Barricaded Dissent
The barricading of the Shambhu border in Haryana to prevent farmers from travelling to Delhi raises a question larger than the protest itself.
The barricading of the Shambhu border in Haryana to prevent farmers from travelling to Delhi raises a question larger than the protest itself.
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Devender Yadav on Thursday demanded Rs one crore compensation for the family of a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) school teacher who, unable to cope with the pressure of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work alongside her teaching responsibilities, allegedly died of cardiac arrest.
The move comes after authorities raised concerns over maintaining law and order in the national capital. The special powers allow action against individuals whose activities are considered harmful to public security.
What began as an irreverent internet joke has acquired the unmistakable weight of a political movement.
Student groups and Opposition workers formed a sizeable crowd, but the promised procession towards Parliament never emerged as one organised march.
The Delhi assembly budget session commenced on Monday with the ‘Kheer Ceremony’, marking a formal beginning of the house’s proceedings.
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a record in the country by completing a tenure of 8,931 days as a ‘Head of Administration’, leading Gujarat and then the country by dedicating himself to the service of the nation and its people.
As part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Mahaprasikshan Abhiyan, night-stay training camps were organised on Saturday across 11 divisions of the party’s Delhi unit.
In a decisive move to prioritise citizens’ lives, Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood has ordered a city-wide fire safety audit that will have in its scope the establishments in the residential areas as well.
Delhi and its neighbouring regions witnessed overcast skies on Thursday, with temperatures hovering around 19 degrees Celsius, a day after intense weather activity brought much-needed relief from rising heat.
