Delhi

'Bunch of illiterate people from top to bottom': Arvind Kejriwal on Delhi Budget row
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He said, "Yesterday, the news was going on that the budget for advertisement was more than that of infrastructure. While the budget of infrastructure is Rs 20,000 crore and that of advertisement is Rs 550 crore. There is a bunch of illiterate people from top to bottom."
K. Kavitha writes to ED, raises right to privacy issues
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The letter has been accessed by the IANS in which Kavitha, who is the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, has also accused the ED for deliberate leakage of false accusation of destruction of cell phones which led her opponent to defame her and her party.
Saurabh Bhardwaj, Atishi take charges of their respective depts
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Both leaders Bhardwaj and Atishi were sworn in as ministers in Delhi Cabinet on Thursday. Delhi Lt Governor V.K. Saxena had administered the oath to the newly inducted ministers in the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Niwas. Saurabh Bhardwaj has been allocated the portfolios of Health, Industry, Services, Vigilance.
'Politics of education against politics of jail': Manish Sisodia writes open letter
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"Today, the politics of jail seems to be successful, but the future of India's politics lies in education. Education is also in politics. India will become the Vishwaguru not because of how much strength the jails have, but because of the power of education in the country. In today's politics of India, the politics of jail has a heavy upper hand, but the coming days will be the education of politics," Sisodia wrote in the letter "addressed to the countrymen".
'You reap what you sow': Delhi BJP on Manish Sisodia's arrest by ED
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"Manish Sisodia has been a part of a big chain of financial beneficiaries in the Delhi liquor scam. Legal media reports had always suggested that the day inquiry of Telangana Chief Minister's daughter K. Kavita gets started, Manish Sisodia, too, will land up in ED custody," Sachdeva added.
AAP's Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj sworn-in as Delhi ministers
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The new ministers have been inducted after Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Health Minister Satyendar Jain resigned last week. Atishi has been allotted the portfolios of Education, PWD, Power and Tourism, while Bharadwaj has been assigned the responsibility of Health, Water and Industries and Urban Development.
Delhi excise policy scam: KCR's daughter summoned by ED on March 9
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Kavitha is also one of the representatives of the South Group which allegedly paid kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders. According to a source, she might be confronted with the Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai --also from the South Group -- who was arrested on Tuesday.
Delhi court sends Manish Sisodia to judicial custody till March 20
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Special Judge M.K. Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Courts ordered: "An application to send the accused to judicial custody has been filed. It is submitted that the police custody is no longer required and the same may be sought later, if required. In view of the submission made, the accused is sent to judicial custody till March 20."
Delhi BJP alleges rigging in guest teachers recruitment, seeks action against Manish Sisodia
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Sachdeva urged Lt. Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena to seek a report from the Education Department on the "massive rigging" and to give orders for action against Sisodia, who was the education minister, and departmental officials. "The Kejriwal government has misused the OBC quota in guest teacher recruitment to recruit AAP party workers, and educational qualifications were relaxed in hundreds of cases," the BJP leader alleged.
Delhi CM Kejriwal lauds Kapil Sibal's initiative, says 'will fight together'
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Sibal on Saturday had announced that he will launch a website, titled 'Insaf ke Sipahi', to help citizens fight against injustice and appealed to the opposition Chief Ministers and parties to help him in the initiative. "This is an important initiative of Kapil Sibal Saheb. I appeal everyone to join this initiative and we all together will fight against injustice," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.
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