New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): As many as three people have been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in the Vasant Vihar area of the national capital, police said.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Officials of the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU), which is facing allegations ranging from financial irregularities to intimidation of players, have been interrogated by police.

New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): A 23-year-old undergraduate student from the Vasant Vihar area in the national capital allegedly shot himself with his father's pistol on Saturday, said police.

New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Saturday found three bodies in a flat in Vasant Vihar and suspected that it was a case of suicide.

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI A man died after he was allegedly hit by a water tanker in southwest Delhis Sarojini Nagar area on Friday police saidSarojini Nagar police station received information regarding the accident around 615 am they saidThe deceased has been identified as Jai Parkash Bharti a resident of Pilanji village who worked as a guard with a private security agency in Vasant Vihar He was hit by a water tanker near the Sarojini Nagar market The errant driver fled the spot in the vehicle a senior police officer saidBharti was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead A case has been registered under the relevant provisions of law said Deputy Commissioner of Police southwest Gaurav SharmaThe water tanker has been identified with the help of CCTV footage A police team has been sent to arrest the accused he said PTI NIT DIV DIV

New Delhi Dec 24 PTI The Delhi government on Friday ordered Sarojini Nagar market to operate on odd-even basis over the weekend in view of the large footfalls seen at the place in the last few days amid a spike in COVID-19 cases and the threat of Omicron variant The decision was taken at a meeting of stakeholders of the market It was also decided that all shopkeepers in the market shall ensure 100 per cent vaccination of their staff in the vaccination camp set up in the market And whereas increasing footfalls were seen in Sarojini Nagar market during last few days and therefore with the need to control the same in light of the rapid spike in daily cases and positivity it was decided unanimously by all Market Trade Associations in the meeting held on 24 December 2021 to follow odd-even operations for weekend of 25 26 December 2021 read the order The order issued by sub-divisional magistrate Vasant Vihar also stated that it was being done to prevent the market from becoming a super spreader for COVID-19 It stated that there has been a persistent rise in cases of coronavirus in the last few days in the national capital including 76 cases of Omicron being reported till now In an order issued on December 22 the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA had said MTAs Market Traders Associations should implement No Mask No Entry policy at shops and workplaces The city on Friday recorded 180 fresh Covid infections the highest in a day since June 16 while the positivity rate mounted to 029 per cent according to the health departments data The spike in daily cases comes on Christmas eve and days ahead of the New Year festivities as people thronged markets and held gatherings despite health experts cautioning them not to lower their guard Delhi has witnessed an uptick in COVID-19 infections in the last few days The city had logged 118 cases on December 23 125 on December 22 102 on December 21 91 on December 20 and 107 on December 19 PTI SLB SRY

New Delhi Oct 25 PTI The government on Monday signed the share purchase agreement with Tata Sons for the sale of national carrier Air India for Rs 18000 crore Earlier this month the government had accepted an offer by Talace Pvt Ltd a unit of the holding company of the salt-to-software conglomerate to pay Rs 2700 crore cash and take over Rs 15300 crore of the airlines debt Following that on October 11 a Letter of Intenet LoI was issued to the Tata Group confirming the governments willingness to sell its 100 per cent stake in the airline Share Purchase Agreement signed today by Government with Tata Sons for strategic disinvestment of Air India Department of Investment and Public Asset Management DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey tweeted Air India Director - Finance Vinod Hejmadi Civil Aviation Ministry Joint Secretary Satyendra Mishra and Supraprakash Mukhopadhyay from the Tata Group signed the share purchase agreement SPA Now various regulatory clearances including from the Competition Commission of India CCI would have to be taken by Tata Sons before the actual handover of the airline takes place by December-end The government is divesting its 100 per cent ownership of Air India and Air India Express along with its 50 per cent stake in ground-handling company AISATS Tatas beat the Rs 15100-crore offer by a consortium led by SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh and the reserve price of Rs 12906 crore set by the government for the sale of the loss-making carrier As on August 31 Air India had a total debt of Rs 61562 crore As part of the deal 75 per cent of this debt or Rs 46262 crore will be transferred to a special purpose vehicle AIAHL before handing over the loss-making airline to the Tata Group Tatas would not get to retain non-core assets such as the Vasant Vihar housing colony of Air India Air India Building at Nariman Point Mumbai and Air India Building in New Delhi Of the 141 Air India aircraft that Tatas would get 42 are leased planes while the remaining 99 are owned Tatas will also take over the capitalised lease liability on account of operating leases of Rs 9185 crore Besides some of these 141 planes are grounded due to maintenance issues Also there is an obsolescence factor as many of these aircraft are not fuel efficient The government will however transfer about Rs 16000 crore of unpaid current liabilities in excess of current and non-current assets such as fuel bills and other pending dues that Air India owes to suppliers to Air India Assets Holding Ltd AIAHL While this will be the first privatisation since 2003-04 Air India will be the third airline brand in the Tatas stable -- it holds a majority interest in AirAsia India and Vistara a joint venture with Singapore Airlines Ltd Air India will give it access to a fleet of 117 wide-body and narrow-body aircraft and Air India Express Ltd another 24 narrow-body aircraft besides control of 4400 domestic and 1800 international landing and parking slots at domestic airports as well as 900 slots at airports overseas such as Londons Heathrow Air India started suffering losses every year since its merger with Indian Airlines in 2007-08 A Turnaround Plan TAP as well as a Financial Restructuring Plan FRP were approved for Air India by the previous UPA regime in 2012 However the TAP did not work out and Air India continued to reel under losses with the government giving Rs 20 croreday to keep the airline afloat Over the last decade more than Rs 110 lakh crore was infused by way of cash support and loan guarantee in the loss-making airline to keep it afloat Right now Air India is having losses of Rs 20 croreday So those loses after handover will not come to the taxpayers The question is that when you have an excessive debt and your equity value is deeply negative at -Rs 32000 crore So unless and until you reconstruct the balance sheet the only option would have been to actually close down the company Because there was no other option to run this kind of a company Pandey had earlier said PTI JD ABM ABM

New Delhi Sep 21 PTI Thirty child labourers were on Tuesday rescued from the Sarojini Nagar market area and the nearby metro station according to a statement by the sub-divisional magistrate of Vasant ViharThe operation was conducted by SDM Nitin Shakya along with police officials and members of a non-profit organisation Butterfly the statement saidIt said that five teams including members of the child welfare committee the NGO and the police officers carried out the operationThe law addressing child labour is known as the Child Labour Amendment Prohibition and Regulation Act 2016 This law regulates the employment of children and does not allow children below the age of 14 to work except as a child artist and in a family businessEven parents who force their children to work in family businesses or as child artists without letting them go to school or any prohibited occupations under the law can be punished Shakya said PTI TRS IJT

New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Delhi government will develop multi-level bus parking facilities at various Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) depots.

New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): A Delhi Police sub-inspector(SI) was allegedly assaulted and robbed by three bike-borne men in the Vasant Vihar area of the national capital.