Guwahati, July 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday asserted that there would be no shortage of funds for flood relief and rehabilitation, saying the Centre bears almost the entire financial burden of disaster management and that additional assistance would be sought whenever required. Addressing reporters at Sonari in Charaideo district, Chief Minister Sarma said the state government would ensure all possible support to families affected by the devastating floods, man…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi Police on a batch of public interest litigations (PILs) alleging excessive use of force by police during the recent CJP-led ‘Sansad Chalo’ march over the alleged NEET paper leak, while directing authorities to preserve CCTV footage, videography and other relevant records connected with the incident. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that …
Bengaluru, July 22 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara on Wednesday said the state is facing a severe drought and that the government has urged the Centre to declare it a national disaster. He also said that the clarity on the much-awaited Cabinet expansion may emerge by noon.”The drought situation in Karnataka is grave,” he underlined.Addressing reporters in Bengaluru, Parameshwara said he would be touring drought-affected regions in Chikkaballapura district and Bengaluru Rur…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) As Parliament is set to reconvene on the third day of the Monsoon Session on Wednesday, Opposition parties intensified their attack on the Centre, alleging that the government is unwilling to accept responsibility or engage in meaningful discussions on key public issues and instead prefers to indulge in a “blame game.” Opposition leaders claimed they have repeatedly sought a discussion in Parliament on the alleged NEET-UG paper leak, examination-related irregularities a…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party has urged the Centre to order an independent inquiry into the alleged misuse of legal provisions to suppress social media content critical of the Andhra Pradesh government. A delegation of YSRCP Members of Parliament led by Y.V. Subba Reddy met Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi and Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw at Parliament House on Tuesday.The delegation submitted a detailed represent…
Amaravati, July 21 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party on Tuesday claimed that the Centre has exposed the TDP-led coalition government’s ‘investment mirage’ in Andhra Pradesh. The YSRCP said that the coalition government’s relentless publicity campaign claiming lakhs of crores of investments and lakhs of jobs in Andhra Pradesh has been exposed by the Union government’s own data placed before Parliament.Contrary to the grand claims repeatedly made by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and the coal…
Amaravati, July 20 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday appealed to the Centre to protect the interests of aquaculture and tobacco farmers. The Chief Minister has written separate letters to the Central ministers.In a letter to the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, the Chief Minister urged the Centre to permit shrimp feed manufacturers to import genetically modified (GM) soybean meal to support the aquaculture …
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Centre is holding consultations with stakeholders on possible safeguards for children on social media, including proposals to restrict access for users under 16, Electronics & IT Secretary S. Krishnan said. Krishnan said India is closely studying global developments before deciding on its own approach. “We need to study what other countries have done with social media. It is a matter of global concern,” he told NDTV Profit.Prime Minister Narendra Modi public…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Sunday refused to pass any interim order on a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife challenging his continued hospitalisation at Safdarjung Hospital, observing that the government’s decision to shift him from the Jantar Mantar protest site in view of his deteriorating medical condition could not be termed arbitrary. Issuing notice on the petition, a single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the Centre and other respondents, including th…
Chennai, July 19 (IANS) The DMK on Sunday urged the Centre to provide a clear roadmap for implementing the Constitution amendment that grants 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies, while reiterating its demand that the quota be calculated on the existing strength of the Lok Sabha and not be linked to a future delimitation exercise.The demand was raised by DMK’s Rajya Sabha member Tiruchi Siva during the customary all-party meeting convened in New Del…