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TopicDelhi CM Rekha Gupta

Topic: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

Rekha Gupta is the ninth chief minister of Delhi, and the fourth woman to hold this position. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party and represents Shalimar Bagh as an MLA in the legislative assembly.

Gupta has previously served as councilor from North Pitampura and President of the Delhi University Students’ Union.

Photos of the week: EV policy launch, Cabinet decisions, Japan PM visit & Skyroot CEO at Off The Cuff

ThePrint Team -
In Photos of the Week, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photo journalists, video journalists and reporters.

Delhi govt to launch Rs 8,300-crore ‘Clean Air, Healthy Delhi’ project with help of World Bank

Janaki Pande -
The project, ‘Clean Air, Healthy Delhi’, aims to better manage the air quality by improving monitoring, data analytics, public awareness, and better coordination with other states.

PM Modi, give us justice, says father of Kashmiri Pandit who died in hit-and-run

Sagrika Kissu -
The deceased, who worked at an event management company, was on his way to Noida, when a speeding Thar hit his bike and fled.

Delhi launches Rs 7,000 crore EV policy, mandates electric autos from 2027

Akanksha Mishra -
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says the Rs 7,000 crore programme will accelerate electric mobility through purchase subsidies and mandatory electrification.

What is Delhi’s O-Zone? A 9,700-hectare floodplain home to 91 unauthorised colonies

Janaki Pande -
CM Rekha Gupta assured residents of the O-Zone that no existing structures would be demolished in the floodplains, only illegal or ongoing construction would be targetted.

Muslim mattress sellers saved lives in Delhi hotel fire. They’re asking why CM hasn’t visited

+TFP Almina Khatoon -
Mattress sellers Riyazuddin and Armaan Mansuri are fielding YouTubers, TV channels, and politicians. But they’ve noticed a conspicuous absence: ‘Hindu organisations reach wherever Muslims are involved, then why not here?’

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says water shortage caused by evaporation due to heat wave. All her faux pas

Amrin Rajpal -
Her remarks went viral on social media, triggering ridicule and criticism from opposition leaders as well as the general public.

Conclave marking 150th anniversary of Birsa Munda held at Red Fort

ThePrint Team -
Thousands gather in Delhi to mark Birsa Munda’s 150th birth anniversary as leaders stress the role of tribal communities in preserving nature and cultural heritage.

Mera Bharat, Mera Photo-Op—From Rekha Gupta’s Metro ride to Modi’s broom

Samah Qundeel -
What is presented to us is not 'leading by example' but curated symbolism. The average person doesn't need their ministers to pose in a metro, but practical relief measures.

Photos of the week: NEET protests, Nalanda revival & BJP, Congress press conferences

ThePrint Team -
In Photos of the Week, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photo journalists, video journalists and reporters.
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Opinion

Why Prashant Kishor’s Bankipur victory in Bihar should ring alarm bells for Modi-Shah’s BJP

+TFP D.K. Singh -
With an estimated 1.6 lakh of its 3.79 lakh voters being upper-caste Hindus, Bankipur has been a BJP stronghold for three decades. Prashant Kishor has breached that fortress decisively.

Longevity industry has a blind spot—older adults with spending power and willingness to engage

Help! Originality is drowning in a sea of spin-offs. It’s not nostalgia just lazy writing

Economy

ONGC to set up 1.75-MMT oil storage facility in Mangaluru, half capacity marked for reserves

Udit Bubna -
The government told Parliament the project will be fully funded by ONGC, while work on the 4 MMT Chandikhol strategic reserve in Odisha moves to the bidding stage.

Defence

Gorkha recruitment rests with Nepal, Agnipath only route to join Indian Army, says ex-CDS Chauhan

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Recruitment of Nepali Gorkhas into Indian Army is on hold since 2022 with Nepal viewing four-yr tenure of Agnipath scheme, among others, as inconsistent with historical frameworks.

National Interest

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

Shekhar Gupta -
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.

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