Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena Friday directed authorities to install anti-smog guns on buildings with more than seven storeys and explore the possibility of placing them on foot overbridges as well to combat air pollution. Directing authorities not to wait for AQI levels to plummet before initiating preparations, he also suggested that staggered office...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India is ready to embrace Pakistan and start a process of dialogue with it provided the neighbouring country gives a guarantee that it will stop promoting terrorism on Indian soil. Singh accused the Congress, National Conference (NC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of working as “proxies of Pakistan”...
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said that Aam Aadmi Party leader is misleading the public. Today, Sisodia’s allegation that the BJP tried to distance him from Kejriwal is laughable. It’s surprising that one and a half months after being released from jail, he remembered to say that while he was in prison, efforts were made...
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi Government’s policy for mandatory scrapping of old vehicles. Petitioner N Laxmi Narayan contended that mandatory scrapping of 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles irrespective of their roadworthiness under the Guidelines for Handling End of Life Vehicle in Public Place, 2024 was arbitrary. The...
AAP MLA Mukesh Ahlawat will be the new face in the Delhi Cabinet headed by Atishi, who will be sworn in as chief minister on September 21, and four ministers will be retained, the party said on Thursday. It said Chief Minister-designate Atishi and her new Cabinet will take the oath of office on the...
Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks during his recent visit to the US, first-time BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj has said she would switch roles with him so that she wouldn’t embarrass India on an international platform. In a wide-ranging discussion during the NDTV Yuva Conclave on Thursday, Ms Swaraj also...
Four people died and 14 others sustained injuries when a five-storey building housing a slipper factory and residential accommodation for workers collapsed on Wednesday morning in a congested area in Bapa Nagar in central Delhi, police said. Rescuers faced a tough time as they reached the site after navigating through the very narrow lanes and...
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva launched a scathing attack on former chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, accusing them of orchestrating a political drama to mislead the public amidst corruption allegations. Sachdeva said, “The first episode of the political drama orchestrated by Kejriwal & Company over the last two...
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, accompanied by MPs Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Kamaljeet Sehrawat, expressed gratitude to Delhi Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena for restarting the process of land property mutation, which had been on hold for the past eight years. The announcement, made on September 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, was described as a “festival...
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has in a communication to President Droupadi Murmu proposed September 21 as the date for the swearing-in of Chief Minister-designate Atishi, sources said on Wednesday. They said outgoing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation letter has also been moved to Murmu. However, the sources said that the AAP legislature party has...