Home Minister Amit Shah to review COVID-19 situation in Delhi

Home Minister Amit Shah to review COVID-19 situation in Delhi

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday will review the situation arising in Delhi in the wake of a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, officials said. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendra Jain are expected to attend a meeting with Shah in the evening. … Read more

COVID-19: Vardhan presses for mandatory retesting of all symptomatic RAT negative cases

COVID-19: Vardhan presses for mandatory retesting of all symptomatic RAT negative cases

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday expressed concern over the surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi and pressed for mandatory retesting of all persons who test negative in rapid antigen tests and develop symptoms of Influenza-like illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) later. He said false negative results of the disease … Read more

Manish Sisodia writes to Amit Shah, seeks directions to LG to allow hotels, weekly markets in Delhi

Manish Sisodia writes to Amit Shah, seeks directions to LG to allow hotels, weekly markets in Delhi

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking directions to LG Anil Baijal to allow hotels and weekly markets in the city. Sisodia’s letter comes a day after Baijal rejected the Arvind Kejriwal government’s decision to allow hotels and weekly markets to reopen in the national capital, … Read more

Nearly 1 lakh challans issued by Delhi Police between June 15 and July 31 for not wearing masks

Nearly 1 lakh challans issued by Delhi Police between June 15 and July 31 for not wearing masks

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has issued nearly one lakh challans between June 15 and July 31 for not wearing masks, spitting in public places and violating social distancing norms in the national capital, officials said on Saturday. As many as 97,417 challans were issued in 15 police districts during this period, they said. Of … Read more