Punjab had on Tuesday recorded the season's highest farm fire count of 6,668 despite a recent Supreme Court order to completely halt stubble burning
The anti-pollution measure kicked in from 8 am in Delhi and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged people to follow the scheme for the sake of their family and children.
Javadekar said air pollution is a problem which has aggravated in the past 15 years and is now being remedied by the Narendra Modi government.
The announcement comes after a Supreme Court mandated panel declared public health emergency in the city and directed all construction activities to be stopped till November 5.
The chief minister announced that he and his ministers and officers of his government will not be exempted from the odd-even formula
The government will also sell onions at 400 ration shops across the national capital
The Delhi chief minister said the main challenge would come up in October when stubble burning begins in neighbouring states, adding that it wasn't impossible to control it
In its membership drive that concluded earlier this month, the Delhi unit claimed to have added over 1.7 million people to the party-fold
Delhi Assembly on Monday had passed the supplementary demand for grants, including Rs 535 crore for full waiver on power consumption up to 200 units by domestic consumers, in the current year
Jaitley, 66, was admitted on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday opposed the Centre's move to amend the RTI Act, alleging that it will end the independence of central and states information commissions. Kejriwal, who had actively worked for implementation of the Right to Information Act before coming into politics, said the decision to amend the RTI Act was a "bad move". "Decision to amend the RTI Act is a bad move. It will end the independence of Central & States Information Commissions, which will be bad for RTI," Kejriwal tweeted. On Friday, the Centre introduced a bill in Lok Sabha to amend the RTI Act, seeking to give the government powers to fix salaries, tenures and other terms and conditions of employment of information commissioners. While tabling the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh had asserted it would lead to ease of delivery of RTI Act and described it as an enabling legislation for administration purposes. However, ..
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Kejriwal said the proposed free-travel scheme is for women in Delhi Metro and public buses, which covers half of all senior citizens in the city
New Delhi, Jun 17 (ANI): On the incident that took place on Sunday, where an auto-driver was allegedly thrashed by policemen in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal condemns the incident. While speaking to mediapersons, Kejriwal said, "It's an unfortunate incident. We condemn the incident. I appeal to the LG and Home Minister to take strict action against the accused police officers."It is alleged that the policemen on Sunday in Mukherjee Nagar dragged the driver and his son, belonging to the Sikh community, out of their auto and thrashed them for 'no reason.' >
Emergency was imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi on this day in 1975 which was in effect till March 21, 1977
Kejriwal, who had skipped the all-party meeting called by the Prime Minister two days back, also assured full cooperation of his government to the Centre
The move comes ahead of the Assembly polls in Delhi scheduled to take place early next year
No immediate response was received either from the BJP or the police
The man got disenchanted due to behaviour of the AAP leaders. His anger intensified due to 'distrust of the party in the armed forces', police said
Kejriwal was atop an open jeep when a man wearing a red t-shirt jumped onto the vehicle and slapped the Delhi chief minister