From September 10, the people of Delhi won’t have to run from office to office to get their work done as the Delhi government will start its “doorstep delivery of services” in the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said here on Sunday. Through doorstep delivery of services, Kejriwal said, a[Read More…]
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Vote for Congress will cut into AAP share: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that a vote for the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls will cut into his Aam Aadmi Party’s vote share and thus ensure a BJP win in the national capital. Kejriwal’s reaction came after he shared a tweet by VDP Associates — a polling[Read More…]
Won’t take part in green drive, DDA tells Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday expressed his displeasure to Lt. Governor Anil Baijal after the DDA expressed its unwillingness to take part in the Delhi government’s mega tree plantation drive. In a letter to Baijal, Kejriwal said the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) senior officials failed to show up[Read More…]
Kerala floods: AAP lawmakers, Ministers to donate one day’s salaries
Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that all Delhi Ministers, party MLAs and MPs will donate a month’s salary to help flood-ravaged Kerala, grappling with its worst floods since 1924. He also urged the Delhi government employees to donate one day’s salary for the humanitarian cause,[Read More…]
Delhi HC directs AAP govt to implement provisions of NFSA within 2 weeks
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Delhi government to examine the model rules suggested by the central government on distribution of food by fair price shops and take steps under the provisions of the National Food Security Act within two weeks. Following a PIL filed by the Delhi[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal turns 50: Little known facts about Delhi CM
Delhi CM celebrates his 50th birthday today. Kejriwal has always been known for his unconventional kind of leadership. He launched Aam Admi Party in 2012. By 2015 they won massively in the assembly elections winning 67 out of 70 seats. Kejriwal twice became the Delhi CM in two years and[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal refuses to accept Ashutosh’s resignation, says ‘not in this life’
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has clearly refused from accepting Ashutosh’s resignation. Senior AAP leader Ashutosh’s resignation has created a fuzz in social media, even though it has not been accepted so far by the party national convenor. When the whole country was celebrating Independence[Read More…]
Expectations from a secular opposition
It is not very often that a journalist has to actually tell his/her source about his religious identity, but in the times we are living in abnormal has become the new normal. Recently while I was strolling through Central Delhi, I stopped by a tea seller sharing political gossips with[Read More…]
Opposition unity failed idea, NDA will break records in 2019: PM Modi
Debunking opposition plans for a grand alliance as “political adventurism” and a “failed idea”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that the BJP-led NDA will get more seats than ever and break all records in the 2019 Lok Sabha battle. He ruled out cracks in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), saying the coalition[Read More…]
US election officials worried as hackers break into EVMs
Amid the growing debate over whether electronic voting machines (EVMs) are hackable or not, elections officials in the US are worried over the increasing “information warfare” as mid-term polls loom. According to a CNN report, at the annual “Def Con hacker convention” here over the weekend, state and local election officials who attended the[Read More…]
What does outcome of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman polls mean?
2019 will be a strong coalition Based Lok Sabha election. This factor was released by Congress earlier and now BJP has realized it. Alliance partners are the key to next elections – not only quantity but the quality of coalition will help the national parties. 6 states which have more[Read More…]
RS Deputy Chairman election: Nitish calls up Kejriwal, AAP hints at abstaining
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister and JD-U President Nitish Kumar had called up Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal to seek support in the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s election but the latter expressed inability to do so, an AAP leader tweeted on Wednesday. The AAP also hinted that it could abstain from[Read More…]
Delhi govt empowers College principals to issue Learner’s Driving License
New Delhi: Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Saturday said Delhi students can get the Learner’s Driving License from their college as the government has empowered the Directors and Principals of colleges to issue the document. Young and studying in Delhi? You can soon get your Learner’s Driving License from your[Read More…]
Delhi Metro revenue up 73% in 4 years
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro’s revenues increased by more than 73 per cent in the last four years, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply given by Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was shown to have earned Rs 1,505.84[Read More…]
Why Mamata Banerjee has made Amit Shah jittery
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has somehow left her other Opposition peers far behind in taking cudgels with the Centre’s ruling party, or the BJP and the NDA led by it. So much so that she has rubbed the BJP the wrong way by reaching[Read More…]
Dalits shouldn’t be employed as manual scavengers: Dalit outfit to Kejriwal
New Delhi: A Dalit delegation today submitted a memorandum to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal containing a set of demands that include not employing them as manual scavengers. Around 150 members of the Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch (DSMM) gathered at the ITO and demanded equal rights for the community. Woman[Read More…]
Student pass to be allowed in DTC AC buses from September: Kejriwal
New Delhi: After protests from university students, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday ordered that student passes would be valid in air-conditioned DTC buses too from September 1. Kejriwal tweeted that he had directed the Transport Minister to expedite the proposal. Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot acknowledged the order and[Read More…]
Delhi HC to hear AAP MLAs plea against Election Commission on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs plea challenging an Election Commission order in the office-of-profit case on Tuesday. The AAP legislators have challenged the Election Commission’s July 17 order rejecting their pleas seeking to cross-examine the complainant and advocate Prashant Patel. On March[Read More…]
Post truth politics is the biggest achievement of Modi government
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared ‘post-truth’ the word of the year in response to a rise in its usage in relation to political developments in the US for the presidential election and in the UK on Brexit. It is defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts[Read More…]
Justice Lokur slams CM Kejriwal, “Mumbai is flooded with water but Delhi, with garbage”
Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Madan Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta has recently questioned the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, “Who is responsible for the loads garbage in Delhi?” The bench was considering a suo motu writ petition, ‘Re: Outrage as parents end life after child’s Dengue’ and hearing the[Read More…]
In meeting called by Law Commission, most parties oppose simultaneous polls
New Delhi: Most political parties, including those friendly with the BJP, told the Law Commission on Saturday that they are opposed to the proposal of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies saying that it was against the constitution and would dilute regional interests. Parties that opposed the[Read More…]
Delhi government to build new hospital in Burari
New Delhi: The Delhi government will build a new hospital in Burari, it was announced on Friday, two days after the Supreme Court said that the Lt Governor’s approval wasn’t required for every decision taken by the council of ministers. Good news for Delhites, a new hospital will be built[Read More…]
Delhi power tussle: law, politics, constitution and legality
You come to know about politics when people are denied their rights and are treated cynically as subjects and not as citizens. The most recent example being the attempt by an elected Chief Minister to initiate a program wherein the people residing in the National Capital Territory of Delhi would[Read More…]
Big victory for Kejriwal in AAP versus LG Anil Baijal case
By limiting the Lt Governor Anil Baijal to three subjects – Public order, police and land, the Supreme Court has pronounced its verdict on Wednesday, July 4 at about 10:30 AM, stating that Lt Governor cannot act independently and has to act as per aid and advice of Council of[Read More…]
Supreme Court verdict on who administers Delhi likely on Wednesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict over who — the Centre or the elected Delhi government — controls the reins of power to administer the national capital. A Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y.[Read More…]