Bengaluru, Feb 19 (IANS) The State Executive meeting of the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was inaugurated in Bengaluru on Thursday at Palace Grounds. Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the meeting at Gayatri Grand, Palace Grounds, in Bengaluru in the presence of prominent national and state leaders. He also expressed confidence that the BJP would secure a majority in the upcoming 2028 State Assembly elections.Addressing the gathering,…
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Hyderabad, Feb 18 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former minister T. Harish Rao on Wednesday termed the Congress leadership’s review of the Telangana government’s performance in Delhi as an affront to the state’s pride and self-governance.In an open letter addressed to the All India Congress Committee (AICC), Harish Rao said that the review of the Telangana government’s performance by the central leadership was not merely an administrative exercise but raised concerns abou…
Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS) Karnataka unit BJP president and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Monday expressed concern that while Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has facilitated foreign tours for MLAs, sending Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao to Australia and New Zealand would raise serious questions about the government’s priorities, particularly when poor people in the state are facing hardships.Speaking at a press conference held at the BJP state office, Jagannath Bhavan, he alleged that poor patients in gove…
Hyderabad, Feb 15 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Sunday that his remark ‘Nene Raju, Nene Mantri’ (I am the king, I am the minister) were misinterpreted. He clarified that he only stated that as the Chief Minister and the Municipal Administration Minister, he was responsible for the results of the municipal elections.The Chief Minister had made the remark on Friday during an interaction with media in New Delhi. He had stated that there was no competition for the Chief Mi…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 (IANS) The Opposition Biju Janata Dal on Saturday intensified its criticism of the Bharatiya Janata Party, questioning its commitment to a decade-old promise to secure special category status for Odisha.BJD MP Sasmit Patra, speaking at a press conference here, said the demand remains unresolved despite the BJP’s 2014 manifesto pledging to work towards granting the status for the state’s overall development.”The Odisha BJP in 2014 promised that it would strive for the spec…
Belagavi, Feb 12 (IANS) BJP’s Karnataka unit President B. Y. Vijayendra on Thursday alleged that the Congress-led government in Karnataka has completely neglected Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.Discussions have begun among the poor, farmers, backward classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes that they were misled by the Congress and are being subjected to injustice, he claimed.Speaking to the media here, he said the Congress-led government has been in power fo…
Agartala, Feb 11 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that Rs 10 lakh crore would be spent across rural India over the next ten years under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G). Addressing a conference on the VB–G RAM G programme in Tripura’s capital Agartala, the Union Minister said that the scheme provides a comprehensive road map for building a Viksit Bharat an…
New Delhi, February 10 (IANS) Alleging major diversion, dilution, and under-utilisation of funds allotted for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Congress on Tuesday called Union Budget 2026 a “casteist betrayal” of Dalits and Adivasis. The budget reflected their exclusion rather than empowerment, claimed Rajendra Pal Gautam, Chairman of the All India Congress Committee’s SC Department, and Vikrant Bhuria, Chairman, Adivasi Congress, at a press conference in New Delhi.Wh…
Jaipur, Feb 9 (IANS) Rajasthan Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar Sharma, during his visit to Bhilwara on Monday, conducted a comprehensive crime review meeting of the Ajmer Range at the Collectorate Auditorium, focusing on crime control, pending investigations, law and order, and the overall effectiveness of policing across all districts of the range.Addressing the meeting, the DGP said Rajasthan Police has clearly defined priorities and all officers must act with full commitment while kee…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal, said on Friday that as many as 116 women judges are currently serving in the Higher Judiciary which has a working strength of 814, with Punjab and Haryana High Court having the maximum number of 18. Replying to a query in the Lok Sabha, MoS Meghwal shared data on the working strength and number of women judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts showing that at present, of the 33 Supreme Court judges, only o…