A false alarm of fire at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Aiims) was given to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) control room on Tuesday evening, officials said. The call was made by a nearby resident at fire control room number 101 at 9.28 pm. The caller said that a fire broke out on top floor of the surgery block in Aiims, they said. "Soon after the call, we sent seven fire tenders to the spot but they found no fire had occurred. There were some fumes from the LED light, which the caller believed that it is a fire," said an official of DFS. The local police also reached the spot and later declared the call as bogus, he said. The officer said that the caller has accepted that he mistakenly made the call. However, the police said that it is investigating the matter further.
Fire breaks out at the top floor of the Surgery Block at Aiims Hospital, Delhi. A total of 7 fire tenders at the spot. Details awaited, according to Delhi Fire Service.
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna files an affidavit in the Supreme Court, tender unconditional apology in regard to misleading advertisements and says sincerely regret this lapse and wish to assure the Court that the same will not be repeated.
Beleaguered Paytm Payments Bank's managing director and CEO Surinder Chawla has resigned from the company, a regulatory filing said on Tuesday. Chawla's resignation comes amidst Paytm Payments Bank facing prohibitory action from banking regulator RBI. "Surinder Chawla, Managing Director and CEO of PPBL has tendered his resignation on April 8, 2024, on account of personal reasons and to explore better career prospects. He will be relieved from PPBL w.e.f. close of business hours on June 26, 2024, unless changed by mutual consent," One97 Communications, Paytm brand owner, said in a regulatory filing. Chawla joined PPBL in January last year.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's petition against arrest by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in excise policy case was rejected by the Delhi High Court today.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to verify any mismatch in affidavit details submitted by Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP's candidate from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat.
The Congress had sent a complaint to ECI regarding mismatch in actual and declared assets in the affidavit submitted by Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of BRS leader K Kavitha till April 23 in the alleged money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy. Kavitha was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 15.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials today conducted raids at over two dozen locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with a drugs trafficking linked money laundering probe against Jaffer Sadiq, a former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) functionary and Tamil movie producer.
The Delhi High Court will today deliver its verdict on a petition by Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal, challenging his arrest in a money laundering case linked with the alleged excise scam. The Delhi chief minister has questioned the "timing" of his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and said it was in contravention of the basic structure of the Constitution. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma will pronounce the order at 2:30 pm on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court is also set to deliver its verdict on Kejriwal's petition seeking additional time to meet with his lawyers. The Delhi chief minister was arrested by the ED on March 21 after the high court refused to grant him protection from coercive action by the probe agency.
The head of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Canada’s Edmonton, Boota Singh Gill, was killed on Monday after he was shot multiple times, The Indian Express reported today. The shooting took place at a construction site linked to Gill’s business near the Millwood Rec Center in the Alberta province. Sarabjeet Singh, a civil engineer who was also shot in the incident, has been seriously injured and is reportedly fighting for his life.
With carrier Vistara announcing a scale-down in operations by reducing 25-30 flights a day, the already high airfares have began rising further, with some routes witnessing a drastic jump. Prices of tickets have jumped by approximately 20-25 per cent across important routes such as Delhi-Goa, Delhi-Kochi, Delhi-Jammu and Delhi-Srinagar.
 "Highlights of the day: 'No fire at Delhi's Aiims Hospital'; DFS chief confirms receiving call, but turned out to be false alarm")
