Tag: Delhi Assembly

The two-day monsoon session of the Delhi Assembly began on Monday where the AAP government tabled five bills to increase the salaries and allowances.

The Committee was constituted after the Northeast Delhi riots took place between anti and pro-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters.

"Some lights have been installed inside the tunnel and it is also a bit difficult to find out how far the tunnel can go," Goel said, adding that due to the sewer and the Metro related works, it is apprehended that the tunnel would have collapsed.

New Delhi: The silver jubilee celebration of the Delhi Assembly on Saturday remained an all-AAP MLA event, with both Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress boycotting the event. In his address at the function to mark the 25th anniversary of the Delhi Assembly’s first sitting on December 14, 1993, Speaker Ram Niwas Goel hit out […]

New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, AAP MLAs and ministers wore black bands in the House on Wednesday to protest against Lt. Governor Anil Baijal’s contention that the Speaker cannot accept questions on reserved subjects. On Monday, Goel cited a letter from Baijal that said the Speaker cannot accept any question on reserved […]

New Delhi: Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs were removed and two others walked out of the Delhi Assembly here on Monday during a discussion on the proposed Metro fare hike. Majinder Singh Sirsa and Om Prakash Sharma were marshalled out after they kept interrupting a discussion on a resolution moved by Transport Minister Kailash […]

New Delhi: The Delhi assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to make about 15,000 guest teachers employed in government schools permanent amid opposition disapproval. The bill for regularisation of services of guest teachers and teachers engaged under the ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ was introduced in the assembly by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. The Bill, which […]

New Delhi: A special one-day session of the Delhi Assembly will be held here on Wednesday to approve the Guest Teachers’ Regularisation Bill. On September 27, the Delhi Cabinet had okayed the Bill, which will make 15,000 guest teachers in government schools permanent. Meanwhile, Delhi High Court had ordered that status quo be maintained and […]

New Delhi: Voting for the 70-member Delhi assembly began across the national capital at 8 a.m. Saturday. Over 13.3 million voters are eligible to cast their ballot in a contest that has 673 candidates. A total of 11,763 polling booths have been set up across Delhi. The main battle is between the Bharatiya Janata Party […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Sunday said his party has launched a massive membership drive in Odisha as part of its efforts to strengthen the organization in the state. Singh, who is AAP’s Odisha in-charge said the AAP membership drive has been launched with an eye on the next urban […]