The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Joshi will interact with 'people to discuss road safety issues tomorrow (March 29) at 7.30 pm via Google Hangout.
A directive this year to ban all vehicles older than 15 years has been delayed and previous city governments have often ignored court orders to address pollution woes.
A court in Delhi on Monday sought an Action Taken Report from Delhi Police on a plea seeking registration of an FIR against the city transport minister and others, alleging the December 16 gangrape incident had occurred due to their "corrupt" activities.
"I will also cycle to my office on January 22," Kejriwal said while addressing a gathering in Dwarka.
Controversy is not new to Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister and state Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana. Botsa, who has been in the eye of the storm on earlier occasions for alleged mafia activities, does not seem to shy away from courting controversies. Now, he is accused of abusing his official position for the wedding of his daughter Anusha, a medico, in his native Vizianagaram on Friday night
These 89 buses will cover almost all parts of the city and run between 11 pm and 5am.
In the backdrop of the Delhi gang-rape case, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee President Botsa Satyanarayana on Monday stirred a controversy by questioning the need for women to roam in streets at midnight.
Kamal Nath said that the Bharatiya Janata Party was perturbed as its "corruption over its 15-year rule is going to be exposed"
Launching a blistering attack against the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed state Transport Minister Madan Mitra's arrest as "political vendetta" and "dirty conspiracy" by the BJP and dared the NDA government to arrest her.
With Trinamool Congress walking out of the United Progressive Alliance, a reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Council of Ministers is likely to be effected this week.
To put in place an effective and economically vibrant transport system by this September, the West Bengal government is contemplating voluntary retirement scheme to shed out willing and physically unfit employees.
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday blamed the Communist Party of India-Marxist for the violence at Bamunghata in South 24 Parganas district with a party minister saying that the Marxist party would not have existed had not the TMC given a call for change.
'The BJP has proved that it is a threat to all its allies'
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Bombay high court order, which had cancelled the bail granted to Maharashtra Transport Minister Gulabrao Baburao Deokar allegedly involved in a Rs 24 crore Jalagaon Municipal Council scandal.
The Union minister's assertion came in the backdrop of his "leadership should own up defeat" remarks made on Saturday, days after the BJP's defeat in the just-held assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
The private Volvo bus with 44 persons on board was on its way to Hyderabad from Bhubaneswar when the mishap occurred between two culverts on the highway, police said.
A match between Bursaspor and Besiktas attended by thousands of people had finished two hours before the blasts.
The youth have to turn into entrepreneurs if India's massive demographic dividend is to be taken advantage of: Smriti Irani.
Telugu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu has appealed to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to immediately remove the tainted ministers who allegedly have links with the liquor mafia.
Only four-five lawmakers availed of the facility of DTC's "MP Special" to reach Parliament on the first day of the launch of the service.
The debris, found on Pemba Island off the Tanzanian coast, is the latest piece of wreckage to be linked to the Malaysia Airlines jet, whose disappearance remains a mystery.
In an interesting development, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who is very much in the news these days would be travelling by a special plane to Udaipur, Rajsamand and Nathdwara temple in Rajasthan, accompanied by Union Road and Transport Minister C P Joshi for a one-day trip to the state on Saturday.
In the continuing crackdown by All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam government on land grabbing, former Transport Minister and senior Dravida Munetra Kazhagam leader K N Nehru and two others were arrested in Tiruchirappalli on Thursday, while another functionary was taken into custody in Coimbatore.
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari escaped unhurt today when a cloth got stuck in the rotor blades of his helicopter while landing here.
Under attack from Members of the Parliament, Surface Transport Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday sought to blame the excess rains this year for bad condition of roads in some parts of the country.
In a relief to Karnataka Home and Transport Minister R Ashok, who has been booked under the prevention of corruption act for his alleged denotification of lands in Lottegollahalli, Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda said that no action will be taken against him for now.
More people are expected to hit the roads after celebrating the New Year and an extended weekend.
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has been angered by Prime Minister Julia Gillard's decision to lift a ban on uranium exports to India and her move threatens to divide the ruling Labor Party.
The final journey of Goa's 'son of the soil' begun from Kala Academy in Panjim. A teeming column of mourners followed on foot and vehicles.
Kejriwal also said that the almighty would have given the AAP 67 seats keeping in mind that 20 AAP MLAs would be disqualified after three years.
With the Opposition gunning for Sheila Dikshit, the Delhi government on Monday claimed that there was no indictment of the chief minister or any other political leader in the report on Commonwealth Games projects by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Noting that the government has gone through the report of the CAG, Delhi Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said it has neither indicted Dikshit nor any other political personality.
The double-decker bus belonged to Awadh Depot and was going to New Delhi from Lucknow.
The state government claimed that 66.49 per cent of buses belonging to state transport undertakings were plying since Saturday night across the state.
Launching the fleet of 50 such new taxis in Kasba area, West Bengal Transport minister Madan Mitra said the cabs would be beneficial for both drivers and passengers.
Under the new system, a uniform driving licence will be issued across the country.
New Andha Pradesh Congress Committee president and state's transport minister Botsa Satyanarayana, whose appointment has created a stir in the party, has said that there was nothing wrong if Andhra Pradesh was divided into two to fulfil the demand of Telangana people for statehood.
Egypt's new military rulers buckled under continued public pressure and removed Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, handpicked by ousted President Hosni Mubarak, replacing him with a new nominee. Former Transport Minister Essam Sharaf will be the new prime minster, a brief military statement said. The sacking of Shafiq was a key demand of the opposition protest movement.
Shortly after former Defence Minister George Fernandes died at the age of 88, leaders across the political spectrum paid tribute to the veteran leader. Here is how our leaders reacted to the tragedy.
While Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has made it clear that he would not step down from his post, a discussion is already on about who is going to replace him in such a situation. The discussion has emerged in the wake of the illegal mining report which names Yeddyurappa.
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