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New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta flagged off Ayushman Bharat registration vans in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. Addressing the event, the BJP chief slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for not using Rs 1700 crore under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme for public welfare. Also Read | DA Hike July 2025: Central Govt Employees Likely To Get 4% Increase; 8th Pay Commission Implementation May Be Delayed Until 2 ...Read More >
Officials said the proposal will now be put up before the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). "The DJB is currently working on improving its billing system software, which will take about two to three months. Once done, the scheme will be implemented," said an official. The Delhi government has given in-principle approval to waive the entire late payment surcharge in water bills for domestic and government categories, Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said on Thursday. Speaking to mediapersons, Singh said ...Read More >
The Public Works Department (PWD) minister Parvesh Verma on Friday distributed cooling jackets or vests to field staff such as construction workers and traffic police officers, as part of the Delhi Heat Action Plan's anticipatory response strategy, officials said. The cooling jackets are battery-operated and fitted with ice collars and are being distributed on a pilot basis. The initiative is being implemented by Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) India, in collaboration with Nation ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), in a board meeting held on Wednesday and chaired by Water Minister Parvesh Verma, cleared several long-pending infrastructure projects aimed at improving water supply and sewerage services across the national capital. The decisions are expected to benefit lakhs of residents and address delays that have stalled essential public utilities. A key decision taken at the meeting was to allow DJB to directly handle water and sewerage schemes for the Delhi Develop ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 4 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing Marathi-non-Marathi row, a group of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers allegedly stormed a man's residence in the Vanaz area of the city on Thursday and threatened to assault him over an objectionable social media post targeting MNS chief Raj Thackeray. The man, identified as Kedar Soman, had reportedly posted a comment on Facebook that MNS workers found offensive and disrespectful to their leader. Enraged by the post, a group o ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has given in-principle approval to waive late payment surcharges on inflated water bills, which will bring relief to lakhs of people who have raised concerns about receiving inflated bills. The waiver, however, will be for domestic and govt houses, not for commercial consumers.Water minister Parvesh Verma Thursday said the scheme will be launched in two months. He said that the implementation awaits a software upgrade, shifting the existing Oracle-based system to a cloud-ba ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Thursday approved the re-initiation of the Delhi Water Supply Improvement Project in the command area of Wazirabad Water Treatment Plant (WTP) under Asian Development Bank (ADB) funding. The project whose proposed funding was withdrawn by the ADB allegedly due to the previous government's poor progress, promises to benefit over 30.16 lakh people -- approximately 13 per cent of the city's population. The Delhi Jal Board (D ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Water Minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday said the Delhi government will bring a full water bill waiver scheme in the next few months. For water bill waiver scheme, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is working on improving its billing system software and the work will be completed in two to three months. "Soon we are planning to waive the entire late payment surcharges for domestic and government categories by 100 per cent," Verma said. The DJB's board meeting held recently has ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior BJP functionaries and several people gathered at Swabhiman Sthal, Ghevra Mod on Monday to pay tribute to former CM of Delhi, Sahib Singh Verma. To commemorate the day, a welfare distribution programme was organised in collaboration with the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), a govt of India enterprise.Under ADIP Yojana and the Rashtriya Vayoshree Yojana, free assistive devices were distributed to hundreds of differently-abled individuals (Divyangjan) ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior BJP functionaries and several people gathered at Swabhiman Sthal, Ghevra Mod on Monday to pay tribute to former CM of Delhi, Sahib Singh Verma. To commemorate the day, a welfare distribution programme was organised in collaboration with the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), a govt of India enterprise.Under ADIP Yojana and the Rashtriya Vayoshree Yojana, free assistive devices were distributed to hundreds of differently-abled individuals (Divyangjan) ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Three young women on their way to participate in Rath Yatra celebrations in Puri on Saturday died after they were run over by a bus on a highway connecting Bhubaneswar and the coastal pilgrim town, police said. The incident took place near Pipili over a bridge when the three women, who were travelling on a two-wheeler, were hit by a motorcycle following which they fell down on the road and came under the wheels of a government bus. While two women died on the spot, the third woman ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has requested a grant of Rs 1,000 crore from the Centre to deploy new technology and implement measures to improve the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital, PWD Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said on Sunday. Verma, along with Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, was inspecting the Nehru Park area as part of the government's initiative to install air purifiers in the city. "Since we have formed the government, our cabinet minister Singh Sirsa and ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Delhi Jal Board, under the leadership of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has rolled out a 45-point action plan aimed at enhancing the capital's water infrastructure, upgrading sewerage networks, increasing transparency in tanker services, and rejuvenating the heavily polluted Yamuna River. The comprehensive plan, backed by a budget of Rs 9,000 crore, is targeted for completion by next year, a senior official confirmed. The campaign aims to provide the capital w ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a step towards exploring science-driven solutions for cleaning Delhi's air, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa and PWD Minister and area MLA Parvesh Verma on Sunday visited Nehru Park to review the feasibility of creating a pilot Clean Air Zone. The Delhi government is evaluating whether the installation of outdoor air purifiers across public parks can create micro-climates of significantly cleaner air, particularly during increased AQI days, said ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Delhi government has requested Rs 1,000 crore in funding from the Central government to deploy new technology and implement measures aimed at reducing the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital, Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said on Sunday during an inspection of Nehru Park. Minister Singh visited Nehru Park along with Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, as part of the government's initiative to install air purifiers in the area. Also ...Read More >
"There has been a clear pattern, while a few individuals received preferential treatment, vast sections of the population were ignored. In areas like Ramnagar, Bagichi Raghunath, and Bhadbhuje Wali Gali, many families were denied basic civic amenities for years not because of a lack of resources, but because of their religion," alleged Verma. There was no immediate response available from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) or Hussain on Verma's charges. The water minister added that "previous governmen ...Read More >
Digha/Kolkata: Why were those speaking Bengali "being tortured across the country every day", CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Speaking in Digha, where she has gone to attend the first Rath Yatra of the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple, the CM spoke of Bengali-speaking migrant workers being detained at two places in Odisha.Asking Odisha "not to be jealous", Banerjee said while she respected the Puri Jagannath temple, she expected the same respect for the Digha Jagannath temple."I learnt th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Water minister Parvesh Verma said on Thursday that he had visited the Nabi Karim area of Ballimaran Assembly constituency, where he met residents and inspected local infrastructure, including drainage and water supply systems.The minister said that there were long-standing civic challenges in the locality. He said that assured citizens of immediate corrective measures and inclusive development without any bias.Speaking after the inspection, Verma said: "In areas like Ramnagar, Bagichi ...Read More >
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], June 7 (ANI): Following the completion of one month of Operation Sindoor, people living near the Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan expressed happiness. A resident in Barmer said that there was too much enthusiasm among the people during Operation Sindoor, and nobody living near the border vacated their village. A resident, Raghuvir Singh, said, "My village is just 2 km away from the Indo-Pak border. We have seen Operation Sindoor very closely. Nobody living near the bo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The 21st edition of the Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament was officially inaugurated in the national capital, marking a significant occasion in the Indian chess calendar. Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma praised India's up-and-coming chess players at the event and offered his best wishes to the young players. Minister Verma said at the inauguration, 'The first Grandmaster Delhi Chess Tournament has been inaugurated. I convey my best wishes to al ...Read More >
Delhi GM Open chess tournament NEW DELHI: The Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2025 commenced today at Tivoli Gardens, featuring remarkable first-round results. In a notable upset, Vairaj Sogerwal (1869) secured a victory against Armenia's GM Karen H Grigoryan (2520). Additionally, young Meetansh Dixit (1874) achieved an impressive draw against Georgian GM Levan Pantsulaia (2551), highlighting the emerging talent at the event.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In an effort to enhance access to drinking water in public spaces, the Delhi government is set to roll out a pilot project to install 20 water ATMs under a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. The project is aimed at addressing the scarcity of potable water facilities in high-footfall areas such as markets, hospitals, metro stations, and bus terminals. The initiative will be executed on a public-private partnership (PPP) model, with private entities invited to install an ...Read More >
New Delhi: The first warship in the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft series, equipped to conduct subsurface surveillance, search and rescue missions, and low-intensity maritime operations, is set to be inducted into the Indian Navy on June 18, officials said on Friday. The commissioning ceremony of 'Arnala' at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam will be presided over by Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan. "The warship incorporates more than 80 per cent indigenous content and integrate ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The Delhi government has decided to set up thousands of water ATMs and water coolers in the city, including all its schools, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday. She inaugurated a water ATM during a visit to a local government school with Water Minister Parvesh Verma in her Shalimar Bagh constituency. "No one should remain thirsty during this summer season. Thousands of Water ATMs will be installed at schools and public places across the capital," she said. Addres ...Read More >
With the monsoon approaching, Delhi Minister for Irrigation and Flood Control Parvesh Verma on Thursday conducted an inspection of key waterlogging hotspots in Mehrauli and issued strict directions to officials to ensure smooth flow of water in all major drains across the city. During the inspection, Verma visited four critical locations -- near Saket Gurdwara, Dargah Mehrauli, Moti Lal Nehru Camp and Kusumpur Pahadi-Qutub Institute area -- all known for chronic drainage issues during the rainy ...Read More >
Dibrugarh: Three YouTubers were arrested in Dhemaji on Thursday for the brutal killing of wild birds and uploading graphic footage of their acts on their YouTube channel 'Jakrub'. The accused have been identified as Munindra Mushahary, Maheshwar Swargiary and Shiviram Swargiary.The trio reportedly hunted birds and destroyed nests at the Pitoni region of Hastinapur and Kardoiguri villages, an ecologically sensitive area. They used slingshots to kill birds and collected hundreds of eggs from their ...Read More >
New Delhi: With the monsoon expected to arrive in the city by the last week of June, Public Works Department and allied agencies have intensified seasonal preparations, with instructions given to complete desilting by June 15. While conducting an inspection of drainage points in Mehrauli on Thursday, PWD minister Parvesh Verma also ordered the deployment of rapid response teams during heavy rain alerts and live GPS-based monitoring of drain-cleaning operations. He has asked for coordination repo ...Read More >
New Delhi: With the Congress-AAP ties blighted by the Delhi Assembly poll debacle, Aam Aadmi Party's senior leader Sanjay Singh on Monday said that AAP's top leadership will take a call on the issue of continuing in the INDIA bloc. "The party leadership will take the call. No decision has been made so far," Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP, told India Today when asked if the AAP will remain a part of the INDIA bloc. Amid claims that the AAP-Congress bickering benefited the BJP in Delhi, unity and cohes ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI) Delhi recorded 60.10 per cent voter turnout in the assembly polls on Wednesday amid charges of malpractices including money distribution and fake voting by both AAP and BJP who are engaged in an intense battle to decide who rules the national capital. The turnout almost touches what it was in the 2020 assembly polls (62.59 per cent) when the Arvind Kejriwal-led party won 62 seat of the 70 seats, while the BJP got eight and the Congress zero. Long queues of voters were wi ...Read More >
Delhi Elections 2025 Date and Time: Delhi elections 2025 is set to be held on February 5. The term of the 70-member Delhi assembly ends on February 23, and Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is aiming for a third consecutive term. However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is giving it a neck-to-neck competition to claim Delhi's throne after a long wait. This is to be reiterated that Delhi is not a state but a union territory and is officially known as the National Capital Territory (NCT) of De ...Read More >
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