Delhi Metro services should be resumed on trial basis, hope Centre will take decision soon: Kejriwal

Delhi Metro services should be resumed on trial basis, hope Centre will take decision soon: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that Metro train services in Delhi should be resumed on a trial basis as the COVID-19 situation was improving in the city and hoped the Centre would soon take a decision on it. Interacting with traders, entrepreneurs and businessmen in the city in a ‘Digital Samvad’, the chief … Read more

Manish Sisodia writes to Amit Shah, seeks directions to LG to allow hotels, weekly markets in Delhi

Manish Sisodia writes to Amit Shah, seeks directions to LG to allow hotels, weekly markets in Delhi

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking directions to LG Anil Baijal to allow hotels and weekly markets in the city. Sisodia’s letter comes a day after Baijal rejected the Arvind Kejriwal government’s decision to allow hotels and weekly markets to reopen in the national capital, … Read more

Kejriwal announces delinking of hotels from hospitals as Delhi’s COVID-19 situation improves

Kejriwal announces delinking of hotels from hospitals as Delhi’s COVID-19 situation improves

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced delinking of hotels from hospitals in view of the improving COVID-19 situation in the national capital. Kejriwal said all beds in such hotels, which were recently attached to hospitals, were lying vacant for the last many days. The decision was taken after the chief minister … Read more

Delhi govt to launch special programme to generate more employment opportunities: Gopal Rai

Delhi govt to launch special programme to generate more employment opportunities: Gopal Rai

Delhi minister Gopal Rai on Sunday said the AAP government will launch a special programme to generate more employment opportunities in the city, a move aimed at reviving the capital’s economy, which was affected due to the lockdown. The labour and employment minister told that as part of the special programme, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal … Read more

People, governments together attained victory over COVID-19, fight not yet over: Kejriwal

People, governments together attained victory over COVID-19, fight not yet over: Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said people of the city, his government and the Centre together have attained victory over COVID-19 but the fight is not yet over. Speaking at the inauguration of a 450-bed Delhi government hospital in Burari via videoconferencing, he said in the last one month, coronavirus-related parameters … Read more

Delhi cabinet approves doorstep delivery of ration, announces CM Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi cabinet approves doorstep delivery of ration, announces CM Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Tuesday approved doorstep delivery of ration to eligible beneficiaries, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced, terming it as a “revolutionary” move. The scheme will be known as “Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Ration Yojna”, he said. The scheme, which was approved at a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet, is expected … Read more

AAP MLA Atishi donates plasma after recovering from virus, urges others to also do it

AAP MLA Atishi donates plasma after recovering from virus, urges others to also do it

NEW DELHI: AAP leader and Kalkaji MLA Atishi, who has recovered from COVID-19, donated her plasma to the ‘plasma bank’ of a state-run facility here on Saturday, and urged others to also do it. The step by the AAP legislator also drew praise from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. “The required tests and counselling was … Read more