Delhi govt claimed that onions were procured through Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium, at Rs 32.86 per kg and, after adding transportation and other charges, the total cost came to Rs 40 per kg.

In total, utilities owe $66 billion. The government has identified about $22.7 billion of debt held by financially stretched utilities as most at risk.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain held a news conference to inform about the initiatives taken by Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government to curb the spread of dengue.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that there are companies who are ready to provide electricity at Rs 2.50 per unit instead of Rs 5.50 per unit.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the government has decided to adopt a \"zero tolerance policy\" against those involved in food adulteration and will come down hard on the violators.

Several leading Internet and telecom sector companies, including Google, Facebook and Ericsson, held discussions with the Kejriwal led-Delhi government, regarding its ambitious city-wide free Wi-Fi project last Friday.

\"We have come to know that many power companies are ready to supply power at Rs 2.5 to Rs 3 a unit. When we can get electricity at this rate, why should we buy it for Rs 5 or Rs 5.50 a unit\", he said.

Garbage woes continue to trouble Delhiites even though Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that his government is releasing Rs 868 crore for East and North Delhi Municipal Corporations.

The Delhi government will release Rs 500 crore to the capital's civic bodies to clear salary arrears of its municipal corporations' employees, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday.

Both Ashutosh's and Saba Naqvi's books on the Aam Aadmi Party experiment - while riveting - suffer from being too close to the subject, writes Sandip Ghose.

The move comes just days after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the media of taking \"supari to finish\" the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Politicians should gauge the impact before loosely commenting on a businessman. If they find any misdoings, it should be handled legally, rather than thrown up for public debate.

The rally was going on as planned when Gajender Singh, who had lost his crops in last month's unseasonal rain, hanged himself from a tree in public view at Jantar Mantar, barely one km from Parliament House.

The assistance was sought during a meeting that party vice chairman Ashish Khetan had on Saturday with IDA. The panel is chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The proposal for the application was sent to Delhi govtt six months back. But, the govt did not show much interest in it and refused to launch the application.

Launching the helpline on 1031, Arvind Kejriwal promised to make the Capital one of the most transparent cities in the world.

Kejriwal clarified that land is a subject that comes under the purview of the central government but his government would still make all the necessary efforts to protect the poor.

Lt Governor Najeeb Jung administered the oath of office and secrecy to Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and five other ministers at the historic Ramlila Ground in Delhi.

A Home Ministry statement on Friday had said the President appointed Kejriwal as the Chief Minister of Delhi with effect from the date he is sworn in.

Sisodia was the minister of education, PWD, urban development and local bodies in the party's 49-day government that had resigned on February 14 last year.