New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry announced on Monday that July 31 is the last date for nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards to be conferred on the occasion of Republic Day 2027. The nominations process was launched on March 15 with the stipulation that these will only be received online on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in), said an official statement.The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest …
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Bhopal, April 26 (IANS) Amid an intensifying political face-off between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress over the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill issue, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) will organise a protest march in Bhopal on Sunday, seeking to build public pressure for immediate enforcement of the law.The march will commence at 4 p.m. from Platinum Plaza and pass through Top & Town and New Market before culminating at Roshanpura Square. The party sa…
Bengaluru, April 24 (IANS) As a special Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is held to discuss internal reservation, the Karnataka BJP on Friday alleged that the government has created confusion instead of providing internal reservation to Dalits, thereby sowing seeds of discord and pushing communities into conflict.The BJP claimed that the people of the state will not forgive the government for this.Speaking to the media at the BJP state office, former Deputy Chief Minister a…
Ahmedabad, April 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to be in Ahmedabad on April 26 to cast their votes in the upcoming local self-government elections in Gujarat.PM Modi is expected to vote at a polling booth located at Nishan School in the Ranip area of Ahmedabad, while Amit Shah is likely to cast his vote at a polling station in the city.Their participation comes amid preparations for one of the largest rounds of local body elections in the st…
Bhopal, April 13 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has warmly welcomed the Centre’s decision to convene a special three-day Parliament session from April 16 to 18, to introduce and pass a Constitutional Amendment Bill aimed at implementing the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ (Women’s Reservation Act) from the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.Addressing the media after Monday’s Cabinet meeting, Minister Narendra Shivaji Patel said the state government has extended its felicitations and profound grat…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal on Friday claimed that opposition parties in West Bengal are “in a state of panic” as the state heads for crucial Assembly elections, asserting that voters are prepared to bring the BJP to power.Speaking to IANS, Khandelwal said, “The real issue is that opposition parties, whoever they may be, are in a state of panic. This panic exists because the people of West Bengal have made up their minds to form a government with a large majority u…
Amaravati, March 25 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday expressed strong support for the proposed amendments to the Women’s Reservation Act, 2023, aimed at enabling its implementation by 2029. In a post on the social media platform ‘X’, he welcomed the move to ensure 33 per cent reservation for women in the Assembly and Lok Sabha, calling it a significant step toward strengthening women’s political representation in the country…
Hyderabad, Feb 4 (IANS) BJP National President Nitin Nabin on Wednesday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has crossed all limits of appeasement.He claimed that the Chief Minister’s sole objective was to promote division in society.On his maiden visit to Telangana after becoming BJP chief, Nitin Nabin was addressing a public meeting at Mahabubnagar as part of the party’s campaign for February 11 municipal elections.He said that the BJP cadres are determined to fight again…
Bengaluru, Feb 1 (IANS) Criticising the Union Budget for 2026–27 presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it resembling a municipality corporate budget and termed it the most disappointing budget he has seen in his political career. The Chief Minister said that in the 2025–26 budget, Union Finance Minister Sitharaman had promised an allocation of Rs 5.41 lakh crore for centrally sponsored schemes. “However, in the current bu…
Hyderabad, Feb 1 (IANS) The Centre has once again treated Telangana unfairly in the Union Budget, said Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka.Reacting to Union Budget 2026-27 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Sunday, he said they expected allocations for various projects for Telangana, but the State received nothing in the Rs 53.47 lakh crore Budget.He told the media that despite Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, Cabinet Ministers, and Members of Parliament rep…