New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Monday will join auto drivers in their protest against the Delhi government's plan to ban advertisements on three-wheelers.
The protest will be held at Jantar Mantar. An AAP spokesperson said Kejriwal would join the protest of the auto drivers as their demands were "genuine".
Last week, Arvind Kejriwal had announced his decision to take on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Assembly Elections.
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06:40 PM, Jun 09, 2013
New Delhi: Rickshaw-pullers, rag pickers, sanitation workers and taxi drivers are among a host of unorganised sector workers who have been brought under the ambit of the national health insurance scheme in a decision taken by the union cabinet Tuesday. The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) would be extended to rickshaw-pullers, rag pickers, mine workers, sanitation workers and autorickshaw drivers and taxi drivers. At total of 13.68 lakh rickshaw-pullers, 11.63...
10:17 PM, Jun 04, 2013
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01:41 PM, Jun 04, 2013
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03:00 AM, May 17, 2013
Four months after the Delhi gangrape triggered mass outrage and a series of promises by authorities, the dismal reality is that nothing has changed on the ground. Bus drivers still have to bribe touts to get a license. ...
03:55 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Nothing has changed on the ground four months after the Delhi gangrape triggered mass outrage and a series of promises by authorities. CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 has conducted a special investigation showing that fake licences based on fake addresses are still being issued to bus drivers. The Delhi gangrape of December 2012 was committed on board a private bus, which had a fake licence issued on a fake...
07:55 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Punjab Police Assistant Sub-Inspector Ravinderpal Mangat was beaten to death by occupants of a truck in Patiala. Sources say the incident took place when the policeman tried to clear a road for VIP movement. This led to an altercation with the truck occupants who then allegedly beat him to death. ...
11:20 AM, Mar 30, 2013
A day after eight policemen were transferred in connection with the assault of a woman in Tarn Taran, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to provide CRPF security to the victim. ...
04:55 AM, Mar 20, 2013
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05:02 PM, Mar 09, 2013
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03:40 PM, Mar 02, 2013
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08:54 PM, Feb 02, 2013
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06:27 PM, Dec 06, 2012
Rivers are a source of life and their protection should be given top priority, BJP leader Uma Bharti said on Wednesday. "Rivers give us life and their protection is our prime responsibility," she said. ...
04:05 AM, Nov 29, 2012
Toronto: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a system that uses dashboard-mounted smartphones to help drivers avoid red lights and reduce fuel consumption. The app called SignalGuru predicts when a traffic signal is about to change, and the speed that should be driven when approaching an intersection in order to cruise through without stopping. "The stop-and-go pattern that traffic signals create increases fuel consumption significantly," said Emmanouil...
04:33 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Chennai: It looks like there will soon be an auto rickshaw revolution in the state. Close on the heels of Prahalathan Karunakarans change.org petition to raise auto fares in the state, auto drivers under the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) have banded together to urge the Tamil Nadu government to raise the outdated auto fares in accordance with the rising prices of fuel. The last time the auto fares...
01:02 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Washington: Banning the use of mobile phones while driving may be ineffective as people who talk on their cell while being behind the wheel might already be unsafe drivers, a new MIT study has claimed. You can take the driver away from the cell phone, but you can't take the risky behaviour away from the driver, the new study from the MIT in Boston concludes. The findings may explain why...
11:07 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Hyderabad: The state has seen a significant rise in the use of condoms, which in turn has reduced the risk of AIDS among the high risk group like sex-workers and truck drivers. There has been a 100 percent rise in condom usage in the state for the past four years, said Dr PL Jayachandra Reddy, joint director of AP State AIDS Control Society (APSACS). For 2012-13, the National AIDS Control...
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