The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is expected to challenge the Delhi High Court’s verdict on the jurisdiction of the national capital region in the Supreme Court. Saying justice will be served in the Supreme Court, AAP leader Ashutosh said the government’s counsel will immediately file an appeal to the[Read More…]
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal couldn’t resist having a similar kind of show where he took questions from people across the country. Arvind Kejriwal wanted to know what concerns, suggestions, problems and queries people have so he could address them[Read More…]
Delhi and Gurgaon will soon be connected by India’s first Pod Taxi—transport via ropeway connected driverless pods—work for which will commence by the end of July. The transport ministry pegs a cost of nearly ₹850 crore for this project. Each pod can take five passengers at a time. Phase one[Read More…]
The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was granted bail by a Delhi court in the criminal defamation case filed against him by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Friday. Kejriwal was summoned as an accused and the metropolitan magistrate Harvinder Singh granted the relief to Kejriwal on furnishing of a personal bond[Read More…]
The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary, Rajendra Kumar and four others, namely- Ashok Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Tarun Sharma and Dinesh Gupta on corruption charges on Monday. The accused are arrested in connection with a case of showing undue favours to a private company[Read More…]
In a commentary titled “Soaring inflation, rising intolerance, Rupee in ICU, youths in long queue! Are these the ‘Achhe Din’ promised by PM Modi?” the Congress party has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Calling him the “poster boy for broken promises”, the opposition party has dubbed[Read More…]
The Gujarat High Court on Friday issued a stay on the Central Information Commission (CIC) order asking the Gujarat University (GU) to provide details of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s MA degree. The court also issued fresh notices to CIC chief M Sridhar Acharyulu for passing the order and Delhi chief[Read More…]
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the AAP government’s plea to restrain the Delhi High Court from delivering its judgment on issues including the scope of powers of city government and full statehood and extent of powers under Article 299AA of the Constitution on July 4. Citing that the issues[Read More…]
The Aam Aadmi Party has written to the Election Commission seeking disqualification of 24 Parliamentary secretaries appointed by the Punjab government and 9 by Himachal Pradesh. In line with the 91st amendment in Article 164 (1A), only 10% of the total legislative strength can be part of the Cabinet, including[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to examine a fresh Public Interest Litigation filed by a group of LGBT celebrities challenging the validity of penal provision incriminating gay sex. A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde ruled that the new petition will be placed before the Chief Justice of[Read More…]
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 51 other Aam Aadmi Party Lawmakers were detained on their way to 7 RCR, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence on Sunday morning. The entire march was planned to protest against the arrest of Sangam Vihar MLA Dinesh Mohaniya and the Centre returning[Read More…]
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said he is “focusing on higher education in Delhi”. Sisodia said the national capital may soon get a teachers’ and a journalism university. While responding to a query, he said during the hiring process of new teachers, the priority will be given to guest[Read More…]
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday filed an FIR in the ₹400 crore water tanker scam of Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The ACB will interrogate “both” Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit. ACB chief MK Meena said they received two complaints, one from Delhi’s water[Read More…]
The Delhi University (DU) has once again declined to provide information related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree, citing “privacy” reasons. It declined to respond to an RTI query filed by lawyer Mohammed Irsad, who demanded the information. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the mystery into the matter has[Read More…]
