With the Delhi Assembly elections scheduled for February 5, 2025, All India Congress Committee (AICC) Delhi in-charge Qazi Nizamuddin expressed confidence in Congress's appeal to voters, emphasising that the party's campaign will focus on key issues impacting the people.
Ahead of his visit to the Ajmer Sharif Dargah to offer the "Chadar" on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 813th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju visited the Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah in Delhi on Friday to offer his prayers.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South East Ravi Kumar Singh said that 12 Bangladesh nationals were caught from areas including Nizamuddin, Kalindi Kunj, Shaheen Bagh, and Sarita Vihar. They have been sent to detention camp, he added.
A day after Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's direction Delhi Police officials carried out a special drive in the Kalindi Kunj area and checked the documents of people on Wednesday.
A delegation of Ulemas (clerics) and residents of Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah and Basti area met Delhi Lieutenant Governor, VK Saxena on Saturday and expressed concerns over the attacks on Hindus and other minority communities in Bangladesh.
The Congress on Sunday appointed Qazi Mohd Nizamuddin as the AICC in charge of Delhi, replacing Deepak Babaria ahead of the assembly elections to be held in early next year.
He was joined by a group of 75 Pakistani Zaireen who travelled to India to participate in the 721st Urs celebrations honouring the revered Sufi saint, an official press release by the Pakistan High Commission in India stated.
India's Under 20 football team head coach Ranjan Chaudhuri along with head of delegation K.I. Nizamuddin announced Ricky Meetei Haobam and Ebindas Yesudas as the captain and vice-captain, respectively for the upcoming SAFF U20 Championship.
The historic 400-year-old Barapulla Bridge in Nizamuddin has been handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India and it will restore the structure in 3 months, said Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena on Sunday.
Congress candidates, who won the two assembly bypolls in Uttarakhand, thanked people for their support and said the results are significant for the party in the state