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Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini mounts attack on Ex- Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. He states, "Kejriwal Making baseless allegations to hide his failures...Kejriwal had said that he will clean the Yamuna river but he did not clean it and Kejriwal has done the work of making it dirty. We are giving clean water. And this is Delhi's water, the people of Delhi are being forced to drink this dirty water." "Today Kejriwal has talked about mass genocide, Kejriwal is responsible for this and no one else is responsible for this. Even after 10 years, he has not been able to clean the Yamuna river. You should apologize to the people of Delhi and Haryana...Kejriwal is trying to commit mass genocide in Faridabad because the dirty water is being released inside this Yamuna river, chemicals and other types of contaminated water are falling in it, he is not cleaning it and is blaming others," he added.
New Delhi: Delhi AAP unit President Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday slammed the Delhi government under the BJP over their claims of cleaning the Yamuna and challenged Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Minister Parvesh Verma to "drink a litre of Yamuna water" to prove their claims. Speaking to ANI, Bharadwaj said, "The chemical which was sprayed by the previous Delhi government is being sprayed by the current government... The government is lying that the Yamuna is clean. If Rekha Gupta says that the water in the Yamuna is clean, then I ask Rekha Gupta and Parvesh Verma to come with me and drin ...Read More >
New Delhi: The political battle over cleaning the Yamuna intensified on Sunday as AAP's Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Delhi govt over its claim of cleaning the river. Bharadwaj challenged CM Rekha Gupta and minister Parvesh Verma to "drink a litre of Yamuna water" to prove that the river is now cleaner ahead of Chhath Puja.Responding to him, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor wrote on X: "Mr Saurabh, you are educated too, so please tel ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday said the state govt was consistently working to provide better resources to the doctors and quality healthcare services to the citizens.He mentioned that medical colleges were being established in every district.While there were only six medical colleges in 2014, the number has now increased to 15, and nine new colleges are under construction. As a result, MBBS seats in the state increased from 700 in 2014 to 2,185, at present. The state govt aims to increase the MBBS seats to over 3,400 by 2029, said Saini.The CM was addressing a ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jan 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday slammed former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal over the quality of Yamuna water, saying no work had been done in Delhi over the past 10 years. He also accused Kejriwal of resorting to cheap politics to cover up his failures. "For the last decade, Kejriwal has forced the people of Delhi to drink contaminated water," Saini said. Chief Minister Saini, while presenting water samples from both Haryana and Delhi to the media at Yamuna Ghat in Wazirabad, emphasised the significant ...Read More >
Patna, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major action against corruption, the State Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Saturday arrested Sub-Inspector Putul Kumari, the SHO of the Women's Police Station in Samastipur, for accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. Her driver was also arrested in the case. The arrest has created a stir within the police department. According to an official, Putul Kumari was caught red-handed while taking the bribe from Rajiv Ranjan, a resident of Chhatauna village under Mufassil police station limits, in connection with an assault case. Rajiv Ranjan had filed a written complaint with ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Harshvardhan Rane, who was last seen in 'The Miranda Brothers', is heaping praise on the recently released film 'Saiyaara', and its team. On Saturday, the actor took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and penned a special note for the film and its makers after it witnessed a stellar opening day. He wrote, "Another melodious example of a love story shattering all myths and formulas of the industry. Honest heart wrenching love story wins again in 2025! #Saiyaara". 'Saiyaara', which stars Aneet Padda, and marks the debut of Ahaan Panday, is helmed b ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], August 25 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday announced that one eligible member from each of the 121 families in the state who lost a relative in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots will be provided a government job on a priority basis. Making the announcement during the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the Chief Minister reiterated the state government's commitment to ensuring justice and support for the affected families. Also Read | Trump Tariffs: Shivraj Singh Chouhan Says India Won't Sign Any Trade Pact Against Farmers' Inter ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) The surging Yamuna showed signs of receding in Delhi on Friday, even as many areas remained submerged, with the government saying it is maintaining a round-the-clock vigil and asserting that the situation will soon return to normal. The water level in the river was recorded at 207.12 metres at 6 pm at the main flood forecasting station of Old Railway Bridge, a day after it reached the season's highest at 207.48 metres. The water level at 5 pm was recorded at 207.16 metres. With the river showing signs of receding, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the situation is ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As the political temperature in the capital rises, there is buzz that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Vasudev Ghat on Tuesday to offer morning Arghya (prayers to the rising sun) on the final day of Chhath Puja. CM Rekha Gupta and her ministerial colleagues are also expected to attend the prayer ceremony around 5:30 am. After a gap of several years, the Delhi government has allowed devotees to offer prayers directly in the Yamuna, claiming that the river water is now cleaner and fit for entry. Authorities have set up 17 model ghats along the river and more than 1,000 ghats ac ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 27 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released its manifesto for the next month Assembly election with 15 guarantees, including employment and the women's dignity scheme. While releasing the manifesto on Monday, AAP's national convener and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, "Kejriwal's guarantees are solid," emphasising that free electricity for 24 hours, free water, free education, free pilgrimage for senior citizens, free bus travel for women, and free medical treatment in hospitals and Mohalla Clinics will continue in Delhi. He alleged, "BJP leaders and spokespersons ...Read More >
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal with women from purvanchal stages a protest against AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.Source : PTI Delhi Police on Monday detained Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal as she protested outside Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal's residence over the government's failure to clean the Yamuna River. Maliwal, accompanied by a group of women from Purvanchal, carried water collected from the Yamuna to Kejriwal's residence, accusing him of neglecting the river's worsening condition. Speaking to news agency ANI, she re ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 18 (ANI): Reacting to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announcement of free electricity up to 125 units, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that whatever schemes the Congress party is giving in Karnataka, the entire country is following it. Speaking to the media, Shivakumar emphasised that in the entire country, Congress Party has stood for the welfare of the people. After independence, till today, whenever the Congress Party is in power, either in the Central or state government, it has given various schemes, such as pension, woman and ch ...Read More >
Gurugram: Heavy rains have lashed Haryana's Gurugram over the past 24 hours, bringing the city to a standstill. Waterlogging and long traffic jams have been reported in several areas of the city. Gurugram witnessed chaos on Monday evening as a traffic snarl stretching close to 20 kilometres was reported on the Delhi-Jaipur highway. The Congress slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Haryana over the 20-km-long traffic jam. Congress MP Randeep Surjewala lashed out at Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and questiond the state government's preparedness for rains. "2 hours of rain ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): AAP Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj tore apart every lie spoken by BJP Delhi President Virendra Sachdeva, exposing with evidence how it was the BJP itself that systematically stopped Chhath Puja on the Yamuna banks for three consecutive years when AAP was in power, even as it now pretends to champion the festival ahead of the Bihar elections. Saurabh Bharadwaj revealed that after the COVID-19 pandemic, then Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had sought permission in 2022 for Chhath Puja on the Yamuna banks, but the Lieutenant Governor (LG)-controlled D ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday launched a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, accusing it of stalling Delhi's development while treating the city as its "political ATM" to fund its ambitions in other states and using the "looted" money for its own publicity. Addressing a public rally in Dwarka here, he urged people to vote for the BJP in the Assembly polls and allow him to serve them. Modi stressed that Delhi does not need a confrontational government but one that works in coordination with the Centre. The prime minister urged voters to elect a "double-engine go ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Saturday joined efforts for cleaning and opening a Chhath Puja Ghat located under the pontoon bridge near Yamuna Bank Metro Station, fulfilling a long-pending demand of the Purvanchal community. Sachdeva personally visited the under-construction Chhath Ghat beneath the Metro Station, participated in the cleanliness drive, and said that by building this ghat, which was forced closed by the previous Arvind Kejriwal government, the aspirations of the community living in nearby areas like Laxmi Nagar and Pandav Nagar have ...Read More >
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday extended her greetings to people for Chhath Puja, calling it a festival that spreads the message of unity, purity, and devotion. She also joined devotees during the Kharna Puja. "Chhath is not merely a religious ritual but a radiant symbol of Indian culture that conveys a message of harmony, cleanliness and faith. It reflects discipline, sincerity, and collective goodwill," Gupta said.Water minister Parvesh Verma inspected Chhath ghats across Delhi, ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Sep 2 (PTI) A fresh spell of rain lashed several parts of flood-hit Punjab and Haryana where swollen rivers have inundated large tracts of land and disrupted normal life, officials said on Tuesday. According to the weather department, several places in the two states received rain during the 24-hour period ending 8:30 am Tuesday. Among other places in Punjab, Amritsar received 18.3 mm rain, Patiala 70.5 mm, Bathinda 5 mm, Faridkot 1 mm, Gurdaspur 32.8 mm, Mansa 10 mm while Mohali had 44.5 mm rain. Among other places in Haryana, during past 24 hours, Gurugram received 81 mm rain, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Tuesday that conditions were not feasible for cloud seeding, so govt would wait for adequate moisture to complete the process. He had earlier said govt would explore cloud seeding as an option a day after Diwali to fix pollution levels.Addressing a press conference, the minister claimed that the spike in pollution levels this year was less compared to previous years. There was only a marginal spike in AQI levels from 345 to 351 on Diwali and the following day, he said. "This clearly proves that crackers are not the main cause of pol ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Slamming the previous AAP government for showing little interest in projects funded by the Centre, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that cleaning the Yamuna, providing tap water to all households and beautifying the city are her top priorities. "Arvind Kejriwal showed no interest in carrying out development despite the central government's willingness to provide crores of rupees. Nothing was done to clean the Yamuna," said CM Gupta, while addressing a gathering at the launch of a power sector project in north Delhi. She launched the Rs 8 c ...Read More >
Chandigarh, July 13: Flagging off a half-marathon in Haryana's Kaithal on Sunday, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini urged youngsters to adopt a healthy lifestyle and stay away from drugs. He said the purpose of such events was to keep the body and mind healthy, so that the state and the country could progress at a greater pace. The marathon was part of the Haryana Uday programme, launched in June 2023 to foster public welfare through community engagement. A number of school and college students, young athletes and common citizens participated in the marathon held in three categories -- 5, 10 a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Easy Ship fees by over 20 per cent for products priced below Rs 300. Easy Ship allows sellers to stor ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) BJP Rajya Sabha member Kiran Choudhry on Monday accused AAP of turning Delhi into a "dirty slum", saying it was making excuses and blaming others for the bad state of affairs in the national capital. Initiating the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President's address in the Rajya Sabha, Choudhry said AAP has lost the faith of the people of Delhi. Without naming former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, she tore into APP leaders for using "condemnable terms" like "water terrorism, genocide, poison in Yamuna being supplied to Delhi and equating it with the bo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena and Minister of Art, Culture and Languages Kapil Mishra jointly inspected Yamuna's Vasudev Ghat on Thursday, with the Minister announcing that Chhath Puja celebrations will be organised at more than 1,300 ghats this year. L-G Saxena and Minister Mishra issued detailed directions to the concerned officials to ensure that no aspect of the arrangements is left incomplete. Mishra said the Delhi government is working on a war footing for the preparations of 'Chhath Puja 2025'. The Minister emphasised that cleanliness, lighting, se ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Monday accused the BJP of resorting to unfair tactics out of desperation, as she claimed that a "historic loss" awaits the saffron party in the upcoming Assembly polls in the capital. At a press conference here, Atishi alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is deliberately disrupting Delhi's water supply in a bid to sway the public opinion in its favour. "The BJP is heading towards a historic loss in the national capital. In its bewilderment, it is resorting to tactics, such as stopping the water supply. Haryana is intentionally d ...Read More >
The 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) at 4 pm on Tuesday was 351 (very poor), up from 345 on Monday. As air pollution levels rose the day after Diwali, the Delhi government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had "forced" farmers in Punjab to burn stubble to foul the capital's air. The 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) at 4 pm on Tuesday was 351 (very poor), up from 345 on Monday. At a press conference, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa showed pictures and videos of people with their faces covered, burning paddy stubble. Stor ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), asserting that the people themselves have rejected those who used to impose bans on Chhath Puja during their regime. Taking a jibe at former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Mishra praised the current government's efforts to clean the Yamuna River, claiming that there is no foam in the river at present. "'Kejriwal gaya, jhaag gaya,' this time there is no foam in the Yamuna... The CM herself visited each ghat... No such government has come to power in Delhi... Those who used ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: A portion of the frontal section of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's house in Bholath, Kapurthala, was demolished on Monday by the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO). Khaira, a strong critic of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, condemned the move, calling it the dangerous introduction of "bulldozer (Pila-Panja) politics" in Punjab by Mann under directions from AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, aimed at silencing criticism and democratic dissent. As the demolition began, Khaira went live on social media, criticising the state government. Anticipating the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi has made serious allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Haryana government, accusing it of deliberately releasing contaminated water into the Yamuna River in an attempt to disrupt Delhi's water supply. Atishi's explosive claims came in the wake of growing concerns over the deteriorating quality of water being supplied to the capital's treatment plants. In a press conference, CM Atishi revealed that three major water treatment plants in Delhi are on the verge of closure due to the increasing levels of contamination in water sourced from ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 3 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday slammed AAP MP Raghav Chadha and said he believes he is "compromised", pointing out that he has gone against the party whip. Mann said that if Chadha is unwilling to speak on issues like the "deletion" of votes in West Bengal, stage a walkout from Parliament on important issues or raise a voice against the arrest of several AAP volunteers and leaders in Gujarat, then it is breaking the party line and going against the party whip. At a news conference here, Mann was responding to questions about AAP MP Raghav Chadha, who sa ...Read More >