Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia reiterated the Aam Aadmi Party’s promise to remove residential property tax and arrears if his party wins the April 23 municipal corporation elections in the Capital. BJP rules the three municipal corporations. However, AAP’s main competitors BJP and the Congress criticized the tax waiver declaration[Read More…]
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BJP MP Manoj Tiwari misbehaves with lady teacher on stage
Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, who is known for singing songs at events occasionally, was seen scolding a lady teacher when she asked him to sing at school function. He started scolding her and asked her to leave stage and requested management to take strict action against this lady. He[Read More…]
Manish Sisodia appreciates the ‘new administrator’
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said that ‘the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is ‘comfortable’ with new administrator’, praising the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Sisodia said Baijal had previously worked together in several departments in Delhi and have the first-hand information of the problems faced by the national capital.[Read More…]
Voters in Goa, Punjab buying AAP’s ‘education model’: Manish Sisodia
Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday rued that the focus in schools is on completing the syllabus and not enhancing knowledge even as he claimed the AAP government’s education model is being “bought” by voters in poll-bound states of Punjab and Goa. “The biggest drawback in our education[Read More…]
Assume Arvind Kejriwal is your CM: Sisodia at Mohali rally
In a subtle hint that Kejriwal could be the CM pick in Punjab, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia during a rally in Mohali apparently made it clear that Punjab voters should assume that Arvind Kejriwal is their CM candidate. Sisodia told people gathered at the rally, “Vote as if[Read More…]
Sisodia quizzed by Anti-Corruption Branch in DCW recruitment case
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) questioned Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia in connection with its probe into an alleged recruitment scam in Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). The ACB has been probing the matter for the last few months and it has found that due procedure was not followed in[Read More…]
LG summons Sisodia to tackle capital’s health crisis
LG Najeeb Jung has asked deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia to cut short his trip to Finland and return to Delhi. Chief secretary Kewal Sharma had been asked to send an email and contact Sisodia’s hotel. With eight chikungunya deaths in the capital, the ruling AAP govt has been facing a lot[Read More…]
What Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is missing on Twitter today
The Delhi High Court gave its verdict on the tussle between the Centre and state on the jurisdiction of the national capital region on Thursday. For a quick wrap of what went down, the court said Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung is the administrative head and does not need to act[Read More…]
Delhi High Court votes in favour of Lt Guv Najeeb Jung over CM Arvind Kejriwal
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is expected to challenge the Delhi High Court’s verdict on the jurisdiction of the national capital region in the Supreme Court. Saying justice will be served in the Supreme Court, AAP leader Ashutosh said the government’s counsel will immediately file an appeal to the[Read More…]
Delhi to soon get Journalism & teachers’ Universities
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said he is “focusing on higher education in Delhi”. Sisodia said the national capital may soon get a teachers’ and a journalism university. While responding to a query, he said during the hiring process of new teachers, the priority will be given to guest[Read More…]