New Delhi/Agartala, July 11 (IANS) Lok Sabha MP from West Tripura parliamentary constituency, Biplab Kumar Deb, has recorded one of the highest utilisation rates of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds, with over 93 per cent of the allocated amount spent within nearly two years of his tenure as a Lok Sabha member, according to official data. According to the data compiled by Deb’s office, the utilisation rate is stated to be significantly higher than the natio…
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Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday predicted that the Congress would retain power in the state with a landslide victory in the 2029 Assembly elections.He said he believes the next Assembly elections will not be held in May-June 2029 but before the end of 2028.Asserting that the proposed delimitation would increase Lok Sabha seats in Telangana from 17 to 26 and Assembly seats from 119 to 182, he expressed confidence that the Congress would win 20 Lok Sab…
New Delhi/Imphal, July 9 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday appointed eight additional General Secretaries and 25 Secretaries for the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) as part of the party’s organisational revamp ahead of the Assembly elections due early next year, party leaders said. All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, in a statement, said that the Congress President has approved the proposal to appoint eight additional General Sec…
Kathmandu, July 9 (IANS) Nepal’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dol Prasad Aryal, has extended an invitation to India’s Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, to visit the Himalayan nation, Speaker Aryal’s Secretariat said on Thursday. Following a courtesy meeting between Speaker Aryal and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava in Kathmandu on Thursday, the Secretariat said in a press note that Aryal had invited Birla to visit Nepal.Aryal informed the Ambassador that he had invited Birla, …
Srinagar, July 8 (IANS) Former Chairperson of District Development Council Baramulla and the wife of opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) co-founder Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Safina Baig, on Wednesday joined the National Conference (NC) at the party headquarters here.Safina Baig, who was accompanied by her supporters, joined the party in the presence of NC President Dr Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Minister for Rural Development Javid Ahmad Dar, senior leaders Ali Muhammad Sag…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Congress top brass paid tributes to the veteran Congressman and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on his birth anniversary, stating that his service to people will always be remembered. Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi took to social media handle on X and said, “Remembering senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ji, on his birth anniversary. A true statesman, he uplifted countl…
Jaipur, July 4 (IANS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday demanded strict action against those who, he alleged, misled Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the progress of the Barmer Refinery project. Citing an official reply tabled in the Lok Sabha last year, Gehlot claimed that the refinery was already over 80 per cent complete as of July 15, 2024, while the Congress demitted office in December 2023. Questioning the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s claims, the f…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced that the Monsoon Session will commence on July 20 and will continue until August 13, for what he called a “meaningful debate” on the issues of national importance.Taking to X, Rijiju said, “On the recommendation of the Govt of India, Hon’ble President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu ji has approved the summoning of both the Houses of Parliament for the Monsoon Session 2026. The session will commence on 20 July,…
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday launched a sharp counterattack against Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, saying that fortunes change with time and no one remains in power forever. Speaking to the media on Thursday at the party’s State Headquarters, JP Bhavan in Bengaluru, the Union Minister said, “The belief that ‘I alone will remain, and everything revolves around me’ is nothing but an illusion. Every position and every phase has an end.”Responding s…
Chennai, July 2 (IANS) Strongly opposing Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam across the Cauvery river, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) on Thursday resolved to continue its fight against the project, describing it as a threat to the rights of Tamil Nadu’s farmers and a violation of judicial orders.The resolution was among three major resolutions adopted at a meeting of District Congress Committee presidents held at Sathyamurthy Bhavan in Chennai. The meeting was chaired by the newly ap…