Banks in the national capital are heaving a sigh of relief after seeing limited crowds to exchange 2,000-rupee notes but some shopkeepers have firmly begun to say "no" to the high-denomination currency.
Ever since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced on May 19 that 2,000-rupee notes must be surrendered to banks by September 30, fuel station...
Should a shot at settling petty political scores with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) override its avowed commitment to principles of federalism? As the Congress leadership firms up its position on the contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, it is this question that has confounded the party’s str...
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday (May 24) conducted fresh searches on premises owned by associates of AAP MP Sanjay Singh in connection with its probe into the money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi liquor policy matter, official sources said.
Posting a video message on Twitter, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lead...
The AAP made an accusation on Tuesday (May 23), claiming that a police officer had displayed inappropriate behaviour towards former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at the Rouse Avenue court.
The Delhi Police dismissed the charge as propaganda.
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The national capital is expected to continue experiencing heatwave conditions on Tuesday (May 23), with the maximum temperature likely to reach around 43 degrees Celsius. However, the weather office has predicted the possibility of light rain or drizzle later in the day.
Delhi is reeling under scorching heat for the past several days with the me...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to meet his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Tuesday (May 23), an official said.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo is trying to drum up opposition support for his government's fight against the Centre over an ordinance on the control of administrative services in the national ca...
As the war between the Delhi government and the Centre over the posting and transfer of civil servants in Delhi intensified, the Congress lent support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), asking the Centre to honour the Supreme Court verdict on the matter.
The party, however, said that it will take a final call on whether to oppose a bill the governmen...
The national capital which battled intense heatwave on Sunday (May 21), with temperature in many places crossing 45 degrees Celsius, is headed for another day of intense heat on Monday (May 22) with maximum temperature expected to settle at around 43 degrees Celsius.
The morning was hot and sunny and the minimum temperature was recorded at 27.3 ...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal at the latter’s home on Sunday (May 21), a day after attending the swearing-in ceremony of the new Congress government in Karnataka from which the AAP convener was conspicuously absent.
Kejriwal’s relations with the Congress are far from smooth. He was one of the few non...
The Delhi government on Sunday issued a statement accusing Lt. Governor V K Saxena of indulging in "dirty politics", while asserting that the complaints filed by some officers alleging harassment by the AAP government are "absolutely fake".
Officials in the LG Office had on Saturday claimed that eight officers posted in the Delhi government and ...
After issuing an ordinance to create an authority to deal with service conditions, transfer, and posting of Delhi bureaucrats, the Centre on Saturday (May 20) moved the Supreme Court, seeking a review of its May 11 verdict that gave these powers to the Delhi government.
The apex court held that the Delhi government has legislative and executive ...
The AAP on Saturday said the Centre’s ordinance on transfer of bureaucrats in the national capital is “unconstitutional” and a move to snatch the power given to the Delhi government by the Supreme Court on services matter.
Delhi minister Atishi told the media that the Centre deliberately chose to bring the ordinance when the Supreme Court has cl...
The Centre on Friday promulgated an ordinance to create an authority for transfer and posting of Group-A officers in Delhi, with the AAP government calling the move a deception with the Supreme Court verdict on control of services.
The ordinance, which comes a week after the Supreme Court handed over the control of services in Delhi, excluding p...
In a shocking incident, Sneha Chaurasia, (21 years), a third-year student of Shiv Nadar University, tragically lost her life when she was shot and killed by her classmate outside the dining hall of the college campus in Greater Noida on Thursday (May 18). The boy, Anuj Singh, who had killed her, later shot himself in the head at the boy’s hostel.
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The Delhi High Court has summoned a Hindi daily and its reporters in response to a plea filed by BJP MP Gautam Gambhir. The plea requests the court to direct the media outlet to retract alleged defamatory publications containing "false and slanderous" statements made against him.
The court, however, declined to pass an interim order on the petit...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 17) expressed concern over granting the lieutenant governor the authority to nominate aldermen for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, noting that it could lead to the destabilisation of an elected civic body. The court also questioned whether these nominations were of significant importance to the central govern...
A school in South Delhi's Pushp Vihar received a bomb threat via e-mail following which police were informed and the school evacuated, officials said on Tuesday (May 16).
The Delhi Police and a bomb disposal squad were rushed to Amrita School after being informed about the threat by the school authorities, a senior police officer said.
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The Delhi services minister has issued a show cause notice to IAS officer and services department secretary Ashish More for not complying with its direction to replace him with a new officer, threatening disciplinary action against him.
The services minister Saurabh Bhardwaj also cited that various attempts to communicate with the officer throug...
Delhi’s AAP government on Friday moved the Supreme Court accusing the Central government of not implementing the transfer of the Services Secretary and said it was contempt of an apex court order delivered a day earlier.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court, in a long-awaited judgement, ruled that the Delhi government had legislative and executive pow...
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been set up to probe the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by women wrestlers against WFI president Brij Bhushan Singh, said the Delhi Police to a special court in the capital on Friday (May 12).
The submission was made before additional chief metropolitan magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal in response...
In relation to the alleged excise scam corruption case, a Delhi court has extended the judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia until June 2.
Special Judge MK Nagpal extended Sisodia’s custody after the former Delhi deputy chief minister was produced before the court on expiry of his judicial custody.
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Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday hailed as a “victory for democracy” the Supreme Court ruling giving the elected government supreme powers over the bureaucracy, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressing his “heartfelt thanks” to the judiciary.
Immediately after the widely anticipated judgement, the AAP, which has continuousl...
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government scored a big win in the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 11) as the apex court in an unanimous verdict ruled that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over services.
Hearing the Centre versus the Delhi government case over the issue of demarcation of power, a constitutio...
A Delhi court requested a status report from the city police on Wednesday (May 10), regarding the FIRs filed against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India and a BJP MP, in relation to allegations of sexual harassment.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjit Singh Jaspal issues notice to the Delhi Polic...
Apparently tired of taking care of her 86-year-old ailing mother-in-law, a middle-aged woman allegedly beat her to death in the Indian capital with a frying pan, police said.
The gory incident took place in Swastik Residency in Neb Sarai area where Surjit Som (51), his wife Sarmishta (48) and their 16-year-old daughter lived with the elderly wom...
