Three days after he recommended filing of an FIR against former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and expressed apprehension over possible attempts to "remove" him as Delhi Law Minister, Kapil Mishra was divested of the portfolio which was given to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
After years of preparations, the Centre has withdrawn the nomination of Delhi as the UNESCO World Heritage City.
The G-23 group seems to have expanded with several senior Congressmen attending Wednesday's meeting.
Delhi police on Saturday told a court that prima facie "no cognizable offence" is made out against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in a complaint alleging misuse of Rs 22.56 crore in government funds for an advertisement campaign before the 2008 assembly polls.
After refusing to take security cover, Arvind Kejriwal, who is set to become the Delhi chief minister, has refused to shift to a government bungalow in line with his resolve to end the VIP culture.
The government on Monday said it has ordered a probe into the alleged foreign funding of the Aam Admi Party after it received "several complaints" on the issue.
At the Iftar event hosted by him on Sunday evening, the Delhi chief minister said there were no "hard feelings" between them and that the "sour relationship" should end to ensure effective governance and development in the national capital.
Scrambling to complete unfinished Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit admitted that some of the agencies are "over ambitious" in trying to improve infrastructure and beautify the city ahead of the mega sporting event.
The SC refused to entertain a plea of a Delhi Police head constable seeking compensation for his "wrong" portrayal in a video that went viral on social media.
'I belong to the area of Krishna Nagar, but Bedi was an outsider.'
Delhi's Industry Secretary Amit Yadav told PTI that the city government has communicated its decision to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of the government.
The mortal remains of Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances at a luxury hotel in New Delhi on Friday night, were consigned to flames on Saturday in presence of her family members.
Going ahead with its "game changer" measure for next Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Tuesday rolled out the ambitious food security scheme in three states -- Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand with party President Sonia Gandhi hailing the measure as "historic" and "unparalleled".
Exit polls predict clean sweep for the BJP, rout for AAP.
A health minister in the Sheila Dikshit government in the state, said he was quitting as he was upset over the ticket distribution ahead of the municipal corporation of Delhi polls.
The Narendra Modi factor will hardly help BJP's fortunes in Delhi, believes Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal who said that "even God can't save" the saffron party as it seeks to wrest power.
The Congress on Wednesday made it clear that there is no going back on the issue of its support to the Aam Aadmi Party for government formation, saying it was giving its backing to the newbie's manifesto.
The mortal remains of former Union Minister Arun Nehru, who died in News Delhi on Thursday night, were consigned to flames on Friday in the presence of his relatives, including family of his cousin Rajiv Gandhi, and a host of leaders.
Making it clear that there will be no compromise on corruption, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said anyone embroiled in corrupt practices will not be spared be it former chief minister Sheila Dikshit, any Bharatiya Janata Party member or even his own party member.
The lion's share of the amount -- Rs 1,003 crore (till November 10) -- comes from an Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) imposed by the Supreme Court in 2015 on trucks entering Delhi while the rest is made up of cess on every litre of diesel sold, in effect since 2008.
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).
'Mr Kejriwal has played it cool in distancing himself from Delhi's hotspots, adroitly pandering to the BJP's Hindu vote.' 'He neither visited the scene of JNU violence nor has he dropped by at Shaheen Bagh,' notes Sunil Sethi.
A day after creating history in Delhi's election, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday maintained that it will not stake the claim to form the government and will play the role of a constructive opposition.
The AAP government withdrew the approval given by the Sheila Dikshit-led government on allowing FDI in multibrand retail in Delhi.
Ready to call it a day after nearly a year-long controversial tenure, Delhi Police Chief Neeraj Kumar on Tuesday said a "motivated campaign" was launched against him in the aftermath of December 16 gang-rape incident but maintained that quitting had never crossed his mind.
As the Kejriwal empire spreads, will he be able to keep the momentum going? And will it be at the cost of greater centralisation of authority in the party, asks Aditi Phadnis.
Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Friday ordered immediate rehabilitation of over 900 families after their houses were razed by the Railways in Mansarovar Park Metro line in northeast Delhi leaving them homeless in the shivering cold.
With the special officer and the new commissioner taking charge, the exercise to reshuffle and reorganise the municipal staff will begin.
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After stepping out of the cab near South East Delhi's C R Park area, she informed the police about the incident at around 10 pm, the police said.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Alleging that an "unannounced emergency" has been clamped in Delhi to manipulate poll outcome, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday slammed the removal of Narendra Modi's hoarding and transfer of station house officers in the city and charged the police with being hand in glove with Sheila Dikshit government in harassing opposition workers.
A sombre mood prevailed at the Delhi BJP office ahead of the results, where the party leaders hoped that the exit polls will be proved wrong during the counting of votes.
Accusing the Sheila Dikshit-led government of failing to fulfil its promises made in Congress manifestos in the past, Delhi BJP on Sunday said the assurances made by the party were not more than a "bundle of lies."
'I have voted in several elections and now this is the first time I have been told that my vote is not here'
The Delhi government said that it is not ready "to compromise with the safety of women".
The roadshow will begin from Kachahari at 12 noon after party leaders garland the statue of BR Ambedkar and will cover a distance of around eight kilometers in three hours.
Rajiv, who was the sixth and youngest prime minister of India, was assassinated on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu during a poll campaign.
His deputy Manish Sisodia termed the judgement 'historic' and recalled the landmark mandate that the people of Delhi had given to the Aam Aadmi Paarty in the assembly elections in February 2015 when the party won 67 of 70 seats.
Dikshit cites lack of party support for delhi debacle; Pawar prescribes introspection; No party ready to form govt in Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's iftar party on Sunday was a political blockbuster.
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