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Who was Rakesh Mehta? Ex-Delhi chief secretary who led 2010 Commonwealth Games preparations during Sheila Dikshit's tenure died by suicide

Rakesh Mehta death reason: Former Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, 74, was found dead at his Noida home on Sunday. Police recovered a note in which he cited the reason for his death. Mehta served as Delhi's chief secretary from 2007 to 2010 under Sheila Dikshit, overseeing preparations for the…

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Cong slams AAP over CAG report on prevention of vehicular air pollution in Delhi

Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav has slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the performance of the previous government in the prevention and mitigation of vehicular air pollution in the national capital in the Assembly. Read further…

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Why did Arvind Kejriwal lose his assembly seat? Here’s all the reasons why

The BJP ended its 27-year drought in Delhi with a landslide victory on February 8. As this story was published, the BJP had officially won 44 seats and is leading in four against the AAP’s winning in 21 and leading in one. A simple majority in the 70-seat Delhi assembly…

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Delhi Polls: Shatrughan Sinha bats for AAP; Congrats Kejriwal

AAP holds 62 seats in the current 70-seat Assembly, seeks re-election based on its previous terms achievements. Must follow the story on Dynamite News:

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Delhi Elections: Sandeep Dikshit expresses confidence of Congress victory

Sandeep Dikshit, Congress candidate from the New Delhi Assembly constituency, exuded confidence in his party's win in the February 5 elections in the city-state. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi Elections: Sandeep Dikshit files nomination from New Delhi, Maken claims AAP would loose polls for this reason..

Veteran party leader Ajay Maken, Ex-Delhi Lok Sabha MP Udit Raj and party leader Pawan Khera were accompanied Sandeep Dikshit when he filed his nomination. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kejriwal vs Sandeep Dikshit vs Parvesh Verma: Delhi’s fiercest poll battle

Home to some of the country’s top political leaders, bureaucrats, judges and industrialists, New Delhi has always been a high-profile constituency. But the stakes are even higher this time, with a former chief minister pitted against the sons of two former CMs.

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AAP leader Atishi takes oath as Chief Minister of Delhi

Atishi becomes the 17th woman chief minister in the country and the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi, after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit. Read further on Dynamite News:

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From Marxist upbringing to ‘soft Hindutva’: The rise of new Delhi CM Atishi

A rare woman chief minister in India, Atishi has her task cut out, in rebuilding a party devastated by arrests.

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Things fall apart; can AAP hold?

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest has put the AAP in a difficult position and the Congress in a quandary

The Hindu

3 reasons why Congress support to AAP over Delhi ordinance is more about optics than gains

NEW DELHI: After much prevarication, the Congress on Sunday decided to support Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the Narendra Modi government’s ordinance on the control of services in Delhi by declaring that it will oppose a bill whenever it is introduced in Parliament. However, the stand seems to…

The Times of India

Defamation case | Rahul Gandhi to move Supreme Court very soon, says Congress

Congress to move Supreme Court “very soon” to seek stay on Rahul Gandhi's conviction in Modi surname case; Party holds maun satyagraha to protest against “unfair and undemocratic” disqualification. Mr. Gandhi to move into Sheila Dikshit’s house in Nizamuddin East

The Hindu

Exactly how environment-friendly are Delhi’s e-rickshaws?

In August 2010, as Delhi was getting a makeover in preparation for the 19th Commonwealth Games, Sheila Dikshit bedecked the city’s thoroughfares in the red and green colours of the then fashionable e-rickshaw, which she described as a “needed effort” towards making Delhi a “pollution-free zone”. Four years later Dikshit’s…

Newslaundry

Congress slams Delhi govt's education model

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday alleged the education model being promoted by the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi is a "model of fraud" and, if applied in other states, the entire education system will be "ruined".

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‘Model of fraud’: Congress slams Delhi Government’s education system

The son of former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit also said that in an RTI query it was asked how many jobs were given by the AAP Government, and the reply was that only 440 jobs

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'Arvind Advertisement Party': Congress digs at AAP over ads in Gujarat by Punjab government

Congress alleged that the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government is unable to pay salaries of employees but spent Rs 36 crore in two months on advertisements in Gujarat

The Times of India

CBI raid on Manish Sisodia: Why Congress is being accused of double standards

NEW DELHI: While Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is pitched in a fierce fight with Narendra Modi-headed BJP government at the Centre ever since the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at the residence and other locations associated with Delhi deputy chief minister on August 19, it is also facing…

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‘Modi for nation, Kejriwal for Delhi’: What Purvanchalis are thinking ahead of the election

As the Delhi Assembly election campaign gathers pace, all main players are out wooing one of the city’s most influential voter communities — the Purvanchalis.

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How the AAP-LG tussle is uniting the Opposition against the BJP

The tremors of a political earthquake in the national capital are spreading fast across the country. The support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s dharna at the Lieutenant Governor’s house from the Opposition parties or the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party front is swelling with every passing day.

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