Imphal, March 1 (IANS) The expansion of the Council of Ministers led by Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh is likely to take place after the upcoming Budget session of the state Assembly, BJP sources said on Sunday. Chief Minister Khemchand Singh was sworn in as the Manipur Chief Minister on February 4 after President’s Rule was revoked in the state. Along with him, four other MLAs took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers and Cabinet Ministers. However, the Khemchand Singh-led Ministry is …
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Bhopal/Barwani, March 1 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav announced on his X handle that the state will convene its maiden “Agriculture Cabinet” tomorrow (Monday) in Barwani district, marking a landmark initiative under the “Farmer Welfare Year 2026.” The meeting aims to drive farmer prosperity, self-reliance, and holistic rural development through innovative policies and coordinated action. In his post, CM Yadav stated, “In the year 2026, dedicated to ‘farmer welfare,’ signifi…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Amid the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a mega rally at Brigade Parade Ground in central Kolkata on March 15.The mega rally will also mark the end of the “Parivartan Yatra” by the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that started on Sunday. Nine separate rallies will start from nine locations in the state on Sunday and Monday.However, there will be no rallies on March 3 and March 4, because of t…
Imphal, Feb 28 (IANS) Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Saturday to discuss key state issues, officials said. A senior official confirmed the meeting but did not disclose specific topics. The meeting is significant as it follows the formation of the new government under Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on February 4, which ended nearly a year of President’s Rule during extended ethnic unrest.Another official, speaking anonymously, stated …
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday gave conditional permission to the BJP’s proposed two-day ‘Parivartan Yatra’ on March 1 and March 2.The yatra will start from nine different locations in West Bengal on these two days in the run up to the crucial Assembly elections in the state scheduled later this year.Being denied police permission for the yatra, the West Bengal unit of the BJP approached the Calcutta High Court’s single-judge Bench of Justice…
Gwalior, Feb 27 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has accused the opposition Congress of attempting to mislead people through “baseless allegations” and “false narrative” regarding the interim trade deal between India and the US, and said the interests of farmers are fully protected. During an interaction with media persons in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, on Friday, he said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “a capable, glorious, prosperous, st…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah’s scheduled participation in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘Parivartan Yatra’ programme amid the preparations for the Assembly elections has been postponed by a day.Initially, the Union Home Minister was supposed to flag off the party’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’ programme from Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district on March 1. However, that programme has been postponed by a day and rescheduled for March 2.“On March 1, the Union…
Chandigarh, Feb 26 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday said Lord Ram “represents the very soul of India, its moral foundations and the bedrock of its civilisation”, while also clarifying the objectives and scope of a new rural employment initiative during the Budget Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.He said “it is deeply unfortunate that Congress harboured an aversion towards this sacred name”. He alleged that the Congress had historically opposed the invocatio…
Imphal, Feb 25 (IANS) Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has assured Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh of all possible support from the Centre for the development of national and state highways in the state, officials said on Wednesday. An official of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Imphal said that the Chief Minister, accompanied by the two Deputy Chief Ministers — Nemcha Kipgen and Losii Dikho — met Gadkari at his office in New Delhi on Tuesday nigh…
Agartala, Feb 24 (IANS) Tripura Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Tuesday sought additional central funding for various farmer-centric projects and strongly pitched for large-scale hybrid paddy cultivation in the state. The Minister made the demands during a financial review meeting of centrally sponsored schemes of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, held via video conference under the chairmanship of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan…