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TopicDelhi services bill

Topic: Delhi services bill

SubscriberWrites: The Ambiguity of Democracy in Delhi

Amit Shah read the attributes of the Delhi Services bill which deprived the executive members of the Delhi legislation power to hold the bureaucrats accountable who are posted in the UT.

Delhi minister-chief secretary tussle casts shadow on working of 3-member services body

Minister Atishi's standing order directed that all proposals on transfers, postings & other matters will require concerned minister’s approval, prior to being tabled before NCCSA.

‘What kind of model is this’: CM Kejriwal slams Delhi’s new civil services authority

CM Kejriwal also said the Aam Aadmi Party will sweep all seven Delhi Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 elections.

Twist in services tussle, transfers & postings will need Delhi govt nod before going to services body

Atishi says AAP govt had set up mechanism for ‘coordination’ with National Capital Civil Services Authority. This comes days after Delhi services bill was passed in Parliament.

‘MPs’ signatures forgery’ row: Raghav Chadha suspended from Rajya Sabha for ‘unethical conduct’

Amit Shah demanded privilege proceedings against Chadha, claiming 5 MPs complained their names listed in proposed panel to examine Delhi services bill by 'forging' their signatures.

Justice Gogoi finally spoke in Parliament. But he wasn’t the wise, knowledgeable elder

Instead of counselling the House on the existing state of constitutional law, ex-CJI Justice Ranjan Gogoi used the opportunity to question the very basis of the Constitution.

AAP says Raghav Chadha didn’t violate Rajya Sabha rules. Dhankhar refers matter to Privileges Committee

During debate on Delhi services bill, Amit Shah demanded privilege proceedings against Chadha for allegedly including without consent names of 5 MPs in a list for a proposed select committee.

Juxtaposition of promises & the ‘dwindling trust’

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‘Result for all to see,’ Modi on Oppn claim that Delhi services Bill would be ‘semi final’

Ahead of the no-confidence debate in Lok Sabha over Manipur, Modi also told his partymen that ‘people who speak of social justice harmed it the most with dynastic and corrupt politics’.

131 votes in favour, 102 against — Rajya Sabha passes Delhi services bill amid high drama

With Bill's passage, Centre gets powers to transfer & post civil servants in national capital. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal alleges PM Modi has snatched freedom of Delhiites.

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A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.