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Delhi govt vs Centre turf war: Supreme Court gives L-G control of Anti-Corruption Bureau, but judges split on services
Out of the six specific areas of governance the Supreme Court was looking to settle, the two judges, Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, had contrasting opinions as to who wielded power on the Delhi bureaucracy.

Delhi govt officers' body writes to Arvind Kejriwal, seeks meeting to discuss 'safety' of work environment
Hours after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called off his nine-day sit-in at the L-G office, a joint forum of Delhi government employees wrote an open letter to the chief minister seeking a meeting with him over the issue of their safety.

Arvind Kejriwal calls off AAP dharna at Delhi L-G's office after Anil Baijal assures him of IAS officers' cooperation
Arvind Kejriwal's dharna at Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's office lasted nine days.

AAP-L-G standoff in Delhi ends: Arvind Kejriwal's theory that he's victim of very system he serves finds no takers
Of the many predictable things about Arvind Kejriwal's dharna at the residence of Delhi lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal, perhaps the most predictable is its timing.

AAP legislators forced to leave L-G's office after meeting; MLA Somnath Bharti says 'ashamed' of use of force
AAP MLA Somnath Bharti said the Delhi lieutenant governor brought in heavy police to have them escorted from his office instead of speaking to them for two minutes.

Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain discharged from hospital; Delhi ministers expected to return to work today
Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain had been on a hunger strike as part of their protest at the Delhi L-G's office with Arvind Kejriwal.

AAP-LG standoff in Delhi: SC refuses urgent hearing on plea to declare Arvind Kejriwal's dharna 'unconstitutional'
The Supreme Court denied an urgent hearing into the plea seeking action against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for staging dharna.

AAP dharna at L-G office: Health is recovering fast, will try to resume work soon, says Manish Sisodia
Manish Sisodia, was on a hunger strike since 13 June at the Delhi lieutenant governor's office and was hospitalised; he is "recovering fast" and will try and resume work soon.

AAP Dharna Updates: Manish Sisodia calls for meeting between govt and IAS officers to end stalemate
Manish Sisodia called for a meeting between government and IAS officers to end the stalemate.

'PM turns blind eye to anarchy': Rahul Gandhi lashes out at Narendra Modi, BJP and AAP over Delhi standoff
Congress president, Rahul Gandhi in his recent tweet, slammed the AAP and BJP government after the weeklong sit-in protest in Delhi. Rahul also accused the prime minister of not only turning a 'blind eye' to the anarchy but also nudging the 'chaos and disorder'.

AAP dharna: Arvind Kejriwal apprises Uddhav Thackeray about protest; Shiv Sena supports Delhi govt's demand
Amid the tug of war between the AAP dispensation and L-G, Arvind Kejriwal called up Uddhav Thackeray and apprised him about the situation in Delhi.

AAP dharna against Delhi L-G: Illusion of 'apolitical' nature of IAS cadre lies shattered, says party member
There are some who perpetually predict that Kejriwal will fade ignominiously as he is just a momentary flash in the pan. But Kejriwal continues to translate the simmering anger amid the common masses into considerable mass support.

Delhi standoff: HC asks who authorised Arvind Kejriwal's sit-in at L-G Baijal's office, says strike to be outside establishment
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the AAP-led party Delhi government who authorised the sit-in by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and some of his cabinet colleagues at the Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal's office and observed that strikes are usually held "outside an establishment or office and not inside".

AAP dharna at Delhi L-G’s office: Growing support for Arvind Kejriwal drowns out BJP’s criticism of his protest
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has the support of several regional parties, but the BJP and Congress criticised the AAP dharna.

Congress wary of AAP-L-G slugfest fallout, but party needs to work out stance quickly or risk irrelevance
The ongoing slugfest in Delhi has a crucial bearing on the Congress which is more vulnerable than the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP in the national capital.

CMs back Arvind Kejriwal against L-G: Fears of risk to federalism from BJP unite Opposition sans Congress
HD Kumaraswany's move to back AAP was surprising as the Congress — its ally in Karnataka — does not support the party's demands in Delhi.

No permission to AAP protest march to PM's residence, says Delhi Police; entry, exit to Lok Kalyan Marg metro station closed
Hours before the Aam Aadmi Party's protest march to the prime minister's residence, the Delhi Police said no permission was sought for it, even as AAP leaders alleged that party supporters were being prevented from taking part in the rally

NITI Aayog meet: Four Opposition CMs meet Narendra Modi, request him to resolve Delhi deadlock
Mamata Banerjee, Chandrababu Naidu, Pinarayi Vijayan and HD Kumaraswamy met Narendra Modi at the fourth NITI Aayog meet in Delhi.

SC to hear petition on whether AAP dharna was constitutional
TheSupreme Court will today hear a petition on the dharna carried out by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal outside Rail Bhavan in New Delhi.

Cong asks AAP to think of inconvenience it is causing to Delhiites
Party General Secretary Digvijay Singh asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal why he sent AAP leader Yogendra Yadav to negotiate with Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to end the agitation despite insisting he won't do so.