The BJP on Monday blamed the AAP government for waterlogging woes in Delhi after the rains last week and warned the situation could recur as around 300 drain pumps were still not functioning. The meteorological department has issued an “orange” alert for rains in Delhi for the next two days. Addressing a press conference, Delhi...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak in Lok Sabha during the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address on Tuesday, July 2, news agency reported. PM Modi’s speech will come a day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in his maiden speech as Leader of Opposition in the Lower House of...
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva hit out at the AAP on Wednesday, saying it was not doing anything to mitigate the problems of the people who have been facing the brunt of water crisis. “It is shocking to see entire Kejriwal government is engaged in melodrama to divert attention of Delhi reidents from the prevailing...
Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by the CBI – inside Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court – in the alleged liquor policy case, and then, inside a tumultuous hour, withdrew a Supreme Court petition challenging a stay on grant of bail after his arrest in March – in the same case – by the Enforcement Directorate. That petition was...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia next month, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday. Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs aide, Yuri Ushakov, said that the Indian Prime Minister’s visit was being prepared but did not commit to a date. Mr Ushakov said the date will be announced jointly later. However, there is no confirmation...
The Central Bureau of Investigation questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, recording his statement in connection with the excise policy case, according to CBI sources. The agency was also granted permission to produce the Delhi CM before the concerned trial court on Wednesday (June 26). Although Kejriwal has not been arrested yet, as...
Delhi BJP unit president Virendra Sachdeva on Monday criticised the Aam Aadmi Party government for allegedly seeking excuses to end their indefinite water ‘Satyagraha’. He claimed that the ministers’ meeting at the air-conditioned Satyagraha site was a clear indication of this intent. Sachdeva highlighted issues related to water management in Delhi, pointing out that the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and members of his Council of Ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, took the oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha as its first session began today. President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Mr Mahtab...
Calling it “drama”, the BJP on Sunday said it was shameful that the AAP government was “engrossed” in an “air-conditioned Satyagraha” even as cases of deaths due to the heatwave were continuously increasing in Delhi. Instead of taking measures to prevent such deaths, which the people of Delhi were facing on the one hand with...
The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on Monday, which will witness the oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected Members of Parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The first session is expected to be stormy as the opposition is likely to corner the BJP-led NDA government on the election of the Speaker on June...