NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal vacated the 6 Flagstaff Road residence and relocated to his new address, Bungalow No. 5 on Feroz Shah Road, near Mandi House in Delhi’s Lutyens’ Zone on Friday.The AAP supremo’s family headed towards the official residence of party member Ashok Mittal…
CHANDIGARH: Dalit politician Ashok Tanwar’s return to Congress on Thursday is being seen by political analysts as unlikely to benefit the party. However, the timing of his switch, on the same day BJP ran advertisements accusing Congress of being anti-Dalit, has become a talking point.Just hours before his re-entry into Congress, Tanwar had campaigned for…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh-based climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk and over 170 people, who were on way to the national capital as part of their Delhi Chalo Padyatra demanding sixth schedule status for the UT, were detained by Delhi Police at the Singhu border on Monday night for allegedly “violating prohibitory orders”. Wangchuk and…
Winning BJP candidate Sunder Singh Tanwar with other party councillors NEW DELHI: The drama over election of one member of the 18-member standing committee of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, which stretched over two days, culminated in BJP councillor Sunder Singh Tanwar winning on Friday afternoon. The victory of Tanwar, from Bhati ward, was a foregone…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured the final vacant position on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s 18-member Standing Committee without opposition on Friday, as councillors from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress abstained from the election process. Sunder Singh, the BJP’s nominee, received all 115 votes from the party’s councillors, while…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP on Thursday, accusing them of “killing democracy” in the Delhi Municipal Corporation. Sisodia’s remarks came in response to an order from Delhi LG VK Saxena, directing the immediate completion of the election…
NEW DELHI: AAP leaders have increasingly turned to the epic Ramayana for analogies to describe their roles in Delhi’s politics, invoking legendary figures to highlight their loyalty and purpose. After a day filled with symbolic gestures and declarations by new Delhi chief minister Atishi, Kailash Gahlot, newly appointed minister in the Atishi-led Delhi government, proclaimed…
NEW DELHI: AAP leaders have increasingly turned to the epic Ramayana for analogies to describe their roles in Delhi’s politics, invoking legendary figures to highlight their loyalty and purpose. After a day filled with symbolic gestures and declarations by new Delhi chief minister Atishi, Kailash Gahlot, newly appointed minister in the Atishi-led Delhi government, proclaimed…
NEW DELHI: A court in Delhi on Monday extended AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s judicial custody till October 7 in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in appointments made at the Delhi Waqf Board during his tenure as its chairperson.The Rouse Avenue Court, however, allowed Khan to carry his medical record in…
NEW DELHI: New chief minister, Atishi, will continue to hold the 13 portfolios that she had earlier, including finance, planning, power, water, revenue, and public works department, while Saurabh Bharadwaj will have eight and new face Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat will handle five ministries. Apart from the ministries he held in the Kejriwal govt, Bharadwaj has…
