Vishal Kant

L-G Anil Baijal’s fortnight meetings with Delhi police to focus on a theme

Delhi L-G has said that the review meetings with the police will be based on a theme and will be attended by representatives from other departments as well. The coming meeting will be on women’s safety.

Delhi L-G seeks deadline from MCDs to make waste-to-energy plants operational

The direction comes after L-G held a review meeting of the projects and environmental issues related to the landfill sites, on Tuesday.

Decade on, incomplete Old Delhi flyover faces fresh roadblocks

Two decades since it was mooted, 10 years since work started on it and six years after the deadline was first missed, construction of the 1.6-kilometre-long flyover on Rani Jhansi Road is far from over as officials try to weed out bottlenecks.

CBI visits Delhi govt’s info and publicity dept headed by Sisodia

The CBI preliminary enquiry has been initiated against Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and unnamed officials for alleged irregularities in awarding contract for the government’s social media campaign, Talk To AK.

Punjab polls: 100 NRIs arrive in Delhi from Canada to drum up support for AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is trying to garner all the support it can get, from India as well as abroad, to win the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab.

Delhi MCD elections to be held in April after CBSE board exams

Delhi Election Commission sources say civic polls in Delhi may be held in April third week. They said notification for the polls may be issued after the CBSE board exams. BJP, AAP and Congress are the three main contenders.

Poll dynamics change, parties anxious before Delhi MCD elections

Rearrangement of 272 wards across three municipal corporations has made the upcoming Delhi MCD polls unpredictable, though many feel that it may give an advantage to the ruling AAP which will be contesting a civic body poll for the first time

Kumar Vishwas joining BJP? Aam Aadmi Party rubbishes report

Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday sarcastically dismissed reports that senior party leader Kumar Vishwas is likely to join the BJP and contest in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

Delhi Assembly session starts today, AAP set to target MCDs as BJP plans protest

At the two-day assembly session, the ruling AAP legislators are likely to raise issues such as the functioning of the BJP-led MCDs.

In a first in Delhi, Kejriwal to be seen with L-G at a public event

While former L-G Najeeb Jung was never seen with Arvind Kejriwal, the CM will be jointly inaugurating skill centres in west Delhi with the newly appointed L-G Anil Baijal

Politics over sanitation strike goes on as streets stink in East Delhi

Even as chief minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at critics by reminding them that the BJP ruled MCDs in the city, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari advised the chief minister of “not playing with numbers related to funds provided by the government to the civic body and announce a special package for the EDMC”.

Suspense on GST rollout hits Delhi government’s budget planning

Indirect taxes such as VAT, entertainment and luxury tax will get merged under the GST. Officials say once GST is implemented, the budget of state government would largely be about welfare proposals and hardly require any tax proposals.

No cash crunch for AAP, party collects Rs 1.3 crore at fundraiser

The Aam Aadmi Party raised Rs 1.13 crore at a dinner with city traders on Saturday, seeing almost a six-fold jump in donations from 2014 when the trade wing first held such an event.

Soon, passenger information system at Delhi’s railway stations on smartphones

Rail passengers will be able to monitor the arrival and departure of trains on their smartphones and tablets at five major stations in the national capital.

AAP to hold ‘business meet’ to give Delhi govt’s account of performance to traders

The development comes in the backdrop of the Narendra Modi government’s decision to demonetise Rs500 and Rs1000 bank notes from November 8.

Delhi: Eight public libraries built with Swaraj Fund to be opened today

These libraries are unique in their own way as they have been put together from the citizen local area development fund, or Swaraj fund, and were taken up after people chose them as priority projects in mohalla sabhas conducted in various assembly constituencies last year.

Jung resigns as Delhi L-G, Kejriwal calls it a ‘surprise’

Najeeb Jung resigned as Delhi’s lieutenant governor on Thursday, ending a three-and-half-year tenure marked by a bitter jurisdictional battle for the Capital with chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Fog delays trains in Delhi, flights ‘normal’, visibility dips in Noida and Ghaziabad

72 trains were delayed, 30 rescheduled and two cancelled, owing to thick blanket of fog across the northern plains

Train services severely hit due to dense fog in north India

About 100 inbound and outbound trains were running behind schedule, ranging from four to over 30 hours, railway officials said.

L-G Najeeb Jung halting vacuum cleaning of roads: Kejriwal

Kejriwal said in a press conference that the clarifications sought are unnecessary and aimed at ‘stalling the initiative’. The L-G office offered no comment.

Resolve cash crunch in 3 days: Mamata, Kejriwal serve ultimatum to govt

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on Thursday addressed a rally against demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes organised by the Aam Aadmi Party.

AAP plans rally for Delhi traders miffed over Centre’s currency ban

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to attend a rally organised by Aam Aadmi Party at Azadpur Mandi.

Demonetisation: Kejriwal says PM Modi using his mother for politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his nonagenarian mother for politics by letting her stand in queue to exchange old currency, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.

Vegetable vendors in Delhi hit by withdrawal of currency notes

Delhi pollution: L-G Jung announces crackdown on old vehicles, entry of trucks

Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung announced a raft of measures on Monday to tackle rising air pollution in the Capital that has created a thick blanket of smog hanging over the city.

L-G approval pending, Sisodia seeks Mohalla Sabha road map by Monday

Though lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung is yet to approve Mohalla Sabhas, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has sought a detailed road map by October 24 to hold the local governance units in all assembly constituencies.

Eye on civic polls, AAP sharpens attack on BJP-ruled municipalities

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has sharpened attacks against the BJP-ruled municipal corporations in the run-up to municipal elections in April-May next year.

Kejriwal and Jung meet officially after four months

A chief minister attending a review meeting called by the city administrator, the lieutenant governor, is a routine affair. But not the one chaired by L-G Najeeb Jung at his office on Wednesday in which CM Arvind Kejriwal was present.

Ink-attacker Shukla an old AAP ‘critic’

Hours before he smeared ink on deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Brijesh Shukla told his son he was going for an important work. Shukla’s family members had no idea then that he will be in the news. “My father left home saying he had some important work. We could not speak much. Later, I saw television and it was shocking,” his son Shivam said.

CM Kejriwal back in Delhi, says let’s wage united ‘war against mosquitoes’

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal directed the health department on Sunday to buy as many fogging machines as needed to cover all residential neighbourhoods in Delhi.