When labourers go unregistered, so do their problems   

Ad hoc payments in case of injuries and deaths, dangerous working conditions and difficulties in getting registered are just some of the problems plaguing Delhi’s labour force   In June, 2021 three construction workers Basant, Mangal Prasad Singh and Panna Lal Yadav were killed in Delhi Development Authority (DDA)’s under-construction housing society situated in Dwarka’s Sector […]

L-G edging ahead in Delhi power race

Delhi’s AAP government finds itself on the backfoot as matters of strength and autonomy undergo scrutiny by the Supreme Court With the Supreme Court yet to decide on the aspect of services, and whose power reigns supreme in Delhi, the Delhi government finds itself again in defence of its strength and autonomy vis-à-vis the Central […]

Kejriwal launches ‘Switch Delhi’ campaign to promote electric vehicles

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched the ‘Switch Delhi’ campaign to promote electric vehicles and appealed to people to buy such vehicles to combat pollution in the city Kejriwal said his government will hire only electric vehicles for various purposes in the next six weeks. The Chief Minister also asked delivery chains and big […]

Mayors on dharna

Citing non-payment of dues worth crores, Mayors of the three corporations along with their deputies and standing committee leaders staged a sit-in protest and raised slogans outside the official residence of Delhi’s Chief Minister Mayors, deputy mayors and various senior leaders of the three BJP-led municipal corporations on 7 December sat on a dharna outside […]

The unfairness of it all

It is unfair of the government to use gains from a decline in purchase prices of oil to repair its fiscal shortcomings instead of passing the gains to end-consumers Petrol prices in India have increased by 15 per cent in the past 12 months, and 23 per cent in the past five years. Politicians don’t […]

The CCTV conundrum

A pertinent question: Is it the politics of one-upmanship or concern for the safety of people that guides the authorities that run Delhi? Delhi has the dubious distinction of being dubbed the rape capital of the world. This epithet is not without reason. Public places are not safe for women. And the authorities have failed […]

A tale of two swimming pools

The Delhi Government has taken another inspired initiative in the education sector by providing two state-run schools in the trans-Yamuna area with swimming pools A swimming pool with crystal clear water, proper training facilities, diving boards and separate changing rooms for boys and girls within the premises of a school. At first glance, this seems […]

INSIDE THE PATCH-UP

Showing a ‘united front’, the two are gearing up to take on AAP in Delhi 2018 has not been a good start for AAP — considering that it is again circled by controversy — but things are looking up for another party, the Congress. While the national capital’s AAP government grappled with Delhi chief secretary […]