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People in the know told ET that Sri Lanka is set to add dynamism to the equation by deputing Asoka Milinda Moragoda, politician-cum-businessman and a close confidante of the president, as the next high commissioner to New Delhi.

New Delhi, Aug 30 (ANI): Doctors of super-specialty hospitals in Delhi spoke to ANI on the coronavirus spread in India. Senior doctors from Max and Medanta hospitals asserted that COVID spread is on the rise and with the opening of the metro, cases are expected to surge.

The over Rs 7,000 crore project, to be constructed on a tributary of the Yamuna river, is meant to supply 23 cumecs of water to Delhi and also generate 40 MW of electricity for Himachal Pradesh.

Kailash Gahlot, Delhi Transport Minister said smart cards & other digital methods of payment will be used when metro rail resumes.

A mushroom farmer by profession, Pappan Singh Gehlot, who earlier sent 10 of his workers to Bihar by flight in May during the lockdown, once again brought air tickets for 27 labourers to return and join work in the field.Of the 27 workers, 20 came back and seven others will be arriving next week from Bihar. The workers will start working in the new mushroom farming season along with Singh in Delhi's Tigipur village.Naveen, who was among the first 10 workers who went to Bihar, said he could not find a job in the home state for three months. He also said that the workers tried to book railway tickets to reach Delhi, but the bookings were not available for the next one-and-a-half-month.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had last week said that it will be prepared to resume operations whenever directed by the government.

Each enforcement team will have an executive magistrate, and revenue and police personnel, said an official, adding that awareness teams have also been formed to encourage people to follow anti-coronavirus measures.

Delhi BJP Media Cell head Ashok Goel said all the new presidents of 14 district units were appointed after extensive consultation and feedback process.

The High Court held that a writ filed by Choksi was not maintainable. Earlier this week, spooked by Netflixs upcoming web series titled “Bad boy billionaires” featuring Vijay Mallya, Subrata Roy, Harshad Mehta and his nephew Nirav Modi, MehulChoksi had petitioned the Delhi High Court seeking directions to show him the series featuring him before release.

"The public engagement strategy is being pursued rigorously. These meetings are scheduled to be conducted during the months of September and October with various stakeholders and citizen groups such as RWAs, market and trader associations, industry associations, informal sector, women, children and youth, professional bodies and associations etc," the DDA said in a statement.

The country’s Covid positivity rate has been coming down on the back of a welcome increase in testing. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan pointed out at a press briefing on Tuesday that, based on a...

A co-accused - Supermax Personal Care Pvt Ltd. (SPCPL), an SM Group company - in its petition has said that the order passed “reflects non application of judicial mind and has been mechanically passed by the Court”.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Sports Ministry, HI and the two persons who have been appointed in the sports body as life member and CEO, seeking their stand by September 28 on the petition by a former hockey player.

With a recovery rate of 85%, Tamil Nadu stands second after Delhi (90%) in terms of people recovering from Covid-19, the Union health ministry said. India has been continuously stepping up it's Covid testing capacity.

Hotels in New Delhi started operations gradually from Saturday. Luxury hotels havent reduced prices much and they remain stable compared with rates in March, according to data shared by RateGain, with some exceptions. Prices at a leading hotel in the city this week are 70% lower than levels in March. A four-star property in Central Delhi offers discounts of up to 40%.

Weekly markets in the national capital, which remained shut since March-end due to the coronavirus lockdown, reopened on Monday after the Delhi government allowed it till August 30 on a trial basis.

Inland Water Authority of India has been discussing with Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority for the early operationalization of the newly added PIWTT route 9 & 10. The first pilot movement on this route is likely to be conducted on September 3.

A Delhi Assembly committee on peace and harmony will initiate on Tuesday proceedings in connection with complaints about the FB's alleged 'inaction on hateful content' in India.

One ISIS operative arrested with IEDs by our Special Cell after an exchange of fire at Dhaula Kuan. According to the Delhi police, the suspect was on a bike when intercepted by the police. Scores of National Security Guard (NSG) commandos and Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) have been deployed near Buddha Jayanti Park in Ridge Road area on Saturday and will analyse the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) recovered from the ISIS operative.

The litigation could potentially impact recovery of several billion dollars worth of loans given by banks to companies that were personally guaranteed by promoters, feel banking sources.

"Summons have been sent necessitating the appearance of certain expert witnesses, specifically Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Nikhil Pahwa along with other witnesses for participating in the relevant proceedings," it stated. It added that the committee aims to redress the issue at the earliest.

Amidst to and fro between senior leaders at the Congress Working Committee meeting, a local Congress leader in Delhi went ahead and wrote a letter asking that Rahul Gandhi be made the national president of the party. Sandeep Tanwar, a Congress Councillor in the Delhi Cantonment Board, on Monday wrote a letter in his blood to the current interim president Sonia Gandhi. Tanwar, in his letter, has argued that Rahul Gandhi has nurtured the party with his blood and sweat, and has further given voice to the people of the country, taking it from the streets to the Parliament.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that Metro train services in Delhi should be resumed on a trial basis as the COVID-19 situation was improving in the city and hoped the Centre would soon take a decision on it. Interacting with traders, entrepreneurs and businessmen in the city in a 'Digital Samvad', the chief minister also said that markets and roads in Delhi would be beautified on the lines of the Chandni Chowk redevelopment project, which is expected to be completed by Nov-Dec.

The meeting, presided by Delhi Congress chief Anil Kumar, passed a resolution demanding that Rahul Gandhi should be appointed as the party's national president without further delay, a statement said.

The construction work which was halted due to the pandemic has restarted and there is a demand of workers at construction sites, elhi's Labour and Employment Minister Gopal Rai said.