New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) With the Monsoon Session of the Parliament scheduled to begin from July 20, the Opposition INDIA bloc appears divided over the proposed Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, that previously linked the delimitation exercise with women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.The proposed Bill had earlier failed to pass through the Lok Sabha during the Budget session in April.Speaking to IANS, Congress leader Nana Patole stated that the party is not oppose…
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Hyderabad, July 13 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday advised MPs from the state to rise above political affiliations, work unitedly with the interests of Telangana as their primary objective, and take up with the Centre issues related to pending projects. The Chief Minister urged them to focus specifically on securing necessary approvals from the Central government for irrigation projects and infrastructure development. Ahead of the Parliament session, a PowerPoint prese…
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…
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…
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, for the first time, openly addressed the high-profile defection of six Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to the rival faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.During an interview with a television channel, when directly asked about his alleged hidden hand and the extent of the BJP’s involvement in executing the split, he did not deny his support. However, he maintained tac…
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…
Guwahati, June 24 (IANS) Assam has emerged as one of the country’s fastest-transforming economies, attracting investment proposals worth over Rs 5 lakh crore and positioning itself as a major destination for industry and innovation, state BJP chief and Lok Sabha MP Dilip Saikia said on Wednesday during a pre-Budget consultation organised by the party.Addressing the consultation attended by economists, academicians, entrepreneurs and industry representatives, Saikia said the state’s economy has w…
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…
Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Telangana BJP leaders on Monday slammed the Congress government in the state for what they called gross failure in procuring food grains from farmers.The party leaders led by state president N. Ramchander Rao on Monday launched three day programme titled ‘Rythu Gosa – BJP Bharosa’ (Farmers’ distress, BJP’s reassurance).They visited procurement centres in Vikarabad and Medak and interacted with farmers.During a visit to Parigi Agricultural Procurement Centre, they int…