NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Wednesday wrote a letter to chief minister Atishi, expressing his concern over the city’s worsening air pollution and the lack of concrete action taken by the government. In the letter, Saxena said that he has written numerous “pleading letters to chief ministers of neighbouring states and duly…
JAMMU: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court will constitute a special bench to hear a PIL challenging the power vested in the lieutenant governor to nominate five members to the legislative assembly of the Union Territory.Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan agreed to constitute a special division bench on Monday after petitioner Ravinder Sharma, senior…
Omar Abdullah is set to take oath as the new chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir on October 16. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 11.30 am. National Conference‘s Omar Abdullah on Monday posted on X a letter sent by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inviting him to take oath on October 16.“Was pleased to…
The AAP has shared images of Delhi CM Atishi signing files amid packed belongings, claiming she was forcibly vacated from her residence. AAP leader Sanjay Singh accused the BJP of disrespect during the Navratri festival. NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday shared images of Delhi chief minister Atishi signing files at her…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday levelled fresh allegations against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), accusing it of delaying the handover of the chief mninister’s house at 6, Flagstaff Road in Civil Lines to “hide corruption”. In a sharp statement, he claimed that AAP national convenor and former Delhi CM Arvind…
NEW DELHI: The J&K LG will, prima facie, have the same powers as the Delhi LG, and also control prisons, which come under the state govt in Delhi. Observers are not ruling out recurrent strain in working ties between the LG and the elected govt — a common occurrence in Delhi — over several issues….
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced on Thursday that Delhi CM-designate Atishi and her cabinet will be sworn in on September 21.Lieutenant governor VK Saxena had proposed the date in a communication to the President, while also forwarding Arvind Kejriwal‘s resignation letter. Kejriwal stepped down as chief minister on Tuesday, and Atishi subsequently…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resigned from his post on Tuesday, submitting his formal resignation to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena. The resignation was submitted to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena at around 4:30 pm.Kejriwal was accompanied by his cabinet colleague, Saurabh Bharadwaj, as he arrived at the LG Secretariat. AAP leader Atishi,…
NEW DELHI: Calling the Delhi Lieutenant Governor‘s decision to prosecute author Arundhati Roy under the stringent UAPA for a speech she delivered in 2010 a “misuse of power,” Nationalist Congress Party-SP (NCP-SP) leader Sharad Pawar criticised his decision. Pawar made these remarks during a joint press conference with his Maha Vikas Aghadi allies, Uddhav Thackeray…
NEW DELHI: Polls to elect the new mayor and deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, scheduled for April 26, have been postponed, an official order said on Thursday. The decision comes amidst the non-appointment of a presiding officer.The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) announced the postponement of the mayoral polls following a directive…
