Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) The Telangana government has decided to exert pressure for a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram project. Acting on the advice of legal experts, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed the officials to write a letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) requesting that an immediate inquiry be initiated into the project. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, the Chief minister instructed the ministers to see…
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New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, on Wednesday, urged the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government to send the recently introduced Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill (FCRA), 2026, to a Select or Standing Committee. He also cautioned the government not to pass the Bill in haste.Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament, Singhvi said, “The legacy and past history of this (NDA) government and the ruling party (BJ…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a suo motu case concerning what it described as “objectionable” references to the judiciary in a Class 8 social science textbook published by NCERT.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi will take up the matter titled ‘In Re: Social Science Textbook For Grade-8 (part-2) Published by NCERT and Ancillary Issues’.The development assumes significance as the Chief…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Accusing the Union government of weaking the transparency law, Abhishek Singhvi, AICC Law, Human Rights and RTI Department Chairman, on Sunday, proposed a national conclave on the Right to Information (RTI) law, among other steps, to revitalise formerly existing legal network. “Our aim is to restore the original form and strength of the RTI. Alongside legal steps, we also propose a national conclave, where former officials, RTI activists, social workers, journalists, and…
Hyderabad, Jan 5 (IANS) Telangana Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday categorically stated that the Telangana government will not never agree to the construction of the Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar link project by the Andhra Pradesh government, and will definitely stop it.In an informal chat with media persons, he said that the Andhra Pradesh government’s proposals are a clear violation of the Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal 1980 award and interstate water regulations.He said the le…