New Delhi: Three days after his coronavirus symptoms appeared, Rajendra Karan struggled to breathe. Instead of waiting for an ambulance, his son drove him to a government hospital in Lucknow, the capital of India’s largest state. But the hospital wouldn’t let him in without a registration slip from the district’s chief medical officer. By the […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: With municipal-run crematoriums facing a shortage of wood for funeral pyres in the face of surging Covid-19 fatalities, North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash Wednesday urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to direct the forest department ensure smooth supply of firewood to these facilities. The national capital has reported 4,063 Covid-19 deaths in April so […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NrDMC) Tuesday requested the Delhi High Court to grant it more time to pay salary and pension arrears, saying it has been delayed due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. The corporation said it has paid salaries of corona warriors, including doctors, paramedics, nursing staff and sanitation workers, […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: Two MCD hospitals – Hindu Rao and Swami Dayanand should be declared as fully COVID hospitals and there should be no politics on the matter, said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday adding that the Delhi government will provide every possible help to the MCD hospitals, including funds. It will lead to […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: BJP-ruled MCD is ‘looting’ people by bringing new proposals and all this money ‘goes in the pockets’ of BJP leaders, alleged senior AAP leader and MLA from Kalkaji Atishi on Saturday. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters she said that the BJP ruled SDMC and its standing committee has ‘proposed to […]
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