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Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 500 electric buses here on Thursday, taking the number of such buses in the national capital to 1,300. The Delhi government said the national capital now has the highest number of electric buses operating in any city of the country, adding that over 7,000 CNG buses are plying on the roads. "We have rolled out 500 (electric) buses today.

Delhi unit of BJP also launched a protest outside the Assembly demanding Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's statement in the House over the death of 203 homeless people in Delhi during the ongoing winter season. "We demand that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal provide answers on the issue in the House," Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said. As the noise around the issue grew, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj came out and spoke with the media on the issue of the death of homeless people in the capital city.

Narendra Modi. The incident took place on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, and police officials say that the duo wanted to replicate the act of Shaheed Bhagat Singh in the House. “The accused carried a pamphlet that showed and declared Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a missing person, adding whoever finds him would be paid a cash reward from the Swiss bank.

Special Cell of Delhi Police, conducting an investigation into the Parliament security breach case, has detained two more people following their suspected association with five arrested in the case. The detained persons are identified as Mahesh and Kailash, both residents of Rajasthan and have an alleged association with a social media group called 'Justice for Azad Bhagat Singh'. During the interrogation of the Counter Intelligence Unit of the Special Cell, it came to light that Mahesh was also going to be part of the attack team but for some reason he was stopped by his family members. Apart from that, Mahesh has also helped Lalit Jha, the fifth accused and mastermind, burn the mobile phones of his associates after he reached Rajasthan's Kuchaman from Delhi. On the other hand, last night, senior police officials, including two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP) and Additional Commissioners of Police, interrogated Lalit Jha, during which he narrated the whole incident to officials. According to sources, during interrogation, it came to light that preparations for the attack were being made months ago. An entry pass was necessary for entry into Parliament; hence, it was not available.

Lalit Mohan Jha, the alleged mastermind behind the December 13 Parliament security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack, was arrested on Thursday. According to Delhi Police, Jha, accompanied by an accomplice turned himself in, after a manhunt was launched to nab the alleged mastermind behind the entire conspiracy in the Parliament Security breach case. A Delhi court on Thursday had granted seven days custodial remand of all four accused persons arrested earlier — Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, Amol Dhanraj Shinde and Neelam Devi — in connection with the Parliament security breach matter. In the Thursday's security breach in Parliament, Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D had jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow smoke from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs.

Lalit Jha, the fifth accused and mastermind in Parliament security breach case, has burnt the mobile phones of his associates along with his friend Mahesh after fleeing to Rajasthan's Kuchaman, said police sources. Ahead of the incident, all four accused had handed over their mobile phones to Jha so that crucial investigation details cannot get into police hands as they were anticipating their arrest. In Kuchaman, Jha met his friend Mahesh, who got him a room for the night. Both of them had met through Facebook, as revealed by Jha during his interrogation. However, Delhi police are verifying all the claims made by Jha.

Lalit Jha, who were surprised to see his images on news channels, recall him as a reserved individual who seldom engaged with the community at Burrabazar in Kolkata. Four individuals arrested in connection with the security breach in Parliament have been charged under the anti-terror law UAPA, in addition to sections of the Indian Penal Code.

Parliament security breach incident, was arrested on Thursday evening, police sources said. According to them, Jha was arrested from the national capital. In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack on Wednesday, two men — Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D — jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released yellow smoke from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs. Around the same time, two others, including a woman, raised slogans and released yellow smoke from canisters outside the Parliament premises, prompting police to round up the duo. According to police, the Parliament security breach was well-coordinated, meticulously planned and carried out by six people, all of whom are now in police custody. While Sagar, Manoranjan, Amol and Neelam were nabbed from incident spot, their accomplice Vishal, in whose house they stayed before reaching Parliament, was detained from Gurugram. «Jha was arrested from New Delhi,» a police source said on Thursday. Neighbors of Lalit Jha, the alleged mastermind in the Parliament security breach, were surprised to see his images on news channels, recalling him as a reserved individual who seldom engaged with the community at Burrabazar in Kolkata. Papun Shaw, a tea stall owner at Rabindra Sarani in the Burrabazar area, the business district of the city, identified Jha as a 'teacher' who disappeared two years ago. Shaw said, «He was known as a teacher, used to teach local students. A few years back, he came to the area and was living alone.

Narendra Modi as the Chief Guest for 26 January Republic Day parade. However, the US President will not travel to India next month owing to a “tight political calendar", US officials have said. The news comes a day after the House authorized the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president.

Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the review petition of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia against the apex court order denying him bail in a money laundering case connected to the excise policy scam in the national capital. The court rejected the review petition saying that no grounds for review were made out. "We have carefully perused review petitions as also the grounds in support thereof.

Lok Sabha, Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari said budgetary allocation of the road ministry has increased from about Rs 31,130 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 2,70,435 crore in 2023-24. Such increased budgetary allocation led to expansion of the National Highway (NH) network in the country from about 91,287 km in March 2014 to about 1,46,145 km at present, Gadkari added.

A home is in all likelihood the most expensive asset purchase people make during their lifetime. However, when it comes to adequately protecting this asset, we tend to be targets of optimism bias. It is no surprise that home insurance penetration is just about 1% in India. This is in stark contrast to countries like US, UK, France, Australia and China that have home insurance penetration in the range of 90-97%.

Gogoro is looking to scale up investments in the Indian market to make electric two-wheelers locally and set up a battery swapping network to support these vehicles over the next few years. “We have invested $650-700 million in Taiwan so far to set up 12,000 swapping stations, which has in circulation 1.3 million batteries for us and our partners. The Indian market is 20X that.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has informed Rajya Sabha. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal to Dadri passes through Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banas Kantha, Anand, Kheda, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Valsad and Navsari districts in Gujarat, he said last Friday.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said he will «rather die» than asking something for himself from his party. He will carry out whatever task the Bharatiya Janata Party gives him, said the four-term chief minister who would soon be replaced by Mohan Yadav following the party's resounding victory in the last month's assembly elections. «I wanted to say humbly that I would rather die than go (to Delhi) and ask for something for myself, this is not what I do,» Chouhan told reporters here to a question.

Priyanka Chaturvedi said Khalistani terrorists are increasingly seen emboldened on foreign soil and are threatening the country, and a firm message should go through Parliament that India will not tolerate such activities. «We need to take note of the threats by them and act accordingly.

Delhi registered air quality in the ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ category. The Air quality in areas like Alipur stood at 324, Anand Vihar at 357, 356 at Ashok Vihar, 323 at Dwarka sector-8, 330 at ITO, 370 at Jahangirpuri, 337 at Narela, 352 at Punjabi Bagh, 356 at RK Puram, 319 at Rohini, 373 at Shadipur, 381 at Wazirpur. Some locations around the National Capital Region also recorded ‘very poor’ to ‘poor’ category air including Noida where AQI stood at 322, AQI in Greater Noida stood at 314.

Tata Power on Monday said its subsidiary Tata Power EV Charging Solutions has inked an agreement with India Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to install more than 500 fast and ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging points across India. Tata Power will install EV charging points across multiple IOCL retail outlets, a statement said.

NEW DELHI : India is negotiating an end-of-summit declaration with both member and guest nations for the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit on 12 December, said union information technology minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Monday. At a pre-summit press briefing, Vaishnaw said the declaration aims to advance talks on global AI regulatory frameworks, besides pitching for a digital public infrastructure (DPI)-like model that could be adopted by participating nations. “There will be regulatory aspects that are in line with past agreements and declarations.

Tata Power said on Monday that its unit Tata Power EV Charging Solutions Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to install more than 500 fast and ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging points across India. Tata Power will install EV charging points across multiple IOCL retail outlets, the company said in a statement.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday lashed out at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by accusing the Marxist veteran of 'conspiring' to hurt him physically. Khan's scathing accusation came after his vehicle was allegedly hit by activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the CPI(M), while he was on his way to the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to leave for Delhi. A visibly furious Governor got out of his car and told media that it was CM Vijayan who 'conspired' to send people to hurt him physically.