Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Friday, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary, said that over the last six decades, multiple attempts have been made to tear apart and fracture the Shiv Sena, driven purely by the constant fear the party instils in its opponents. Many rival ‘Senas’ emerged and dissolved during this period, but the foundation and pinnacle built by Balasaheb Thackeray remained unshaken, it said.The Thackeray camp, in an editorial in the party’s m…
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Shillong, June 10 (IANS) The Meghalaya government has decided to put on hold all officially funded foreign visits by Ministers, MLAs and government officials for a period of six months as part of a broader expenditure rationalisation and austerity initiative, officials said on Wednesday. The decision has been taken in the larger public interest and comes at a time when governments across the country are exercising fiscal prudence amid emerging global economic uncertainties, including rising geop…
Lucknow, June 3 (IANS) The BJP has stepped up preparations for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, with the Yogi Adityanath government reshuffling district in-charge responsibilities to strengthen coordination between the organisation and the administration.In the new list issued after the recent Cabinet expansion, several senior ministers have been reassigned districts, while newly inducted ministers have been entrusted with key regions.As part of the changes, MSME Minister Bhupendra Sin…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) A total of 35 BJP MLAs were sworn in as Ministers at the Lok Bhavan on Monday, marking an expansion of the cabinet led by Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal.This expansion comes over three weeks after the Suvendu Adhikari-led first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government took oath in the state after winning the Assembly elections.The 35 new ministers include 13 cabinet ministers — Deepak Barman, Tapas Roy, Dr Shankar Ghosh, Manoj Kumar Oraon, Arjun Singh, Gouri Shankar Ghosh…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) The full Cabinet of the BJP government in West Bengal is set to be formed on Monday. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has announced how many ministers will take oath at Lok Bhavan during the Cabinet expansion exercise.On Sunday, the Chief Minister posted on social media: “Tomorrow, the full Cabinet of the nationalist government elected by the people of West Bengal is going to be formed. Thirty-five ministers of the West Bengal government will take oath at Lok Bhavan at 11 a…
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Police security has been strengthened across ministers’ offices at the Tamil Nadu Secretariat in Fort St George following a sharp rise in the number of visitors meeting members of the newly formed government, officials said on Monday. With ministers beginning full-fledged administrative work after assuming office, the Secretariat has been witnessing an unusually high influx of people from early morning until late evening, prompting authorities to deploy additional police…
Chennai, May 21 (IANS) The C. Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government on Thursday carried out its first major Cabinet expansion, inducting 23 new ministers into the Council of Ministers in a move aimed at strengthening governance, filling key portfolio vacancies, and accommodating alliance partners, including the Congress party.Following the Assembly election, Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single largest party by winning 108 seats. The party subsequently secured support …
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) Preparations for the reopening of schools after the summer vacation emerged as one of the priorities of the new Tamil Nadu government, as Chief Minister Vijay held key consultations with School Education Minister Rajmohan and senior officials at the Secretariat in Chennai.With schools set to reopen soon and Class 10 examination results scheduled to be released in the coming days, the Chief Minister reviewed preparedness measures and discussed the functioning of the School …
Chennai, May 17 (IANS) Several major departments in the newly formed Tamil Nadu government are yet to be assigned ministers, adding to expectations of an imminent cabinet expansion as the Vijay-led administration settles into office. Key portfolios, including Agriculture, Revenue, Forests, Housing, Transport, Higher Education, Information Technology and Tourism, remain without ministerial allocation, indicating that more appointments could be announced in the coming days.The Tamil Nadu Legislati…
Bhubaneswar, May 14 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday directed that the celebrations marking the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government’s completion of two years in office be observed in a low-key manner in view of the prevailing situation arising from the conflict in West Asia. A preparatory meeting regarding the celebration of the state government’s completion of two years in office was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Majhi at Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhu…