104 active COVID-19 cases; Government fully ready

104 active COVID-19 cases; Government fully ready

Tuesday, 27 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The COVID-19 infections caused by a new variant have only shown symptoms of viral fever so far and there is no need to panic, Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh said on Monday even as official data showed the city has reported 104 active cases in total. He said the Government has...

49 flights diverted at Delhi IGI airport

Monday, 26 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

As many as 49 flights, including 17 international ones, were diverted at the country’s largest IGI airport here due to heavy rain and thunderstorms that battered the National Capital overnight. The India Meteorological Department said the city’s primary weather station recorded winds gusting up to 82 kmph and 81.2 mm of...

Storm, rain disrupt flights, cause waterlogging

Monday, 26 May 2025 | PNS | New Delhi

Thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain battered Delhi overnight, disrupting flight operations, uprooting trees and electricity poles, and causing waterlogging in several areas while bringing relief from stifling heat. The sudden change in weather led to a sharp drop in mercury with the city recording a minimum temperature of 19.8 degrees...

Spurious drug supplier nabbed in Bengal

Sunday, 25 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The Delhi Police has arrested a man from West Bengal who had been evading arrest for more than three years in a high-profile case involving the supply of spurious cancer medicines, an official said on Saturday. Sabir Alam, was declared a proclaimed offender and was arrested after receiving a tip-off that...

NCRTC MD reviews Shatabdi-Modipuram corridor progress

Sunday, 25 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) Managing Director Shalabh Goel conducted a detailed inspection of the under-construction section between Shatabdi Nagar and Modipuram on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor. Accompanied by Directors and senior officials of NCRTC, Goel assessed the 17 km stretch, focusing on operational readiness, quality and safety...

Centre approves Rs 800 crore for Delhi Jal Board under AMRUT scheme

Sunday, 25 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

In a major financial boost, the Central government has recently approved Rs 800 crore for the Delhi Jal Board under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme to provide sewer connections in slums and unauthorised colonies across the city. A meeting was held earlier this month between...

CMs from different states unanimously appreciated Operation Sindoor: CM Gupta

Sunday, 25 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that her counterparts from various states “unanimously” appreciated Operation Sindoor and congratulated the armed forces and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting of the NITI Aayog. Rekha  Gupta, who attended her first meeting of the NITI Aayog’s Governing Council after taking charge...

Assembly committees bound by law, not handicapped: Speaker Gupta to Atishi

Sunday, 25 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Delhi Assembly speaker Vijender Gupta said the existing powers of the committees within the boundaries laid down by the Constitution and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Amendment Act, 2021 is sufficient to fulfill its duties and there need be no apprehension that the Committees will be...

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