Delhi is reeling under a flood-like situation with the Yamuna rising to the season's highest of 207.48 metres.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked during a weekly Jan Sunvai event at her residence in the national capital.
New Delhi, Apr 12 A fresh political row erupted in the national capital on Saturday after the Leader of Opposition Atishi alleged the presence of Delhi..
Delhi’s peak power demand is expected to cross last year's record this summer, and the state government is preparing for network overload and other local factors. A Tata Power-DDL spokesperson said dedicated round-the-clock teams have been set up to attend breakdown and for supply restoration.
In her 138-minute speech, Gupta, who also holds the finance portfolio, called the maiden budget of the BJP government "historic", emphasising that the era of "corruption and inefficiency" was over.
Posting an International Women's Day wish, the former chief minister said Delhi women must be waiting for it today.
The report, one of 14, reports on the performance of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi was tabled in the Assembly earlier in the day.
Atishi claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not trust any of the 48 BJP MLAs elected in Delhi and alleged that the party has no vision or plan for governance.
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck Delhi-NCR early Monday morning, with its epicenter near Dhaula Kuan. The tremors, felt across Delhi, Noida, and Ghaziabad, caused panic as residents rushed out of buildings. A loud sound accompanied the quake, adding to the fear. Political leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi, shared their concerns online. Stay tuned for more updates on this seismic event!
The power demand is stable, no power cut or load shedding has been reported, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) said in a statement on Saturday.
Addressing a presser, she claimed that within three days of AAP being ousted from power in Delhi, more than 40 outages were reported from different areas of the city and people have now started buying inverters.
Despite retaining her seat in Kalkaji, Atishi's resignation came as part of a broader response to the AAP's performance, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reasserted its dominance by securing 48 out of the 70 assembly seats,
India News Updates: The BJP leader submitted his resignation letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal.
Delhi outgoing Chief Minister and AAP Candidate from Kalkaji assembly constituency Atishi celebrated her victory in Delhi after registering her victory against BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri on February 08. “I thank the people of Kalkaji for showing trust in me. I congratulate my team who worked against 'baahubal'. We accept the people's mandate. I have won but it's not a time to celebrate but continue the 'war' against the BJP...,” said Atishi.
The AAP supremo, who was eyeing his fourth straight win, was defeated by BJP's Parvesh Verma from New Delhi - one of the most high-profile seats. In Jangpura, AAP leader Manish Sisodia lost to BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah.
According to the complaint by the former media head and spokesperson of the Delhi BJP unit, Atishi levelled baseless allegations in a press conference held on January 27 and later on April 2, 2024 against BJP by saying that it was approaching AAP's MLAs and offering them bribes to the tune of Rs 20-25 crore for switching sides.
Special judge Vishal Gogne passed the order on an appeal filed by the AAP leader against an order of a magisterial court, which issued summons to Atishi on the complaint of Praveen Shankar Kapoor.
Congress, on its part, doesn’t have a ground presence in Delhi anymore. There is a mindset among people that voting for Congress is wasting their vote. In Delhi, the election is a direct fight between AAP and BJP, says Delhi CM.
The defamation complaint alleged that Atishi and Singh "deliberately caused harm to the goodwill of Dikshit".
Atishi never went to meet the people, but now during the elections, she is roaming the streets of Delhi like a deer running in the jungle, says the BJP leader.
The Delhi CM's roadshow got her delayed as she went to the Election Commission office to join AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, for a meeting at 3 pm without filing the nomination papers.
Ahead of the Delhi elections, AAP has kicked off the ‘Kejriwal vs whom in the BJP’ campaign, challenging the BJP to reveal its candidate for CM.
According to the BJP, the allotment was withdrawn since Atishi did not occupy the 6, Flag Staff Road bungalow vacated by Arvind Kejriwal since she did not want to offend the former chief minister.
Kejriwal swore over his children not to go with the corrupt Congress, Marlena changed father. Earlier she was Marlena, now she has become Singh. This is their character, says the BJP MP.
Atishi, who took over as Delhi CM in September 2024 following Arvind Kejriwal's resignation, has been representing the Kalkaji seat since 2015.