AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, who will be Delhi’s chief minister, Wednesday said that the swearing in ceremony was unlikely to take place Thursday as the party had not yet received a call from Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.
“We have not received any call from Lt Governor yet. It is unlikely that the oath taking ceremony will take place tomorrow (Dec 26),” Kejriwal told the media.
Protesting against the Congress Party’s decision to extend outside support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for forming the next government in Delhi, the Congress workers on Tuesday burnt effigies of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal outside the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) headquarters. “The Congress high command has extended outside support just for the sake of the people of Delhi. We don’t want to place a burden of re-election on the people. But their (AAP’s) language is demoralizing the Congress workers. We will not tolerate this.
Dense fog in the national capital has disrupted flight schedule once again on Tuesday morning.
According to television reports, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, three international arrivals have been delayed while one has been diverted.
Six domestic departures have also been delayed and one has been cancelled.
North India usually witnesses early morning fog every winter when night temperatures often dip below five degrees Celsius. (ANI)
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal is set to be Delhi’s seventh chief minister after staking claim Monday to take power with Congress backing — amid vocal doubts about the government’s stability.
After a fortnight of deadlock that followed a hung verdict, Kejriwal, 45, announced after meeting Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung that he and his ministers would take oath at the Ramlila Maidan but didn’t give a date.
Over 50 Congress workers Monday protested outside its Delhi office over the party’s decision to give outside support to the Aam Adami Party to form the government, police said.
The Delhi Congress office is located in Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg in central Delhi.
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Monday met Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to stake claim to form the government in Delhi after the Congress decided to give outside support of its eight legislators.
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spokesperson Shazia Ilmi on Monday said that they are going to be very tough on the public servants who do not comply and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Ministerial candidate Arvind Kejriwal will crack the whip.
The capital’s British-era Town Hall in old Delhi is to be converted into an international tourist destination, complete with a museum, food court, souvenir shops, library and an open air theatre where families can have “wholesome entertainment and learning”.
“To Live the History” is the tag line given to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s (NDMC) ambitious project of renovating the 150-year-old landmark building in Chandni Chowk in the walled city, close to the Red Fort.
Here are the key points of Aam Aadmi Party’s election manifesto in Delhi:-
– That the Lokpal bill aimed at battling corruption and covering all employees will be passed within 15 days of coming to power.
– Around 3,000 “Mohalla Sabhas” to be set up where people would decide what they want for their areas — parks, street lights, dispensaries and so on.
– Payment for government work would be made only if Mohalla Sabha is satisfied with the work done.
It was a chilly Sunday in Delhi with the maximum temperature settling four degrees below the season’s average at 17.4 degrees Celsius.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the sky will remain clear Monday though there will be fog in the morning.
“Fog will occur Monday morning and the minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to hover around 11 degrees and 18 degrees, respectively,” said an IMD official.
The word festival itself brings a lot of cheer. Add food to it and you will get the undivided attention of gourmets as well as gourmands. The three-day National Street Food Festival here, with an impressive 127 street food stalls, was a delight for the food lovers.
When I reached Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on the first day i.e Friday, I didn’t know where to start. There were so many inviting dishes on display.
While one Punjab stall offered irresistible butter chicken with naan, the other one from Chandigarh neatly placed makke ki roti with sarson ka saag on the counter.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), one of India’s oldest civic bodies, will celebrate its centenary this week, with a string of events expected to draw tens of thousands of people.
Besides showcasing a refurbished Connaught Place, a premier shopping centre, “there will be something or the other for everyone”, NDMC chairperson Jalaj Shrivastava said.
There will be a film festival that will be held till Dec 27 and a shopping festival in Connaught Place from Dec 23 to Jan 8.
It was a chilly Sunday morning here and light mist enveloped the national capital affecting some trains, officials said.
An official of the Northern Railway said that only three trains from Delhi were disturbed by the mist and had to be rescheduled, while 28 trains arriving from other parts of north India that are witnessing dense fog were running late.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the visibility at 8.30 a.m. was 400 metres.
As many as 400 street food vendors from 19 states offered a wide range of options like chole bhature, spring rolls, fish pakora and kebabs to thousands of foodies of the capital on the first day of National Street Food Festival here Friday.
The three-day fest, organised by National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), is being held at the capital’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
It was a chilly Saturday morning in the national capital. Many trains were delayed or cancelled due to the fog, authorities said.
An official of the Northern Railway said around 38 trains coming to Delhi were running late due to the fog and poor visibility.
The Northern Railway has also announced cancellation of 53 trains between Dec 21 and Dec 30 due to dense fog.
In an effort to raise awareness on diabetes, a two-day diabetic fair will begin at the Agarwal Bagichi Trust Bhavan in the capital’s Punjabi Bagh area Saturday.
“We expect that more than 6,000 people will be visiting the two-day fair and avail free general check up, blood sugar tests, eyes check up, ECG, heart check up and foot care would be provided to the visitors along with dietary counselling,” said A.K. Jhingan, chairman, Delhi Diabetes Research Centre.
A court extended Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal’s police custody till Jan 3 after Delhi Police said they wanted to question him to find the source of the explosives he allegedly supplied to two accused in the Sep 13, 2008 Karol Bagh blasts.
As police requested court to grant them 15 days custody to unearth the conspiracy saying that he will be likely taken to Karnataka, Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash allowed Delhi Police to quiz Bhatkal till Jan 3.
Air passengers may have heaved a sigh of relief with no flight being cancelled as the fog cover ebbed, but train services remained disrupted in the capital Friday.
Four trains were cancelled, 23 were delayed and 15 had to be rescheduled.
Trains from Delhi were not disturbed but those coming in from other parts of north India, which is witnessing dense fog, got delayed, said a railway official.
“The visibility was healthy today and no flight was disrupted,” said an official of the Airports Authority of India in Delhi.
The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the city government to appraise it about the number of thalassemia patients undergoing treatment in various government hospitals and whether people know about the guidelines related to the treatment of disease.
A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan also asked the central government’s counsel to inform it, within four weeks, whether the government was implementing the guidelines properly.
Connaught Place in Delhi has slipped two notches to become the world’s seventh costliest office destination due to slowdown in the realty market and fall in rupee’s exchange rate, property consultant CBRE said.
Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) is at the 15th position, while Nariman Point stood at 32nd. Their ranking too have fallen from previous report released in June.
London Central (West End) overtook Hong Kong (Central) as the world’s most expensive prime office market.
Telecom operators, at a pre-bid meeting here Friday for the upcoming spectrum auctions in January, have expressed concern over anomalies resulting from the slab-wise spectrum usage charges (SUC), the Cellular Operators’ Association of India said.
Pained at the brutal assault and gang rape of a young Delhi woman last year, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has penned some poems to pay “tribute to her soul and to her parents”.
The ghastly incident of Dec 16, 2012 shook the nation and led to widespread protests across the country, especially among youngsters.
“I felt the pain. I felt the alienation young people feel. This is a tribute to her soul and to her parents,” Khurshid told IANS.
“The tragedy inspired me. I was dying to say this,” said Khurshid.
Delhi Metro has earned Rs.25 crore till now in the current financial year, Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunshi said Wednesday.
She told the Lok Sabha that revenue earned in the 2012-13 fiscal was Rs.34 crore.
A total of 260 complaints were received against hospitals in Delhi for not providing free treatment to patients from economically weaker sections, parliament was told Wednesday.
While 162 complaints were disposed off, 98 were under process, Minister of State for Urban Development Deepa Dasmunshi informed the Rajya Sabha.
Dasmunshi also said 62 allotees have been given land at subsidised rates for construction of hospitals in the capital.
There was a ruckus again at the juvenile home in Kingsway Camp here Wednesday morning, the second consecutive day, but it was controlled in an hour, said a police officer.
The officer denied the registration of any case after the melee between two groups of boys in the home situated in North Delhi.
Around 80 boys created a ruckus and rioted inside the observation home Tuesday afternoon which continued till late in the night.
Two welfare officers and some juveniles suffered injuries while 15 boys managed to escape after scaling the boundary wall of the home.
Delhi might see a sudden rise in its pollution levels in the coming days, thanks to the difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures which has reduced, the System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research said in a statement.
“It is likely to shoot up further in the coming three days by 30 to 60 percent, said Gufran Beig, chief project scientist at the System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research, Pune.
Prevailing calm wind conditions with sunlight is also one the factors for the rise in pollution levels.