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Who was Rakesh Mehta? Ex-Delhi chief secretary who led 2010 Commonwealth Games preparations during Sheila Dikshit's tenure died by suicide

Rakesh Mehta death reason: Former Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, 74, was found dead at his Noida home on Sunday. Police recovered a note in which he cited the reason for his death. Mehta served as Delhi's chief secretary from 2007 to 2010 under Sheila Dikshit, overseeing preparations for the…

The Economic Times · Sep 9

Cong slams AAP over CAG report on prevention of vehicular air pollution in Delhi

Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav has slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the performance of the previous government in the prevention and mitigation of vehicular air pollution in the national capital in the Assembly. Read further…

Dynamite News · Apr 2, 2025

Why did Arvind Kejriwal lose his assembly seat? Here’s all the reasons why

The BJP ended its 27-year drought in Delhi with a landslide victory on February 8. As this story was published, the BJP had officially won 44 seats and is leading in four against the AAP’s winning in 21 and leading in one. A simple majority in the 70-seat Delhi assembly…

Newslaundry · Feb 8, 2025

AAP leader Atishi takes oath as Chief Minister of Delhi

Atishi becomes the 17th woman chief minister in the country and the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi, after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 21, 2024

From Marxist upbringing to ‘soft Hindutva’: The rise of new Delhi CM Atishi

A rare woman chief minister in India, Atishi has her task cut out, in rebuilding a party devastated by arrests.

Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2024

Things fall apart; can AAP hold?

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest has put the AAP in a difficult position and the Congress in a quandary

The Hindu · Mar 24, 2024

3 reasons why Congress support to AAP over Delhi ordinance is more about optics than gains

NEW DELHI: After much prevarication, the Congress on Sunday decided to support Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the Narendra Modi government’s ordinance on the control of services in Delhi by declaring that it will oppose a bill whenever it is introduced in Parliament. However, the stand seems to…

The Times of India · Jul 16, 2023

Defamation case | Rahul Gandhi to move Supreme Court very soon, says Congress

Congress to move Supreme Court “very soon” to seek stay on Rahul Gandhi's conviction in Modi surname case; Party holds maun satyagraha to protest against “unfair and undemocratic” disqualification. Mr. Gandhi to move into Sheila Dikshit’s house in Nizamuddin East

The Hindu · Jul 12, 2023

Exactly how environment-friendly are Delhi’s e-rickshaws?

In August 2010, as Delhi was getting a makeover in preparation for the 19th Commonwealth Games, Sheila Dikshit bedecked the city’s thoroughfares in the red and green colours of the then fashionable e-rickshaw, which she described as a “needed effort” towards making Delhi a “pollution-free zone”. Four years later Dikshit’s…

Newslaundry · Dec 12, 2022

Congress slams Delhi govt's education model

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday alleged the education model being promoted by the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi is a "model of fraud" and, if applied in other states, the entire education system will be "ruined".

The Times of India · Sep 24, 2022