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Delhi to get its own Public Service Commission
Tue, Aug 07, 2018
On the first day of the Delhi Assembly monsoon session, the AAP government on Monday passed a resolution to create a Delhi Public Service Commission, which will not only give power to the state government over officers recruited through it but also provide basic "services" in the city.
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Supreme Court verdict: Tug of war between Arvind Kejriwal and LG; 5 points
Wed, Jul 04, 2018
Three months after it took over, the AAP government, in May 2015, said that control of the Anti-Corruption Branch was handed over to then Lt Governor Najeeb Jung due to which it could not take strict action against corrupt officers. The Kejriwal government alleged that this was not so during the previous Sheila Dikshit-led administration, and added that the Centre had issued a notification to give control of the anti-graft body to the LG when Delhi was under President's rule in 2014.
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Centre cancels AAP-held nine posts of advisors in Delhi cabinet
Tue, Apr 17, 2018
The government has also cancelled the posts held by Amar Deep Tiwari as media adviser to Law Minister, Prashant Saxena and Samir Malhotra as consultants to Power Minister, Rajat Tiwari as aide-de-camp in office of Minister of Power, Ram Kumar Jha as adviser (logistics) in the office of Minister, GAD and Dinkar Adeeb as OSD to Home Minister.
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DDCA case: Jaitley, Vishwas granted exemption from personal appearance
Sat, Apr 07, 2018
The other accused in the case -- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and AAP members Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Deepak Bajpai -- were acquitted by the court on April 3 after Jaitley accepted their apologies for their statements against him in connection with alleged irregularities in the DDCA
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AAP leader Kumar Vishwas will not apologise to Arun Jaitley: Aide
Mon, Apr 02, 2018
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh, Deepak Bajpai and Raghav Chadha had alleged irregularities in the Delhi District Cricket Administration (DDCA) which was once headed by Jaitley. A joint plea was today moved in a Delhi court by Jaitley, Kejriwal, Singh, Ashutosh, Bajpai and Chadha to "settle" their more than two years old litigation over alleged defamatory statements made against the BJP leader
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Relief for AAP; MLAs disqualification stopped by Delhi HC; big boost for CM Arvind Kejriwal, but for Alka Lamba, 19 others, there is a catch
Fri, Mar 23, 2018
Office of profit case: The EC had referred to the fact that the MLAs had been appointed parliamentary secretaries to ministers in the Delhi government in March 2015. The MLAs then approached the Delhi high court challenging their disqualification. The MLAs who were disqualified were: Alka Lamba, Adarsh Shastri, Sanjeev Jha, Rajesh Gupta, Kailash Gehlot, Vijendra Garg, Praveen Kumar, Sharad Kumar, Madan Lal Khufiya, Shiv Charan Goyal, Sarita Singh, Naresh Yadav, Rajesh Rishi, Anil Kumar, Som Dutt, Avtar Singh, Sukhvir Singh Dala, Manoj Kumar and Nitin Tyagi.
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Now Arvind Kejriwal Kejriwal apologises to Nitin Gadkari, Kapil Sibal
Mon, Mar 19, 2018
The development came days after the AAP leader regretted having accused Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia of drug trade without evidence. In a letter to Nitin Gadkari, Arvind Kejriwal said he was feeling sorry for making "certain statements, without regard to its verifiability, which seem to have hurt you... "I have nothing personal against you. I regret the same. Let us put the incident behind us and bring the court proceedings to a closure."
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Hard decisions needed to make Delhi a livable place: Hardeep Puri on sealing drive
Sat, Mar 17, 2018
As the AAP-led Delhi government continues to oppose the ongoing sealing drive in the national capital, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said "hard decisions" need to be taken to make the city a livable place even though the measure may attract brickbats from some quarters.
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Bhagwant Mann resigns as Punjab chief of AAP after Arvind Kejriwal's apology to Bikram Singh Majithia
Fri, Mar 16, 2018
A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also AAP chief, apologised to former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia for making allegations that the latter was involved in drug trade, Bhagwant Mann, Punjab unit chief, resigned from his post. In a tweet today, Bhagwant Mann said, “I
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Delhi Govt summons Anil Ambani; says power cuts must stop
Mon, Jun 20, 2016
Power Minister of Delhi Satyendar Jain has written a letter to the Reliance ADA Group’s chairman Anil Ambani terming the performance of BSES as “atrocious”. In the letter, Jain alleged corruption and financial irregularities including siphoning off funds by the company.
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