Vishal Kant

Delhi govt to introduce ‘Good Samaritan’ monetary incentive policy

The government will also form a team of experts to provide legal advice to the good Samaritans. A helpline number for the same will be launched.

What happens now will be legitimate, constitutional: Delhi L-G after HC ruling

No one in the central government has ever asked me to do things this way or that way, prime minister to bahut badi cheez hain, says Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung

AAP to launch ‘Dalit dialogue’ in Punjab

AAP to start ‘Dalit Dialogue’ in Punjab, special manifesto in Sept

In a major Dalit outreach, the Aam Aadmi Party will be holding “Dalit dialogues” across Punjab starting later this week.

Modi can get me killed: Kejriwal tells his MLAs to be prepared

Govt forms committee to review circle rates in Delhi

Officials said the government decided to review circle rates as it received several complaints against the current rates. The revenue department came up with notice on Wednesday, seeking suggestions from public by August 16.

PM Modi is frustrated, can get me killed: Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi “can get me killed” as part of a campaign to wipe off his Aam Aadmi Party.

AAP moots new body for small businessmen

AAP’s trade wing moots new industry body for small businessmen

Office-bearers of AAP’s trade wing say the initiative is an attempt to provide a platform to small traders and owners of small-scale industrial units in the city.

Govt recovers Rs 2 crore VAT under bill reward scheme in four months

I am open to probe, haven’t done anything wrong, says Sheila

Dikshit said she was not afraid of facing any investigation as she had not done anything wrong

Bypoll result opens window of opportunity for Congress in Delhi

After its encouraging results in the municipal bypolls, the Congress plans to strengthen the organisation with an eye on the main civic polls scheduled for April 2017.

MCD polls: AAP may be worried but results not a referendum, say experts

The AAP might have won nearly one-third of the seats in the bypolls but party leaders are worried as it has lost vote share.

Cabbies want 5 years for conversion, tags for tourist vehicles

The transporters suggested the measures at a meeting with the Delhi government and the Environment Pollution Control Authority on Wednesday

Modi is not the country, RSS is not Parliament, says Kejriwal

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra on Thursday and said merely paying tributes to BR Ambedkar at his birthplace would not bring about any change as the Centre has been violating principles enshrined in the Constitution at will.

Slice of pie for every aadmi in AAP’s Delhi Budget

The Arvind Kejriwal government sought to fuse Delhi’s “smart city” ambitions with broader goals of creating opportunities for the underprivileged in a Rs 46,600-crore budget on Monday that made goods such as garments, shoes, school bags, sweets and namkeens cheaper.

Last year’s tax collection target not met but AAP may hike it again

The Arvind Kejriwal government is likely to scale up tax collection target for 2016-17, though it failed to achieve the budgetary goal of Rs 24,000 crore for the current financial year.

I pity people who think infrastructure is just flyovers: Sisodia

As the Delhi government completes one in year in office, Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia talks to HT about his government’s hits, misses and plans.

1-year report card: A few false notes in an AAP-roarious medley

The catchy phrase summarised one year of the Arvind Kejriwal government that was sworn in on February 14 last year, a roller-coaster 12 months that have seen bitter political wrangling between the city government and the Centre, repeated public spats between the chief minister and the lieutenant governor and a bureaucracy hamstrung between the two.

As civic strike hits Delhi, Kejriwal govt slashes publicity funds

Officials said the budgetary proposal of Rs 521 crore for the department of information and publicity was cut to Rs 100 crore for the current fiscal.

This politics stinks: Why garbage is piling up in Delhi

Financial crunch and corruption are cited as the major reasons for the prevailing condition in municipal corporations but it is fast becoming evident that the political stakes of ruling parties precipitated the crisis even as the civic workers’ strike entered its ninth day on Thursday.

MCD strike: Politics over funds rotting civic bodies, drying up coffers

Trifurcation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, inadequate fund allocation, delays in disbursal, a lack of administrative reforms and corruption are cited as other reasons for the rot in the civic bodies, that is leading to the strike.

Dissolve MCDs and hold fresh elections: Kejriwal

Politics over garbage is gaining momentum in the Capital, with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal demanding the dissolution of the BJP-ruled municipal corporations and fresh elections to the civic bodies.

Kejriwal accuses CBI of raiding his office, calls PM Modi ‘coward’

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a psychopath and coward after the CBI raided his office on Tuesday, triggering a torrent of criticism from BJP leaders in what may be the next flashpoint between the Centre and city government.

AAP govt probes mystery of missing words in Constitution day ad

Delhi government apologised on Thursday after its advertisements published in major newspapers to commemorate Constitution Day quoted an earlier version of the Preamble that omitted the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’, triggering a controversy.

Kejriwal govt forms panel to ‘protect’ officials from L-G

The Delhi government alleged on Friday the lieutenant governor was “threatening” officers who didn’t obstruct the city administration and set up a special group-of-ministers to shield bureaucrats from what the Aam Aadmi Party regime called “political victimisation” by Najeeb Jung.

Delhi assembly may go paperless by budget session

In an effort to go hi-tech for operational efficiency apart from contributing to environmental conservation, the Delhi Assembly is aiming to go paperless by the next budget session.

Centre sends VAT chief Vijay Kumar to Lakshadweep

Ignoring chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s request not to transfer senior IAS officers serving in the Delhi government, the Union Home ministry on Monday ordered VAT (value-added tax) commissioner Vijay Kumar to take charge of his new assignment as the administrator of Lakshadweep.

Kejriwal’s radio ad blames ‘poisonous’ netas for communal riots

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal waded into the debate over the lynching of a man in Bisada over rumours that he slaughtered a cow, hitting out at “poisonous” politicians for instigating riots.

Delhi MLAs may become the highest paid, panel seeks fat raise

An experts panel looking into legislators’ salaries on Tuesday recommended a Delhi MLA’s monthly package be more than doubled to Rs 210,000 from Rs 88,000, which could make them the highest paid legislators in the country.