New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Vice President of National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah after the latter alleged a conspiracy to break his party and claimed that MLAs were being offered Rs 20-30 crore each and the promise of statehood, to bring down his government.BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister should either present evidence that supports his allegat…
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Belagavi (Karnataka), July 9 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday announced that the state government has decided to allocate Rs 1 crore to every rural Assembly constituency to ensure uninterrupted drinking water supply in view of the prevailing rainfall deficit.Addressing a press conference after chairing the Belagavi Division Progress Review Meeting at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi, the Chief Minister said the government is taking proactive measures to tackle the em…
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) A convoy of BRS leaders led by party working president K. T. Rama Rao from Hyderabad reached Kaleshwaram in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district on Sunday amid tension as police allegedly tried to stop them at various points en route. The delegation of the Opposition party leaders was on its way to Kannepalli Pump House.Tension prevailed at Kaleshwaram village as police tried to stop the convoy. The BRS leaders removed barricades to head towards Kannepalli.Kannepalli Pump H…
Bengaluru, July 4 (IANS) Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President B.Y. Vijayendra on Saturday alleged that the state government was facilitating the misuse of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by exerting pressure on Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and violating the Election Commission’s prescribed procedures. He was speaking to reporters after submitting a memorandum to the Election Commission of India seeking corrective action over alleged irregularities in th…
Bhubaneswar, July 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed 10 senior IAS officers in Odisha as Electoral Roll Observers to ensure the smooth conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in the state.Meanwhile, the qualifying date for the revision has been fixed as July 1.According to a notification issued by Additional Chief Electoral Officer-cum-Special Secretary Sushanta Kumar Mishra, the observers have been assigned responsibility for different di…
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, while speaking at the inauguration of a two-day orientation programme for the newly-elected legislators in the West Bengal Assembly at Kolkata on Friday, assured bigger democratic space for the opposition legislators, which, according to him, was absent during the previous Trinamool Congress regime in the state. “First, during the 34-year Left Front regime from 1977 to 2011, everything operated from the party office of the ruling dispensa…
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday stated that, in addition to engaging in meaningful discussions and recognising issues, the primary objective of any ideal state Assembly should be to devise solutions for prevailing problems.The Lok Sabha Speaker said this at the inauguration of a two-day orientation programme for the newly elected Legislators in the West Bengal Assembly.“Common people have lots of hopes and expectations from a legislator. The role of an MLA, existing…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) In a major relief for the farming community, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday in the state assembly announced that farmers will no longer have to pay a single rupee as royalty (ownership fee) to the government for minor minerals like soil, silt, and murum (hard murram) required for land improvement, or for constructing wells, cattle sheds, and farmhouses. He said that strict action will be taken against police or revenue officials who intercept farmers’…
Chandigarh, June 29 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Monday welcomed the decision of the Akal Takht Jathedar to seek a comprehensive review of the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act of 2026 and to initiate wider consultations before such a sensitive piece of legislation is moved forward. “The sanctity of Sri Guru Granth Sahib-ji is above politics. Any law concerning our eternal Guru cannot be drafted in haste, passed for headlines, or used…
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Forest Minister, Ganesh Naik, on Thursday addressed the rising concern of forest fires in the Konkan region, attributing them largely to a lack of public awareness and deep-rooted misconceptions among local farmers.He was responding to a question raised by MLA Prashant Thakur. Minister Naik pointed out that many farmers mistakenly believe burning dry leaves and biomass under a practice locally linked to preparing paddy fields makes the soil more fertile.”In rea…