April 08, 2019 07:42 PM IST Delhi minister and senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said the booth-level workers of the party would go to people, instead of calling them to jan sabhas.
November 13, 2017 03:48 PM IST The urban development minister said at a press conference here that there is a meeting with Pawan Hans officials this evening to discuss the plan of aerial sprinkling of water.
August 11, 2016 08:58 AM IST The industry body has also indicated that the proposed hike in minimum wages will severely "hurt" the growth of micro and small enterprises in the national capital and hence the AAP government should reconsider this proposal.
August 06, 2016 02:58 PM IST An official of the Labour Department said the last revision of minimum wages in the city was done in 1994.
June 14, 2016 02:24 PM IST "The Lt Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi with Chief Minister of National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to allocate portfolio of Transport Department to Satyendar Jain, Minister," a notification issued by GAD yesterday said.
April 22, 2016 07:30 AM IST Last week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had alleged that BJP and RSS wanted to "sabotage" the scheme, when auto unions had called a day-long strike which was later withdrawn.
April 18, 2016 03:50 PM IST "Strict action, including permit cancellation and impounding of vehicles, will be taken against app-based taxis which charge fares more than government-prescribed rates (sic)," Kejriwal said in a tweet today.
April 18, 2016 12:10 PM IST Kejriwal and PWD Minister Satyendar Jain today carpooled with Rai to reach Delhi Secretariat. DTC and cluster buses were packed with passengers on some routes in Burari, Uttam Nagar and other areas.
April 18, 2016 09:37 AM IST All offices, schools and other institutions reopened after an extended weekend on Monday. The second phase of the scheme was rolled out on Ram Navami, a public holiday, followed by the weekend.
April 15, 2016 06:52 PM IST Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai today said the response of the people was "positive" on the first day of the fortnight-long road rationing odd-even scheme.
April 07, 2016 10:30 PM IST The scheme aims at cutting down on the number of vehicles plying on the city's roads. Taxis have been exempted under the road-rationing plan and are in demand when it is in force.
March 29, 2016 06:54 PM IST Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said he will write to the governments of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh urging them to create awareness on the guidelines of the road rationing measure.
March 10, 2016 08:30 PM IST Transport Minister Gopal Rai said the minimum fare is Rs 10 as charged by Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on its low-floor AC buses.
February 10, 2016 06:27 PM IST Transport Minister Gopal Rai said that the government will make the announcement after reviewing over 11 lakh responses received from the public through multiple channels on Wednesday.
January 18, 2016 09:33 PM IST Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who today chaired a review meeting on the next phase of odd-even, has asked all departments to look into these two major issues and submit their report in this regard at the earliest.
December 31, 2015 08:02 AM IST The dry run on Thursday will be held from 9 am to 11 am. Over 5000 civil defence volunteers are being deployed to maintain a check across 200 spots in the capital. Four volunteers are also expected to accompany traffic police officers on each spot. Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai will conduct an inspection of the preparations on Thursday.
December 30, 2015 08:09 AM IST BS Bassi said Rai has assured him that around 5,000 to 6,000 volunteers will be pressed into service to help police but they will not act independently.
December 28, 2015 09:46 PM IST Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai today criticised city Police Commissioner B S Bassi for his remarks that action will be taken against any volunteer who takes law into hands during the odd-even scheme, saying Bassi should not talk like a spokesperson of a political party.
December 09, 2015 08:25 AM IST A high-level meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, also decided to enforce the restrictions date-wise as even numbered cars will be allowed to ply on even dates and odd-numbered ones will ply on odd dates.
October 06, 2015 06:40 PM IST Hearing a plea filed by lawyer Harish Salve, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the central government, Delhi's local government and its municipal body to come up with a solution within three days.
August 27, 2015 09:04 PM IST Employment Minister Gopal Rai today held a meeting with various companies, NGOs and umbrella organisations like FICCI, ASSOCHAM and CII. The minister said the meeting discussed the next leg of the job summit which will aim at improving the employability skills of job seekers.
August 18, 2015 09:54 PM IST Gopal Rai, the state transport minister, says every aggregator is welcome to apply for licences, provided they abide by the norms.
June 18, 2015 08:05 PM IST Last month, the government had directed both the taxi aggregators to submit details of their drivers and vehicles if they wanted to "regularise" their services in the city.
June 04, 2015 10:09 AM IST Top Delhi government officials said the applications of the three taxi aggregators were rejected for not filing undertakings stating they were complying with a ban imposed on them. The three operators had filed the applications under the modified Radio Taxi Scheme introduced five months ago.
June 02, 2015 09:18 PM IST In a stern warning, Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai here Tuesday said the government will not consider applications for licence from app-based taxi operators Uber and Ola Cabs unless they comply with the existing ban imposed on them.
