Sweta Goswami

Delhi food and civil supplies minister Imran Hussain on Monday wrote to the Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, Piyush Goel. He said that doorstep delivery of ration has been implemented by other state governments also.

Satyendar Jain said even though the power distribution companies in Delhi are meeting the daily electricity demand, several areas in the city continued to face outages, some of which lasted up to four hours

Delhi could face power outages if the central government does not quickly resolve the coal shortage at power plants, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday

The letter evoked sharp criticism from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government is colluding with the city’s “ration mafia”

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) last week allowed Durga Puja celebrations this year but with several riders — organisers will have to ensure venues do not have visitors beyond the seating capacity, and there can be no stalls of any kind

According to the guidelines issued by the ministry, each Good Samaritan would also receive a certificate of appreciation besides ₹5,000 in cash for saving a road accident victim

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged that those who ran over the farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri were not getting arrested as they were being shielded

Renewing registration certificates of vehicles that are older than 15 years will cost up to eight times more from April 2022, the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highway (MoRTH) said on Tuesday after it issued a notification finalising the revised rates for re-registering old vehicles and re-issuance of fitness certificates

Officials said three more educational institutions will be roped in for the project, which is likely to be launched by January next year.

Nearly 7.2 million people in Delhi are eligible for subsidised food. They include 1.7 million ration card holders and nearly 3 million priority households

The rules have been seen as a tit-for-tat response to UK’s decision not to recognise Indian vaccine certificates.

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that this is the seventh consecutive year that Delhi residents have been spared a tariff hike.

DERC keeps rates of electricity units and regulatory asset surcharge unchanged, but hikes pension trust surcharge which is levied on every bill, by 2 percentage points.

Electricity prices, surcharges and other costs are supposed to be revised every financial year based on the petitions submitted by the distribution companies

Delhi’s air quality was in the “moderate” category on Tuesday morning. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board showed that the hourly air quality index (AQI) at 7am stood at 130

Delhi transport commissioner Ashish Kundra said such vehicles will be impounded and sent to the scrapping yard if they are found plying on city roads or parked in public places

Empty shelves at most shops and vends, due to the transition to the new excise regime, are forcing customers to visit multiple stores or neighbouring cities such as Gurugram and Noida. Retailers say the crisis, though temporary, will only worsen in the coming weeks as demand usually shoots up in October and November, ahead of the festive season, and peaks around Diwali.

Documents seen by Hindustan Times showed that this month, transport minister Kailash Gahlot approved a proposal to induct women auto drivers. A total of 4,261 auto permits will be up for grabs in Delhi from next month, and of these, at least 1,406 will be reserved for women.

Interviews and analyses by HT showed that reasons range from the increasing power purchase costs of these ageing plants to a larger collective will to combat air pollution. It is also because of the availability of more alternatives in the renewable energy sector

Government data seen by HT shows that of the 272 wards in Delhi, nearly 80 don’t have government-run or private liquor stores while another 23 wards only have private liquor vends. With only government liquor stores functioning from October 1 to November 16, these 23 wards will not have any liquor shop open during the period.

“We have received feedback from several regional transport offices (RTOs) that test takers often seek a copy of their video. It is mostly to understand where they went wrong, so they can improve their driving skills. Hence, we are looking at a system in which the driving test video of the applicant is sent to him/her maybe via Whatsapp. It is still in the pipeline,” said a senior transport official.

An applicant needs to submit their Aadhaar card, Class 10 or 12 certificate, copy of passport, and birth certificate to get their date of birth changed in the licence

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s excise minister, said that the government expects to earn another ₹3,500 crore revenue in the first year once the new liquor stores begin operations.

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s excise minister, is likely to reveal these details in press conference scheduled at 2pm on Wednesday. All the new retail liquor licensees have been asked to begin operations from November 17 this year

Kejriwal also said a third-party audit by the Centre’s WAPCOS — a PSU of the Union jal shakti ministry — has found the microbial solution, also known as the Pusa bio-decomposer, to be “highly effective” in converting stubble into manure.

Addressing a digital press conference, Kejriwal said a third party audit by the Central government’s WAPCOS has found the microbial solution to be “highly effective” in converting stubble into manure

The move, for the first time, will mark the exit of the Delhi government from the retail business of liquor under the new excise policy in the national capital.

Through the ‘ONE Delhi’ app, passengers travelling in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) or cluster buses will also get a 10% discount on their journey tickets. The discount will also be valid on other partner apps such as Chartr and PayTM, transport officials said on Thursday.