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Ghaziabad, Jan 22: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who sat on a two-day dharna outside the Rail Bhavan, is unwell on Wednesday and undergoing tests at a hospital here. Kejriwal is suffering from acute bronchitis and had fever in the night, sources at Yashoda Hospital here said. A CT scan has been conducted on him at the hospital besides various other tests Dr Bipin Mittal, the chief minister

New Delhi, Jan 21: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung played a "key role" in ending the stalemate between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Centre by getting the two sides to reach a compromise on issues involving Delhi Police, a source said. "The Lt Governor played a key role in defusing the situation," said a government source. Jung made discreet inquiries at his end and reportedly

New Delhi, Jan 21: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday called off his dharna against Delhi Police after the two SHOs of Malviya Nagar and Pahar Ganj proceeded on leave. The two police officers have not been suspended but they will report to police lines of their concerned district. Speaking to reporters, Kejriwal said the L-G of Delhi appealed to him to end his protest keeping in mind

New Delhi, Jan 21: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said his protest was indefinite and threatened to fill the street with lakhs of people, if the government does not concede his demands. "I said 10 days, but it was a way of saying that the protest is indefinite. If the central government does not agree to our demands by Jan 26, then we will fill Rajpath (the central boulevard in the

New Delhi, Jan 21: Leading a group of an estimated 150 cadre from his Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal defied prohibitory orders on Monday to launch an unprecedented protest outside Parliament House, demanding executive control of the Delhi Police and the transfer of police personnel his government says defied orders from Ministers. “Some people say that I am an anarchist and

New Delhi, Jan 20: Ministry of External Affairs today rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's claim that a Ugandan official had met his Law minister Somnath Bharti in connection with an alleged sex racket, and said Aam Aadmi Party was playing with the "reputation" of India. Hours after Kejriwal produced an internal letter purportedly written by a Ugandan official to his government mentioning an

New Delhi, Jan 20: Drug overdose appears to be the cause of the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, last Friday, according to the findings of doctors of AIIMS, who had conducted the autopsy on her. "Drug overdose", which in other words could be called drug poisoning, has been cited as the cause of death in the conclusion by doctors, according to AIIMS

New Delhi, Jan 20: Asking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to maintain the dignity of the office he holds, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today ruled out any action against Delhi Police personnel till an inquiry is over. Talking to reporters here on the sidelines of a function to mark the raising day of National Investigation Agency (NIA), he also made it clear that the Centre will not hand

Panaji, Jan 20: Hollywood actor Robert De Niro is yet to respond to the questionnaire sent by Goa Police probing the sexual assault case allegedly involving Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal. The former woman journalist with Tehelka magazine, who accused 50-year-old Tejpal of sexual assault, and the accused were with the Hollywood star a little before the alleged offence took place in November

New Delhi, Jan 20: In an unprecedented action, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers today began a dharna outside Rail Bhavan demanding action against police officials who refused to carry out a raid on an alleged drug and prostitution racket in South Delhi last week. Defying prohibitory orders in force in the high-security area near the seat of power, Kejriwal accompanied by six