Arvind Kejriwal: News

25 Jun 2017

Delhi

Delhi: Supreme Court in favour of relaxing abortion deadline

The Supreme Court came out in favour of amending the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act by allowing women to abort terminally ill fetuses beyond the present limit of 20 weeks.

21 Jun 2017

India

Delhi: Panic buttons, cameras to be installed in DTC buses

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal approved the transport department's proposal of installing CCTV cameras and panic buttons on 6,350 DTC and cluster buses.

17 Jun 2017

Delhi

Posters branding Kumar Vishwas 'traitor' surfaces at Delhi's AAP office

Controversies surrounding Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) refuse to settle and the latest is the posters touting Kumar Vishwas a traitor which have surfaced at the AAP's headquarters in Delhi.

16 Jun 2017

Delhi

Smoke coming out of Delhi Metro's AC vent causes panic

Passengers of the Delhi metro's women coach were panic-struck after they saw smoke coming out of AC vent due to a short circuit in the blue line, bringing metro services to a halt.

16 Jun 2017

Delhi

CBI raids Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's residence

A CBI team reached Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia's house at noon on June 16.

13 Jun 2017

Delhi

Delhi Govt plans to get legal charging points for e-rickshaws

The Delhi government plans to provide authorized charging points for e-rickshaws. The first site chosen for this is Raghubir Nagar in west Delhi.

08 Jun 2017

Delhi

Kejriwal seeks Delhi L-G's nod to penalize power discoms

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal seeks to get L-G Anil Baijal's approval today in order to revive his proposal of penalizing power discoms in the wake of power outage situation across Delhi.

07 Jun 2017

Delhi

Ola-Uber drivers threaten to go on strike across Delhi-NCR

With demands not being addressed, Ola-Uber driver unions threatened to wage a strike from 19th June across Delhi-NCR. This would be the second strike by thse taxi drivers in 2017.

02 Jun 2017

Delhi

Delhi- CM reaches out to public, receives 500 complaints

1st June was the first day of the Delhi government's attempt of making its offices more approachable by allowing the public to walk-in without appointments and address their grievances.

31 May 2017

Delhi

Gautam Gambhir moves Delhi HC against restaurant using his name

Cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court against a restaurant chain using his name in the tagline.

30 May 2017

Delhi

L-G directs civic body to make Delhi open-defecation free

On Monday, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal directed the municipal corporations to work towards making Delhi open-defecation free.

26 May 2017

Delhi Police

DU Admissions- ECA admissions get more simple

This year, admission procedure for students applying to colleges through the 'Extra-Curricular Activities' quota in DU has changed in many ways.

25 May 2017

Delhi

AIIMS emergency distressed due to shortage of doctors

The emergency wing of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) receives more than 500 patients daily and is short-staffed to handle the same.

25 May 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Will AAP suffer the same fate as Asom Gana Parishad?

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is on the verge of a split, due to deepening internal differences following its embarrassing defeat in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi polls.

24 May 2017

Kapil Mishra

Satyendra Jain's firm received Rs. 16cr black money- Kapil Mishra

The AAP-Kapil Mishra tussle is far from over. In fresh allegations, Mishra said a company owned by Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain had received Rs. 16cr through hawala transactions.

24 May 2017

Delhi

Delhi- Issuance of restaurant licenses to get harder

The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) is going to make the process of issuing and renewing licenses of restaurants, pubs, cafes and eateries more tough.

23 May 2017

Delhi

Delhi- Fire in Chandni Chowk guts down 40 shops

On the night of 22nd May, a major fire broke out in Old Delhi's Chandni Chowk area; albeit there were no casualties reported, goods worth crores may have been lost.

21 May 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

'Who funded Ashutosh's Russia tour?'- Mishra rakes up number-plate scam

Amid the ongoing Kapil Mishra-AAP tussle, the sacked minister has now sent nine questions to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to divulge the source of funding for the Russia trip of party leaders Ashutosh and Sanjay Singh.

19 May 2017

Delhi

Why did AAP sit over DDA plans until elections?

Sources stated that the AAP government was actually sitting on the Delhi Development Authority's land pooling scheme since 2015. AAP reportedly did not even bother to check the facts of the policy until last year.

17 May 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

AAP crisis- Kejriwal hosts dinner to unite party MLAs

In an attempt to bring unity amid a severe internal crisis, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal hosted a dinner for party MLAs at his residence on May 14.

10 May 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Former AAP Punjab convenor quits over Mann's appointment

Former AAP convenor in Punjab, Gurpreet Singh Waraich, aka Ghuggi quit the party after the appointment of Bhagwant Mann as the convenor of the party's Punjab wing.

10 May 2017

Delhi

PWD scam: FIR filed against Kejriwal's late brother-in-law

A firm owned by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's late brother in law, Surendra Kumar Bansal, has been implicated by the Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) for involvement with irregularities in road construction in Delhi.

10 May 2017

Delhi

Kejriwal should resign if he is guilty: Anna Hazare

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare said he was "pained and hurt" by the allegations against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who was one of his closest aides during the Lokpal movement.

08 May 2017

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Kejriwal wanted to buy cable network to "control" media: Republic

The crisis in AAP is far from over: the same day sacked minister Kapil Mishra alleged Arvind Kejriwal had taken hefty bribes, Arnab Goswami's Republic broadcast an expose on how he reportedly demanded crores of rupees from MLAs.

28 Apr 2017

Delhi

MCD Election: New AAP councilors take "pledge of loyalty"

After a humiliating defeat in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls, Delhi CM and AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal interacted with the party's newly-elected councilors at his residence.

25 Apr 2017

Delhi

Prepare for a movement if exit polls ring true: Kejriwal

Addressing a meeting of poll observers before the MCD votes get counted, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he would launch a movement if the exit poll results came true.

23 Apr 2017

Delhi

Delhi MCD 2017 Elections commence

The elections for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi began today.

15 Apr 2017

Delhi

Arvind Kejriwal: Can tell you 10 ways to rig EVMs

AAP Chief & Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal claimed he, being an IIT engineer, can share ten ways to tamper with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

10 Apr 2017

Delhi

Connaught Place restaurants face deficit after NDMC clampdown

Two months after the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMDC) lashed down on Connaught Place (CP) restaurants for running operations on the terrace, restaurants are facing harsh losses.

07 Apr 2017

Delhi Police

6 jail-mates from Tihar can now work outside of prison

In a first, 6 inmates from Tihar jail will be allowed to look for employment outside of prison on the grounds of good behavior.