The fire in a Delhi children’s hospital last week – in which seven infants were killed – has prompted a swipe from Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, who declared himself “disappointed” that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj had “paid only lip service and given sound bites (to the press)… and shirked responsibility” since the gut-wrenching incident.
Mr Saxena said he had been compelled “in public interest” to order an anti-corruption probe into possible lapses in registration and regulatory management of private nursing homes in the city.
“… ACB has been directed to undertake a comprehensive inquiry into the registration of nursing homes in the city, to assess how many nursing homes are functioning without valid registrations and if those that have a valid registration comply with prescribed norms…” Mr Saxena said.
Alleging “absence of ministerial oversight… criminal neglect, and connivance of government officials in granting or renewing lice..

India’s first undersea tunnel — the coastal road tunnel in Mumbai — is showing evidence of seepage. The tunnel has been in use only for less than three months. The twin tunnels, which have a diameter of 12.19 metres, run 17-20 m below sea level.
On March 11, one side of the coastal road was opened to traffic and more than 7 lakh vehicles have travelled through the route so far.
The Coastal Road — part of the city’s masterplan developed in 1967 — was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his Deputies — Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar
The 2.07 km tunnel start near Girgaon (ahead of Marine Drive), extend north under the Arabian Sea, Girgaon Chowpatty and Malabar Hill, and end at Breach Candy’s Priyadarshini Park.
The coastal road cuts down the 45-minute commute from Girgaon to Worli to just 10 minutes. The tunnels, which comprise only a 2-km stretch, resemble the Queen’s necklace, the C-shaped Marine Drive promenade.

The official deadline for application submission for the post of Indian cricket team coach selection is over. Monday was the last date to submit the google sheets. Several top names, most of whom are associated with IPL teams, like Gautam Gambhir, Stephen Fleming, Rocky Ponting, Justin Langer were doing the rounds when the news first came out that the BCCI were looking for a successor to Rahul Dravid as the Indian cricket team coach. However, most of the foreign names publicly announced that they would not be applying for the team.
In fact, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said that no Australian was approached for the coaching role. he also said that BCCI would appoint someone who knows the domestic structure inside out. After this statement, the general consensus was that he was indicating towards an Indian coach for the Indian cricket team. Hence, National Cricket Academy head VVS Laxman and IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir became the highly discussed names.
Now, a..

The temperature in 17 locations across the northwest breached the 48 degrees Celsius mark amid a severe heatwave which is testing human endurance. Delhi’s Mungeshpur reported 48.8 degrees yesterday. Meanwhile, Haryana’s Sirsa recorded 48.4 degrees.
Meanwhile, the number of heatstroke patients in Rajasthan increased from 2809 to 3622 yesterday.
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) tracked heat waves in six major cities in India and the dangerous trends contributing to high temperatures. The think tank assessed data from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Kolkata.
Heat Wave Analysis
Severe heat waves in India have worsened the Urban Heat Island Effect, i.e. when the temperature in urban areas is higher than in rural areas, resulting in a difference.
Sharanjeet Kaur, a program officer at the Centre for Science and Environment, told NDTV that high temperature and humidity are crucial to under the heat stress in cities.
“Usually, heatwaves occur between March and ..

A speeding Audi car that knocked over an elderly man in Noida has been seized by the Noida Police today. The police, however, are yet to catch the man who was at the wheel when it hit the 63-year-old. CCTV footage of the incident shows the man being tossed in the air. He died on the spot.
After scanning through 150 CCTV cameras, the police found the Audi parked in a parking lot in Delhi’s kidwai Nagar. The Noida police had deployed seven teams to trace the car. The car was covered and parked behind several vehicles.
“The front glass of the car was found broken when the police recovered it, as it had shattered when the elderly man fell on it after the collision
The car has a Haryana number plate and we are using it to track the owner, the police said.
On Sunday morning Janak Dev Shah stepped out to get milk from a nearby depot in Noida’s Sector 53. The elderly man was seen crossing a road when suddenly the Audi came from the front and hit him.
When he did not return home, his family me..

Turning up the political heat over the Pune accident, in which a 17-year-old rammed his Porsche into a bike, killing two techies in their 20s, the Congress has alleged that the son of an MLA was also involved in the accident and the legislator took part in the cover-up.
The allegations by Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole came in the wake of claims that doctors at the Sassoon Hospital were paid Rs 3 lakh to replace the teenager’s blood samples so that they would not show traces of alcohol.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Patole hit out at the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction)-NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) government in the state and said there is a nexus between the police, politicians and the rich and influential people in the state. The teenager who was driving the Rs 2.5-crore Porsche is the son of a prominent Pune realtor.
Demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, the state Congres..