Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday met DCW chief Swati Maliwal, who is on an indefinite hunger strike to press her demand that rapists be hanged within six months of their conviction. He visited Samta Sthal, near Rajghat here, to express solidarity with Maliwal. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief's fast entered the fourth day on Friday.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the Delhi government welcomed a "vibrant delegation from Russia" for 'Days of Moscow'.
According to official data, 384 challans have been issued till 2 pm on Tuesday while on Monday, the first day of the odd-even implementation, 271 challans were issued.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia accused Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar of postponing three meetings with state environment ministers, saying on Saturday that either he has no time or does not consider treating the national capital's poor air quality a priority.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday assured parents of students studying in non-recognised private schools in Delhi that such institutions will not face closure.
"The AAP is talking about infighting in the BJP to hide its government's failures. There is no fight in the BJP. The infighting is in AAP, which is diverting people's attention with these claims. The BJP is collectively going for the elections," Tiwari said.
The official said on Saturday that along with Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia, senior officials of the Education Department will also attend the dinner at the chief minister's official residence.
India's education system is "highly regulated" but "poorly funded", he claimed and said that transformation in the country's education is possible only if there is such a law .
"Delhi government today has cleared names of eight Delhi Police personnel for grant of ex gratia of Rs 1 crore who died while performing bonafide official duty," Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot tweeted.
The fellowships will be given by Art, Culture and Languages department. Selected candidates, age 18-40 years, from the field of acting, direction, script-writing, dance, music and other forms of street performances will be given fellowships, said a government statement.
CBSE on Sunday increased the fees of Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations by up to Rs 1,150, the first hike in the last five years. The fees for general category students for both Class 10 and 12 were doubled from Rs 750 to Rs 1,500 for five subjects.
Beginning Tuesday, the Directorate of Education of Delhi is organising a 15-day "Happiness Utsav" across all its schools to celebrate the first year of the "happiness curriculum".
Vijender Gupta, who is the leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, has claimed in the complaint that due to widespread circulation of tweets and news reports on the statement of the two AAP leaders, his reputation was harmed for which they have n
A court here on Monday issued summons to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a defamation complaint against them filed by BJP leader Vijendra Gupta.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented her maiden budget in the Lok Sabha, which did not go down well with the Opposition. The Aam Aadmi Party termed the budget as 'step-motherly' and 'full of tokenism'. Earlier on Friday, the budget was even criticised by BSP chief Mayawati, who accused the Centre of favouring the business class through their budget and making it more difficult for the common man of the country.
The court framed the charges after advocate Irshad, appearing for Kejriwal and Sisodia, pleaded not guilty on their behalf and claimed trial.
Tiwari and other leaders had Monday alleged a Rs 2,000-crore "scam" in the construction of school classrooms by the Delhi government. Citing an RTI reply, Tiwari had claimed that the AAP government constructed 12,782 classrooms at a cost of Rs 2,892 crore, while it needed just Rs 800 crore. Serving a defamation notice, Sisodia sought a written apology from the Delhi BJP leaders.
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari had claimed on Monday that there is a "scam" of Rs 2,000 crore in the construction of classrooms for Delhi government schools. Citing an RTI reply, Tiwari had claimed that the AAP government constructed 12,782 classrooms at a cost of Rs 2,892 crore and this could have been done by spending just Rs 800 crore.
"I challenge Nadda to compare top 10 government schools of the BJP education model with Kejriwal education model," Sisodia said.
Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia said that while schools will reopen on July 8 for these students, classes will start for senior classes as per earlier schedule.
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