Delhi Informer

The bench gave the government time till July 22 to file an affidavit indicating its “clear stand” with regard to policy for advertisements on auto rickshaws. The court was hearing 2 PILs filed on behalf of some auto unions challenging the government’s policy on display of advertisements. Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live […]

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Speaking on the impact of car rationing formula on pollution level in Delhi, transport minister Gopal Rai said, “DPCC data shows less pollution was observed in inner circle of Delhi. However, it was high in the borders areas.” He said comprehensive data will be released on May 9. Delhi News, Latest Delhi News Headlines & […]

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DTC will operate two ‘MP Special’ buses each from North Block and South Block, and one each from Akhbar Road and Ashoka Road, he said. “If MPs do not prefer to travel by buses, they have the option to carpool. They should contribute to make Delhi a pollution-free city,” Gopal Rai said. Delhi News, Latest […]

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The Delhi government is contemplating to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on diesel from 18 per cent to 16.6 per cent due to which the price of diesel may come down by around 60 paisa per litre. The move is intended to take VAT on diesel, in the national capital, at par with that in […]

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New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday rolled back the proposed Value Added Tax hike on textiles and footwear costing below Rs.500. “We are not kings that it would hurt our ego to take our words back. We realised that the decision (on proposed hike in VAT) was not good for footwear and textile traders. […]

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New Delhi : On Wednesday the government announced that it will help build 2.95 crore houses in India’s rural areas and for this a financial assistance of up to Rs.1.30 lakh will be provided to each homeless family. Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called it “a very important decision” taken by the cabinet […]

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New Delhi : The cabinet on Wednesday approved a 6 percent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners, effective from January 1. The decision, over the existing rate of 119 percent of basic pay/pension of the employees to compensate them for general price rise, was taken at […]

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New Delhi : On Thursday Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to the opposition for its support to run the government smoothly and invoked late Congress stalwarts and prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi for peaceful functioning of parliament. In his over an hour-long speech, Modi, however, didn’t speak about raging issues like […]

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New Delhi :  On Friday the Supreme Court issued notice to the CBI on a plea by the Delhi government seeking the return of documents that the investigating agency had taken from the office of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following a raid. The apex court bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued notice on the […]

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New Delhi: Employees of three civic bodies continued their protest against the Delhi government over the non-payment of dues, dumping garbage outside the residence of a minister. Scores of workers dumped the garbage outside the residence of Transport Minister Gopal Rai. “We will continue to dump garbage on roads till they (government) feel ashamed,” a protester […]

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Aam Aadmi Party calls for municipal corporations to be dissolved, demands fresh elections The Hindu – Delhi

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on a petition before it Monday issued notice to the city government questioning its decision to scrap the management quota in nursery admissions in private schools. Justice Manmohan sought response from Sify.com

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New Delhi: On the suspension of two officials, 200 senior bureaucrats of the Delhi government went on a day’s protest leave The decision was taken by the members of the DANICS (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service) Officers’ Association to protest the suspension of two senior colleagues. Subhash Chandra, special secretary (Prisons) and Yashpal Garg, special […]

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched ‘Swachh Delhi’ app enabling residents to apprise authorities with picture of garbage, and announced ‘Swachh Delhi Abhiyan’ from November 22 to 30. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu along with… The DQWeek (Delhi)

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New Delhi: On Friday, the Congress asked the central government to mention a time frame for bringing back former cricket IPL chief Lalit Modi to the country and alleged that he enjoyed the patronage of the ruling NDA dispensation. The Enforcement Directorate has said it wants to question the former Indian Premier League chief on […]

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