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Not right to say Delhi govt has no control over bureaucrats: Centre to SC

Fiction being created through public perception that Delhi govt has no control over officers, the Centre told the apex court

Delhi education system improved due to abroad teachers' training: Kejriwal

Amid the ongoing power tussle between the Delhi govt and the LG, CM Arvind Kejriwal said that the education system of Delhi has improved only because of the teachers who have been trained abroad

AAP accuses Guv of interfering in govt; speaker suspends 5 BJP MLAs

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Tuesday suspended five BJP MLAs for the day after they protested against AAP MLA Atishi's calling attention motion on the issue of alleged "illegal interferences" of Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena in the education of children and training of teachers. BJP legislators Ajay Mahawar, Jitendra Mahajan, OP Sharma, Abhay Verma and Anil Bajpai were marshalled out of the House on Goel's directions. Introducing the calling attention motion, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Atishi said Delhi is the only state which has earmarked a quarter of its budget for education. The Kejriwal government has increased the budget for training of teachers by 10 times which has transformed the education system in the capital, she said. "The LG's order to stop teachers from training in Finland is illegal. He holds a constitutional post and is not a BJP agent. He doesn't have power to take independent decisions according to Supreme Court orders," Atishi said. AAP

Services row: Centre raises issue of protest by AAP MLAs against Delhi Gov

The Centre on Tuesday raised in the Supreme Court the protest held by AAP MLAs against alleged interferences by the lieutenant governor's office in the Delhi government's works and termed the demonstration as "undesirable". The moment a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud assembled to hear the vexatious Centre-Delhi government row over control of services, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the central government, raised the issue of the protest. On Monday, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs marched to the Lieutenant Governor (LG) office to protest against its alleged interferences in the elected government's functioning. "There is one caveat. I would confine myself to the legal submissions only. While I say this, certain events are happening in the national capital while your Lordships are in midst of the matter. Some protests are being held," the law officer said at the outset of the proceedings. He termed

HC pulls up Delhi govt, seeks fresh rpt vacant posts of public prosecutors

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Delhi Government over the delay in filling up vacant posts of public prosecutors in Districts Court

Yamuna's pollution doubled in 8 years of Kejriwal govt: Guv office

The DPCC and the DJB gave a presentation to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on pollution in the river on Saturday

Delhi Assembly session to begin today; tussle with Guv to be discussed

There is a possibility of discussion on the issue that the elected government should retain the right to give orders to the officials for development works in Delhi

Delhi BJP accuses Aam Aadmi Party of not respecting constitutional posts

They slammed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for publicly disclosing the issues discussed in the meeting with the Lt. Governor

Delhi excise policy 2023-24: Remove rules promoting imports, says CIABC

The CIABC has also recommended opening of world-class private retail shops across the city

CBI searches Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's office in excise policy case

The CBI on Saturday conducted searches at the office of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged irregularities in excise policy. Taking to Twitter, Sisodia claimed the agency did not find anything against him during previous raids and this time too it will be the same as he has done nothing wrong. Delhi government sources said that the CBI team was conducting searches at Sisodia's office at Delhi Secretariat. "The CBI has again reached my office today. They are welcome. They conducted raids at my house, searched the locker, made enquiries against me at my village. Nothing was found then and nothing will be found now because I have done nothing wrong. Have worked honestly for the education of Delhi's children," Sisodia tweeted. The CBI probe into the alleged excise scam was recommended last year by Delhi LG VK Saxena. The agency registered a case against several persons including Sisodia. The CBI had also questioned Sisodia in connection with the case

AAP government sends new dates for MCD Mayoral election to Guv

Underlining that the MCD is being run without a Mayor for the last eight months, the AAP government sent a proposal to the L-G for holding the Mayoral election on January 18, 20, 21 or 24

BJP making 'illegitimate' use of Delhi officers, says Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday accused BJP of wanting to have "unconstitutional" control over Delhi officers to have leverage over the city government. Sisodia's charge came in the wake of a notice issued to the Aam Aadmi Party asking it to pay Rs 163.62 crore it allegedly spent on political advertisements in the garb of government advertisements. The development came nearly a month after Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena directed the chief secretary to recover Rs 97 crore from the AAP for political advertisements it published under the veneer of government advertisements. The recovery notice issued by the Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) also includes the interest on the amount and makes it mandatory for the ruling party in Delhi to pay the whole amount within 10 days, the sources said. "If the AAP convener fails to do so, all consequential legal action including attachment of the properties of the party shall be taken in time bound manner,

Find balance, decide who will control services: SC on Centre-Delhi row

Terming collective responsibility, aid and advice as bedrocks of democracy, SC said it will have to find a balance and decide whether the control over services should be with Centre or Delhi

Delhi BJP runs banner campaign against AAP over MCD meeting disruption

The Delhi BJP on Wednesday led a citywide banner campaign against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party for allegedly disrupting the maiden meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi last week. "The banner campaign is being led to protest the unruly behaviour of the newly-elected MCD councillors of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who did not allow the councillors to take oath," Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva said. The meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on January 6 was adjourned without electing the mayor and deputy mayor as the BJP and AAP councillors exchanged heated words and came to blows over presiding officer Satya Sharma administering oath to the aldermen first and not the elected representatives. Only four aldermen could take oath before the House plunged into chaos. The AAP alleged that the BJP made the aldermen take oath first in order to get them voting rights for the mayor and deputy mayor elections.

Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia asks LG to clear appointment of DERC chairman

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday urged LG VK Saxena to "urgently" clear appointment of the chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC). Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had last week approved appointment of Justice(retd) Rajeev Shrivastava as the next DERC chairman. The file was sent for nod of the LG, the government had said. In a letter to the LG, Sisodia said the post of DERC chairman became vacant on Tuesday, and requested him to "urgently" clear the appointment. "Have requested Hon LG to clear the appointment of DERC Chairperson urgently. The post becomes vacant from today. I have also urged him not to send the file directly to officers (as he has done in three cases last week) as that is against the Constitution and various SC judgements," Sisodia tweeted. No immediate reaction was available from the LG's office over Sisodia's letter.

Do not want to repeat 2013 mistake by supporting AAP in mayoral polls: Cong

'The ruckus witnessed at the Civic Centre when the Mayoral election was set to take place was very shameful as both the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party councillors betrayed the confidence of the people'

Delhi govt to build school on area freed from land mafia: Deputy CM Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday laid the foundation of a school that will have a total of 160 rooms equipped with modern facilities on land freed from the clutches of the city's land mafia at Sunder Nagri. The Dr BR Ambedkar School of Specialised Excellence will have four storeys and 160 rooms, including 87 magnificent classrooms and four large classrooms. It will have eight laboratories equipped with modern technology and a hall with a capacity of hundreds of children. Government officials said the land on which the school will come up was in the land mafia's possession for a very long time. On the occasion, Sisodia, who is also the education minister of Delhi, said, "A new flame of education will be ignited at Sunder Nagri with the laying of the foundation for a new school. Now that the government has got the land freed from the clutches of the land mafia, a magnificent school will be constructed here." The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader also said usually, thos

Ban on plying of BS-III petrol, BS-IV diesel vehicles in Delhi from Tues

The Delhi government has decided to impose a temporary ban on plying of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in the national capital from Tuesday in view of the worsening air quality. Delhi's air quality worsened to the severe category on Monday owning to unfavourable meteorological conditions -- clam winds and low temperatures -- prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to direct all NCR states to implement anti-pollution curbs with greater vigour. "The ban on BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel vehicles will kick in from Tuesday since the air quality has deteriorated in the severe category. We are monitoring the situation along with the Environment department. For now, the ban is likely to be in place till Friday. If the air quality improves, the ban could be lifted before Friday," said a senior Transport department official. The national capital's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 434 at 4 pm on Monday, worsening from 371 on Sunday. An AQI ...

Delhi PWD to remove eviction notice from Dhaula Kuan slum dwellers: Sisodia

Delhi's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Monday said that the Delhi Government's Public Works Department has been ordered to withdraw its notice to slum dwellers living in Dhaula Kuan to leave the area

AAP protests outside LG's house, alleges he is 'destroying' Constitution

The AAP staged a protest outside the Lt Governor's house here on Saturday over 10 aldermen nominated by him to the MCD House being administered oath before the elected representatives, alleging that he is "destroying" the Constitution. The ruling party claimed this was part of an "underhanded ploy" to get the aldermen to vote in the mayor and deputy mayor elections. Lt Governor V K Saxena on Tuesday nominated the 10 aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), days before the January 6 mayoral elections. The AAP had alleged that all the nominated members were BJP workers and the civic body sent their names directly to Saxena without keeping the city government in the loop. On Saturday, AAP leaders and workers gathered outside Raj Niwas in Civil Lines carrying banners and raised slogans against Saxena. Senior AAP leader Atishi, who was a part of the protest, alleged the LG is "destroying" the Constitution and going against the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act. "Why w