Bhubaneswar, July 27 (IANS) After the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the opposition parties in Odisha have intensified the demand for the resignation of state School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over the school textbook error issue in the state. Speaking to media persons on Sunday, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das said that if the state government does not take any action over the demand for the resignation of Gond i…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Union Health Minister JP Nadda has affirmed that the government is fully prepared for an in-depth debate in Parliament regarding the NEET medical entrance exam paper leak and student concerns. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Nadda stated that the NDA government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, takes the issue with the utmost seriousness. However, he cautioned Rahul Gandhi and the Opposition against using the situation to score political points, emphasisi…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Wednesday urged political parties not to politicise the issue of examination paper leaks, accusing Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of attempting to derive political mileage from students’ concerns while asserting that the government was ready for an extensive discussion on the matter in Parliament. Addressing a press conference on the ongoing protests over the NEET paper leak issue, Nadda described paper leaks as a “serious problem”…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) Former Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar has been re-appointed Vice-Chairperson of the Kerala State Planning Board, marking his second stint in the key policy-making body and signaling the V.D. Satheesan government’s emphasis on administrative experience and fiscal reforms.The 78-year-old former top bureaucrat had earlier headed the Planning Board during the Oommen Chandy-led UDF government’s 2011-16 tenure, when he played a pivotal role in steering the stat…
Amaravati, July 17 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman alleged on Friday that ‘phone banking’ during the UPA rule resulted in huge NPAs, pushing banks into losses. She said that between 2004 and 2014, the Central government used to dictate loan disbursements through “phone banking.”Sitharaman was addressing a credit outreach programme in Narsaropeta in Andhra Pradesh.She claimed that during the UPA rule, leaders used to make phone calls from Delhi directing banks to provide loan…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) S.Y. Quraishi has said that curbing the influence of money power in elections was one of his biggest priorities after taking charge of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in 2010. Recalling his tenure, he said the Commission identified 40 different methods through which money was allegedly used to influence voters and seized crores of rupees, which later increased to hundreds of crores, during its crackdown on electoral malpra…
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday launched a blistering attack on the Central government over its “callous silence” regarding the rapidly deteriorating health of innovator and activist Sonam Wangchuk.In a scathing editorial in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Thackeray faction demanded the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the massive NEET-UG examination scam and called for a nationwide youth mobilisation …
Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday urged the Centre to allot all the coal blocks in Godavari basin in the state to public sector mining company Singareni. He demanded that the BJP-led Central government prove its commitments to Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) by allocating all coal blocks in the Godavari Valley directly to Singareni instead of auctioning them.Addressing a press conference, the Deputy Chief Minister requested …
Gurugram, June 28 (IANS) Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, has stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership has been characterised by stability and progress, even amid global uncertainty. In an interview with IANS, Mukherjee reflected on the moment when the BJP first announced then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. She referred to his subsequent victory as a “personal mandate” …
Gurugram, June 28 (IANS) Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, commented on the organisational strength of the Congress party, stating that it reflects a “failure” on the part of Rahul Gandhi because, according to her, he has not been able to secure a decisive mandate for the party despite being its face. Speaking exclusively to IANS, Mukherjee pointed out that since 2014, around the time Rahul began to emerge as the face of Congress, the party has consistently…