The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena has alleged that a tender worth Rs 465 crore for construction of an additional block in Delhi Govt's Lok Nayak Hospital has increased surreptitiously to Rs 1135 crore, creating a liability of approximately Rs 670 Crores on Delhi Government.
Judicial Magistrate (First class) Raghav Sharma sentenced Medha Patkar. However, the court suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow Patkar to challenge the judgement. She filed an application for suspension of her sentence.
The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena on Friday convened an emergency meeting with Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Public Works Department (PWD), Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFC), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), National Disaster Management Control (NDMC), and and directed the
Sharing information about the incident, Deputy Commissioner of Police, North East Joy Tirkey, said, "Two children died after drowning in a deep ditch that was filled with rainwater in the New Usmanpur area today. The incident took place around 5:00 pm in the New Usmanpur area."
The meeting was conducted to review the situation arising in the city due to waterlogging, overflow of unsilted drains and the backflow of the clogged sewer lines in the wake of the pre-monsoons in the city.
Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has approved temporarily dissolving the Delhi Dialogue and Development Commission (DDCD) and the removal of its non-official members till a mechanism is developed for screening and selection of domain experts as its vice chairman and members.
Delhi Minister Atishi has been admitted to the hospital after her health condition deteriorated as she was on an indefinite hunger strike against the Haryana government for not releasing 100 million gallons per day (MGD) of water thus creating water crisis in the national capital.
Delhi LG, VK Saxena, has issued strict directions that the pending matters pertaining to promotion and financial benefits of employees under the Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme be resolved within 15 days.
Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Monday said that Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena got "exposed" in the Supreme Court for ordering the illegal cutting of 1,100 trees in protected Ridge area in the national capital.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party and alleged that the purported letter written by Aam Aadmi Party General Secretary Pankaj Gupta to Delhi LG over Delhi water crisi was not delivered to LG Secretariat and an "eyewash was carried out" to orchest