In further embarrassment to Congress, the Comptroller and Auditor General is understood to have rapped the Sheila Dikshit government in Delhi for irregularities in certain contracts related to the Commonwealth Games.
As the tables turned on the Congress in the Delhi polls, several heavyweights including three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit, four-time member of Legislative Assembly A K Walia and senior Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta failed to save their seats.
President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 17th death anniversary. Amid a continuous drizzle, the departed leader's widow and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, along with her son Rahul and daughter Priyanka Vadra, reached his memorial 'Vir Bhumi' to pay their tributes. A prayer meeting was organised in the premises of the memorial.
Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has asked Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi for permission to react to Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal\\'s open attack on him over the 2G report, according to sources.
The former prime minister was assassinated on this day 19 years ago.
An all-religion prayer was held at the All India Congress Committee headquarters.
Some 34 cases of a rare form of meningitis has been reported from Delhi. The government has said there is no epidemic.
The Delhi government on Tuesday offered "all support", including bearing the cost of the treatment of 51-year-old Raj Bala, who was seriously injured in the police crackdown on Ramdev and his followers on Saturday night. Health Minister A K Walia and Pawan Khera, political secretary to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, visited the woman at the G B Pant Hospital and offered the government's full support to her.
The home ministry will soon inspect the books of accounts of the Aam Aadmi Party in connection with alleged illegal foreign funding to it.
Attacking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on power issue, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Harsh Vardhan on Friday said that if he fails to provide uninterrupted electricity supply and slash rates as promised during elections, he has no right to stay in office.
A decision in this regard was taken at a Cabinet meeting held in New Delhi chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. "There will be no tariff hike this year. We first want the discoms to improve the services to the satisfaction of the people," Power Minister A K Walia told reporters.
Indo-US team reviews earthquake safety initiatives in Delhi
'BJP insiders acknowledge that the party needs to be helmed by someone who can match Arvind Kejriwal's stature.' 'A Sudhanshu Trivedi or Bansuri Swaraj could bring the freshness the party needs in Delhi,' points out Aditi Phadnis.
While the national population explosion places nearly intolerable strains on India's physical and social infrastructure, the country's democracy is so dysfunctional that it is reasonable to ask whether it can rise to the looming economic and demographic challenges.
The announcement came as part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
There are 1,349 candidates in the fray and over 1.45 crore electors are eligible to exercise their franchise in the elections to the 250 wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the results of which may have ramifications beyond the national capital.
Amid elaborate preparations by the Bharatiya Janata Party for Narendra Modi's maiden rally in the capital on Sunday after being nominated its prime ministerial candidate, the party accused the Sheila Dikshit government of indulging in disruptive tactics.
According to a notification issued by the Union home ministry, the Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022 will come into effect from May 22.
Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's statements embarrassed the party, and within hours she alleged she had been 'misquoted'
Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has termed his Gujarat counterpart and firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi as his 'best friend'. During a press briefing, Kamat said Modi was his 'best friend' and added that he will visit Gujarat if the state government invites him. "When I am in Delhi for any conference, I have Sheila Dikshit on one side and Narendra Modi on the other. He is my best friend," Kamat, who was earlier in the BJP, told media persons.
About 410 petrol pumps in the national capital were to shut shop on Friday to protest against the hike in the VAT rate on diesel, which was driving vehicles to neighbouring Gurgaon for refueling.
Polling was held on Sunday for 59 Lok Sabha seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls. Elections are being held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand. Take a look at the famous faces who exercised their democratic right.
Meanwhile, Sheila Dikshit said that the Congress needed aggressive campaignin and nobody asked her for campaigning.
Government will hold consultations with leaders of the left parties, allies of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, on the issue of petroleum product prices even as Petroleum minister Murli Deora disfavoured increasing LPG and kerosene prices.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit flagged off the 30 motorcycle enthusiasts from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Delhi.
A prayer meeting with bhajans and kirtans was held in memory of the country's second prime minister.
The rally was kicked off from Meerut's Kranti Park by Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mani Shankar Aiyar on May 7
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The Congress on Monday created history in Delhi by winning Assembly elections for a third consecutive term, overcoming anti-incumbency and fear of Mumbai terror attacks costing it votes.
Sources said the Congress leadership is also in talks with AAP leaders and senior leaders within the party are trying to convince Delhi Congress leaders for an alliance.
The politician claims that he bought the car.
In her death, the Congress has lost a leader who brought old world grace to politics but was open to new ideas.
Manoj Tiwari is the only sitting MP whom the BJP has retained.
Son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka, Varun has demanded an apology from Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who hosted a function at the memorial to commemorate the leader.
Breaking with past practice, the Congress on Thursday released its first list of 24 candidates for the Delhi assembly polls repeating all its eight members of Legislative Assembly and 12 others who were runner-ups in the 2013 assembly election in which the party had suffered a setback.
Sisodia had been staying at the AB-17 bungalow on Mathura Road, which was earlier with former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
The stage is set for the high-stakes civic polls in Delhi on Sunday, with poll authorities and security forces all geared up for the elections, largely being seen as a three-way contest among the Aam Aadmi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress.
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.
A top source in the Congress had recently said that chances of alliance were "slim" considering its long term repercussions in Delhi.
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