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.
The gunman was killed when police responded to the shooting in the southeastern coastal city of Virginia Beach.
SC had ruled liquor shops licenses along national & state highways won't be renewed after March 31
The Maharashtra government on Thursday said the work on 22km-long sea link between Sewri and Nhava Sheva would start within the next six months.
The Supreme Court directed the Central Public Works Department to ensure that no further renovation be carried out on the apex court, in view of the Supreme Court Bar Association is going ahead with the renovation, clearly violating the directive of the Chief Justice of India.
The Gandhi residence is spread over 15,181 sq metre while the PM's, is smaller at 14,101 sq m.
The Uttar Pradesh Engineers Association on Friday postponed their state-wide strike in protest against the murder of senior engineer M K Gupta allegedly by a Bahujan Samaj Party legislator after Public Works Department Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui assured them of stern action.
The three and half year old Achuthanandan cabinet is on the verge of expansion with three ministers getting into the ministry after taking the oath of office.
Twenty-two proposals comprising 16 states and Union Territories and six ministries and departments have been shortlisted for participation in the parade after a series of five meetings.
The searches are linked to suspected movement of hawala money during the ongoing polls season and tax evasion.
The tax department was given the land at Mumbai's posh location, measuring 2,786 square metre, with a minimum capacity of 100,000 sq ft, in 1992. Instead of constructing an office building, the department recently took a few floors on rent at the nearby Air India building.
Authorities have suspended civil construction works in Delhi and Haryana as part of emergency measures to improve air quality.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday convened a meeting at her room in the Apollo Hospital in Chennai to discuss the interim directions issued by the Supreme Court on the Cauvery issue.
A court in Bihar has issued summons to Lord Hanuman to appear before it in an encroachment case.
National Disaster Response Force personnel left the spot, while State Disaster Management Department personnel continued their rescue work at the accident site with cranes, earth movers and drilling machines.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he congratulated his friend T M Thomas Issac for, what he sarcastically said, taking over as "Finance Minister of Somalia".
The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday filed a chargesheet against 10 persons, including Bahujan Samaj Party legislator Shekhar Tiwari, in the murder of Public Works Department engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta in Auraiya. Tiwari had, on Friday, confessed that he had beaten and tortured PWD executive engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta until he succumbed to his wounds in the early hours of December 24.
In her bid to ward off the common impression that her administration was doing a wishy-washy job in the murder of a PWD engineer by a ruling Bahjan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday ordered suspension of Auraiya district superintendent of police Ekramul Haque and dismissal of three other cops for their alleged complacence in the case.
In a desperate bid to give herself a clean-chit and clear herself of the charge that the engineer lost his life for refusing to concede the MLA's demand for money required to fill the coffers for Mayawati's birthday celebrations on January 15, she also hit out at the opposition for maligning her.
BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari and his two associates--Manoj Tyagi and another surnamed Bhatia--forcibly entered the house of engineer M K Gupta at Gail Vihar Colony in Diviapur police circle in Auraiya on Tuesday night and started beating him up severely, according to a report lodged with the police by his wife Shashi Gupta.
The Delhi government spent Rs 13.41lakh on the oath-taking ceremony of Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi chief minister at Ramlila Maidan and on the publicity of the mammoth function.
In another twist to the German minor rape case, the girl's mother on Thursday told police that State Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao's nephew, Warren Alemao, had also sexually abused the 14-year-old girl along with Education Minister Atanasio Monserratte's son Rohit.
The attempt went awry as the sheets flew in different directions in gusty winds in the river.
Additional SP Ram Kishan Yadav said a large crowd had gathered outside the public works department guest house where the CM was holding the programme.
The 15-year-old from Aizwal, who is also a world youth silver-medallist, lifted a total of 274 kg (124 kg +150 kg) to finish on top.
A solution to the Singur issue ran into rough weather on Sunday when Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee raised certain objects after a consensus was understood to have been reached between her party and West Bengal government, a senior minister said.
The chief engineer of the Public Works Department, however, said that the process of denotification has nothing to do with the apex court directive.
He attributed the episode to low sugar and low oxygen supply to his body as he was wearing convocation robes.
The trial of lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai terror attack case, Mohammed Amir Ajmal Kasab, scheduled to begin in the premises of Arthur Road central jail on Monday, has been put off by a week as the construction of the special court is not yet over.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
The Central Public Works Department, responsible for awarding these projects, which include construction of stadiums, a media centre and a hostel, among others, has failed to get contractors for these projects due to the government's inability to address their concerns over the unprecedented rise in prices of key raw materials.
According to the list being finalised by the Central Public Works Department, about 10 politicians and senior bureaucrats, who have been found violating building norms in the LBZ, may get relief from the Urban Development Ministry. The ministry will grant the relief to VIPs like former Deputy Prime Minister and senior BJP leader L K Advani, Union Ministers Suresh Pachouri and Kumari Selja, former Governor of Maharashtra P C Alexander and IB Director P C Haldar.
The government would request the Kerala high court chief justice to make available the services of a sitting judge for the purpose
The complex having 350-odd galas and godown was constructed in the year 2001.
According to a three-year-old article published in Lokmat, the bridge was in a terrible condition and the National Highways Authority who were aware of the condition did nothing to fix it.
In the circular issued by the CEO of Karnataka on April 3, 2008, there were 13 points regarding the model code of conduct. In point number six the circular states, "No schemes/programmes should be discussed or sanctioned. No funds should be released for new schemes/programmes and no assurances should be given for new schemes/programmes."
The President's House will also be lit with such a system within three months, an official said.
Mohammed Sulaiman, a supervisor with the Public Works Department in Bhopal, claims his great-grandfather was the real Bourbon descendent and therefore his father Mohammed Affan is the genuine heir to the French throne.
Demanding an immediate apology, Javadekar charged the state police for not acting on time and alleged that the serial killings were "part of a larger conspiracy involving big people."
"The BJP and the Congress are treating Mishra as Harishchandra... He is same the person who had called Modi an 'Inter-Services Intelligence agent'," Sanjay Singh of the AAP said.
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