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 …
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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…
Bengaluru, May 25 (IANS) Announcing protests against fuel price hikes, Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar said demonstrations would be held at all district headquarters on May 30 and that the party would later intensify the agitation across every Assembly constituency in Karnataka. Addressing a joint press conference with CM Siddaramaiah and AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Shivakumar further said: “We will create awareness among the people agains…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The BJP on Monday launched a sharp attack on Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, over his recent remarks against the Central government, calling the comments “regrettable”. BJP National Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia, slamming LoP Gandhi’s “Modi government will fall” remarks, accused the Congress party of attempting to spread negativity and instability at a time of global uncertainty.Addressing a Press conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi, Bhatia…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The special additional excise duty (SAED) cut on petrol and diesel on March 27, 2026 resulted in approximately Rs 30,000 crore cost for the central exchequer in the current fiscal year, and the pass-through of higher crude was not made to the consumer; it was absorbed by the exchequer.Amid the Strait of Hormuz disruption, the SAED cut reduced petrol excise to three rupees a litre and took diesel excise to zero.The Congress argues that petrol cost roughly Rs 71 a litre in…
Udupi (Karnataka), May 16 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for Women and Child Welfare Laxmi Hebbalkar on Saturday urged political parties not to politicise issues related to education, stating that students’ interests and future should not be compromised.Commenting on the controversy surrounding the state government’s move to remove the ban on hijab and other religious symbols, Hebbalkar said students should not be dragged into political debates.“There should be no interference in education. Stu…
Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Central government over the steep hike in petrol and diesel prices, alleging that the burden of rising fuel costs is continuously being imposed on the common people despite fluctuations in international crude oil prices. Speaking to the media at Sanganer Airport, Gehlot said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had predicted before the Bengal elections that fuel prices would be increased after …
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) JD(U) MP, Sanjay Kumar Jha, on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over her remarks on delimitation and the Women’s Reservation Bill, questioning why such measures were not implemented during the Congress-led UPA government.Speaking to IANS, Jha said, “If it was already planned earlier, then why wasn’t it implemented when they were in power? Who stopped them?”He further added that during the UPA regime, when the Bill came up, “Nitis…
Jaipur, April 8 (IANS) Rajasthan BJP State President Madan Rathore on Wednesday said the Pachpadra Refinery Project would generate direct and indirect employment for nearly 90,000 people and play a key role in strengthening the state’s self-reliance and economic growth.The refinery, currently under construction in Pachpadra in the Balotra district of western Rajasthan, is poised to become a landmark achievement for the state. Its foundation stone was originally laid in 2007-08 under the leadersh…