Impasse continues as BJP-ruled MCDs clash with AAP

The Kejriwal government refuses to budge, says BJP mayors can sit outside CM’s office for as long as they want. Going into the intricacies of funds transfers, AAP does seem to be in the right The Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) Mayors have taken the blame game to the next level, sitting outside Chief Minister […]

Vexed issue of staff salary blights Diwali

If Delhi’s three MCDs get their act together, no employee will suffer due to delayed payment of salary. Bureaucratic indifference and political games seem to be creating an artificial scarcity North MCD has faced the most flak out of the three Municipal Corporations in Delhi – the others being South and East – in the […]

Doctors are being paid, but not nurses

Incredibly enough, even during the pandemic, nursing staff is expected to work without pay. No wonder they are on strike Almost 600 nurses from four of North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s hospitals are on an indefinite strike to demand payment of three months pending salar. The strike is by the nursing staff of Municipal Corporation-run Kasturba, […]

‘Farmers’ Go Back

Protesting farmers were not allowed to enter the capital this week. Whether this should be seen as a denial of their right to protest or an essential safeguard for the general public, remains debatable On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a leader who believed that protests based on the principle of non-violence can overthrow […]

Activist Kejriwal returns

Drama returns to Delhi for statehood and striking IAS officials First the Chief Minister’s residence, then the Delhi Assembly, and eventually the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s office stood witness to return of “activist” Arvind Kejriwal. The Delhi chief minister first tore apart the LG in the morning (June 11) presser and in his speech in […]

Autonomy angst

With professors continuing their anti-autonomy protest, the evaluation process has been stalled and is affecting final year students What is the link between the latest Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) protests and exam paper evaluation? In their latest attempt to draw the attention of the university administration and the University Grants Commission, the teachers have […]

VOICE OF FURY

‘Be quiet and stand in a corner!’ the Centre seems to be telling those who want to be in the vicinity of Parliament to raise issues their MPs don’t care about Some say angrily that it is an “undeclared emergency,” a strangling of democracy. Others say it is an attempt to silence dissent, to “thwart […]