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The plea, filed through advocate Shashank Deo Sudhi, claimed that the appointment was made in utter violation to the settled principles of law which mandates that important government post like election commissioner must be offered to the neutral and apolitical person and must not be the party to the several political as well as administrative decision of a particular government as it can be capable of affecting the free and fair election process in the MCD.

The national capital on Wednesday recorded a minimum temperature of 7.8 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal, while its air quality index read 366 at 9 am.

The Delhi High Court refused an early hearing on a petition seeking compensation and medical insurance from the government in wake of poor air quality in the national capital.

The move may affect 1.33 lakh reassessment notices issued during the period, said a senior tax official added that I-T department may move special leave petition in Supreme Court against the HC ruling or seek amendment in the Finance Act.

Electric vehicles accounted for nine per cent of the vehicles sold in the city, while the national average stands at 1.6 per cent, govt said.

Parliament has passed a bill to extend the tenure of the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to a maximum of five years from the present two years. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh moved 'The Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021' for consideration in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Watch!

According to the JLLs Premium Office Rent Tracker (PORT), Connaught Place in Delhi has climbed up the rankings from 25th position last year to 17th this year with an average occupancy cost of USD109 sq. ft. per year which is higher than San Francisco.

Teachers, engineers, sanitation workers, horticulture department employees, clerical staff, nurses and paramedic staff, fourth class employees are among those participating in the strike, according to office-bearers of the Confederation of MCD Employees Union, which is spearheading the protest.

The Delhi government conceptualised free yoga classes for the city residents earlier this year and also allocated Rs 25 crore for it in the 2021-22 budget. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal hoped that like other initiatives of his government such as free water and electricity and mohalla clinics, the "Dilli Ki Yogshala" programme will also be adopted by other states.

Meanwhile, the DIAL has also installed e-processing kiosks at the entry gates of Terminal 2 and over the next few weeks, these would be installed at Terminal 3 and Terminal 1, it noted. The e-processing kiosks are at the entry gates of the airport terminal while the passengers have to go through the e-boarding gates before the security check inside the airport terminal.

CMM Garg further directed the copy of the court's order to be sent to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast district) as well as the Police Commissioner with a direction to ensure the presence of the prosecutor. A day prior to this, another court hearing the riots cases expressed concern over the delay in disposal of riots cases due to the non-appearance of Special Public Prosecutors and directed the Delhi Police to appoint more prosecutors to represent the State.

Air quality in the national capital marginally improved and moved to the 'poor' category on December 12. The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) portal of the Ministry of Earth Sciences reported an air quality index (AQI) of 256. SAFAR, in its daily bulletin informed, “From December 15 onwards, air quality is likely to improve due to relatively high wind speeds but within 'poor' or 'lower end of very poor' category”.

The students were allegedly chased down and stabbed in East Delhi, leaving them critically injured after they had gone there to appear in the 10th examination. Three of the injured students were discharged after getting initial treatment at LBS Hospital and another is undergoing treatment at AIIMS Trauma Centre.

Vice president of the Jai Kisan Andolan farmers' group, Deepak Lamba said, "80 per cent of farmers have left from the Singhu border, around 50 per cent went home from Ghazipur border while from Tikri border around 60 to 70 per cent farmers have returned back to their home."

Farmers started leaving the protest sites at borders of Delhi after suspending their year-long protest against the three farm laws and other related issues. Samyukt Kisan Morcha announced the decision on December 9.

A 35-year-old man, with travel history to Zimbabwe and South Africa, has tested positive for Omicron, becoming the second patient in Delhi of the new COVID-19 variant, govt of Delhi said on Saturday. He is admitted at the LNJP Hospital and only has weakness. He returned to India from Zimbabwe and had even travelled to South Africa, the sources said, adding that he is fully vaccinated. The LNJP Hospital has been designated for treatment of patients infected with the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus.Maharashtra reported seven new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, including a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler - three from Mumbai and four from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation - taking the tally to 17 in the state. Three men, aged 48, 25 and 37, are returnees from Tanzania, the UK and South Africa, respectively, while the four patients are the contacts of Nigerian women, who was infected with the new variant on December 6. Of the seven, four are asymptomatic while three have mild symptoms. Of these new cases, four are fully vaccinated, one has been administered with a single dose against COVID-19 and one is unvaccinated. The toddler is not eligible for vaccination.A total of 33 Covid-19 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected from five states so far, accounting for less than 0.04% of the total variants detected, and the patients have so far reported mild symptoms.

Delhi on Saturday reported its second case of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. State Health Minister Satyendar Jain had confirmed the first case of the new strain last Saturday.

The earlier lowest temperature of the season in Delhi was recorded on Thursday at 8.4 degrees Celsius.

The government's newly created committee for air quality management will decide on representations made by various aggrieved stake holders within a week, a bench led by CJI N.V. Ramana said.

For a week from Monday, schools in Delhi will be physically closed "so that children don't have to breathe polluted air," the Delhi government announced today.Classes will continue virtually.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal chaired an emergency meeting to tackle air pollution after Supreme Court asked authorities to take immediate measures.We are working on a proposal for lockdown in Delhi, will present plan to Supreme Court, the Delhi CM said.

"Most of the states have more projects registered than the number of agents, and though some states have more agents than projects, Delhi's ratio is the highest in the country," an official said.

The government expects these measures to ease crowding. Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia is said to be monitoring the situation after complaints of airport overcrowding on social media.

"After the historic success of the farmers' movement, our farmer brothers will return to their homes, their villages, their fields after a year. The farmers of the country have taught the nation that an honest fight for rights always achieves its goal," the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said in a tweet in Hindi.

The Delhi Police had earlier said that the bail plea has no merit and that it will demonstrate the prima facie case against him before the court by referring to the charge sheet filed in the case.

Mortal remains of CDS General Bipin Rawat being brought from the Military Hospital in Wellington. Last rites of Bipin Rawat will be performed on Friday in the Cantonment area, Delhi. Maroof Raza with more details.