Tribune News Service
Jammu, August 11
Amid targeted killing of the party leaders in the Kashmir valley, the J&K BJP on Tuesday decided to send a high-level delegation to Delhi after August 15
Delhi government will provide loans up to Rs 20,000 to street vendors and hawkers. It will help them revive their businesses, which have been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic. “It will be a permanent arrangement and will continue even after the pandemic is over. Street vendors and hawkers will be provided the loan at a low interest. A policy is being made for the purpose,” social welfare minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said. Hawkers and street vendors were not permitted from March-end till July and only those engaged in the sale of essential items like vegetables and fruits could manage to continue their trade with much difficulties. The pandemic has badly affected them, leaving many of them with survival challenges. Most of them do not even have any savings left. Towards the end of the last month, Delhi government allowed street vendors and hawkers to restart their work and businesses. Lieutenant governor Anil Baijal approved the proposal to allow street vendors and hawkers. From August 1, street hawkers were permitted to operate from 10 am to 8 pm every day with social distancing and all other precautionary measures in place. Delhi has over 5 lakh street vendors. The number of vendors registered with civic bodies is, however, far less.
The police have registered FIRs against three hukkah bar joints in north west Delhi's Rohini which were found operational in violation of COVID-19 norms, officials said on Tuesday. A total of 103 people, including owners, managers and other staff of these illegal joints, were arrested on Monday, he
Over 2.9 lakh people living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi have registered themselves under the PM-UDAY scheme for getting ownership rights of their properties.
Three Delhi Police personnel along with five others have been arrested for allegedly trying to rob a businessman at gunpoint in south Delhi's Mahipalpur area, officials said on Tuesday.
Aditi TandonTribune News ServiceNew Delhi, August 11
India reacted cautiously to the Russian announcement today with Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan saying “we cannot answer the hypothetical qu
Coronavirus caseload in Delhi now stands at 1.47 lakh while the death toll has now reached at 4,139.Total number of recoveries in national capital in last 24 hours were at 727
Delhi NCR pollution level today: The air monitoring agency SAFAR says that AQI is likely to stay in the lower end of the satisfactory to the good category for the next two days.
As Indian startups raise $4.16 billion in equity in the first six months of 2020, trends show that COVID-19 has pushed investors to look for promising startups in less explored territories.
“They had gone to report on a story and people in the area got annoyed. Police safely evacuated the three. We got reports they were manhandled but nobody has suffered any major injuries. We will do an inquiry before filing an FIR... We do not have any information regarding why they went there,” DCP (Northeast) Ved Prakash Surya said.
New Delhi: The owners of hotels, gyms, yoga centres and shopkeepers in weekly markets have threatened to launch protests if lieutenant governor Anil B.
Under the redevelopment scheme, 90% ground coverage with 350 floor area ratio will be allowed, which means shopkeepers will be allowed to build a basement, ground, first and second floors.
