South Delhi

Oxygen shortage: Delhi hospitals cry for help

12:17 am May 3, 2021

New Delhi: Battling an acute shortage of oxygen, some hospitals in Delhi on Sunday sent out desperate SOS calls to authorities to replenish their dwindling stocks, with one healthcare facility even requesting the government to shift out its patients. Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks […]

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ITBP COVID centre with 500 oxygen-beds starts in Delhi; over 110 admitted

9:59 pm April 26, 2021

New Delhi: A COVID care centre with 500 oxygen-supported beds run by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) began functioning in Delhi from Monday with the admission of at least 110 patients, officials said. The facility named Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel COVID Care Centre (SPCCC) has been opened in view of Delhi registering a sharp rise […]

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Parts of Delhi receive light rains

7:24 pm April 23, 2021

New Delhi: Several parts of Delhi received light rains on Friday morning, with the minimum temperature settling at 22 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said. The weatherman has forecast thunderstorms with light to moderate rains over isolated places of north Delhi, southwest Delhi, south Delhi, New Delhi, central Delhi, northwest Delhi and IGI Airport […]

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3 held for sexually assaulting woman, robbing truck driver in Delhi

11:41 pm March 20, 2021

New Delhi: Three men have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 25-year-old woman and robbing a truck driver at two different places in south Delhi, police said on Saturday. The accused have been identified as Yogesh (26), Naveen Lohmod (25) and Baljeet (30), all residents of Aya Nagar here, they said. On the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police received […]

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101-year-old man gets first COVID jab at pvt hospital in Delhi

11:07 pm March 17, 2021

New Delhi: Centenarian Brij Prakash Gupta, who was born a year after the end of the deadly Spanish Flu, received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi on Wednesday, his son said. Gupta, now 107, stepped out of his home in south Delhi ”for the first time since March 20, last year” to get his Covishield jab, son Vimal Gupta said, adding […]

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