Tag: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday said that a bill to regularise 15,000 guest teachers in Delhi government schools is “beyond the legislative competence” of the assembly and asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to reconsider introduction of the proposed legislation in the house. The bill approved by the Delhi Cabinet is slated to […]

Chennai: With Tamil Nadu politics undergoing a churning, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met actor Kamal Haasan here for over an hour and invited him to join active politics to fight corruption and communalism. After the luncheon meeting at the actor’s Eldams Road residence, Kejriwal, with Kamal Haasan by his side, told the […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday demanded withdrawal of central excise duties and other taxes on petrol and diesel and said it will hold a demonstration at Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday to press for this demand. Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken said the party unit in Delhi will launch a campaign at petrol pumps across […]

New Delhi: Coming down heavily on 449 private schools here for not refunding extra fees taken from students, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday threatened to take over them if they don’t comply with court orders or refunding money. The Chief Minister said many schools increased their fees in the name of implementing the […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday vowed to launch a probe into corruption allegations against the Public Works Department (PWD). Kejriwal remarks came after a report by online news portal “Janta Ka Reporter” where it was alleged that the PWD has cleared a bill related to maintenance of road and drain without […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said “someone must be held accountable and face consequences” for inefficiency or wrongdoing after he received a complaint from Delhi Hospital Supplier’s Association over the non-payment of bills. Kejriwal also wrote to Chief Secretary M.M. Kutty asking him to submit a report over the non-payment of […]

New Delhi: Sacked Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Saturday accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendar Jain of misappropriating health funds and claimed three health scams, including one involving Rs 300 crore. Mishra said three big scams were perpetrated in the health sector by the Aam Aadmi Party government, including one of […]

New Delhi: Delhi’s Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) on Tuesday said it has raided Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s deceased brother-in-law Surender Kumar Bansal’s residence in the alleged Rs 10 crore PWD scam. The raids were carried out on Monday evening at the Bansal residence and in two other offices of promoters under the agency’s scanner, a […]

New Delhi/Patna: A Twitter war erupted between actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha and his BJP party colleague Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday when the former tweeted in favour of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying “enough of negative politics and mudslinging”. Modi, responding to Sinha’s tweet, demanded that the “enemies of the […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday wrote to Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal to demand the prosecution of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers on the basis of the Shunglu committee report. “We demand the sanction of prosecution of Kejriwal and his ministers under the Prevention of Corruption Act, based on the Shunglu […]

New Delhi: Merely forming a larger coalition of opposition parties cannot help check Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. The Aam Aadmi Party leader said in an interview that issues affecting people were more important than the simple coming together of political forces during elections. “The country’s problems need to […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for reportedly fighting defamation suits filed against him by using public money. The BJP asked why the public should pay for Kejriwal’s “karma” (deeds)? “Defamation cases are personal cases against Kejriwal, not against the Chief Minister of Delhi. Hence, Kejriwal […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said those living in rented houses will also get free water and subsidised electricity if the AAP comes to power in the civic corporations. “Those staying in rented houses don’t get benefit of low water and electricity tariff. After municipal elections, we will make sure even […]

A woman threw ink at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Sunday at a public gathering to mark the "success" of the odd-even traffic restriction scheme but missed him

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Delhi Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) Secretary Jayadev Sarangi, who had run-ins with the Arvind Kejriwal government on a range of issues, retired on Thursday. In June 2017, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had directed the then chief secretary M M Kutty to replace Sarangi with another officer after Sarangi denied permission […]