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Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi appeals for joint action, collaboration for welfare of people
•Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi who has been at loggerheads with the government and some government officials on various issues, Sunday appealed for collaboration and joint action for the good of the people.
Najeeb Jung resigns as L-G: Here's a timelime of his tussle with Arvind Kejriwal
Ians •The seeds of the tussle between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, who quit on Thursday, were sown during the 49-day AAP government rule in 2013-14.
Najeeb Jung resigns: Congress terms L-G exit unceremonious, BJP finds fault with AAP govt
•The resignation of Najeeb Jung as Lt Governor on Thursday caught Delhi's political circle by surprise with the Congress terming the exit "unceremonious" and the BJP claiming he was "upset" with the AAP government.
Arvind Kejriwal alleges bureaucrats provoked by PMO, LG to revolt against Delhi government
•Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that IAS officers in the city were being "threatened" and "provoked" by PMO and Lt Governor to revolt against him, even as he asked the bureaucrats to "fall in line".
Lt Governor Najeeb Jung returns AAP govt's file on hiking minimum wages citing 'errors'
Ians •Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that Lt Governor Najeeb Jung had returned the Delhi government's file on hiking minimum wages in the city – highlighting the escalating tension between the two sides.
AAP govt files 6 special leave petitions in SC against high court order on Delhi as UT
•Delhi government on Friday informed Supreme Court that they have filed six different petitions challenging the Delhi High Court order and withdrew its civil suit on declaring the national capital as a full state.
BJP Delhi unit holds demonstration over suppression of CAG report on advertisements by AAP
•Accusing the Arvind Kejriwal government of trying to "suppress" a purported 'CAG report', scores of state BJP workers on Saturday held a demonstration near Delhi Assembly
Independence Day celebration: Najeeb Jung urges citizens to live up to the constitutional ideals
Ians •Delhi's Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on Sunday greeted all citizens of the national capital city on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day and urged them to live up to the constitutional ideals
No clash between LG Kiran Bedi and govt: Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy
•He said the LG and the ministry were functioning within the powers demarcated in the Constitution. Hence, there were no room for any difference of opinion.
Arvind Kejriwal-led Dehi govt to move SC over high court's verdict
Ians •The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government will move the Supreme Court in a week's time to challenge the Delhi High Court verdict holding that Delhi was a Union Territory and the Lt Governor had the last word in its administration.