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Category: Delhi

  • Delhi election battle Feb 7

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    A year after Arvind Kejriwal resigned as chief minister leading to President’s rule, Delhi will elect a new assembly Feb 7 and the results will be known Feb 10, it was announced . Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said the last date for nomination of candidates will be Jan 21 and they could withdraw from the…

  • INTERVIEW: Sheila Dikshit

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    By Trina Joshi  BJP leaders admit the AAP is their main foe in Delhi, but three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit doesn’t feel that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is an alternative to the BJP or the Congress. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes all out campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi, Congress leader Dikshit…

  • Kejriwal misleading Delhi’s traders: BJP

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    The state unit of the BJP  accused AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal of “misleading” the city’s traders by claiming that raids against commercial establishments went down during the party’s 49-day rule in Delhi. Citing Right to Information (RTI) data, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Satish Upadhyay said that between Jan 5 and Feb 14, 2014, when…

  • Modi to launch Delhi poll campaign

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     Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Jan 10 formally kick off the BJP’s campaign for the Delhi assembly elections while the state unit plans an “aggressive” fight against the Aam Aadmi Party in the run-up to the polls, a party leader said . “Modi will launch the election campaign in Delhi amid the presence of party…

  • Delhi bans Uber taxi’s after rape

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    The Delhi government banned “all activities” by Uber taxi company after one of its drivers was arrested on charges of raping a woman. An official statement said the Delhi government’s transport department had also blacklisted the company from providing any transport service in the national capital in future. Scores of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members…

  • SIT to probe Delhi church attack: Rajnath

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    Home Minister Rajnath Singh  said it is the top priority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to ensure communal harmony in the country. In the wake of the suspected arson attack on a church in Delhi last week, the minister informed the Lok Sabha that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe…

  • Delhi assembly dissolved

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      The Delhi assembly has been dissolved, it was announced , and the Election Commission cancelled by-elections in three assembly constituencies in the capital. The Election Commission had Oct 25 announced that Mehrauli, Tughlakabad and Krishna Nagar would go to the polls Nov 25. BJP legislators from the three places were elected to the Lok…

  • BJP wants to get fresh in Delhi

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     The BJP has decided it will not form a government in Delhi and fresh polls should be held, party sources said . BJP sources said Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay met Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung. Upadhyay, according to sources, conveyed BJP’s point of view in the meeting. The LG’s office, however, refused to comment. Jung…

  • Life term for Dhaula Kuan gang rapists

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    A Delhi court awarded life imprisonment to five men who have been found guilty in the 2010 Dhaula Kuan abduction and gang rape of a call centre executive. They were found guilty of abducting and gang raping a 30-year-old call centre executive in Delhi. On Oct 14, the court convicted them in the case. The…

  • India behind in medical research: Modi

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi  said India is lagging behind in the field of medical research and more work should be done. “India is lagging behind in the field of medical research and much more needs to be done… We should focus on research, particularly on case history. This can be a big contribution to…

  • Delhi HC notice to AAP

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    The Delhi High Court  issued notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), its leader Alka Lamba and other party members on a defamation suit filed by expelled AAP member Vinod Kumar Binny accusing them of maligning him. Justice Manmohan Singh sought response from AAP, Alka Lamba, Manoj Kumar, Raju Dhingan, Bandana Kumari and the central government…

  • India Gate remains littered with garbage

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    By Rahul Vaishnavi Dirty paper plates and bowls, ice-cream covers and empty chips packets, and dry husks of roasted corn strewn on both sides of the road and all over lawns – it was business as usual Sunday evening at the Rajpath boulevard near India Gate – the capital’s landmark site from where Prime Minister…

  • Kailash Satyarthi calls on PM

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      The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Kailash Satyarthi  called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who congratulated him warmly on winning the award. Satyarthi expressed enthusiasm about the prime minister’s initiatives on Swachh Bharat (Clean India campaign) and Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (Parliamentarians model village scheme) and said he was keen to contribute to…

  • Sunanda’s death inconclusive: Police

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    Delhi Police said the forensic evidence available about the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, is “not conclusive”. “The forensic report at the moment is not conclusive, our inquest status in today’s date is pending,” Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi told reporters here. Pushkar’s latest post-mortem report, leaked Thursday, stated “poisoning”…

  • Rashtrapati Bhavan to have hi-tech museum

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    A high-tech story-telling destination of modern times, with a glass dome in the centre and pristine white imperial design conforming to the existing architectural grandeur is how Rashtrapati Bhavan’s new museum will look like. President Pranab Mukherjee  laid the foundation stone of “Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Phase II” at the President’s Estate where he talked about…

  • Defused explosive found aboard Modi’s stand-by Air India aircraft

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     Indian security agencies have launched an investigation into the discovery of a defused explosive on board an Air India VVIP special aircraft at Jeddah Airport early Saturday. Confirming the development, Air India officials guardedly said here Saturday that “a probe is under way” to unravel how, where and when the major security breach occurred. According…

  • Modi urges people to rise up

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      Sharing his thoughts on radio, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recounted a story of a tigress and her two cubs as told by Indian mystic Swami Vivekananda, to urge people to recognise their own potential. “Swami Vivekananda used to recount a tale about a tigress who went hunting with her two cubs and saw a…

  • Kamal Haasan calls millions to clean India

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    Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, who was nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work towards a cleaner India, humbly accepted the invitation and invited nine million people to make this a “nation building” initiative. Modi  also nominated actors Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar among others. Modi has said the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched…

  • Modi’s ‘clean India’ a super hit

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      “I feel totally inspired. I will not only follow the rules of cleanliness, but will also try to influence others,” said Iqbal Khan, a Class 4 student of a government school when he heard Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s spirited speech here  on cleaning India by 2019. Iqbal was not the only one to have…

  • AAP seeks revision of LG’s letter

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    The AAP Wednesday said it has requested Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to revise the letter sent to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking permission to invite the BJP to form government in Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading, and sought dissolution of the assembly. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal…

  • BJP gets to prove majority in Delhi

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    Delhi’s Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has sought President Pranab Mukherjee’s approval to invite the BJP to form a government in Delhi and says he will ask it to prove its majority within a week. “I shall be grateful if the president grants approval to invite the Bharatiya Janata Party, that is even today the single…

  • AAP video troubles BJP

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    The Delhi state unit of the BJP has called an urgent meeting here Tuesday afternoon, a day after a video alleging poaching of an AAP MLA by the party vice president surfaced, sources said. The meeting would be presided over by the party’s Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay, who would first meet the office bearers…

  • BJP accused of poaching MLA’s

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      The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Monday released a video which showed some BJP leaders allegedly offering a plum post and money to an AAP legislator in a bid to form the government in Delhi. Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in horse trading, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that he won’t allow…

  • Kejriwal demands fresh election

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      AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal met President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday and submitted a memorandum requesting him to announce fresh elections in the national capital. The Delhi assembly has been in suspended animation since Feb 2014 after Kejriwal quit as chief minister. “Media reports suggest that the Lt. Governor of Delhi has recently sent a report…

  • Poor Taj!

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    Brij Khandelwal says growing human load seen as threat to the Taj More than 200,000 people visited the Taj Mahal in two days over the weekend, causing alarm among conservationists who feel the ever-increasing human load on the fragile white marble wonder on the banks of the Yamuna could prove detrimental to the health of…

  • Agra launches cleanliness campaign

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    Brij Khandelwal says Agra municipality cracks whip for cleanliness The Agra Municipal Corporation has announced better sanitation management and tougher enforcement measures to ensure a cleaner Taj city. Property owners would be prosecuted if domestic waste or garbage is found accumulated outside their premises, Environment officer Rajeev Rathi said. All sanitary inspectors and zonal officers have…

  • Come, Make in India

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    MODI: I tell the world, Make in India! Sell anywhere but manufacture here. We have the skill and talent…Reports  Kavita Bajeli-Datt In his maiden Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the world to India to test its skills and utilise the opportunities in the nation Modi appealed tothe global investors to make India…

  • Will Modi dump Red Fort venue?

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    Modi-watchers suspect that, given his penchant to break established norms, the PM could end Red Fort’s monopoly as the venue for the I-Day addresses. This is nothing new for Modi though: as Gujarat chief minister, he had famously shifted the I-Day venue from Gandhinagar to obscure towns even as the opposition cried foul, accusing him…

  • Special Report: Homeless in Delhi

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    Shweta Sharma says on rural-urban migration swell ranks of Delhi’s homeless Siddheswari Devi lies sprawled on the hard tiles under a flyover in East Delhi, one of the scores of people who keep swelling the ranks of the barricaded space that is now their home. Around her are swarming groups of other hapless people, many with…

  • Court summons Sam Pitroda

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    A Delhi court fixed Aug 28 as next date of hearing in a case against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi and others over acquisition of the National Herald newspaper. Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha issued fresh summons to Sam Pitroda – former chairman of National Innovation Council (NIC)…

  • Delhi boy wins top award

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    Delhi student Arjit Kansal named Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 world champ Sixteen-year old Delhi student Arjit Kansal has been named the 2014 Microsoft Office Specialist World Champion in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, it was announced here Monday. Certiport, a Pearson VUE business and a test delivery solution provider for the global workforce and academic markets, announced the award.…

  • Delhi to join Cyber Police Network

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    Rajnish Singh reports on Delhi’s decision to  to join cyber police network to curb crime Delhi Police are all set to join the Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), a cyber highway of criminal records data, along with other states that would enhance their crime-fighting prowess. According to a report by the National Crime Records Bureau…

  • INTERVIEW: Akal Takht chief Gurbachan Singh

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    Parminder Singh Bariana and Jaideep Sarin talk to Jathedar (chief) of the Akal Takht Gurbachan Singh. He is asking leaders to solve issue outside the courts Amid the controversy over the creation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) and the stand-off between Sikh leaders in Punjab and those in Haryana, the Jathedar (chief)…

  • Kejriwal for dissolving Delhi assembly

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    AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Monday told Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung that the delay in dissolving the Delhi assembly was encouraging the poaching of legislators. After meeting Jung, Kejriwal tweeted: “We told him that delay in dissolving (the) assembly was encouraging horse trading.” In response to persistent BJP claims that it was in a position to…

  • BJP ready for polls in Delhi

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    Prodded by the RSS, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared Sunday that it was ready for fresh assembly elections in Delhi. The BJP’s new state president Satish Upadhyay made the announcement after a half hour meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh here. He said if the polls were announced, “the BJP is fully prepared to…

  • Kejriwal slams Delhi budget

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    Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday criticised the Delhi budget and said the BJP has taken a “u-turn” on almost all the election promises. “BJP (had) promised 30 percent reduction in tariff. It didn’t do it. Why this u-turn? BJP has made a u-turn on almost all poll promises,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.…

  • Kejriwal back in news

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    AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal sought an appointment with Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Thursday, a day after the BJP indicated that it could form a government in Delhi. Kejriwal tweeted: “I have sought an appointment from LG for all AAP MLAs to meet him today. Waiting for his response.” Satish Upadhyay, the new president of…

  • FINDING NAMO – An Open Letter to Modi

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    Daily Dose by Bikram Vohra I remember the good old days in Ahmedabad when I was editor of Indian Express and Narendra Modi was a fledgling politician and we were old buddies and we would meet and chew the fat and eat dhoklas and bhajiyas and go to the club to play tennis and all…

  • India honours Chipko chief

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    President Pranab Mukherjee said Chipko movement taught world ahimsa’s power    Indian President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Chandi Prasad Bhatt, pioneer of the Chipko movement, with the 2013 Gandhi Peace Prize and said the noted environmentalist has taught the world power of ahimsa, non-violence. “Ahimsa is not just a method or an instrument. It requires recognition of…

  • MEMSAHIBS AND MANNERS

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    It is one of those ‘we live abroad so when we visit we notice it’ things for which us NRIs get a lot of stick. But some things do sort of hit us differently. Like whenever I come home to Delhi I am appalled at the way people speak to domestic help, part time, full…

  • VIDEO – Shameless Onlookers!

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    An Actor Tried To Recreate The Infamous Nirbhaya Post-Rape Scenes. Look How People Reacted.This is so scary…it could be you or I. Go through it, please and share it with the world. It is not essentially Indian yet it is. We do not want to get involved, so corrupt is our system it has made…

  • Kejriwal wants to talk power crisis with Modi

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    AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal will seek an appointment to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the power crisis which has gripped the national capital, a party leader said Wednesday. “The senior party leaders met Tuesday and have decided to meet the PM to talk about the power outages in Delhi. A letter seeking an…

  • Broom’s are out in Government offices

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    It required a new prime minister to shake up India’s notoriously slothful ‘babudom’ (colloquial for bureaucracy) and clean up its shabby offices and workplaces. The broom is out. The dust and cobwebs are being cleaned out and old files and broken furniture being disposed of. At most government buildings in the capital, every corner –…

  • AI direct flight to Italy

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    National passenger carrier Air India started its maiden operations to Italy with direct flights on its fleet of newly-acquired Boeing 787 Dreamliner. According to the airline, its operations will include flights from Delhi to Rome and Milan on a triangular route with Dreamliner aircraft. The Delhi-Rome-Milan-Delhi flight will operate four days a week, while the…

  • Oman minister meets Modi, Sushma

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    Oman Foreign Minister Yousuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah, the first foreign dignitary to visit India since the Narendra Modi government came to power, met the prime minister Narendra Modi , as also External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, and discussed ways to boost trade and investment between the two countries, reports IANS. Abdullah, special envoy of…

  • 12 lakh for a good biz idea

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    Business incubation centres in every DU college offers 12 lakh  each to students with innovative business ideas Every college in Delhi University will now have businees incubation centres which will grant Rs.12 lakh each to students with innovative business ideas, the varsity vice chancellor said. The step follows a memorandum of understanding the varsity signed with…

  • Bad weather hits Delhi

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    A sudden squall Friday evening took Delhiites by surprise disrupting road, rail and air traffic as well as Metro services and led to three deaths in the national capital. The dust storm accompanied by heavy showers led to a drop in the soaring temperature but not before it left in its wake broken tree branches,…