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The battle to woo the middle class has heated up in poll-bound Delhi. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in its bid to win over this section of voters, has listed seven demands for the Centre to consider in the upcoming Budget: increase the education budget from 2% to 10%; cap private schools fees and provide…
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New Delhi: As the contest for Delhi Assembly polls hots up, BP candidate from the New Delhi constituency Parvesh Verma accused Aam Aadmi Party chief and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of misusing official machinery from Punjab, apart from “Chinese CCTV cameras”, in the capital. “Thousands of vehicles with Punjab registration plates are roaming around…
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New Delhi: The election officer of the New Delhi district has responded to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party’s allegations of manipulation of voter lists by the BJP. “Submission of applications for addition and deletion of electors in the electoral roll does not automatically result in the addition or deletion of names,” the district election officer…
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New Delhi: The Delhi High court pulled up the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government over a delay in placing before the Assembly Speaker a report by the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) on the ongoing liquor scam, which resulted in the arrests of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and senior leader Manish Sisodia. “The way…
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New Delhi: Stepping up the attack on the BJP ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal said the party is not announcing its chief ministerial candidate because it is afraid of suffering defeat. The AAP leader also claimed that the BJP has finalised the name of its former South Delhi…
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Ludhiana: Aam Aadmi Party leader and Ludhiana West MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi has died of gunshot injuries, with police saying on Saturday it could be a case of “accidental fire” from his own licensed pistol. Joint Commissioner of Police Jaskaran Singh Teja said the bullet pierced Gogi’s temple and he was rushed to the local…
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Barely six months after its forceful rise on the national political horizon, the Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), formed by diverse parties united by the sole ideological adhesive—an anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sentiment—is now tottering on the verge of disintegration. The outcome of the general elections, where the alliance fell 60 seats short of…
New Delhi: With an eye on Purvanchali votebank in Delhi, the ruling AAP and the Opposition BJP on Friday crossed swords over the honour and welfare of migrants from Bihar and east Uttar Pradesh as both parties claimed to be their true well-wisher. While the BJP women wing held a protest outside AAP leader Arvind…
Jammu: The National Conference government headed by Omar Abdullah would not “fight” the Centre but work with it to resolve the problems faced by Jammu and Kashmir, party president Farooq Abdullah asserted here on Thursday. “We don’t want to fight New Delhi. We want to work together with Delhi to resolve the state’s problems. We…
New Delhi: As Assembly elections draw closer in Delhi, AAP convenor and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the BJP-led Central government of reneging on its promise to provide reservation to the capital’s Jat community. Speaking at a press conference, Mr Kejriwal said he wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding the inclusion…
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