New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a woman accused of forging a marriage certificate and claiming to be the wife of Delhi Resident Amar Singh Dabas, who expired in September 2017.

New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): As the anti-encroachment drive in Delhi continues at nine different locations, South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Mukesh Suryan on Tuesday assured that no street vendor or poor people should be worried as "no harm will be caused to them".

New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Central Zone South Delhi Municipal Corporation Chairman Rajpal Singh on Tuesday rebutted claims of targeting of any religious community, while a demolition drive was underway in Delhi's New Friends Colony.

New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Local residents of Shaheen Bagh in the national capital protested as bulldozers rolled into the area for an anti-encroachment drive conducted by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).

New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): A fire broke out at a scrapyard in Swami Nagar district park near Chirag Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday. New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): A fire broke out at a scrapyard in Swami Nagar district park near Chirag Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday.

New Delhi Apr 26 PTI A day after a building collapsed in south Delhi killing two labourers the AAP on Tuesday demanded that the police should register a murder case in connection with the incident alleging that illegal construction was going on there at the behest of BJP leadersNobody has so far been arrested the Arvind Kejriwal-led party noted and accused the Delhi Police of working under the BJPs pressureThe party demanded that the strictest punishment should be given to the culprits and compensation should be provided to the kin of the victimsTwo labourers died and three others were rescued after a three-storey house that was undergoing renovation collapsed in south Delhis Satya Niketan area on MondayPolice said another labourer who was outside the dilapidated building at the time of the incident had a narrow escapeWhile the police later registered an FIR in connection with the case the BJP-ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC also announced a probe into the incidentIf there is one concerned agency which is to be blamed for this collapse it is the BJP-led MCD If individuals must be singled out and held accountable for the incident they are the BJP leaders senior AAP leader Durgesh Pathak said in a statementHe claimed that a construction work was underway at the site to merge two separate houses into one and called it illegalThere is no way that a construction work as major as combining two houses can take place under the nose of the MCD civic body without BJPs connivance in the matter he saidThe AAP demands that the Delhi police register a murder case against the culprits he saidIts been 24 hours not a single person has been arrested no one has been interrogated Police are operating under pressure of the BJP the AAP leader allegedAfter the incident the SDMC had said a notice to the owner of the property had already been issued by the building department against carrying out such alterations on March 31 and the police were later requested on April 11 to stop the workThe question arises why the construction was not abandoned even after the MCD issued a notice the AAP leader Pathak saidHe claimed that the construction work was aimed at combining House No 172 and 173 at the site and the House No 172 was registered under the name of one Neelam Vashisht a relative of the highly influential BJP leader Anil Sharma who has served as councillor from RK Puram and was the BJP candidate over the last two elections This clearly means that the notice was just an actThe BJP leader Anil Sharma and his entire family is to be held accountable for this incident he chargedHitting back Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor accused AAP leader of indulging in dirty politics to malign the SDMC claiming that both the civic body and the local police had tried their best to to stop the unapproved alterations in the buildingBut unfortunately he owner of the property kept on doing it silently mostly at odd hours The property owner is sole culprit he said adding Police will will take penal action in due course and prosecute the accused AAP legislator Pramila Tokas however did not buy the BJPs argumentHow the construction was going on is just beyond my comprehension The local councillor Manish Aggarwal lives right next to the site the ex-MLA of the area also lives there The locals say that the building belongs to their families only It is the BJP who is being shielded the R K Puram MLA said in a statement PTI PK PK TDS TDS

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI Two fresh dengue cases were reported in Delhi last week that took the citys tally to 76 according to a South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC report released on MondayTill April 18 this year 74 dengue cases had been recorded in the cityTwo fresh dengue cases were reported last week At least 76 dengue cases have been recorded so far this year the report saidNo death has been reported due to the vector-borne disease so far it saidDelhi had recorded 23 dengue cases in January 16 in February and 22 in March As many as 15 cases had been reported till April 23 the report statedDuring the period from January 1 to April 23 14 cases were logged in 2021 13 in 2020 eight in 2019 12 in 2018 and 18 in 2017 it saidCases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November but the period may stretch till mid-DecemberCivic officials said this year dengue cases are being recorded early due to the congenial weather for mosquito breedingThe SDMC is the nodal agency for the control of vector-borne diseases in the cityLast year 9613 dengue cases the highest since 2015 were recorded in the national capital As many as 23 deaths the highest since 2016 were also recorded in the cityIn 2016 10 deaths due to dengue were recordedDelhi had recorded two deaths due to dengue in 2019 four in 2018 and 10 in 2017According to the SDMC report 4431 dengue cases were recorded in Delhi in 2016 4726 in 2017 2798 in 2018 2036 in 2019 and 1072 in 2020In 2015 the city had witnessed a massive outbreak of dengue with the number of cases crossing 10600 in October itself It was Delhis worst dengue outbreak since 1996Delhi has also reported nine cases of malaria and eight of chikungunya so far this year the SDMC report saidThe SDMCs Public Health Department on Monday conducted a drive to check mosquito breeding at construction sites in schools and hospitals and issued 99 notices against violatorsLast week also the SDMC had issued 144 notices against violators PTI AKM AKM DIV DIV DIV

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI Five fresh dengue cases were reported in Delhi in the last week that took the citys tally to 74 according to a South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC report released on MondayTill April 11 this year 69 dengue cases had been recorded in the cityFive fresh dengue cases have been reported in the last week At least 74 dengue cases have been recorded this year the report saidNo death has been reported due to the vector-borne disease so far this year it saidDelhi had recorded 23 dengue cases in January 16 in February and 22 in March As many as 13 cases had been reported till April 16 the report saidDuring the period from January 1 to April 16 17 cases were logged in 2021 seven in 2020 eight in 2019 12 in 2018 and 18 in 2017 it saidCases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November but the period may stretch till mid-DecemberCivic officials said this year dengue cases are being recorded early due to the congenial weather for mosquito breedingAn official of the SDMC health department said Aedes aegypti mosquitoes which cause dengue proliferate fast when the temperature goes above 28-30 degrees CelsiusThe SDMC is the nodal agency for the control of vector-borne diseases in the cityLast year 9613 dengue cases the highest since 2015 were recorded in the national capital As many as 23 deaths the highest since 2016 were also recorded in the cityIn 2016 10 deaths due to dengue were recordedDelhi had recorded two deaths due to dengue in 2019 four in 2018 and 10 each in 2017 and 2016According to the SDMC report 4431 dengue cases were recorded in Delhi in 2016 4726 in 2017 2798 in 2018 2036 in 2019 and 1072 in 2020In 2015 the city had witnessed a massive outbreak of dengue with the number of cases crossing 10600 in October itself It was Delhis worst dengue outbreak since 1996Seven cases of malaria and eight of chikungunya have also been reported so far this year in Delhi the SDMC report saidSDMC commissioner Gyanesh Bharti had issued an advisory last week on the prevention and control of vector-borne diseases in Delhi He had called upon resident welfare associations market associations and the general public to take preventive measures failing which the spread of dengue and chikungunya may become uncontrollableThe civic body had issued 144 notices against violators last week PTI AKM AKM DIV DIV DIV

New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued notice to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on a plea moved by a society Westend Greens, seeking directions to take over and maintain the civic amenities and other facilities and other statutory and public services of the colony 'Westend Greens', situated in revenue areas of Villages Rajokari, Rangpuri, and Samalka, New Delhi.

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI The Delhi High Court Thursday termed unfortunate the SDMC and DSIIDC washing away hands over encroachment on public land in Okhla Industrial area and directed the authorities to take action for removing the unauthorised constructionA bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC and Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited DSIIDC to nominate one senior officer each as nodal officers and they shall meet to chalk out plan to remove unauthorised construction and encroachment on public land and streets in Okhla Industrial area This is an unfortunate state where two authorities are washing their hands on encroachment on public land the bench said While the counsel for SDMC said the industrial area has been transferred to DSIIDC the lawyer representing DSIIDC submitted that the encroachment has taken place in the jurisdiction of SDMC The court directed SDMC and DSIIDC to file minutes of meeting to be held between the two nodal officers and also their status reports along with photographs to show action taken to remove the encroachment It also directed the DCP South to provide requisite force to remove encroachment in the area The high court was hearing a PIL initiated on its own in which it had earlier sought response of the Lieutenant Governor LG SDMC DSIIDC and Delhi Police Commissioner over the issue of illegal construction and encroachment on public land inOkhlaIndustrial area here The PIL committee of the high court had recommended that a July 7 2017 letter by an individual be treated as a PIL in which he has complained over illegal construction and encroachment on public lands in the industrial area It was alleged in the letter that the illegal construction was not removed by the authorities despite judicial orders and that the locals of the area were facing issues due to illegal grabbing of public land and roads The PIL committee in October 2017 had called for a report from theChief Law Officer of SDMC The bench had noted that a report was received from DSIIDC in October 2021 stating that Okhla Industrial Area Phase 2 was transferred to DSIIDC from SDMC after enactment of Delhi Industrial Development Operation and Maintenance Act 2010 The court had also noted that in the minutes of a meeting held under the chairmanship of LG on August 22 2014 it was recorded that respective municipal corporations of Delhi would take necessary steps for removal of encroachments from common areas in joint operation with DSIIDC and Delhi Police Based on the minutes of meeting the DSIIDC had requested SDMC on multiple occasions for taking necessary action to combat unauthorised encroachment in the industrial area it had noted PTI SKV SA