Chandigarh, April 14 (IANS) Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda on Tuesday termed the new notification by the Centre that changed eligibility criteria for top Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) posts reserved for Punjab and Haryana as “anti-state”. Speaking to reporters, he said when the state was carved out of Punjab, specific rules for the board were formally established. These rules included several provisions designed to safeguard Haryana’s interests. For instance, it w…
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Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed apprehension that the police, under the instructions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), might arrest booth agents of her Trinamool Congress at the last moment so that elections are conducted in those booths without their presence.”The arrest of Trinamool Congress’s booth agents has been ordered so that they cannot sit in the polling booths. So you should keep alternatives ready. If one booth agent …
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered 22 new cases based on the Supreme Court directions against various builders over their alleged nexus with officials of financial institutions and defrauding of homebuyers, an official said on Tuesday. The CBI conducted extensive searches at 77 locations spread across eight states/Union Territories in connection with these 22 cases, an official statement said.The searches were targeted at an alleged nexus between cert…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Wednesday the Assam government’s plea challenging the interim relief granted by the Telangana High Court to Congress leader Pawan Khera in the criminal case registered over his alleged defamatory remarks against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma. As per the causelist published on the apex court’s official website, the matter is listed before a Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Atul S. C…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 14 (IANS) Marking the birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday issued a strong call to uphold the values of equality and social justice, even as Kerala grapples with troubling allegations of caste discrimination in higher education.In a message on Ambedkar Jayanti, the Chief Minister took to his social media to pay tributes to Ambedkar.He described Ambedkar as a towering figure who dedicated his life to building a society free from …
Ahmedabad, April 13 (IANS) Marking the completion of 20 years of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a comprehensive reference publication documenting the law’s evolution, institutional framework and landmark rulings was released in Ahmedabad on Monday by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi. The book, titled ‘Right to Information – Two Decades Journey’, has been prepared as an in-house compilation by the Gujarat Information Commission.The release took place at a programme organised at GUJSA…
Patna, April 13 (IANS) Amid the ongoing political turmoil over the formation of a new government in Bihar, Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav launched a sharp attack on the ruling NDA, questioning both the process and legitimacy of the next Chief Minister. Addressing a press conference at the Karpoori Auditorium in Patna, Tejashwi Yadav remarked that the decision regarding Bihar’s next Chief Minister would be taken by just two individuals, rather than reflecting the will of the people.He …
Ranchi, April 13 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday directed the state government to constitute a three-member committee to ensure effective monitoring and improvement of facilities in open jails in the state.Acting suo motu in line with directions issued by the Supreme Court, a division bench of Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar emphasised the need for structured supervision of open prison systems in the state.The bench ordered that the committee be headed by the Home S…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to quash the CBI FIR and charge sheets against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh, while disposing of Yadav’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court order refusing to quash the corruption case, granted him liberty to raise legal objections during trial and exempted him from personal appearance before the trial court.“After hearing …
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka), April 13 (IANS) The Karnataka Forest Minister has come under fire from the state Sugarcane Farmers’ Association over his proposal to reduce man-animal conflict in the state further by sterilisation or through Animal Birth Control measures, on the lines that is being mulled by other states in the country.Criticising the state government’s move to consider sterilisation of wild animals to curb the rising human–wildlife conflict, the state Sugarcane Farmers’ Asso…