy.
19-year-old swerves to avoid tree branch, dies in Okhla car crash
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 18, 2019 01:36 AM IST
The officer identified the dead man as Ansh Girdhar, a first-year physiotherapy student at a south Delhi institute. Girdhar lived with his parents in south Delhi’s Kalkaji Extension, near the accident spot.
Three killed, one injured as 14-wheeler truck rams their car in Okhla
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 12, 2019 05:51 AM IST
According to the police, the accident took place around 11pm on Maa Anand Mai Marg near Indira Kalyan Vihar in Okhla Phase 1.
After Diwali, Delhi’s residential areas may be more polluted than industrial ones
By Vatsala Shrangi | New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 27, 2019 04:30 AM IST
On Saturday, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (Safar), the Union ministry of earth science’s weather and air pollution forecast wing, issued a list of ‘hot spots’ (highly polluted areas) post-Diwali, and it comprised mostly residential areas, owing to the anticipated impact of cracker bursting.
Man wanted for rape of minor girl in Delhi’s Sanjay Colony nabbed four years after incident
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 29, 2019 11:40 PM IST
Deputy commissioner of police (central) Mandeep Singh Randhawa said the incident took on August 10, 2015. It came to light when the mother of the girl, who was six-years-old at the time, went to pick her up from school but was told that girl’s grandfather has already picked her up.
SDMC drive clears encroachments from 116km of footpath
By Ashish Mishra | New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2019 08:55 PM IST
The action was initiated after the Supreme Court expressed concerns over growing parking menace and encroachment of pavements.
20 areas under CPCB scanner this winter - 13 hotspots and seven areas with unpaved roads
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 07, 2019 11:54 PM IST
The CPCB has asked government agencies to identify and target all sources of pollution in the hotspots during winter while road-owning agencies such as the PWD and civic bodies have been asked to repair all unpaved roads in the seven areas before winter.
2 women assaulted for ‘child-lifting’ in Okhla
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 07, 2019 11:10 PM IST
Two women suspected to be kidnapping a child from Sanjay Colony in south Delhi’s Okhla were beaten up by local residents on Friday evening, the police said on Saturday
Congested lanes, faulty stairs slowed rescue in Zakir Nagar fire
By Shiv Sunny | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 07, 2019 12:29 PM IST
Civic and fire officials say most unauthorised colonies with their narrow streets, haphazard building layouts and little attention to safety make them sitting ducks when a disaster strikes.
Black ibis injured by manjha rescued
By Kushagra Dixit | Noida
UPDATED ON AUG 03, 2019 10:28 PM IST
The distressed bird was rescued by officials of Noida authority’s animal shelter and hospital at Sector 94, where the medical team said the wound looks a few days old.
Leachate treatment plant to come up at Delhi’s Okhla landfill
By Baishali Adak | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUL 17, 2019 09:08 AM IST
Officials said they are trying to keep the already-capped portions of the Okhla landfill dry but rains are proving to be a problem.
IIIT-D, Delhi police sign technological MoU
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 25, 2019 12:48 PM IST
The MOU was signed in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal between the registrar, IIIT-Delhi and additional commissioner of police (cyber and technology) for setting up the centre that would come up in Okhla.
Firefighters rescue six women, one child from fire at Okhla building
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 20, 2019 07:23 AM IST
Atul Garg, chief fire officer (Delhi Fire Services) said that three cars and six two-wheelers were gutted. The building’s lift system was damaged and dense smoke engulfed four floors .