Arvind Kejriwal

RAIPUR: The Ashok Gehlot government is scrambling to avoid an electricity blackout in Rajasthan following a stalemate of three significant coal projects around Hasdeo Arand area of Chhattisgarh, with barely seven-day coal quota in stocks for power production as Congress pins blame on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for simmering discontent in two states. The development […]

  NEW DELHI: The national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kailash Vijayvargiya brewed controversy on Sunday when he said he will recruit Agniveers as security guards for the BJP’s offices. “When an Agniveer comes out of the service after four years he will have the tag of an Agniveer which he can […]

SHIMLA: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday threw down the gauntlet to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the home turf of Union minister Anurag Thakur ahead of the Himachal Pradesh polls. Highlighting the education system in Delhi, where his party is in power, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo told the people […]

  NEW DELHI: Demanding immediate termination of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain from the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday held a protest against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal near his residence at Flagstaff Road on Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Jain on charges of money […]

NEW DELHI: Almost after five years and four months, Delhi’s Lieutenant governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Wednesday resigned citing personal reasons. According to LG House sources, Baijal sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday afternoon. He was appointed the LG on December 31, 2016, after Najeeb Jung announced his resignation from the […]

Sounds of wailing, strong enough to melt even the stone-hearted, reverberated at the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri as a stark remembrance of the horrific inferno at a four-storied building in Mundka on Friday afternoon. Distraught relatives of missing persons waited with bated breath, hoping their dear ones are not on the list of […]

  NEW DELHI: A high-voltage political drama unfolded in the national capital after a team of Punjab Police arrested Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on Friday for statements against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Bagga was arrested from his residence in West Delhi’s Janakpuri area, a month after he was booked in Mohali for […]

  NEW DELHI: In a move that will benefit the families of serving and retired servicemen, the Delhi government on Thursday gave its nod to set up four Zila Sainik Boards in the national capital. The proposal was introduced by Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The new […]

  CHANDIGARH: In wake of the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab, a Congress delegation on Tuesday met Governor Banwari Lal Purohit and also highlighted the misuse of police force to file a case against party leader Alka Lamba and poet Dr Kumar Vishwas. The delegation led by Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja […]

NEW DELHI: In a move that could forebear a possible alliance in future, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will visit Kerala to take part in an event organised by the Twenty20 political party. The corporate-backed political party had invited Kejriwal to attend their annual function on May 15 as […]