Manish Sisodia

Kejriwal kickstarts Freedom@75 to celebrate 75 years of Indian independence

10:45 pm March 12, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday kick-started the year-long activities to celebrate the 75 years of Indian independence with an event which was held at Connaught Place in Delhi, announced under the Deshbhakti budget of the Delhi government recently. He unfurled the Indian flag on stage at the event and felicitated several […]

Centre trying to govern Delhi through ‘backdoor’, claims Sisodia; BJP hits back

11:59 pm February 4, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday accused the Centre of trying to govern the national capital through the ”backdoor”, claiming the Union cabinet has cleared a proposal to give more powers to the Lieutenant Governor. Reacting to media reports saying the Centre on Wednesday approved amendments to the Government of NCT of Delhi Act, the AAP leader […]

More farmers pour into protest site at Ghazipur border, extra forces withdrawn

2:54 pm January 29, 2021

Ghaziabad: Crowds swelled on the Ghazipur border on Friday as around 1000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh joined the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) members who have stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway to demand repeal of agri laws, while several farmers from Haryana decided to move towards Delhi borders to join the stir. Notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration’s ultimatum to the protestors to vacate the UP Gate protest site, more farmers from […]

US Embassy, Delhi govt launch English teaching programme for teachers from city women colleges

10:28 pm January 25, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the US Embassy David H Kennedy jointly launched a 10-week-long online English teaching programme for 700 pre-service teachers from all women colleges of the city. During the event, Sisodia also invited US First Lady Jill Biden to visit Delhi government schools and interact with students. Besides Kennedy, other senior embassy officials were also present for the launch […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Bird flu confirmed in Delhi; sale of processed, packaged chicken from outside city banned

11:45 pm January 11, 2021

New Delhi: Testing of samples of crows and ducks confirmed bird flu cases in the national capital on Monday, prompting the city government to impose a ban on sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside the city. ”Only samples of ducks from Sanjay Lake have tested positive for bird flu. There is no cause for […]