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Making AAP accused in Delhi excise policy case not political vendetta: BJP

"The AAP altered the structure of the liquor policy to facilitate 'corruption'. If the party had not engaged in 'theft,' why would the investigative agencies be pursuing it?" he pointed out

Kejriwal approves proposal for dismissal of CWC chairperson for misconduct

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approved a proposal for the dismissal of a child welfare committee chairperson (CWC) for misconduct, officials said on Monday. The proposal was submitted by Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Atishi. Approving the proposal, Kejriwal said the Delhi government will not compromise on the care and betterment of children and those who show negligence "will not be forgiven". "In our government, there is a policy of zero tolerance for officials' negligent behaviour within the administration. The Child Welfare Committee deals with highly sensitive cases related to the care and safety of children. The role of the CWC chairperson is crucial in this regard," Kejriwal said. "Therefore, any laxity or irresponsible conduct by individuals in meeting the needs of children can have serious consequences," he added. Atishi said that several complaints were received against the CWC-IX chairperson, including delays in decision-making for critical cases

Delhi govt sets off process to allow conjugal visits for prisoners

Conjugal visitation away from the prying eyes of prison officials is a "fundamental right", a petition filed in the Delhi High Court has said. With many countries allowing such visits, the Delhi government told the Delhi High Court the Director General of Prisons has forwarded to the state's home department a proposal about the rights of prisoners to seek conjugal visits. The city government has said the proposal will also be forwarded to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for issuing necessary instructions. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula granted the city government six weeks to apprise it of the developments that follow its recommendation. The high court listed the matter for further hearing on January 15 next year. The bench was hearing a petition by advocate Amit Sahni seeking directions to the Delhi government and DG (Prisons) to make necessary arrangement in jails for conjugal visits by spouses of prisoners. The public interest ...

Delhi govt to set up more than 1,000 Chhath Ghats across capital: Atishi

In a high-level review meeting held with all the district magistrates on Wednesday, she directed the officials to begin the preparation for the 'Chhath Puja' festival in advance

Minor's sexual assault: Bail denied to children of suspended Delhi officer

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to the daughter and son of suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha in a case of alleged sexual assault of a minor girl by the arrested official. I have dismissed application at this stage, said Justice Saurabh Banerjee. The official's son and daughter, accused of abetting the crime, had approached the high court last week seeking pre-arrest bail in the case after they failed to secure the relief from trial court. Khakha has allegedly raped a minor girl several times between November 2020 and January 2021, and is presently in judicial custody. The minor was the daughter of a person known to the accused, the police had said. His wife Seema Rani, who is accused of giving the girl medicine to terminate her pregnancy, is also in judicial custody. The couple was arrested after the survivor recorded her statement before a magistrate at a hospital. A case has been registered under provisions of the POCSO Act

AAP blames non-payment of wages to bus marshals, volunteers on GNCTD Act

The govt had even written to the Finance Secretary on the issue and the Revenue Minister had issued an order for an immediate disbursement of wages to the marshals and volunteers

ED raids AAP's Delhi MLA Amanatullah Khan in money-laundering probe

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided the premises of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in Delhi as part of a money-laundering investigation against him and some others, official sources said. The 49-year-old legislator represents the Okhla constituency in the Delhi Assembly. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches are being undertaken under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The federal agency has taken cognisance of a Delhi Anti-Corruption Bureau FIR and a Central Bureau of Investigation FIR against the legislator, related to alleged corruption linked to illegal appointments in the Delhi Waqf Board. Khan is the Delhi Waqf Board chairman.

Send notice to anti-dust norms violators: Govt to pollution control panel

During the inspection process, Rai found that the various norms related to the anti-dust campaign were violated and instructed Delhi Pollution Control Committee to issue a notice regarding violations

Govt bungalow allocation row: AAP leader Raghav Chadha moves Delhi HC

AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court's decision to vacate an interim order which stopped the Rajya Sabha secretariat from dispossessing him from the government bungalow allotted to him. The plea was mentioned for urgent hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula which agreed to list it on Wednesday. Chadha's counsel submitted that the Member of Parliament has been served with a notice and eviction proceedings are going on. She said earlier there was a stay from the trial court but now it has been removed. The trial court in an October 5 order has said that Chadha cannot claim that he has an absolute right to continue to occupy the government bungalow during his entire tenure as a Rajya Sabha MP even after the cancellation of allotment. The trial court had made the observation while vacating an interim order passed on April 18 that had directed the Rajya Sabha Secretariat not to ...

Delhi mayor to attend 'Asia Pacific Cities Summit' in Australia from Oct 11

Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi will take part in an urban summit in Australia and present the work done by the Arvind Kejriwal government in the national capital, officials said on Sunday. The 'Asia Pacific Cities Summit' is scheduled to take place in Brisbane from October 11-13. While the theme of the summit is 'Shaping Cities for Our Future', there are three sub-themes: technology, data, development, and people's well-being, according to a statement issued by the mayor's office. Oberoi will depart for Brisbane on Monday, it said. She will present the 'model of the Kejriwal governance' to a global audience. This model showcases the work done in Delhi, Punjab, and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi under the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the statement said. She will talk about education, health, and cleanliness. The summit will facilitate the exchange of ideas and achievements among mayors, policymakers, business leaders, and more. In the 2019 edition of the Summit, ma

Delhi Govt to introduce policy for compensation to victims of electrocution

The policy aims to control accidents caused by electricity and provide financial assistance to the victims in Delhi

Entire liquor scam false, not even a penny changed hands: CM Kejriwal

Meanwhile, on Thursday, the Rouse Avenue Court sent Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh to remand till October 10, 2023, in connection with the now scrapped Delhi excise policy or liquor scam case

ED summons 2 associates of AAP MP Sanjay Singh in Delhi excise policy case

Sarvesh Mishra and Vivek Tyagi are expected to be confronted with the evidence seized by the agency during the investigation and it is understood that they will be confronted with Singh too

Delhi L-G orders CBI inquiry into teachers' appointment using forged docs

After terminating seven teachers of Delhi Government aided school over forged documents, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the matter."LG agreed with the proposal of the Director of Vigilance (DoV), which found a prima facie collusion between the officials of the Directorate of Education and the Delhi Tamil Education Association (DTEA), where 51 candidates were appointed on various posts in the year 2022," LG office said.After complaints that were looked into, irregularities were found and accordingly, the DoV placed the matter before the Chief Secretary, Delhi, who directed to carry out the physical verification of the experience certificates issued by the respective schools."However, it was found that 7 selected teachers for TGT & PGT posts had submitted fake experience certificates. The forged experience certificate was crucial in securing the job as each year of experience gave one extra mark to the .

Cong to hold CWC meet on Oct 9 in Delhi, discuss strategy ahead of polls

Congress' top decision making body CWC will meet on October 9 here to deliberate on the current political situation, caste census and further firm up the strategy for the upcoming assembly elections in five states. The party is seeking to retain power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, while hoping to wrest power from the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, BRS in Telangana and the Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram. The meeting is likely to have a discussion on the caste census. The Congress has made a strong pitch for the caste census and has raised the demand for giving rights on the basis of population with emphasis on other backward classes (OBCs). The CWC meet also comes at a time when some opposition leaders are facing heat from central agencies. The latest in the series of arrests is that of AAP leader Sanjay Singh in the Delhi excise policy case and the Congress top leadership will have to take a call on extending support to him and others being targeted by the government. The meeting of

Delhi govt collects excise revenue of over Rs 3,500 crore in H1FY24

The Delhi government's excise department has earned a revenue of more than Rs 3,500 crore with a sale of 27.6 crore liquor bottles in the first half of the current financial year, officials said on Wednesday. The revenue figure came amid a controversy over alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22. According to official data, the Delhi government earned a revenue of Rs 3,588 crore in April-September 2023-24. The revenue from liquor trade included Rs 2,457 crore as excise duty and Rs 1,131 crore as value added tax (VAT) on the sale of 27.6 crore liquor bottles during the period. The April-September period last year was marred by scrapping of the excise policy 2021-22 by the Delhi government after a CBI probe was recommended by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena into alleged irregularities in its implementation. The retail liquor sale was badly hit with the private vendors surrendering licences and shortage of stocks due to the turmoil caused by the CBI probe,

Shows PM's frustration: Delhi CM on Sanjay Singh's arrest in liquor case

Earlier in the day, Kejriwal termed Singh's arrest by the Enforcement Directorate as "totally illegal"

Handcuffs are not far away: BJP to Kejriwal after ED raids on Sanjay Singh

The BJP on Wednesday mounted a blistering attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of being the "kingpin" of the alleged liquor policy scam and saying that "handcuffs" are not far away. The BJP's reaction came after the Enforcement Directorate raided AAP MP Sanjay Singh's residence in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy. Premises of some others connected to the case are also being covered, officials said. During a press conference at the BJP headquarters, party national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed that Dinesh Arora, one of the accused in the Delhi excise policy case, had told the probe agency that he had paid a bribe of Rs 32 lakh by cheque to Kejriwal at his residence in the presence of Sanjay Singh. "Arora has admitted that he paid Rs 32 lakh as a bribe to Kejriwal by a cheque on being asked by Sanjay Singh at the meeting to pay for the party fund," Bhatia said. He claimed Kejriwal was a "sinner" and the "kingpin" o

Delhi govt begins special audit of Jal Board amid agency's rising debt

The Delhi government has begun a special audit of the DJB amid the water works agency's rising debt and shrinking revenues, sources said on Tuesday. The Finance department of the Delhi government conducting the special audit will also look into alleged instances of fund diversion by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) from capital heads to other works, they said. The audit will find out how a corpus of Rs 12, 712 crore provided in the last five years was utilised by the DJB even as its debt has soared to around Rs 70,000 crore from over Rs 26,000 crore in 2018, sources said. The DJB, apart from production and distribution of water and disposal of sewerage, also looks after Yamuna cleaning in the city. It is currently executing various projects worth Rs 18,000 crore, official sources said. They said it has come to knowledge that the DJB in the past diverted funds under capital heads to meet its pending bills for various projects. Out of Rs 1,557 crore provided to it this year for various work