NEW DELHI: In her first press briefing as Delhi chief minister, Rekha Gupta announced that her cabinet has decided to implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Delhi, which the Kejriwal government had refused to roll out.Briefing the media about the two key decisions taken at first cabinet meet, Rekha Gupta announced that her government has…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s newly appointed chief minister Rekha Gupta unveiled the portfolios of her six cabinet ministers following her swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. Gupta, who assumed office with a commitment to fulfilling the BJP’s promises, wasted no time in outlining her cabinet’s responsibilities as she set her sights on realising the “Viksit Delhi” mission.Gupta, who…
From left – Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Delhi CM Rakhi Gupta and Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on several occasions, has given reasons to believe that it is good to be a first-time MLA in assembly elections. Picking dark horses over front runners has been a consistent strategy…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday went hammers and thong at the Congress party after US President Donald Trump acknowledged India’s 2024 Lok Sabha election was “influenced” by the external forces to “get someone else elected”. Hours after Trump criticised the Biden dispensation’s decision to disburse $21 million…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting has issued an advisory to OTT platforms urging stricter age-based classification of content and compliance with the Information Technology (IT) Rules 2021. The advisory comes close on the heels of row over an episode of YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’ by Samay Raina, featuring podcaster and influencer,…
NEW DELHI: Rekha Gupta, BJP MLA from Shalimar Bagh, was sworn in as the chief minister of Delhi on Thursday, marking the beginning of a new government in the capital under the BJP rule after 27 years. She took the oath of office alongside six BJP MLAs who have been appointed as cabinet ministers. The…
NEW DELHI: First-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, Rekha Gupta, on Thursday sworn in as chief minister of Delhi at Ramlila Maidan. The oath-taking ceremony took place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Cabinet colleagues and chief ministers of National Democratic Alliance-governed states, among others.Along with Gupta, leaders including Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood,…
Arvind Kejriwal and Manjinder Singh Sirsa (File photo) NEW DELHI: Shortly after being named as a minister in the Rekha Gupta-led BJP cabinet on Thursday, Manjinder Singh Sirsa took a direct jab at former Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying, “Kejriwal will have to spend most of his time in jail.” Sirsa,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Lokpal order that allowed it to entertain complaints against high court judges under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.A special bench headed by Justice B R Gavai issued a notice to the Centre and others, seeking their responses in the suo motu proceedings initiated over the…
Bryan Johnson and Ramdev (R) NEW DELHI: Yoga guru and Patanjali founder Ramdev blocked American entrepreneur Bryan Johnson on X after receiving a critical comment on his post. On Tuesday, Ramdev shared a post showing him running next to a horse while promoting Patanjali products, Immunogrit Gold and Swarna Shilajit. In response, Johnson commented on…
