Aitshi announced that the MCD office would run from 8:30 am to 5 pm while Central government offices would function from 9 am to 5:30 pm and Delhi government offices from 10 am to 6:30 pm.
Ahead of the assembly elections, three time MLA and Congress leader Veer Singh Dhingan switched over to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday. This marks the fourth such major joining in the AAP as earlier, BJP leaders BB Tyagi, Brahm Singh Tanwar and Congress leader Zubair Ahmed had also joined the party.
With the implementation of Graded Response Action Plan’s (GRAP) stage- III restrictions in Delhi, the city's air quality index saw slight improvement on Friday, moving to 'very poor' category from the 'severe' one a day earlier.
The Delhi BJP on Friday alleged the MCD mayor was elected without majority support of the councilors for the first time in the history of the municipal corporation.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature recorded on Friday stood at 15.6 degrees Celsius, with a dip of 0.5 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours.
Producing documents related to the move bearing the CM’s signature, the Delhi BJP chief said the ministers who blamed the LG for felling of trees are left with no moral authority to continue, and hence should resign.
Dismissing claims made by the Delhi government over flood control and being prepared for the situation, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva on Friday hit out at the ruling dispensation in the city and its Irrigation and Flood Control department,
Delhi PWD Minister Atishi and Flood Control Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj held a high-level meeting on Friday to review flood control measures in the city in the wake of the monsoon.
The MoU was officially signed by Dr. PK Garg, Director (Business Development) DMRC, and Rajesh Prasad, Director of Operations, RVNL in the presence of other senior officials.
“It is a matter of grave concern that out of the 235 operation theatres in the 28 government hospitals in Delhi, 62 are non-functional due to various reasons, including staff shortage and deficiency of equipment,” said the Delhi congress chief.
