May 4
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said that the government is working towards setting up a state education board. He said, plans are also on to frame syllabi and pedagogy for the Delhi government schools.
During an interaction of around 1,000 government school principals and education department officials, Mr Sisodia said, Delhi’s education system is running on an Act that was made in 1973 and the law has now become obsolete as the world has moved forward. He said, there is a need to upgrade the system and modernise it. He also asked for suggestions in this regard.
Speaking on the occasion, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked the principals to prepare a blueprint for their respective schools to turn it into a model school and submit it to the Directorate of Education in 15 days. He said, the top 10 principals and teachers will be rewarded with training programmes in foreign schools and they will also be given performance allowance equal to two increments every month for a year
May 4,
Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has directed ministers and officials of the Delhi Government to refer to him all files on various issues as is stipulated under the Constitution. The direction came yesterday following news reports of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal instructing all departments not to route files through the office of Lieutenant Governor.
Referring to the Constitution, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act and Transaction of Business Rules, Mr. Jung said the role of the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers is to aid and advise him. He also asked that the directions issued to the officers not to send files to his office be withdrawn.
May 4,
Government today said that negotiations with France for procurement of Rafale fighter jets for IAF will begin this month and the multi-billion dollar deal will be finalised as early as possible. Talking to PTI in Goa, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, the government to government committee will be set up to begin negotiations on the deal. He said, the negotiations will start anytime in May. He, however refused to set any deadline to seal the much hyped deal claiming since it is government to government procedure, the deal would be quick.
The French Defence Minister is expected to be in New Delhi on May 6 to finalise the modalities for the negotiations. Mr. Parrikar said the government appointed committee will complete the negotiations in a time bound fashion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to France last month had signed an agreement to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets for over 6 billion dollars.
May 4
Nepal government today asked hundreds of foreign rescue workers to leave the quake-hit country as immediate relief has already been provided and the remaining tasks will be carried out by its army and police.This was stated by the Nepal’s Information Minister Minendra Rijal in Kathmandu. He however said that there was work remaining in the villages and remote mountainous areas that could be carried out by foreign aid volunteers along with local police and army.
The Central Natural Disaster Relief Committee – headed by Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister – had asked the government to bid adieu to the foreign rescue teams yesterday, eight days after the deadly earthquake hit the Himalayan nation. Around 4,500 people from around 34 nations, including National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams from India, came to Nepal after the April 25 earthquake to carry out the rescue work and pull people out of the debris. Most of the rescue teams are carrying out operations in the worst affected districts of the Kathmandu Valley, Sindhu palchowk and Gorkha districts.
May 4,
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) volunteers 350 Unit Maharashtra and leaders from Maharashtra today quit the party in protest against the manner in which Arvind Kejriwal is running the party. Maruti Bhapkar, former state executive committee member of AAP unit in Maharashtra said by resigning, the workers are showing their support for the expelled leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav.
Bhapkar who led the workers in the mass resignation programme which was held in Pune, said they are now with Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan to strengthen their hands to afloat the concept of Swaraj throughout the country in true sense. He added that one can think about the insensitivity of so-called leader Arvind Kejriwal that a farmer died before his eyes and he kept on his political speech.
He informed that besides Pune, volunteers from Mumbai, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai etc. too came to Pune to quit AAP. Manav Kamble, another former senior leader from AAP, has also joined hands with Bhapkar. Downplaying the resignations, Ravi Srivastava, member of AAP State Executive Committee said a handful of party workers are leaving the party and that comprises no senior leaders or workers. So there won’t be any impact on the party.
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