If there is a difference of opinion between the council of ministers headed by the chief minister and the lieutenant governor, the final decision will rest with the President and will be binding on them, the Delhi High Court said on Thursday. The high court also said that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) would be expected … Read more
Slamming the anti-encroachment drive being carried out in various parts of the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said if bulldozers raze shops and houses of 63 lakh people in Delhi, which are considered illegal, it will be the “biggest destruction” in independent India. At a meeting with Aam Aadmi Party MLAs on the … Read more
Following a four-year-long investigation, the CBI has closed a case against Delhi PWD Minister Satyendar Jain and others related to alleged corruption in the hiring of a creative team for the department, officials said on Thursday. The agency has recently filed its closure report before a special court after failing to gather enough evidence to … Read more
After studying the free electricity model in Delhi, the newly-elected Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab will now examine the national capital’s initiatives in education and healthcare sectors to introduce similar reforms in the border state. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann will be on a two-day visit to Delhi with health minister Vijay Singla and … Read more
The newly-elected Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab is courting its first political controversy over Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal convening a meeting of the state’s officers in the absence of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday. The Opposition parties alleged that the Punjab government was being ‘remote controlled’ by the AAP chief … Read more
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday targeted AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal over the 2015 sacrilege issue, asking who was stopping his party’s government in the state from taking action against those involved in the desecration of religious text. Sidhu, the former Punjab Congress chief, shared a video clip from last year in which … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to let MCD elections take place in the national capital, saying postponing polls weakens the democratic system. His remarks came after the Delhi State Election Commission sought the advice of legal experts on if it can still hold polls for the three municipal … Read more
The Delhi BJP on Friday launched its ‘referendum’ to collect opinion of 10 lakh city residents on the Kejriwal government’s new excise policy. The party is collecting public feedback at 1,120 places in each of the 280 civic wards by placing specially crafted boxes, said Delhi BJP media head Navin Kumar. “There could not be … Read more
A group of poets Saturday demanded an apology from Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of insulting poets in his rebuttal to his former party colleague Kumar Vishwas‘ allegations that he had sympathies with pro-Khalistan elements. In an open letter, the poets said they were hurt at Kejriwal’s alleged attempt to ridicule them … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday dubbed the Union Budget 2022-23 as “disappointing” and said it has nothing for the common people. In a tweet in Hindi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor noted that people had “high expectations” from the Union Budget during the corona period but there is nothing in it … Read more