Delhi

According to Delhi Police, a total of 40,000 personnel will be deployed across the city on the polling day on December 4. "A total of 20,000 security personnel of Home Guards have also been asked from the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana for the election duty," said an official.

The inquiry report prepared by a committee comprising the Principal Secretary (Home), Principal Secretary (Law) and Secretary (Vigilance), which has been accessed by IANS, underlines that Jain frequently met his wife Poonam Jain and other family members in jail, misusing his authority as the Prisons Minister in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government.

The three-day ban will come to force from the time the campaigning ends until the completion of voting. When the votes will be counted on December 7, liquor sale will again be prohibited. "In view of the civic polls in Delhi, the State Election Commission has declared dry days from 5.30 p.m. of December 2 to December 4, 2022 up to 5,30 p.m.

So giving salaries to Imams and others only in mosques, amounts to not just betraying the Hindu community and members of other non-Muslim minority religions but also encouraging pan-Islamist tendencies among a section of Indian Muslims which are already visible, Central Information Commissioner further noted in the order.

Satyendar Jain is lodged in Tihar jail in connection with a money laundering case. On Saturday, the prison administration stated there is no request available with the office of the Superintendent Central Jail where Jain had informed about himself observing fast in accordance with his religious beliefs. Hence, the prison admisnistration is no way liable to provide him food according to his fast.

In the video, said to be of September 12, Jain can be seen interacting with four persons when the Superintendent arrives. As per sources, the jail authorities have initiated an inquiry into the matter as to how the CCTV footage are being leaked. Jain has also moved a court in this regard. The Tihar Authority is yet to issue an official statement on the matter.

Sisodia on Thursday alleged that former Delhi BJP President and MP Manoj Tiwari is openly asking his "goons" (supporters) to attack Kejriwal and has done complete planning for it. A source at the Raj Niwas, the official residence of the L-G, said the L-G has taken note of the tweets and statements by the AAP.

The total number of MCD wards has been reduced from 272 to 250 this year, with 42 seats reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates. Three major parties -- the Aam Aadmi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Congress -- will go up against each other in the upcoming civic elections.

Satyendar Jain said that he is still an undertrial prisoner and not a convict, and he cannot be treated this way and made to starve or relinquish his religious beliefs and be denied his basic medical needs. The Delhi court has sought a reply from the Tihar Jail authorities and will hear the matter at 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Announcing the guarantees, Kejriwal said that the first is that no new landfill sites will be formed in the city. "We will clear off all three garbage mountains and ensure that no more gets formed". Global experts will be roped in for a solution to the menace, he added. He also pledged to make the MCD corruption free. As the building department is said to be the most corrupt, an online easy process will be developed to pass the map of new buildings, he said. The third guarantee, he said, is the practical and permanent solution of parking.