Delhi
Dense fog, zero visibility in Delhi, Lucknow, Amritsar
The Met department said "Zero visibility over Delhi, Lucknow and Amritsar due to variable and calm lower-level winds. Similar fog conditions are likely on the morning of January 17 as well. Visibility is likely to improve from January 18 when a fresh spell of relatively stronger easterlies is likely over north India".
Delhi: 13-year-old gang-raped in Geeta Colony after forced sex change, 2 held
Police said that the teenager was also forced into begging. The teenager's ordeal began when he met the accused three years ago at a dance event in Laxmi Nagar. The accused befriended the boy and took him to Mandawali on the pretext of teaching him dance, where the accused and his accomplices forced the minor to live. After some time, the accused started giving him alcoholic drinks and forced him to undergo the sex change surgery.
Delhi High Court bench recuses hearing plea against WhatsApp's new privacy policy
Justice Pratibha M. Singh directed that the petition filed by advocate Chaitanya Rohilla shall be listed before another single judge bench subject to the orders of the Chief Justice. "Let the matter be treated as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)," the bench suggested. The plea will now be listed before another bench and would come up for hearing on January 18.
Remove hanging wires from Chandni Chowk or face contempt: HC tells authorities
A two-judge bench headed by Justice Vipin Sanghi and also presided by Justice Rekha Palli also clarified that non-compliance of the order would result in the initiation of contempt proceedings against them.
Delhi HC seeks government's response on plea challenging child marriage
According to the petition, the woman was "compelled" to marry when she was 16 years old but never lived with the man or consummated the marriage. She has completed the graduation and is further pursuing studies.
Work on Varanasi-Delhi bullet train project gains momentum
An aerial LiDAR survey of the 800-km Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail (DVHSR) corridor has now been undertaken by the Railways as part of the project to connect Modi's parliamentary constituency with the national capital through the bullet train.
Delhi High Court allows woman's plea to terminate 28-week pregnancy
The order holds importance as the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act of 1971 prohibits abortion of a fetus after 20 weeks of gestation. On January 7, a bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh had asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to submit a report on the feasibility of terminating her pregnancy.
Bird Flu Outbreak: Samples test positive in Delhi, 9th state to confirm avian influenza
The samples were sent to Bhopal's National Institute of High Security Animal Disease last week. Besides Delhi, the disease has been confirmed in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh. Avian influenza viruses have been circulating worldwide for centuries with four known major outbreaks recorded in the last century.
Minimum temperature to fall 3-4 degree over NW India
Prevalence of dry north or northwesterly winds over most parts of northwest India is learnt to be the reason behind the temperature fall, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its latest weather summary report.
Bird Flu Outbreak: Confirmed in 7 states, test reports from elsewhere awaited
As per a statement issued by the ministry, after confirmation of avian influenza (AI) positive samples by the ICAR-NIHSAD from two poultry farms in Panchkula district in Haryana, positive cases of bird flu in migratory birds were reported in Shivpuri, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Agar and Vidisha district in Madhya Pradesh, the zoological park in Kanpur, and Pratapgarh and Dausa districts of Rajasthan.
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