New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The government is not planning to impose a fine for not wearing face masks in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday while addressing media persons at Thyagaraj Stadium, during the launch ceremony of the Delhi Education Song (Delhi Shiksha Geet).

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 17 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann along with his cabinet ministers will be visiting Delhi government schools and Mohalla clinics on Monday.

New Delhi Feb 28 PTI Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said that the government will organise its Business Blasters investment summit at the Thyagaraj Stadium on March 5 during which over 100 top business ideas from government school students will be presented to the investors He said about 500 to 700 students behind these ideas will be given direct admission to BBA programmes in state universities and colleges such as Delhi Technological University Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Netaji Subhas University of Technology among others Sisodia who also holds the Education portfolio said 51000 start-up ideas were submitted by the students in the Business Blasters initiative out of which 1000 were shortlisted for the second round of the programme Out of these 1000 ideas 100 plus student-led top business ideas have been selected We will organise a Business Blasters investment summit on March 5 at Thyagaraj Stadium These top business ideas will be put forth before the investors I want all the investors of the country who want to invest in new business ideas to attend the summit Sisodia said Business Blasters is the Delhi governments school start-up programme where students of Classes 11 and 12 propose business ideas and the government helps them in giving these pitches a shape The shortlisted students have been given the training to answer all business-related queries Sisodia said I want to invite all the investors to come and see where the future Tata Birla and Infosys-like company owners are studying today These students will one day provide jobs to many others he said PTI AKM CJ CJ

New Delhi Nov 27 PTI A mass movement towards urban farming will be initiated by the Delhi government to ensure it reaches every home across the national capital Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said after inaugurating a two-day Smart Urban Farming Expo on Saturday The expo organised by the Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi DDC in partnership with Urban Gro Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers ISAE and Indian Agricultural Research Institute IARI is being held at the Thyagaraj Stadium here It aims to start a movement towards mass adoption of urban farming in the national capital Around 400-500 orientation workshops will be organised in various areas of Delhi over the next few months in partnership with the Delhi government and those interested can be inducted for a week-long training where they will be further made aware about the outlook technology and latest trends in urban farming said a statement quoting Sisodia The adoption of urban farming is the need of the hour to ensure food quality and security and to ensure every person can experience the joy of farming from their homes he added It would include sessions on the new frontiers in urban farming its associated technical horti-engineering business economic social and environmental aspects According to DDC vice-chairperson Jasmine Shah despite curiosity for urban farming it has remained an elite concept limited to the segment of trading farmers and the ongoing expo would simplify the process and increase its reach The governments motivation is that the expo does not just serve the purpose of knowledge exchange among professionals to bring world-class innovations to Delhi but the two-day deliberations at the expo should be able to simplify the process and increase its reach Sisodias presence today is a marker of Delhi governments commitment towards making urban farming a mass movement he said PTI MG SMN SMN

New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): The Delhi government is building a replica of "Ayodhya Ram Mandir" at the Thyagaraj Stadium complex here as part of its 'Dilli ki Diwali' celebrations in which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with all his cabinet ministers will perform Diwali Puja on November 4.

New Delhi Oct 29 PTI Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will perform the Diwali puja here at Thyagaraj Stadium where his government is constructing a replica of the Ayodhyas Ram temple According to officials the replica of the temple is being built as part of the governments Delhi ki Diwali celebrations The officials said the replica of the temple will be part of the stage where the puja will be performed The Diwali puja will be live telecast Last year Kejriwal had performed the puja at the Akshardham temple Kejriwal had recently visited Ayodhya the birth place of Lord Ram and offered prayers there He also took part in an aarti on the bank of the Saryu river AAP is fighting the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh which are scheduled early next year Earlier this week Kejriwal also announced to include Ayodhya in the Delhi governments pilgrimage sites He said the Delhi government will take senior citizens on pilgrimage to Ayodhya free of cost PTI AKM RDK RDK