Visakhapatnam, April 8 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Botcha Satyanarayana has written to Governor S. Abdul Nazeer that the State Finance Department presented incorrect and incomplete information on government borrowings for 2024-25 and 2025-26 in the Council.In his letter, Botcha Satyanarayana said the reply given by the Principal Finance Secretary to a starred question in the February 2026 session understated the actual borrowings and omitted k…
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New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta, on Thursday, flagged systemic failures in the excise framework and called for time-bound action on the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee, an official said. He also called for steps to enforce accountability and secure time-bound compliance with legislative scrutiny.The Delhi Assembly Secretariat, acting on the adoption of the second report of the Committee on Public Accounts over the “Report of the CAG on Performance…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday hit out at the previous AAP government in the Assembly, highlighting its financial indiscipline and corruption that led to delays and cost escalations in the construction of hospitals and schools. She said the previous year had been eventful, as the government worked hard to improve service delivery.“Now the work will not be done to create headlines, but as per guidelines. We are doing our best to improve Delhi and tak…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhi Cabinet Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in the Assembly on Friday that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report concerning the now-scrapped excise policy has exposed the “deliberate policy manipulation” under the previous government led by Arvind Kejriwal.During the discussion in the Legislative Assembly on the CAG report on excise policy, Sirsa asserted that the findings, along with observations made by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), point …
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Criticising the previous Aam Aadmi Party government, Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Friday hailed the adoption of the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) reports by the House after a gap of over 15 years.Addressing members, Gupta said, “As you are all aware, the previous government failed to lay the copies of the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) reports before the House, and the PAC was practically rendered defunct.”He said that during the entire perio…
Amaravati, March 11 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said that the CAG report has exposed the financial discipline of the coalition government in the state.He claimed that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report ratified what YSRCP has been consistently stating about the financial indiscipline of the coalition government, pointing out that it has taken loans of a whopping Rs 3.2 lakh crore in just two years, w…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Delhi Law and Justice Minister Kapil Mishra on Saturday reminded AAP National Convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that the reprieve offered to the latter by the trial court in the liquor policy case was not final as the matter is now before the Delhi High Court.“You are not absolved of corruption. The pain of the families affected by your liquor policy still remains,” said Mishra at a news conference.He hit out at Kejriwal for claiming innocence and ge…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday said that former CM Arvind Kejriwal of the AAP is guilty before the people of the city and the reprieve offered to him by the trial court in the liquor policy scam is not the final truth but merely a part of the legal process.“The truth will ultimately prevail and, therefore, Kejriwal should not shed crocodile tears,” the CM said, taking a swipe at the AAP National Convenor, who broke down before newspersons after the trial …
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A Delhi court, on Friday, acquitted all the 23 accused, including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying that the prosecution failed to establish even a prima facie case or raise a “grave suspicion” warranting the framing of charges. In a detailed order running into more than 1,100 paragraphs, Special Judge (…
Navi Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) India’s 2024 T20 World Cup winner Yuzvendra Chahal began the 20th edition of the DY Patil T20 Cup in fine style as he starred in Income Tax’s seven wicket win over Reliance on the opening day at the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul, Navi Mumbai on Monday.Chahal’s 4-11 helped Income Tax restrict Reliance to just 131 for nine in their 20 overs. The chase was fashioned by an unbeaten 31 by Venkatesh Iyer, who also picked up a wicket with his medium-pace.In the other mornin…