Najeeb Jung

Najeeb Jung interview: ‘Mohan Bhagwat and RSS hierarchy agree that reconciliation and rapprochement the way forward… There has to be dialogue’

September 23, 2022 12:56 pm

The former Delhi Lt Governor was among the five Muslim intellectuals who met the Sangh chief last month. He talks to The Indian Express about how a reconciliation process between religious communities will play out and why ‘any antipathy must come to an end’.

Former Delhi LG Najeeb Jung translates Ghalib's Urdu poetry in English

October 10, 2021 12:57 pm

The book has 235 ghazals and over 1,000 couplets by the legendary Urdu and Persian poet.

Former Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung questions leadership of Delhi Police

February 26, 2020 10:43 am

Delhi violence: "Why has no action has been taken so far against (BJP local leader) Kapil Mishra? He has instigated and initiated this whole thing and should be held responsible for the deaths reported so far," Najeeb Jung said.

Express interview: 'Don’t think people getting inspired by communal rhetoric,' says Jung

January 30, 2020 3:48 am

"This is election time so branding Shaheen Bagh as an enemy or targeting them for a political purpose is I think part of the game... I am looking at the larger context of history," Jung said.

Leave out religion clause in CAA, says former L-G Najeeb Jung at Jamia

January 21, 2020 8:23 am

On NRC, Najeeb Jung suggested that PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah clarify its status.

Najeeb Jung on CAA: Include Muslims or remove names of other religions

January 22, 2020 7:07 am

"I feel that the Citizenship Amendment Act needs a revamp," former Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung said.

Gopal Rai calls HC verdict on minimum wages wrong

August 06, 2018 3:51 am

Gopal Rai said that implementation of higher wages had been delayed for years due to reasons such as objections raised by former L-G Najeeb Jung, and later by the HC order of not taking “any coercive action” against those not paying minimum wages to workers.

SC settles AAP-LG power tussle: Here is what the top court said today

July 04, 2018 12:25 pm

The Supreme Court observed that the national capital enjoys special status and is not a full state. Hence, the status of L-G is not that of a Governor.

Delhi Chief Minister vs L-G: A timeline of the tussle since Kejriwal took office

February 14, 2019 12:50 pm

The tussle between the Delhi CM and the L-G had started after Kejriwal took office for the second time in 2015. Najeeb Jung was the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi then. After Jung resigned, Anil Baijal took over but the power struggle continues.

President Mukherjee accepts Jung's resignation, Anil Baijal to be next Delhi L-G

December 28, 2016 7:57 pm

As per news agency ANI, Anil Baijal's name has been proposed for the post.

Sonia Gandhi, Arun Jaitley pay last respects to Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

January 07, 2016 3:08 pm

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away early Thursday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi where he was undergoing treatment for pneumonia. Sonia Gandhi, Arun Jaitley Dr Karan Singh, Najeeb Jung arrived at the hospital to pay last respects to the deceased J&K CM.

Najeeb Jung, Sheila Dikshit attend Kejriwal's Iftar party

July 13, 2015 1:57 pm

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hosted a Iftar party where he and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung hugged and shake hands.

AAP's newsmakers, Obama's chat with Merkel, Sonia Gandhi's meeting with Congress Chief Ministers

June 13, 2015 4:45 pm

Dr Manabi Bandyopadhya interacting with teaching staff, Arrested AAP Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar, Angela Merkel speaks with Barack Obama.

Today in pics: Sushma Swaraj meets US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel

August 08, 2014 2:28 pm

U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel arrives for a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi.

After Najeeb Jung, Anil Baijal Appointed New Lieutenant Governor Of Delhi

June 22, 2020 7:15 pm