Snapshots from the party.
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.
Because of the reluctance to intervene structurally in the political economy of onion trade, the BJP is paying the price till today and might continue to do so in the forthcoming election to the Delhi assembly.
To try and get each state government to act would take forever, what is needed is a law, which makes it mandatory for the establishment and maintenance of such burial grounds across the country.
The rally was kicked off from Meerut's Kranti Park by Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mani Shankar Aiyar on May 7
A prayer meeting with bhajans and kirtans was held in memory of the country's second prime minister.
'It is mind-boggling that a party can be in rigor mortis even after numerous electoral defeats,' observes Ramesh Menon.
Otherwise detractors, Congress general secretary Ahmad Patel and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit appeared to team up to keep Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Salman Khurshid out of Delhi.
Senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said her condition was "stable" after she suffered a bout of "dehydration, vomited and had fever" in Varanasi.
PM to inaugurate Metro's longest line on Dec 30
Moscow may allocate a new plot for the construction of a Krishna temple despite opposition from the powerful Christian Orthodox Church and Muslim clergy.
An all-religion prayer was held at the All India Congress Committee headquarters.
The meeting comes as reports suggest that she may play a bigger role and canvas for the party all over the state.
According to the sources, the decision was taken on Wednesday at Delhi Cabinet's meeting headed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Ajay Maken was unhappy with her handling of the power situation in New Delhi.
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The former prime minister was assassinated on this day 19 years ago.
The announcement came as part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Some 34 cases of a rare form of meningitis has been reported from Delhi. The government has said there is no epidemic.
Delhi government on Wednesday exempted life-saving medicines from taxation under the value added tax regime and decided to approach the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for reduction in sales tax on diesel.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta has filed a complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit before a special court here seeking direction to police to register a first information report against her for allegedly misusing government funds to the tune of Rs 22.56 crore in an advertisement campaign ahead of the 2008 Assembly polls.
The Delhi Cabinet made the decision on Monday after a recent Delhi HC directive.
Bhutto, the Pakistan Peoples Party chief and a two-time prime minister, was killed along with more than 20 people in a gun and bomb attack in Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh during an election campaign rally on December 27, 2007. She was 54.
BJP candidate was attacked in West Bengal, EVM glitches were reported in New Delhi.
There was considerable disquiet in the Congress after Mukherjee accepted the invitation of the RSS to address its workers at its headquarters in Nagpur.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday blamed the feud in the Ambani family for the capital's power crisis and non-cooperative attitude of neighbouring states for the water problem in the city.
His wife, Sheila, said doctors believe he had a stroke.
The Delhi government said that it is not ready "to compromise with the safety of women".
For those worried about rising fuel prices and low mileage of cars, relief may be closer than you think.
Addressing the villagers, Rahul said while Gandhiji's march was to unite the nation against the British rule, the current yatra was to unite the nation against the internal enemies.
Rahul Gandhi, along with Delhi CM Sheila Dixit and Union minister Kapil Sibal joined the yatra at Kankapura in Anand district at the break of dawn.
Expressing concern over the verdict in the Jessica Lal case, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday said, "justice does not appear" to have been done in the case.
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B V Wanchoo on Friday resigned as Governor of Goa as government went about finalising its plans for replacing the Governors appointed during the previous UPA regime.
As many as 31 air conditioners and 25 heaters were among a number of electrical appliances installed in the official bungalow of Sheila Dikshit in Delhi when she was chief minister.
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