CPM leader Nilotpal Basu said both Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar should have been sacked earlier. ...
06:14 PM, May 11, 2013
Congress Spokesperson Bhakta Charan Das admits there was a difference of opinion between the Prime Minister and the party over the sacking of Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal and that the initiative was taken by Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He spoke to CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda. ...
02:30 PM, May 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party, which is protesting at Janata Mantar in New Delhi against inflated electricity and water bills, said it will deliver 10,50,000 letters to the Chief Minister's residence on Sunday. The letters, addressing various issues in the city, have been written by the people of Delhi to the Sheila Dikshit government. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is very happy with the response of the people and...
02:46 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party, which is protesting at Janata Mantar in New Delhi against inflated electricity and water bills, said it will deliver 10,50,000 letters to the Chief Minister's residence on Sunday. The letters, addressing various issues in the city, have been written by the people of Delhi to the Sheila Dikshit government. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is very happy with the response of the people and...
02:46 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that if his party comes to power in Delhi in 2013 elections, he will provide electricity at half the rate. He was speaking to Rupashree Nanda of CNN-IBN. Below is the full text of the interview. CNN-IBN: Sir you have always demanded the resignation of the Delhi Police Commissioner Mr Neeraj Kumar. While accountability definitely needs to be fixed, do you think...
02:08 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal has said that if his party comes to power in Delhi in 2013 elections, he will provide electricity at half the rate. He was speaking to Rupashree Nanda of CNN-IBN. Below is the full text of the interview. CNN-IBN: Sir you have always demanded the resignation of the Delhi Police Commissioner Mr Neeraj Kumar. While accountability definitely needs to be fixed, do you think...
02:08 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi suggested a concept of collaborative policing to lessen the crime rates in Delhi. ...
07:45 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh during the all party meeting on Thursday said there was an agreement that the Land Bill should be brought for discussion and passing in the second half of the Budget Session. The minister is hopeful of finally replacing the colonial, 119-year-old Land Acquisition Act with a fairer law but added that Parliament must function. Between April 9-18, Ramesh reached out to leaders cutting...
09:45 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: After 14 days and more than a million letters of resistance against high electricity and water tariffs, Arvind Kejriwal looking visibly frail - broke his fast in Sunder Nagri. The party that asked the aam aadmi to non-violently disobey the law and stop paying power bills made yet another poll pitch setting the agenda for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. Kejriwal said, "When our party comes to power,...
11:32 AM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal's 14-day fast is aimed at triggering a bijli-paani 'satyagraha'. On Wednesday evening, Kejriwal gave a call to people - yet again -, to stop paying "inflated" electricity bills. "I appeal to citizens of Delhi to restore their electricity connections... our volunteers and activists will also go to jhuggi jhopdies and give people the courage to do so." Kejriwal's call comes after Delhi police aborted attempts by...
12:25 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal has been on an indefinite fast since March 23 hoping to trigger a 'civil disobedience movement' against the Sheila Dikshit government in Delhi. More than 8 lakh people have already pledged their support to the campaign against 'inflated' electricity and water bills which reflects a popular discontent, though it remains to be seen how many of these people will actually refrain from paying their bills. In an obvious...
02:59 PM, Apr 04, 2013
It is Day 11 of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal's fast against inflated power and water bills in Delhi. The AAP leader has lost 7 kgs during his fast, but his vitals are normal. ...
01:22 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh wants a CBI probe in Uttar Pradesh into the misappropriation of funds meant for building rural roads under the government's flagship programme, the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana. Interestingly, the five roads where misappropriation has been detected are in Sultanpur district, and fall in Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. ...
08:48 AM, Mar 28, 2013
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has demanding a CBI enquiry into alleged embezzlement of funds under Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana in Uttar Pradesh. ...
06:59 PM, Mar 27, 2013
As Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal enters fourth day of his indefinite fast against "illegal" electricity and water bills in Delhi, the turnout of people in Sundernagri, where he is holding what he calls a "civil disobedience movement", remains thin. While there has been a departure in strategy with most volunteers focussing on 264 wards in Delhi, the question is, did Kejriwal ask for too much when...
08:40 AM, Mar 26, 2013
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