Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in Bengal, the government had earlier banned flight operations to Kolkata airport from six places with high COVID-19 cases till August-end.
The court said this will ensure that workers who migrated to their villages are not denied the ex-gratia, offered by the Delhi government during the lockdown, due to lack of physical verification.
Delhi Assembly panel on peace and harmony decided on Tuesday to summon Facebook officials as it initiated proceedings over complaints about the social media giant's alleged "deliberate and intentional inaction to contain hateful content" in India.
The Yamuna was flowing dangerously close to the warning mark in Delhi on Wednesday and is likely to swell further with more water expected to be released from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana, officials said. The weather department has also forecast 'heavy to very rainfall' in northwest India over the next three to four days. The water level was recorded at 203.68 metres at
The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has registered a case against unknown officials of the Regional Transport Offices or RTOs in New Delhi for issuing driving licences to applicants without conducting a driving test.
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%.
The Delhi District Court has expressed its dissatisfaction over the use of CamScanner – one of the Chinese apps banned by the Indian government – by a lawyer while presenting a bail application before the court.
