Delhi News Live Updates: The incident comes hours after a massive fire in Gujarat’s Rajkot city killed at least 27 people as a crowded game zone caught fire and the building collapsed.
Delhi News Live Updates: At least 7 newborns lost their lives in a fire that broke out at a children’s hospital in the Vivek Vihar area of East Delhi on Saturday night. The rescue operations are still on. The Delhi Fire Services said it received a call at 11.32 pm and nine fire tenders were rushed to the site. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. The incident comes hours after a massive fire in Gujarat’s Rajkot city killed at least 27 people as a crowded game zone caught fire and the building collapsed.
Meanwhile, in elections-related news, Delhi witnessed a turnout of over 58 % on Saturday amid the scorching summer heat. According to the EC voter turnout app at 11.30 pm, the highest polling percentage of 62.87 % was recorded in North East Delhi where sitting BJP MP Manoj Tiwari is pitted against Kanhaiya Kumar of Congress. The lowest turnout of 52.93 % was recorded in the New Delhi seat.
Complaints regarding electronic voting machines (EVMs) also surfaced at certain polling stations in Delhi as residents cast their votes in the seven Lok Sabha constituencies. Brinda Karat, leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and former Rajya Sabha member, encountered an issue when attempting to vote, as officials informed her of a drained EVM battery, resulting in a delay of approximately half an hour.
