Shakur Basti

The Delhi government has urged the railways to arrange up to 5,000 beds by deploying COVID-care coaches at the Shakur Basti and the Anand Vihar stations in view of the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital.

The Northern Railway has installed an alarm system in its isolation coaches at Shakur Basti to alert doctors of any emergency situation involving a patient, officials said today.

The highest voter turnout of 68 per cent in the national capital was recorded in Shakur Basti and Ballimaran assembly segments, with a sizable minority population, while Delhi Cantonment recorded the lowest at 42.13 per cent.

The controversial demolition at a Delhi slum on Sunday not only left over 1,000 families homeless, it also deeply impacted the studies of the children there.

For the 1200 families of Shakur Basti, rendered homeless for now, every minute is a battle as winter gets colder.

Hours after a demolition squad razed 1,000 homes in a west Delhi area, leaving families in the open in the rising cold, a baby was born under a tarpaulin sheet.

BJP's Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay today accused the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress of doing "dirty politics" over the demolition of a slum in the city.

Arvind Kejriwal today called Rahul Gandhi a "kid" in a political war of words over the controversial demolition at a Delhi slum on Saturday, in which a baby died.

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu today dubbed as "untrue" allegations of an infant's death during a demolition drive in west Delhi and claimed the child died much earlier.

Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Centre and the Kejriwal government in Delhi over the razing of a slum cluster by Railways where a baby died, as he visited the site in Shakur Basti area of West Delhi and assured the homeless that he will fight their "battle".

With Delhi government sparring with the Railways over demolition of a slum in the national capital, the Aam Aadmi Party will raise the issue in both the Houses of Parliament, along with the JD(U) and TMC.

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly today due to protests over a host of controversies. While sloganeering against Punjab's ruling government over alleged atrocities against Dalits stalled the Rajya Sabha, the lower house saw disruptions over the "exclusion" of Kerala chief minister from a function in his state where Prime Minister ...

The demolition of hundreds of homes in a slum cluster in west Delhi in which a six-month-old baby allegedly died, touched off a political storm on Monday with Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) targeting the Centre and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacking them both.

Mohammad Anwar stares blankly as his neighbours in the Shakur Basti area rummage through the remains of the shanties that were demolished by the railways a day earlier.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will take up the demolition drive in Shakur Basti and death of a baby at the site with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu as he was not satisfied with the ministry officials' response.

The Delhi government has urged the railways to arrange up to 5,000 beds by deploying COVID-care coaches at the Shakur Basti and the Anand Vihar stations in view of the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital.

The Northern Railway has installed an alarm system in its isolation coaches at Shakur Basti to alert doctors of any emergency situation involving a patient, officials said today.

The highest voter turnout of 68 per cent in the national capital was recorded in Shakur Basti and Ballimaran assembly segments, with a sizable minority population, while Delhi Cantonment recorded the lowest at 42.13 per cent.

The controversial demolition at a Delhi slum on Sunday not only left over 1,000 families homeless, it also deeply impacted the studies of the children there.

For the 1200 families of Shakur Basti, rendered homeless for now, every minute is a battle as winter gets colder.

Hours after a demolition squad razed 1,000 homes in a west Delhi area, leaving families in the open in the rising cold, a baby was born under a tarpaulin sheet.

BJP's Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay today accused the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress of doing "dirty politics" over the demolition of a slum in the city.

Arvind Kejriwal today called Rahul Gandhi a "kid" in a political war of words over the controversial demolition at a Delhi slum on Saturday, in which a baby died.

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu today dubbed as "untrue" allegations of an infant's death during a demolition drive in west Delhi and claimed the child died much earlier.

Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Centre and the Kejriwal government in Delhi over the razing of a slum cluster by Railways where a baby died, as he visited the site in Shakur Basti area of West Delhi and assured the homeless that he will fight their "battle".

With Delhi government sparring with the Railways over demolition of a slum in the national capital, the Aam Aadmi Party will raise the issue in both the Houses of Parliament, along with the JD(U) and TMC.

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned repeatedly today due to protests over a host of controversies. While sloganeering against Punjab's ruling government over alleged atrocities against Dalits stalled the Rajya Sabha, the lower house saw disruptions over the "exclusion" of Kerala chief minister from a function in his state where Prime Minister ...

The demolition of hundreds of homes in a slum cluster in west Delhi in which a six-month-old baby allegedly died, touched off a political storm on Monday with Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) targeting the Centre and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacking them both.

Mohammad Anwar stares blankly as his neighbours in the Shakur Basti area rummage through the remains of the shanties that were demolished by the railways a day earlier.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will take up the demolition drive in Shakur Basti and death of a baby at the site with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu as he was not satisfied with the ministry officials' response.