New Delhi Dec 27 PTI The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has started a initiative Vikalp to discourage usage of single-use plastic bags in its south zone an official statement said Under the initiative shoppers who do not bring cloth bags can take a cloth bag by depositing Rs 20 at Vikalp stalls in markets A customer can return the bag at the Vikalp stall after using it and get refund of the money There is no time limit to return these bags and a person can return the bag at any of Vikalp stall the statement saidIn view of the Swachh Survekshan-2022 Vikalp stalls are being set up in various markets under jurisdiction of the civic bodyDeputy Commissioner South Zone Ankita Chakravarty said 22 such stalls have been set up in 14 markets such as those is Green Park Yusuf Sarai Hauz Khas SDA Saket Arbindo Market Greater Kailash and Chitranjan Park Market among othersChakravarty said that stickers of Vikalp stalls in markets are being pasted at shops so that customers can know their location The official appealed to shopkeepers to make people aware about single-use plastic and its ill effects With the facility of cloth bags in a market people will develop the habit of using cloth bags instead of plastic ones People will be made aware about the move through Nukkad Nataks street plays and other awareness campaigns Chakravarty said in the statement PTI AKM ANB ANB
New Delhi Dec 21 PTI A day after a man was found dead at his rented house in south Delhis Greater Kailash police on Tuesday said he might have died due to substance abuse The deceased identified as Rahul Thakur 36 hailed from Jammu Kashmir and worked at Dilli Haat Art Gallery they said According to police the autopsy surgeon told the security personnel that the victim was not smothered to death Further the possible reason for death could be due to 70-80 per cent heart blockage which could have been due to substance abuse a senior police officer said No arrests have been made yet in the case The exact cause of death can only be ascertained through the autopsy report which is expected in two-three days police said On Monday around 940 am we got a PCR call from the owner of a flat at Greater Kailash about the incident When police reached the spot Thakur was found lying unconscious inside the flat Deputy Commissioner of Police South Benita Mary Jaikar said According to police Thakur lived with his mother Anita in the house which he had rented a month ago They said the mother of the deceased had left for their native place in Jammu and Kashmir few days back A case of murder was registered by the police on Monday and three mobile phones along with some illegal drugs were found from the spot Jaikar said Police said they are scanning CCTVs in the area and spotted few people leaving the house at night They are being identified and questioned PTI AMP SRY
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI/ATK): Vedanta Foundation, a philanthropic arm of the Vedanta Resources Limited, collaborated with the Delhi Police to provide placement-linked skill training to more than 6000 street children and marginalised youth.
New Delhi Oct 27 PTI Fed up with being confined to bed most of the time due to ill-health a Delhi University professor couple allegedly hanged themselves to death in southeast Delhis Govindpuri area on Wednesday afternoon police saidRakesh Kumar Jain 74 and his wife Usha Rakesh Kumar Jain 69 were found hanging from a steel pipe at their residence in Kalkaji Extension in Govindpuri they saidTwo notes were found on a table in which the couple mentioned that they were fed up being bedridden following an accident and it led them to take the extreme step a senior police officer saidAccording to the police a PCR call was received around 345 pm at Govindpuri police station with the caller informing them that her parents have hanged themselvesAccording to the caller Ankita 47 a resident of Greater Kailash-I her parents caretaker Ajit a resident of Tughlaqabad rang the bell at their door around 230 pm several times but no one respondedHe informed Ankita who rushed to the spot They broke the lock and entered the house to find her mother and father hanging from the steel pipe the police officer saidPolice said that the elderly couple had met with an accident while going to Gonda in UP last year While Rakesh Jain was injured in the spinal cord his wife had multiple fracturesThey both were bedridden With the caretakers help they had started walking a bit but were not satisfied with it police said PTI NIT NIT NSD NSD
New Delhi : The man accused of raping a six-year-old girl in the national capital’s Ranjit Nagar area on Friday has been identified and arrested, the police said on Sunday. The man, in his early 20s, was seen with the minor girl at a busy street in the area. A CCTV footage from the area showed the girl following the accused after she was allegedly lured by him.
“I must inform you that in a course of 36 hours we checked hundreds of CCTVs and got his photograph.
New Delhi Oct 20 PTI A Nepalese national has allegedly been raped by a man in southeast Delhis Amar Colony area police said on WednesdayOn Tuesday the Greater Kailash police station received information regarding sexual assault of a woman by a person known to her they saidDuring inquiry the place of incident was found to be within the jurisdiction of the Amar Colony police station police saidLater the Greater Kailash police came to the Amar Colony police station along with the complainant and her brother and produced her statement they saidOn the basis of the complaint her counselling report and existing circumstances a case under sections 376 rape and 506 criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code was registered a senior police officer saidPolice have interrogated Mayank Sharma 41 a resident of Noida in Uttar PradeshDuring interrogation it was learnt that the complainant started a live-in relationship in 2013-14 The accused has been arrested and further investigation is in progress the officer said PTI NIT NIT ANB ANB
New Delhi Aug 30 PTI The police and district officials in southwest Delhis Dwarka had to close an ISKCON temple for devotees on Monday evening as people crowded there on the occasion of JanmashtamiThe local sub-divisional magistrate was not immediately available for commentsTemples in the city were reopened in mid-June under a phased unlock process as the Covid situation improved but visitors are not allowed according to a Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA orderThere was a rush of devotees after the evening Puja at the ISKCON temple in Dwarka due to which it was closed However the priests were allowed to continue the special programmes of Janmashtami without visitors a police officer saidEarlier in the day Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia visited the ISKCON temple in Greater Kailash to offer prayers to Lord Sri KrishnaIn a tweet Sisodia shared photos of his visit and greeted people on the occasionVisited ISKCON temple in Greater Kailash and prayed for the wellbeing of Delhiites Best wishes to all on Janamashtami he tweeted in HindiThe festival of Janmashtami is celebrated across the country as the birthday of Lord Krishna PTI VIT NIT NSD NSD
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