The Delhi government has asked all its departments, the civic, and the autonomous bodies to furnish information on projects and schemes they will execute this financial year so that it can monitor them and ensure a time-bound and effective implementation. The Planning Department has issued office memoranda to all principal secretaries, secretary of various departments, …
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June 11, 2017The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Delhi government over an ad-hoc appointee holding the post of chairman of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and asked it to make a regular appointment within three months. At present, the environment secretary of the Delhi government is holding the additional charge of the chairman's post. A vacation …
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June 11, 2017Cracking the whip, the Delhi government has issued directions to all its departments to take strict action against employees indulging in "wilful" absence from duty. The move comes after the Directorate of Vigilance found that several officials working in various departments were absent from duty despite expiry of their leaves, but no action was taken …
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May 14, 2017The Delhi government requested the Supreme Court on Monday to set up a five-judge Constitution bench at the earliest to decide its pleas challenging the Delhi High Court verdict that the Lieutenant Governor is the administrative head of the national capital territory. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud …
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April 17, 2017Swaraj India National President Yogendra Yadav on Thursday said BJP is out to murder the Aam Aadmi Party but the Arvind Kejriwal led party will suicide before it gets murdered. Yadav who was speaking in a public rally, roadshows, jansabha and padyatras in different parts of east Delhi' areas said: "There is no denying the …
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April 13, 2017The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday accused the BJP of destabilising the Arvind Kejriwal government in the city after its MLA Ved Prakash joined the saffron party. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the BJP is "rattled" with its "imminent defeat" in the civic body elections– where polling is scheduled for April 23– after Kejriwal's …
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March 27, 2017A huge crowd of the youth Congress members gathered outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Friday to protest against the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) leader two-year term in office. Chanting slogans against Kejriwal's rule and alleging that no work was done under his tenure, they claimed the AAP leader to be involved in “corruption cases”, …
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March 3, 2017All residents of Delhi can now get free diagnostic tests in 21 private institutions if they are referred to by Delhi government hospitals, it was announced on Thursday. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain told an event here that another scheme would be rolled out in a week under which surgeries could also be done in private …
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March 2, 2017The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed 298 private unaided schools here to go ahead with the nursery admission process but said that it will be subject to the final outcome of the city government's appeal on the issue. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, which was hearing the …
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February 17, 2017The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed 298 private unaided schools here to go ahead with the nursery admission process but said that it will be subject to the final outcome of the city government's appeal on the issue. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, which was hearing the …
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February 17, 2017The Delhi government on Tuesday released a report of its performance in the past two years with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying AAP's manifesto was being followed as "Bible". The report – "2 Years of People's Governance" – talks about Aam Aadmi Party government's achievements in various sectors such as Health, Water, Electricity, Environment, Transport, Public …
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February 14, 2017Swaraj India on Sunday said the time has come to reject the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, recall the Delhi government and reform the Lt Governor's working style. In a 'Jawab do Hisab Do' rally called at Ramlila Maidan here, the participants drawn from all 272 municipal wards termed the governance of Delhi very distressing and …
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February 13, 2017Swaraj India on Sunday said the time has come to reject the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, recall the Delhi government and reform the Lt Governor's working style. In a 'Jawab do Hisab Do' rally called at Ramlila Maidan here, the participants drawn from all 272 municipal wards termed the governance of Delhi very distressing and …
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February 13, 2017Reforms in health and education will be the legacy Delhi's AAP government will be known for, Health Minister Satyendra Jain says. Jain, 49, said the Aam Aadmi Party's dominant focus on the two sectors will force a shift in the political discourse and make other parties talk more forcefully about them. "This change will be …
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February 12, 2017Reforms in health and education will be the legacy Delhi's AAP government will be known for, Health Minister Satyendra Jain says. Jain, 49, said the Aam Aadmi Party's dominant focus on the two sectors will force a shift in the political discourse and make other parties talk more forcefully about them. "This change will be …
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February 12, 2017The Delhi government on Monday approved a pilot project to build 6,178 flats for people living in slums. These will be built at a cost of Rs.866 crore at Lajpat Nagar, Bhalaswa, Dev Nagar, Mongolpuri and Ambedkar Nagar by upgrading the existing slums on Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) land. The matter was decided …
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February 6, 2017Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has cleared the delimitation report of municipal wards, an official said on Sunday. "Lt Governor on Friday has cleared the report of delimitation of municipal wards and sent it back to the Urban Development Department of the Delhi government," an official of LG's office told IANS. The delimitation proposal will …
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January 15, 2017