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Sanjeev K Jha

In his reporting career of over 20 years, Sanjeev K Jha has covered bureaucracy, politics, ISI activities in border areas, music and Bollywood. Presently, he covers crime in the national Capital.

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Centre spent so much on Covid shots, unfair to ask for funds: SDMC

The BJP was responding to allegations by the opposition that instead of seeking funds from the Delhi government, the MCDs should seek funds from the party ruled Centre, and the dues that the central agencies owe to the municipalities.

A healthworker prepares a dose of Covid-19 vaccine. When asked whether the municipal bodies have sent a requisition to the Centre seeking funds, SDMC standing committee chairman BK Oberoi said the aid is extended only to municipalities in states, and not to those in Union territories such as Delhi. (Representational image/REUTERS)

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Updated on Dec 22, 2021 03:30 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, New Delhi

Delhi Police hike reward for info on illegal guns trade

Under a new scheme to encourage people to come forward with information that may help the police bust illegal firearms, the Delhi Police have increased the reward money from Rs1,000-Rs5,000 to ₹10,000-Rs25,000.

In cases of weapons seized from city criminals, Delhi police have in these years pinned the source of country made pistols to illegal factories in places such as Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh, Agra, Mathura, Ghaziabad. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 20, 2021 01:54 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, New Delhi

AAP, BJP tussle as MCDs ask central govt for funds

Leaders of the municipal corporations in Delhi approached the Union finance ministry two weeks ago, seeking financial assistance that the Centre extends to municipalities in all states.

MCD employees gone on repeated strikes due to non-payment of salaries. The three MCDs in Delhi are facing a severe financial crisis. (Biplov Bhuyan/HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 20, 2021 01:39 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, New Delhi

Delhi: 11 agitations by North MCD teachers in four years, yet salaries pending

Teachers’ union says they will continue their strike even as other staff bodies have suspended stir

The teachers have said that they will continue boycotting online classes until the salaries are credited their bank accounts. (Picture for representation only/Raj K Raj-HT)

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Updated on Dec 15, 2021 02:29 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

North MCD staff to strike today to protest against non-payment of dues

Employees said they have not been paid salaries for several months, and the dearness allowance is pending since July.

Indian Rupee money stacks and banknotes on the table , closed up shot (Shutterstock)

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Published on Dec 13, 2021 12:20 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Talks between Delhi’s north corpn, teachers not able to end deadlock over wages

Over 7,000 teachers of municipal schools stopped teaching online classes from Tuesday over the salary delay.

North MCD additional commissioner Sunil Bhadu said, “Our talks did not yield results. We are looking at what else can be done now.” (Representational image/HT Archive)

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Published on Dec 02, 2021 12:12 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha

Delhi: Over 7,000 North MCD teachers stop online classes to protest salary delay

The agitating teachers alleged that they did not receive salaries for the last three months, and also claimed that the municipal authorities have not yet given any ex-gratia compensation to families of teachers who lost their lives due to Covid

Teachers have stopped taking online classes from Tuesday. (Picture for representation only/Raj K Raj-HT)

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Updated on Nov 30, 2021 11:36 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Delhi north civic body’s house meet suspended after ruckus

North corporation mayor Raja Iqbal condemned the ruckus and said the opposition parties are “only interested in disrupting the house”

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors accused the civic body of not giving timely salary to over 700 employees of the corporation, including teachers and doctors, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors tried to question the Delhi government’s new liquor policy. (Representational image/HT File)

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Updated on Nov 24, 2021 01:58 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

9 women SHOs set a new Delhi Police benchmark

Before this, the highest number of women SHOs in Delhi, serving at the same time, was five in May 1986, according to Delhi Police data. The change was effected after a reshuffle in the ranks by Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana in September.

Nine Station House Officers (SHOs) and six Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) in Delhi are women officers. (AP photo)

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Updated on Nov 23, 2021 02:37 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Elected leaders switch parties ahead of civic polls in Delhi

According to the records provided by the various political parties, at least 38 municipal councillors have left their parties and joined rival group. The Congress, according to the records, is the most affected with 23 members of the party switching over to the other side

The municipal polls in Delhi are due to be held in April next year. (Picture for representation only)

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Published on Nov 14, 2021 10:36 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Nearly 35% of dengue cases detected last week in Delhi ‘untraced’

The comparative statement of dengue cases in Delhi for the week ending October 30, issued by the anti-malaria operations (headquarters) at SDMC, said that the hospitals did not have addresses/contacts for at least 100 dengue patients in the city

SDMC mayor Mukesh Suryan said that the civic body is doing the best to tackle the disease “by repeated fogging and awareness drives in different wards”. (Amal KS/ HT Archive)

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Updated on Nov 02, 2021 07:19 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Delhi’s south municipal House suspended after ruckus

SDMC mayor Mukesh Suryan condemned the ruckus and said that the Opposition parties are “only interested in disrupting the house”

The Congress accused the civic body of not raising the salary of workers engaged in controlling vector-borne diseases, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) charged the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misbehaving with an IAS officer during a ward inspection. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 27, 2021 11:23 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Delhi’s south civic body launches ‘gift a tree’ scheme to boost its greening drive

Civic officials said anyone who wishes to gift a tree needs to log on to the SDMC portal and book a space in one of the 20 SDMC parks selected for the purpose, choose the sapling and make the payment

The civic body will plant the sapling at the park and also set up a tree guard around it with details of the person in whose name the tree was planted. (HT Archive)

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Published on Oct 19, 2021 11:33 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Cameras, bag scanners not working, security infrastructure at Delhi courts still

At the Rohini complex, for example, 25 of the 55 CCTV cameras installed were not functioning, according to the district bar association. And at Tis Hazari court, as many as 68 of the 88 cameras are not working, according to the its bar association

An ambulance is seen inside the Rohini district court. Two gunmen dressed as lawyers fired at gangster Jitender Gogi in New Delhi on September 24, 2021. (HT File)

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Updated on Oct 15, 2021 04:51 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Despite HC order, suspended AAP councillors not allowed to attend EDMC meet

Leader of Opposition in EDMC, AAP’s Manoj Tyagi, alleged that the court’s permission was deliberately suppressed by officials of the municipal body, to restrict them from the meeting

The Delhi high court, on Friday, sought a response from EDMC on a petition challenging the suspension of AAP councillors for allegedly creating a ruckus in the House and granted permission to them to attend the special meeting held during the day. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 10, 2021 04:52 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Delhi Police unveil plan to enhance security at courts

The decision to upgrade the security at the seven courts -- Tis Hazari, Rouse Avenue, Karkardooma, Rohini, Saket, Patiala House and Dwarka -- comes following a sensational shootout inside a courtroom at Rohini district court

Following the shootout on Friday, many advocate groups met Delhi Police officers and demanded enhanced security at the court premises. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 29, 2021 05:35 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, New Delhi

East Delhi residents adopt 1,800 saplings under ‘adopt a tree’ programme

Under the programme launched by East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), each sapling -- the civic body has identified 15 varieties, including mango, jamun and neem -- is protected by a meshed tree guard which also mentions the name of the person who has adopted it.

Most saplings have been planted in the Karawal Nagar-Bhajanpura road stretch. (Pic for representation only/HT Archive)

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Updated on Sep 28, 2021 03:26 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, New Delhi

Packaging industry faces tough time due to rising prices of raw materials in Gautam Budh Nagar

According to entrepreneurs in the industry, while the prices of essential raw materials like paper and aluminium foil have increased by 70% during the pandemic, carriage charges to foreign countries also increased fivefold

An entrepreneur, Ashish Malhotra, who runs an aluminium dye cast manufacturing unit in Noida, said that the price hike in aluminium raw material has adversely affected the packaging industry in the district as well. (HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 17, 2021 12:58 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Over 22k firms registered under GST Act after Covid outbreak in GB Nagar

While as many as 15,472 firmed were registered under the GST Act during the fiscal 2020-21, over 6,812 firms were registered in the current financial year 2021-22 far

Representational image. To encourage more entrepreneurs to register their firms the GST Act, the state government has eased the application and approval processes. (PTI)

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Published on Sep 15, 2021 12:53 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Nearly all in Gautam Budh Nagar have got first vaccine dose, says admin

Data from the district’s immunisation programme shows that Gautam Budh Nagar has an adult population of 1,589,815 people, while 1,618,215 got first doses of Covid-19 vaccines till 8pm on Sunday, according to the CoWin dashboard.

The nationwide Covid-19 vaccination programme began on January 16 this year.(Amal KS/HT file photo)

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Updated on Sep 13, 2021 01:50 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, Noida

Discom to launch Scada system for real-time monitoring of power distribution in Noida

For real time monitoring of power distribution in Noida, the power distribution company (discom) – Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) – will launch a supervisory control and data acquisition (Scada) system on the network soon

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Published on Sep 02, 2021 11:47 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Noida

Security at Jewar airport site to be beefed up

NOIDA: Taking stock of the security arrangements at the construction site of the upcoming international airport in Jewar, a high-level co-ordination meeting, between the officials of Gautam Budh Nagar police and Noida international airport, was held in the office of the GB Nagar commissioner of police (CP), in Sector 108 on Monday

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Published on Aug 30, 2021 11:43 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Ghaziabad: QR codes on electric poles to check power theft

In a move to check faults and power theft, the Ghaziabad division of power distribution company – the Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) – has started putting up location-tagged quick response (QR) codes on all electric poles and transformers in the district

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Published on Aug 30, 2021 11:34 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Ghaziabad

Noida: Over 330K vehicles violated traffic rules till July this year

The Gautam Budh Nagar police commissionerate has fined 335,253 vehicles in the last seven months for traffic violations, of which nearly 180,000 were two wheelers, said officials

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Published on Aug 29, 2021 11:19 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Noida

Ghaziabad administers 66k jabs, Noida 32k in 3rd mega jab drive

The third-mega Covid-19 vaccination drive held across Uttar Pradesh on Friday saw Ghaziabad district surpassing the official target of administering 57,600 doses but fell way short of meeting its own target of inoculating 90,000 people

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Published on Aug 27, 2021 11:59 PM IST

ByPeeyush Khandelwal and Sanjeev K Jha, Ghaziabad:

GB Nagar admin to dedicate three days a week for second dose of Covid vaccines

To increase the number of individuals fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Gautam Budh Nagar will dedicate three days a week for administering the second dose of Covishield and Covaxin, and reserve five booths exclusively administering the second doses on all days from Tuesday

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Published on Aug 24, 2021 11:26 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Noida

Noida falls short of target to vaccinate 12K as turnout dips

The Gautam Budh Nagar district on Monday failed to ramp up the inoculation drive as it administered only 6,589 doses of Covid-19 vaccines at 26 government inoculation centres

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Published on Aug 23, 2021 11:45 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Noida

Noida district hospital administers 127K doses of Covid vaccine so far

The district hospital in Noida’s Sector 30 has administered more than 127,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine so far, the highest by a health care facility in the Gautam Budh Nagar district, officials said on Saturday

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Published on Aug 21, 2021 11:36 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Noida

Second dose coverage at only 26% in GB Nagar

Amid the efforts by the Uttar Pradesh government to increase the second dose coverage in the state, only about 26% of the recipients eligible for the second dose of Covid-19 in Gautam Budh Nagar have received the shots, according to the data from the district health department

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Published on Aug 19, 2021 11:47 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Noida

Noida: Ineligible people book slots for booths meant only for parents, turned away

Healthcare workers in Gautam Budh Nagar district are having to turn away beneficiaries, who book their slots at the parents’ special (Abhibhwak Vishesh) Covid vaccination booths as they do not qualify or meet the conditions --of having a child of 12 years and below--based on which the inoculation centres have been set up

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Published on Aug 15, 2021 11:26 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Noida:

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In his reporting career of over 20 years, Sanjeev K Jha has covered bureaucracy, politics, ISI activities in border areas, music and Bollywood. Presently, he covers crime in the national Capital.

The BJP was responding to allegations by the opposition that instead of seeking funds from the Delhi government, the MCDs should seek funds from the party ruled Centre, and the dues that the central agencies owe to the municipalities.

Under a new scheme to encourage people to come forward with information that may help the police bust illegal firearms, the Delhi Police have increased the reward money from Rs1,000-Rs5,000 to ₹10,000-Rs25,000.

Leaders of the municipal corporations in Delhi approached the Union finance ministry two weeks ago, seeking financial assistance that the Centre extends to municipalities in all states.

Teachers’ union says they will continue their strike even as other staff bodies have suspended stir

Employees said they have not been paid salaries for several months, and the dearness allowance is pending since July.

Over 7,000 teachers of municipal schools stopped teaching online classes from Tuesday over the salary delay.

The agitating teachers alleged that they did not receive salaries for the last three months, and also claimed that the municipal authorities have not yet given any ex-gratia compensation to families of teachers who lost their lives due to Covid

North corporation mayor Raja Iqbal condemned the ruckus and said the opposition parties are “only interested in disrupting the house”

Before this, the highest number of women SHOs in Delhi, serving at the same time, was five in May 1986, according to Delhi Police data. The change was effected after a reshuffle in the ranks by Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana in September.

According to the records provided by the various political parties, at least 38 municipal councillors have left their parties and joined rival group. The Congress, according to the records, is the most affected with 23 members of the party switching over to the other side

The comparative statement of dengue cases in Delhi for the week ending October 30, issued by the anti-malaria operations (headquarters) at SDMC, said that the hospitals did not have addresses/contacts for at least 100 dengue patients in the city

SDMC mayor Mukesh Suryan condemned the ruckus and said that the Opposition parties are “only interested in disrupting the house”

Civic officials said anyone who wishes to gift a tree needs to log on to the SDMC portal and book a space in one of the 20 SDMC parks selected for the purpose, choose the sapling and make the payment

At the Rohini complex, for example, 25 of the 55 CCTV cameras installed were not functioning, according to the district bar association. And at Tis Hazari court, as many as 68 of the 88 cameras are not working, according to the its bar association

Leader of Opposition in EDMC, AAP’s Manoj Tyagi, alleged that the court’s permission was deliberately suppressed by officials of the municipal body, to restrict them from the meeting

The decision to upgrade the security at the seven courts -- Tis Hazari, Rouse Avenue, Karkardooma, Rohini, Saket, Patiala House and Dwarka -- comes following a sensational shootout inside a courtroom at Rohini district court

Under the programme launched by East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), each sapling -- the civic body has identified 15 varieties, including mango, jamun and neem -- is protected by a meshed tree guard which also mentions the name of the person who has adopted it.

According to entrepreneurs in the industry, while the prices of essential raw materials like paper and aluminium foil have increased by 70% during the pandemic, carriage charges to foreign countries also increased fivefold

While as many as 15,472 firmed were registered under the GST Act during the fiscal 2020-21, over 6,812 firms were registered in the current financial year 2021-22 far

Data from the district’s immunisation programme shows that Gautam Budh Nagar has an adult population of 1,589,815 people, while 1,618,215 got first doses of Covid-19 vaccines till 8pm on Sunday, according to the CoWin dashboard.

For real time monitoring of power distribution in Noida, the power distribution company (discom) – Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) – will launch a supervisory control and data acquisition (Scada) system on the network soon

In a move to check faults and power theft, the Ghaziabad division of power distribution company – the Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) – has started putting up location-tagged quick response (QR) codes on all electric poles and transformers in the district

The Gautam Budh Nagar police commissionerate has fined 335,253 vehicles in the last seven months for traffic violations, of which nearly 180,000 were two wheelers, said officials

The third-mega Covid-19 vaccination drive held across Uttar Pradesh on Friday saw Ghaziabad district surpassing the official target of administering 57,600 doses but fell way short of meeting its own target of inoculating 90,000 people

To increase the number of individuals fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Gautam Budh Nagar will dedicate three days a week for administering the second dose of Covishield and Covaxin, and reserve five booths exclusively administering the second doses on all days from Tuesday

The Gautam Budh Nagar district on Monday failed to ramp up the inoculation drive as it administered only 6,589 doses of Covid-19 vaccines at 26 government inoculation centres

The district hospital in Noida’s Sector 30 has administered more than 127,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine so far, the highest by a health care facility in the Gautam Budh Nagar district, officials said on Saturday

Amid the efforts by the Uttar Pradesh government to increase the second dose coverage in the state, only about 26% of the recipients eligible for the second dose of Covid-19 in Gautam Budh Nagar have received the shots, according to the data from the district health department

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