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Delhi govt's free pilgrimage scheme suspended over lack of trains The government will explore possibility of covering shorter distance destinations under the scheme through buses Current Affairs :The Delhi government’s free journey conspire has been incidentally suspended due to non-accessibility of trains, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday saying he will converse with the Center for its resumption. Vice president Minister Manish Sisodia said the ‘Mukhyamantri Teertha Yatra’ plot has been suspended for the present as the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for “reasons most popular to it” passed on to the Delhi government that rakes were not accessible for the plan. The Northern Railways said the inaccessibility of rakes was because of the impact of mist on train tasks and development of paramilitary staff on political decision obligation to and from Karnataka and Jharkhand, and those posted at outskirt regions. “The plan will be sus...

Free rides for women on DTC, cluster buses from October 29: CM Kejriwal Kejriwal said free rides for women on all DTC and cluster buses will ensure their safety C urrent Affairs :- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal declared on Thursday that rides on DTC and bunch transports will be free for ladies from October 29 on the event of Bhaiya Dooj. He made the declaration at the Delhi government’s Independence Day occasion at Chhatrasal Stadium. “Upon the arrival of Raksha Bandhan, I need to offer blessing to our sisters that there will be free rides for ladies on all DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) and group transports from October 29, which will guarantee their wellbeing,” Kejriwal said. Continue Reading

Free bus, Metro rides scheme: What Delhi govt’s proposal means to women Contrary to the expectation that women in urban areas get more employment opportunities, the data show that India’s female labour force participation rate in cities is lower than in rural areas Current Affairs :-On a winter’s day in mid 2018, 23-year-old information section official Sheela* needed to settle on a brief moment choice when the driver of her common small van disregarded her solicitations to back off and drop her off: she could either remain on the vehicle- – the solitary traveler – and hazard conceivable strike, or bounce off the moving vehicle and hazard damage. She jumped off, harming her correct arm and lower leg to guarantee her security from the driver of the gramin seva (country administration) van, a favored method of transport in the low-pay rural areas of India’s capital. Voyaging in excess of 7 km from an office in Okhla Phase I in southern Delhi to her home in Dakshinpuri, the c...

Oppn meet to discuss non-NDA alliance staking claim to form govt begins They will also move the Election Commission (EC) to press for their demand of tallying the paper trail of votes (VVPATs) with the electronic voting machine (EVM) figures LokSabha Elections 2019 : Top resistance pioneers met here on Tuesday, in front of the Lok Sabha survey results on May 23, to talk about the likelihood of a non-NDA partnership staking guarantee to government arrangement. They will likewise move the Election Commission (EC) to press for their interest of counting the paper trail of votes (VVPATs) with the electronic casting a ballot machine (EVM) figures. Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot, Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress, TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu, Satish Chandra Misra of the BSP, Sitaram Yechury of the CPI(M), D Raja of the CPI, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Derek O’Brien of the TMC, Ramgopal Yadav of the SP, Kanimozhi of the DMK, Manoj Jha (...

Delhi LS elections: Take money from others, but vote for AAP, says Kejriwal Kejriwal had made a similar comment in Chandni Chowk earlier, following which he was sent a show-cause notice by the Election Commission Elections : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked voters not to deny cash given to them by other ideological groups, however vote in favor of the Aam Aadmi Party. “The evening of decision, do they [other political parties] come to give cash or not?” Kejriwal asked, without referencing the BJP or Congress. “What will you do? Take it, don’t deny it, yet vote in favor of jhadu (floor brush, AAP’s race image),” the AAP boss said at a roadshow in help of South Delhi hopeful Raghav Chadha. Kejriwal had made a comparative remark in Chandni Chowk prior, after which he was sent a showcause see by the Election Commission. Chadha, in the mean time, said the adolescent would dismiss the legislative issues of hooliganism. “To all the political goons in S...

Arvind Kejriwal did U-turn on Delhi seat-sharing, says Rahul Gandhi AAP sources said the Congress was unwilling to have an alliance Elections : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday took to Twitter to make open the exchanges for a pre-survey partnership for Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha situates between his gathering and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which set off a war of tweets between supporters of the two gatherings. “A union between the Congress and AAP in Delhi would mean the defeat of the BJP. The Congress is happy to surrender four Delhi seats to the AAP to guarantee this. In any case, Mr. (Arvind) Kejriwal has done one more U-turn! Our entryways are as yet open, yet the check is running out,” Gandhi tweeted, with the hashtag that said the ball was in AAP’s court. Kejriwal, head of AAP and Delhi boss priest, countered pondering which “U-turn” the Congress was alluding to when dealings were still on. “Your tweet demonstrates that a union (in Delhi) isn’t your desire ...