Tag: Delhi government
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‘It is important to change the system’
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s go-to colleague for all tricky matters relating to party or government. Sisodia, 45, started his career as a journalist and worked as a documentary film-maker and a television newsreader. He became an early participant in the Anna...
November 4, 2017 -
Painful pointer
The timing could not have been more “telling”. On the very day that Delhi’s elected government and the Centre were indulging in an unseemly scrap in the apex court over which government wields more authority, the Delhi High Court deemed it necessary to flay the poor quality of governance to which the capital’s citizen is...
November 4, 2017 -
Delhi to train teachers on dealing with less-affluent students
The Delhi government will train the principals and teachers of primary section of city’s private schools on how to treat students from poor sections of society, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said here on Wednesday. According to Right to Education (RTE) Act, 25 per cent for entry class admissions in private unaided non-minority schools are...
November 1, 2017 -
Odd-even scheme may be back, says Delhi minister
The Delhi government may bring back the odd-even scheme to restrict the number of cars on the road in view of the increase in pollution levels, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot has said. The minister yesterday wrote to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and senior officials of his ministry, asking them to be “fully geared up”...
October 26, 2017 -
Over 60 drivers, conductors fined for noise pollution
The transport department of the Delhi government has fined more than 60 drivers and conductors for honking and soliciting passengers by way of shouting at the inter-state bus terminals (ISBTs) in the city. The Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (DTIDC) had last week decided to fine erring drivers and conductors in an attempt to bring...
October 23, 2017 -
Delhi CM announces compensation for fire survivors
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced Rs 25,000 each for families whose shacks were charred in a fire here a day ago. Around 80 shacks were gutted in a fire in the Batla House area on Tuesday afternoon. Kejriwal visited the area on Wednesday and promised the compensation for reconstruction of their homes....
October 18, 2017 -
12 swine flu deaths in city this year: Delhi government
Swine flu has claimed 12 lives, including eight of Delhi residents, in the national capital this year, Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said. The official data provided by him, however, contradicts the count of fatalities reported from various hospitals in the city. “A total of 2,818 cases of swine flu have been reported here till...
October 14, 2017 -
Govt gives green light for mega wetland project
The Delhi government has approved a mega-project to create a biodiversity park-cum-wetland in north Delhi. The park will have 25 million litres of natural sewage treatment facility and a water body to retain 50 million litres of clean water. The 60 crore mega project under Delhi Jal Board is expected to be completed in a...
October 13, 2017 -
If AAP, BJP opposing Metro fare hike, then who did it, asks Maken
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken on Friday kicked off a week-long “Save Metro” campaign in the national capital and asked that if both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are protesting against the fare hike, then who actually raised the fares. “The AAP and the BJP’s student’s wing ABVP (sic),...
October 13, 2017 -
Delhi reports 4,545 dengue cases this season
At least 680 fresh cases of dengue were reported in the city in the first week of October, taking the number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 4,545, according to a report by civic authorities released today. The number of malaria and chikungunya cases recorded in the city till October 7...
October 9, 2017 -
LG approves Delhi government’s higher education loan scheme
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has approved the Delhi government’s students higher education loan scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said here on Thursday. Sisodia said in a tweet that the scheme has been cleared by the Lt. Governor and added that it will help thousands of students and parents. The AAP-led Delhi government had started...
October 5, 2017 -
Protest against regularisation of guest teachers in Delhi
Some two dozen people staged a protest outside Delhi Assembly here on Wednesday against a Bill that seeks to regularise guest teachers and which is to be passed at a special one-day session in the Assembly during the day. The bill, approved by the Delhi cabinet last week, seeks to regularise 15,000 guest teachers in...
October 4, 2017 -
AAP threatens protests if Metro fares rise
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday said it will launch a protest campaign if Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) remained adamant on increasing the Metro fare. Party leader Gopal Rai said that keeping in mind the issue of pollution in Delhi, the DMRC should drop the idea of fare hike and added that an...
September 29, 2017 -
Halt fare hike, Delhi government tells DMRC
The Delhi Government on Thursday told the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) to hold an impending fare hike till it completes an enquiry on the proposed increase. “Delhi Metro is directed to put on hold any further hike till Delhi government completes its enquiry and forms an opinion on this subject,” Delhi Transport Minister Kailash...
September 28, 2017 -
HC stays guest teachers’ regularisation by Delhi Government
The Delhi High Court has stayed the process of regularising all guest teachers appointed since 2010 in Delhi government schools, till October 11. Justice A K Chawla directed the Delhi government to maintain status quo with regard to fresh appointment and promotion of guest teachers as regulars in its schools, after it was informed that...
September 28, 2017 -
Trekking team stranded on trek route to Kedarnath
A trekking team, comprising senior officials of the Indian Oil, Delhi government and CPWD, have been stranded in the snowbound Vanpatiya area in Rudraprayag district from three days. The eleven-member team got stranded during its expedition from Badrinath to Kedarnath. The matter came to light last evening after two members managed to come down at...
September 27, 2017 -
15,000 ‘guest’ school teachers in Delhi to become permanent
The Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Bill allowing 15,000 ‘guest’ school teachers to be made permanent. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the Bill will be passed during the special session to be held on October 4. Of the total 17,000 guest teachers in Delhi government schools, 15,000 will be benefited. However, about...
September 27, 2017