The Hindu - New Delhi

• newPM Modi to address BJP’s booth-level workers in Delhi on Jan 22
  The national coordinator of the NaMo App and BJP leader Kuljeet Singh Chahal said PM Modi will interact with the party’s booth-level workers at 1 p.m. on January 22
  - 7 hours ago 22 Jan 25, 2:28am -
• newBidhuri’s kin attacking AAP volunteers: Atishi writes to EC
  - 8 hours ago 22 Jan 25, 1:57am -
• newWill regularise ironing stands, establish dhobi welfare board: Kejriwal
  - 8 hours ago 22 Jan 25, 1:55am -
• newVoters living on banks of Yamuna seek pucca houses, water, toilets
  Tired of living under threats of floods and demolition drives, need better living conditions, say residents of Yamuna Khadar in Gandhi Nagar seat
  - 8 hours ago 22 Jan 25, 1:46am -
• newRahul’s poll itinerary: three rallies in three days
  - 8 hours ago 22 Jan 25, 1:42am -
• newKejriwal gives seven ‘guarantees’ to dhobi community
  - 8 hours ago 22 Jan 25, 1:39am -
• newDelhi court orders seizure of M.F. Husain’s paintings of Hindu deities from Delhi Art Gallery
  The orders came on the complaint filed by Delhi High Court advocate Amita Sachdeva, who demanded the removal of the ‘offensive’ paintings
  - 10 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 11:18pm -
• newShiv Sena backs BJP for Delhi Assembly polls
  There is need for a stable, corruption-free government in Delhi, similar to one led by Modi at the Centre, says Sena chief Eknath Shinde
  - 11 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 10:32pm -
• newSupreme Court reserves verdict in contempt plea on DDA for illegal tree felling in protected ridge area
  Court seeks to look into the extent of contempt, the reasons for the widening of road that led to the tree felling
  - 12 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 10:17pm -
• newScheduled Caste panel issues notice on complaint on caste discrimination during IIT campus placements
  Directors of IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi and the Union Ministry of Education to respond within 15 days
  - 13 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 8:36pm -
• newJustice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya takes oath as Delhi High Court Chief Justice
  Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya sworn in as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court by Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena
  - 15 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 6:54pm -
• newDelhi High Court dismisses plea against use of EVMs during elections
  The court observed that legal provisions allowed the ECI to use EVMs to record votes, and the constituencies where they were required to be adopted were also specified by the election body
  - 15 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 6:43pm -
• newSupreme Court asks Delhi Police’s reply on Tahir Hussain’s plea for interim bail
  Supreme Court asked the Delhi police counsel to come prepared and argue the matter on the next hearing on January 22
  - 17 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 5:07pm -
• newDelhi Assembly election: Purvanchalis saw 'greatest transformation' under AAP govt, says Gopal Rai
  Earlier, Purvanchalis lived in unauthorised colonies with poor living conditions. Now, they live in better conditions with proper infrastructure, Mr. Rai said
  - 18 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 3:46pm -
• newTraffic restrictions due to R-Day rehearsal in Delhi cause trouble for commuters
  The Delhi Police had earlier said issued a traffic advisory and stated that special traffic arrangements have been made for four days in order to facilitate the uninterrupted movement of Parade on Kartavyapath
  - 20 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 2:17pm -

• newBJP manifesto 'dangerous', will stop free education in govt schools: Arvind Kejriwal
  Mr. Kejriwal alleged that the BJP plans to shut free education in government schools and dismantle free health services, including the Mohalla Clinics, if voted to power.
  - 20 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 1:32pm -
• newDelhi Assembly election 2025: How to vote correctly as a first-time voter; a step-by-step guide
  If you’re a first-time voter, here’s a step-by-step guide on how to you cast your vote
  - 21 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 12:36pm -
• newDelhi Assembly polls: BJP’s second Sankalp Patra promises free education from KG to PG
  Under the Bhimrao Ambedkar Stipend Scheme, students from the Scheduled Caste community pursuing technical courses will receive stipends of ₹1,000 every month, the BJP has promised
  - 21 hours ago 21 Jan 25, 12:25pm -
• Delhi HC refuses urgent hearing of plea against AAP poll promise
  The petitioner said AAP was luring voters with a false announcement as Delhi government had already denied having such a scheme.
  - 1 day ago 21 Jan 25, 9:00am -
• AAP mocks BJP, releases blank book to show saffron party’s achievements
  - 1 day ago 21 Jan 25, 1:35am -
• Virendra Sachdeva criticises AAP for lack of maintenance of JJ cluster flats in Bawana
  - 1 day ago 21 Jan 25, 1:29am -
• Creating jobs for youth going to be priority for next 5 years, says Kejriwal
  Ex-CM addresses 3 rallies in north-east Delhi, says youngsters are sitting at home unemployed, will ensure ‘our children get jobs’; asks residents to press jhaadu, AAP’s symbol, on the EVM, otherwise ‘all the welfare schemes provided by us will stop’
  - 1 day ago 21 Jan 25, 1:21am -
• Anurag Thakur dubs AAP ‘anarchic’; their abuses betray panic, says Kakkar
  - 1 day ago 21 Jan 25, 1:21am -
• To serve Delhi’s people, you have to be on good terms with the L-G: Kailash Gahlot
  Constant antagonism towards Saxena prevented many of AAP’s much-anticipated schemes from seeing the light of day, says former Transport Minister contesting poll from Bijwasan on BJP ticket
  - 1 day ago 21 Jan 25, 1:09am -
• Delhi HC seeks police’s respond to bail plea by AAP MLA Naresh Balyan
  - 1 day ago 21 Jan 25, 1:07am -
• Give relief to patients awaiting aid outside AIIMS, Delhi, in bitter cold, Rahul writes to Nadda, Atishi
  - 1 day ago 21 Jan 25, 1:05am -
• Study moots inclusion of 179 communities in SC, ST, OBC lists
  Anthropological Survey of India and Tribal Research Institutes have, for the first time, comprehensively categorised 268 denotified, semi-nomadic, and nomadic tribes; Ministry says report ‘pending’ with NITI Aayog panel, ‘scrutiny’ under way
  - 1 day ago 20 Jan 25, 10:32pm -
• 397 cases of MCC violations lodged ahead of assembly polls in Delhi
  Delhi Police crack down on MCC violations, illegal activities ahead of assembly elections, seizing firearms, drugs, and cash
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 8:45pm -
• Delhi assembly elections 2024: AAP takes dig at BJP ahead of polls, launches blank book on saffron party's 'achievements'
  Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that the BJP had made several promises to win the 2014 elections and again after coming to power
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 7:56pm -
• Rahul writes to Health Minister, Delhi CM over AIIMS patients’ plight
  “As a first step, the new AllMS facilities across the country should be operationalised at the earliest,” he said.
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 3:52pm -
• Delhi Assembly polls: AAP mocks BJP with launching of blank book ‘Achievements of BJP in Delhi’
  In a press conference, AAP leader Sanjay Singh was referring to different promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past. 
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 3:35pm -
• First draft of Indian history written by colonisers with distorted perspective: Dhankhar
  Jagdeep Dhankhar also said that the first draft of the country's history came through colonisers' distorted perspective.
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 2:57pm -
• MCOCA case: Delhi HC seeks police stand on bail plea of AAP MLA Naresh Balyan
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 12:45pm -
• People of Delhi suffering in battle of supremacy between AAP government, Centre: Sachin Pilot
  Sachin Pilot exuded confidence that the people of Delhi will vote for the Congress this time.
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 11:44am -
• Thin layer of fog in Delhi, minimum temperature 11.4 degrees Celsius
  The IMD has forecast clear skies during the day. The maximum temperature is expected to settle around 26 degrees Celsius
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 10:39am -
• Why priests of Valmiki, Ravidas temple excluded from monthly honorarium scheme, Cong. asks AAP
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 1:59am -
• Externed 1,100 people to control criminal activities in 2024: Delhi Police
  According to the data, in 2023, Delhi police externed 619 people, 311 in 2021, 176 in 2020, and 302 in 2019
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 1:57am -
• Sunday snooze for Capital as AAP, BJP tread cautiously
  AAP to release manifesto in two to three days, Kejriwal’s rallies lined up in 45 constituencies in coming days; Prime Minister to hit the road to campaign for BJP candidates after Republic Day
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 1:55am -
• Kejriwal writes to PM proposing housing scheme for retired govt. employees
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 1:51am -
• Poll fight with Atishi is over development, says Alka Lamba
  Ms. Lamba said her BJP rival has made comments that have ‘spoilt the atmosphere’ but held Mr. Kejriwal equally culpable of ‘disrespecting women’ by portraying Ms. Atishi as a ‘stopgap CM’
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 1:05am -
• Delhi poll: Landfill continues to haunt Ghazipur residents amid struggle for basic amenities
  Delhi’s highest landfill site covers over 70 acres and is surrounded by farms, slaughterhouses, and residential colonies
  - 2 days ago 20 Jan 25, 12:58am -
• AAP wants to focus on continuity instead of announcing new plans in education: Sisodia
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 6:41pm -
• Cylinder blast triggers fire at Maha Kumbh, 1 injured
  The fire was contained after a joint effort by the NDRF and local administration teams; Prime Minister Narendra Modi dials U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to enquire about the situation
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 5:26pm -
• Delhi: Dark web drug cartel busted, hydroponic weed worth ₹2.1 crore seized
  The seizure was made under Operation Kawach, carried out ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, targeting illicit liquor, drugs, and illegal arms.
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 4:00pm -
• Delhi never seen such poll campaign when ‘murderous attack’ attempted on former Chief Minister, says Kejriwal
  The AAP has alleged that New Delhi BJP candidate Parvesh Verma's "goons" attacked Mr. Kejriwal during campaigning in the constituency
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 1:40pm -
• BJP trying to eliminate Kejriwal, one of attackers on his car associated with Parvesh: Atishi
  The people who attacked Arvind Kejriwal and threw stones at his car are serious offenders with cases registered against them, including of robbery and attempt to murder, says Delhi CM Atishi
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 12:45pm -
• Dense fog engulfs Delhi-NCR, disrupts train services and daily life
  According to the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi's Air Quality Index was logged at 340 at 8 a.m. this morning
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 10:51am -
• Assets war continues as BJP, AAP target Sisodia, Parvesh
  Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Saturday said the loan disclosure could be a “potential manipulation”
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 1:44am -
• Convicted serial killer who jumped parole arrested: Delhi Police
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 1:42am -
• Police stop screening of AAP docu-film; Kejriwal slams BJP
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 1:42am -
• Kejriwal promises free 200 units electricity for tenants
  The Delhi government already has an existing scheme of pre-paid meters for tenants to avail benefits of free electricity up to 200 units a month
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 1:41am -
• Mohan Singh Bisht: a heavyweight even BJP could not ignore
  Since 1998, Mr. Bisht has never been defeated in Karawal Nagar, except once – in 2015, incidentally by Mr. Mishra, then with AAP
  - 3 days ago 19 Jan 25, 1:39am -
• Congress hopes to repeat 2013 performance in Delhi polls
  The party has narrowed its focus to 20 of the 70 Assembly seats and is running candidate centric elections
  - 3 days ago 18 Jan 25, 10:59pm -
• Curbs on flight operations at Delhi airport till Jan 26
  Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is the country's busiest airport and handles around 1,300 flight movements daily.
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 7:27pm -
• 7th Delhi assembly met for 74 days over five years, says report
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 6:09pm -
• Arvind Kejriwal’s car pelted with stones during campaigning, alleges AAP
  In a purported video of the incident, Mr. Kejriwal can be seen sitting in a vehicle with police personnel clearing the route for it; a man waving a black piece of cloth and a stone hurled towards the vehicle were also seen in the video clip
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 5:42pm -
• PM distributes 65 lakh property cards, says SVAMITVA scheme will ‘unlock economic activities worth over ₹100 lakh crore’
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi says documentation of rural land under the scheme by surveying through drone technology is helping in dealing with issues such as land disputes and illegal encroachment
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 3:34pm -
• Free power, water schemes to cover tenants too if AAP returns to power: Arvind Kejriwal
  AAP promises free electricity and water for tenants in Delhi if re-elected, focusing on welfare initiatives for upcoming elections
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 1:13pm -
• Priyanka Kakkar accuses BJP of copying AAP's schemes in its Delhi poll manifesto
  She asked whether the manifesto had a stamp of approval from Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he criticised these kinds of welfare schemes as freebies
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 12:05pm -
• Ayushman Bharat is ‘biggest scam’, says AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal
  BJP national president J.P. Nadda said that BJP will implement Ayushman Bharat in its first cabinet meeting.
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 11:49am -
• Dense fog in parts of Delhi, 47 trains delayed, flight operations impacted; AQI improves
  Due to fog, train and flight services were disrupted in the national capital with some flights, and several trains being delayed at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport and New Delhi railway station respectively
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 9:50am -
• NCP enters Delhi poll fray on last day of filing nominations
  BJP’s ruling alliance partner in Maharashtra fields 30 candidates, including one in AAP chief’s New Delhi seat; Ajit Pawar named star campaigner; EC receives 1,497 nominations for 70 constituencies
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 1:48am -
• Delhi election: Kejriwal promises free bus rides to students
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 1:45am -
• Lives torn between two States, migrant workers hold on to their voter IDs
  While possessing two or more voter ID cards is against the law and liable for prosecution, many say they help them avail of welfare schemes in both their home State and Delhi
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 1:15am -
• AAP fulfilled many promises, will implement rest after Delhi win: Manish Sisodia
  The former Deputy CM is hopeful of the party returning to power as people are aware that graft allegations against its leaders are baseless and that they won’t have a comfortable life without Kejriwal; admits that AAP did not field several sitting MLAs as people were not happy with their performance
  - 4 days ago 18 Jan 25, 12:55am -

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