Residents of the national capital enthusiastically stepped out of their homes on Wednesday to celebrate the festival of democracy and exercise their franchise to elect their representatives for the Delhi legislative assembly.
Nearly 58 per cent of over 1.56 crore voters in Delhi on Wednesday exercised their franchise in the crucial Assembly elections in the national capital which were largely peaceful save stray incidents of clashes and allegations of booth capturing, impersonation and bribery.
As voting for the high stake Delhi assembly polls concluded on Wednesday, city voters expressed a strong desire for change, hoping for a fresh leadership approach, while many reaffirmed their trust in the incumbent government.
Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly and BJP candidate from the Rohini constituency, Vijender Gupta, along with his wife, Dr Shobha Vijender Wednesday exercised their franchise for Delhi Assembly polls.
Several prominent schools in Noida received bomb threats which later turned out to be hoax on Wednesday, weeks after Delhi schools were targeted in a similar manner.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has approved a special audit of power companies to look into the ‘pension surcharge’ levied in electricity tariff of consumers of the national capital.
The agency suspects that the produced drugs were also supplied abroad with the involvement of Mexican drug cartel CJNG (Cartel De Jalisco Nueva Generación).
Two shooters were arrested after a shootout with police on the night of October 28 in connection with Rani Bagh firing incident in Northwest Delhi.
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena, on Tuesday, advised the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to withdraw the circular related to increased fees of sports complexes in the city.
The All India Students’ Association (AISA) alleged that UGBM was convened at the Sabarmati lawn to discuss the issue of student participation in the upcoming Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) elections and the broader fight for gender justice on campus.
