In a rare move, Delhi Lt Guv VK Saxena praises CM Atishi; calls her 'thousand times better'
Nov 23, 2024, at 03:58 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a rare instance, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, who had been at loggerheads with the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, praised Chief Minister Atishi on Friday, calling her "a thousand times better" than her predecessor and party boss Arvind Kejriwal.
Where do you get the power? Supreme Court slams Delhi LG over civic body panel poll call
Oct 04, 2024, at 08:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday slammed Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for calling elections to civic body panel poll "in glaring hurry" besides raising question on LG's jurisdiction in taking such a step, media reports said.
Delhi LG proposes higher vehicle insurance premiums for those having history of traffic violations
Sep 26, 2024, at 02:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has written to the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, proposing to link insurance premiums of vehicles to the number of traffic violations recorded against them.
Delhi schools to remain shut today as national capital receives heavy rains, witnesses waterlogging
Aug 01, 2024, at 06:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Several houses collapsed in parts of Delhi and one person was reported trapped in Chandni Chowk's Sadar Bazar after the national capital received heavy rains on Wednesday evening.
In a rare praise, Shashi Tharoor calls Delhi Lt Governor 'conscientious civil servant'
Jun 29, 2024, at 05:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a rare shoutout to Lt Governor VK Saxena, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor praised the work to control water flooding as Delhi broke an 88-year-old rain record this morning in a much-needed respite from an unprecedented months-long heatwave.
'Are you defending LG?' Supreme Court slams authorities on Delhi tree cutting
Jun 25, 2024, at 02:32 am
New Delhi: Coming down heavily on the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for the trees cutting in the capital's Ridge area, the Supreme Court Monday said it cannot brush aside "brazen acts" that lead to the destruction of the environment.
Jun 15, 2024, at 05:23 am
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has sanctioned the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy and former Professor of International Law at Central University of Kashmir, Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain, in connection to a case related to their alleged provocative speeches at a public function in 2010, media reports said on Friday.
May 29, 2024, at 02:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has taken a swipe at Arvind Kejriwal and expressed his "disappointment" with the Chief Minister over the massive fire that broke out in a Delhi children's hospital last week in which seven infants were killed.
Delhi court convicts Medha Patkar in criminal defamation case filed by Delhi LG VK Saxena
May 25, 2024, at 06:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Narmada Bachao Andolan founder Medha Patkar has been convicted in a criminal defamation case filed against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.
May 07, 2024, at 02:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a turn of events Monday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has called for a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into allegations against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal receiving political funding from the banned Sikhs For Justice group founded by wanted terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun.
Delhi Lt. Guv sacks 223 employees of women's commission in major step against AAP govt appointments
May 02, 2024, at 05:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has sacked 223 employees of the women's commission in a major move against the appointments made by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government earlier, media reports said.
Delhi bomb threat email that led to shutdown of nearly 100 schools 'traced'
May 01, 2024, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The origin of the hoax bomb threat email that forced the early shutdown of nearly 100 schools in Delhi and Noida has been traced, said Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena.
Apr 17, 2024, at 04:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has written an open letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is in jail in connection with the liquor policy case, following a note by AAP minister Atishi to him seeking suspension of the CEO of Delhi Jal Board over a murder triggered by a water dispute in the national capital.
Supreme Court refuses to pause Centre's ordinance on control of bureaucrats' services in Delhi
Jul 11, 2023, at 02:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Monday refused to pause the Centre's executive order controlling the bureaucrats posted in Delhi in response to a petition filed by Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government, which had challenged the constitutional validity of the Centre's order.
'New order from LG will strangulate Delhi govt': Arvind Kejriwal
Jul 06, 2023, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an escalation of a power tussle in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said a new order by the Lieutenant Governor will "strangulate" the city government and its services.
Delhi LG terminates services of 400 people engaged by AAP govt
Jul 04, 2023, at 06:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday terminated the services of 400 people engaged by the Arvind Kejriwal government by allegedly flouting the constitutional provisions of reservation.
Jun 08, 2023, at 10:16 pm
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal jointly inaugurated the east Delhi campus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) on Thursday following a war of words as both sides tried to take credit for the project.
Days after SC ruling, Centre introduces new ordinance on Delhi bureaucrats' postings
May 20, 2023, at 05:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Days after the Supreme Court ruled that the Delhi government must have control over transfers and appointments of bureaucrats, the Centre Friday brought in a special law, making Lieutenant Governor the final arbiter in the matter.
Apr 18, 2023, at 04:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has written a strongly worded letter threatening legal action against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers over accusations that he tried to stop the Delhi government's electricity subsidy for the poor.
Arvind Kejriwal, Lt Guv indulge in Twitter war over Delhi law-and-order situation
Feb 23, 2023, at 03:08 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena indulged in a war of words on Twitter again and this time it's over the law-and-order situation in Delhi.
Arvind Kejriwal leads AAP's march against Delhi L-G over teachers' Finland trip
Jan 16, 2023, at 07:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday led his ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs in a protest march against Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena over the conflict stemming from the city government's decision to send school teachers to Finland for training.
Delhi LG VK Saxena to sue AAP leaders for defamation over corruption allegations
Sep 01, 2022, at 02:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena Wednesday threatened to sue Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj, for levelling "highly defamatory and false" corruption charges against him.