A Mayor-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi team was on Sunday allegedly not allowed to carry out dengue breeding check at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's official residence, but the Delhi government said they had come only with the intention of "creating drama".
President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Kejriwal as the CM of Delhi. The President has also appointed six MLAs -- Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Gautam -- as ministers of the Delhi government following the advice of the CM.
Kejriwal congratulated Modi for the BJP's victory.
He, however, added that most of the private hospitals in Delhi were good and only a couple of them were indulging in such malpractice.
The power bill for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's official residence stood at over Rs 1.35 lakh for the month of June which prompted Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party to pounce on the AAP government with both the parties accusing it of wasting public money for personal comfort.
These ambitious projects are littered with every possible acronyms and include proposed road links, air connectivity plans, electricity grids and special economic zones on coasts, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Gupta was demanding that a fact-finding committee report on an alleged water tanker scam during Sheila Dikshit's tenure be made public and a calling attention motion on the matter. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel rejected the demand.
BJP releases new poster taking a dig at Kejriwal.
'Skater Girl is India's first film on skateboarding and I hope that it inspires girls and boys across the world and brings them hope.'
The PWD has issued a notice to AAP over its continued occupation of 206, Rouse Avenue as party office.
Kejriwal was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.
Halving the productivity-linked incentive will make its salary levels unattractive and put a heavier burden on junior staffers.
The Capital appears to be heading for assembly elections within next six months with all three major parties -- the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress -- contending that there was no option but to seek people's mandate afresh for formation of a new government.
Former Delhi high court judge Reva Khetrapal will be Delhi's new Lokayukta, a post which was lying vacant since 2013.
With four contenders for the top post in case the BJP wrests power from AAP, party sources say naming of a CM face may trigger factional fights.
How Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar find themselves in a huge controversy.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's iftar party on Sunday was a political blockbuster.
Atishi will contest from East Delhi, Guggan Singh from North-West Delhi, Raghav Chadha from South, Dilip Pandey from North-East, Pankaj Gupta from Chandni Chowk and Brijesh Goyal will contest from New Delhi seats.
'Traders have been the worst hit because of the government's policies, but for some unknown reason, many continue to support the BJP.'
The dead include 10 women and seven men, another fire official said, noting that a man and woman were injured.
The surprise victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in the recent Delhi assembly elections has brought to the fore the crucial role played by the party's Non Resident Indian supporters across the globe.
The law, which dilutes the Indian capital's autonomy and emasculates the elected local government's powers, will be a political millstone for the party for the next elections, reports Aditi Phadnis
Medical experts feel an aggressive containment strategy in red zones and insulation of green zones is a must while giving relaxations.
Yadav, Bhushan and 150 protestors were detained and have been taken to the Maurice Nagar police station.
The Delhi government on Wednesday cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, paving the way towards creating the post of an anti-graft ombudsman, which it claimed was similar to the one proposed during the Anna Hazare movement, and will table it in the Assembly soon.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar and four others, arrested in an alleged corruption case, were on Tuesday remanded to five days Central Bureau of Investigation custody by a special court which was told by the agency that the IAS officer was "intimidating" witnesses.
Dikshit will take on BJP's sitting MP Manoj Tiwari and Aam Aadmi Party's Dilip Pandey.
The young party sees a stream of volunteers from outside Delhi. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com.
Two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Tuesday filed separate petitions in the Delhi high court seeking quashing of the election of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleague Somnath Bharti on the ground that they both allegedly exceeded the poll expense limit of Rs 14 lakh.
'Our Nari Shakti has excelled in every field. Together, we have to build a nation where the focus is on women empowerment, where there is emphasis on equality and opportunity,' the PM said.
The Aam Aadmi Party office in Delhi has been seeing a steady flow of volunteers offering their services to the party free of cost.
The BJP polled over 56 per cent of votes, more than the combined vote share of the Congress (22.5 per cent) and the AAP (18.1 per cent).
But Pullela Gopichand, Anup Sridhar, Arvind Bhat and Abhinn Shyam Gupta were shown.
Aam Aadmi Party founder members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, who had challenged Arvind Kejriwal's leadership, were removed from the party's powerful national executive by an overwhelming majority at the national council meet on Saturday
Almost all prominent leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as members of the National Democratic Alliance and North-East Democratic Alliance accompanied Modi.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the upcoming films and their release dates.
The Indian ace was shocked by Chen Shih Hao of Chinese Taipei in the Asian Badminton championships.
