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Akhilesh accuses BJP of making a mockery of Zila Panchayat polls
Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday lashed out at the ruling BJP hours after the results of zila panchayat chairman posts elections were announced on Saturday. The BJP has bagged 67 out of 75 seats while SP managed to get only six. Alleging...
National cyber security strategy soon
The government will release a new cybersecurity strategy this year, National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt Gen (Retd) Rajesh Pant said at an event organised by Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI). He said the strategy would holistically cover the entire ecosystem of cyber space in India. The government is...
TMC to meet President for Tushar Mehta’s removal
# Raising the pitch over its demand for removal of Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta because of his “meeting” with BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday said that it would meet President Ram Nath Kovind to press for the issue. TMC Deputy leader in the...
Petrol prices touch all-time high
Petrol, diesel prices in the country have been kept unchanged on Saturday. At present, petrol and diesel are retailing at an all-time high in India. On July 2, the petrol price was increased by 33 to 37 paise across the nation by state-run oil companies. The fuel prices in the...
Priyanka launches UP campaign with training for leaders
The Congress party has started its preparations for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on a war footing with party general secretary and UP in charge Priyanka Gandhi cornering the ruling BJP government on significant public issues. Simultaneously, the party has begun a special training centre for Congress leaders...
New Maha Speaker to be from Congress
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday said the new speaker of the state assembly will be from his party and asserted there were no differences among the ruling MVA allies over the post lying vacant since February. Talking to reporters here, Patole said the Shiv Sena-led MVA government...
Amarinder hosts Hindu leaders in consolidation move
As Punjab elections draw close, several Hindu leaders in a meeting with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday demanded that the post of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president go to a Hindu. According to a report by The Indian Express, the meeting and the demand are being seen...
Special GST Council meet to discuss compensation-related issues
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said a special session of the GST Council will be held soon to discuss all compensation-related issues. She also said that the flow of COVID-19 vaccination across the country will be well managed and all states will be taken care of. “…I...
Pawar says no politics in talks with CM
NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said his recent meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray focused on how to expedite development programmes of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and maintained nothing else should be deciphered from it. Talking to reporters here, Pawar said, “No politics was discussed....
SBI report justifies under-reporting of Covid deaths as not new
Amid the debate over underreporting of COVID fatalities, economists at SBI on Wednesday said that shortfall in reporting deaths is not a new phenomenon in India. One of the prime reasons for the underreporting is because many of the demises happen without any medical attention and hence, ramping up...
Ordinance bans strikes in essential defence services
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday came out with an ordinance prohibiting any agitation and strike by anyone engaged in the essential defence services. The Essential Defence Services Ordinance 2021 comes in the backdrop of the announcement by major federations of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to go on...
Palaniswamy says Sasikala no longer with AIADMK
Seeking to play down expelled general secretary V K Sasikala’s purported interaction with party workers, AIADMK co-coordinator K Palaniswami on Wednesday said her telephonic conversations will not impact the 1.5 crore cadre based organisation a wee bit. Making it clear she is no longer with the AIADMK since her...
MVA coordination committee meets Pawar-Uddav talks
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the coordination committee of the constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) at his official residence here against the backdrop of various issues including the likely election to the post of the Assembly Speaker during the upcoming monsoon...
Union Cabinet approves Rs 3.03-lakh crore scheme for power discoms
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on June 30, approved a reform-based result-linked power distribution scheme worth Rs 3.03 lakh crore that has been in the works for five years. The scheme has been approved with an inclusive Rs 97,000 crore central outlay. The Reform-Based Result-Linked Power Distribution...
Akhilesh predicts ‘democratic revolution’ in 2022 UP
Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday asserted that there were will be a democratic revolution in Uttar Pradesh in 2022 against the current “disruptive” and “negative” politics. Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled in 2022. In a tweet in Hindi, Yadav said, “United against today’s disruptive, conservative,...
BJP, Mayawati clash over Ambedkar Cultural Centre
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and BJP engaged in a war of words on Tuesday over the laying of the foundation of the Ambedkar Cultural Centre. BSP chief Mayawati called the move a pre-poll act of “deceit” and “deception” by the ruling BJP to serve its electoral interest. Had...
Priyanka to soon shift base to Lucknow for 2022 polls
As 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections inch closer, political parties are gearing up to contest the polls with full might. The Congress party will now be conducting training camps in many parts of the state for its leaders and party workers. The training will be held from July 1...
Oppn sees Mayawati hand in glove with BJP to stay off Zila panchayat polls
Mayawati’s decision to not contest the Zila Panchayat Chief elections has not only paved the way for the ruling BJP to clinch victory but also irked parties such as the Congress and Samajwadi Party, which have accused the BSP chief of being hand in glove with the BJP. In...
