Chennai, June 11 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Thursday urged the Union government to release the pending Rs 3,284 crore education funds due to the state without linking them to the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, and its three-language formula. Addressing the 11th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Chief Minister Vijay said that education was a Constitutional responsibility and financia…
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Jaipur, June 11 (IANS) Congress National General Secretary and former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has termed the cancellation of party candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination in Madhya Pradesh “an injustice to the democratic process”. He also expressed concern over the growing hardships faced by farmers and criticised the Union government’s handling of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak issue, saying on Wednesday that it had shattered the…
Chennai, June 9 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is scheduled to embark on a three-day visit to New Delhi on Wednesday to participate in the upcoming NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The visit comes nearly two weeks after his maiden official trip to New Delhi following his assumption of office as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.Vijay had earlier travelled to New Delhi on May 27, marking his first visit to the national capital after takin…
Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema on Tuesday sent a reminder letter to the Union government to allot special trains from Punjab to Sri Guru Ravidass Maharaj Janam Asthan Mandir in Varanasi, enabling pilgrims to pay their obeisance. The Finance Minister, who is Chairman of the Cabinet sub-committee formed by the state government to organise celebrations, made this call while chairing a review meeting to assess the ongoing yearlong celebrations being organised by the …
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) West Bengal government on Monday announced the official restoration of “general consent” or “standing clearance” to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to initiate any probe on corruption charges in the state without taking prior permission of the state government. However, the state government has kept a rider in restoring this “general consent” or “standing clearance” to the CBI, under which the central probe agency will have to take prior permissio…
Agartala, June 8 (IANS) With a view to strengthening agricultural advisory services, farmer outreach, and grievance redressal mechanisms, a dedicated Kisan Helpline Centre (KHC) was launched on Sunday to serve farmers in Tripura, Mizoram, and Meghalaya. The Kisan Helpline Centre has been established at the State Horticulture Research Centre in Nagicherra, West Tripura, to ensure improved accessibility of expert agricultural guidance and timely support services for farmers in the three Northeaste…
Hyderabad, June 1 (IANS) Telangana Rakshana Samithi (TRS) leader K. Kavitha on Sunday alleged that there is a conspiracy behind the Congress government’s move to set up farmers’ DISCOM. She alleged that the government was trying to privatise the remaining two DISCOMS by creating a farmers’ DISCOM.Addressing a press conference, she reacted to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s remarks during an informal chat with media persons that the government will not scrap 24-hour free power to farmer…
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister said on Friday that the census will start from August 1, while asserting that the late beginning of the process had been due to the lackadaisical approach of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led government. “The Union Government sent a communique to the previous state government in February last year to begin the process. But the previous state Cabinet did not act based on that communique. The previous state government did not even bother to reply …
Sangli, May 28 (IANS) In light of the prevailing economic hardships, senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) and former State Finance Minister, Jayant Patil, on Thursday urged the Maharashtra government to prioritise public interest by immediately waiving the Value Added Tax (VAT) and surcharges on petrol and diesel. Patil made this demand through an official letter addressed to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.Expressing deep concern over the situation, Patil stated that the contin…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief against the Union government’s move to reclaim possession of the Delhi Gymkhana Club premises in Lutyens’ Delhi. While issuing summons in suits filed by club members and employees, a single-judge Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan declined to stay the Centre’s communication after Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta assured the Delhi High Court that no forcible eviction would take place and that any actio…