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BJP wants ideological check on government servants
IPA Webdesk In what could become another controversial move, the BJP central leadership has advised all the party-ruled state governments to conduct proper ideological background check of any individual before giving any position in the government. Though sources in the saffron camp claim that this is a verbal advisory...
Higher bank FD interest for vaccinated depositors
A few state banks are offering higher interest rates on fixed deposits to those customers who have received the Covid vaccine. The offer is available even to those who have got their first Covid jab. In April, the Central Bank of India launched the Immune India Deposit Scheme. Through...
Jitin Prasada’s exit leads to call for introspection by Cong
IPA Webdesk Jitin Prasada’s exit from Congress to jon BJP has led to call for introspection on the state of affairs in the Congress party. Aditi Singh, Congress MLA from Raebareli (Sadar), on Wednesday traded guns at the party leadership and said that it’s about time the party did...
Parkash Singh Badal summoned by SIT on Kotkapura firing
The newly constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) that was set up to re-investigate the Kotkapura firing case has summoned former chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal for questioning on June 16. The Punjab government led by Captain Amarinder Singh had set up a new...
Nitish seeks ‘respectable’ share for allies in Union Cabinet
IPA Webdesk Ahead of the expected Union cabinet rejig, alliance partners have begun exerting pressure for more representation in the new ministry. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), the second largest constituent of the BJP-led NDA, for instance asserted on Saturday that alliance partners ought to have...
Yogi confident of leading party in 2022 polls
IPA Webdesk UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has returned to Lucknow, scotching rumours of his removal claiming that the party is sure of a win in UP in 2022 under his leadership. The CM spent two days in Delhi, meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP...
GST Council meet today to discuss tax cut on COVID essentials
IPA Webdesk The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will meet on Saturday to discuss the tax waivers on COVID-19 essential items and medicines. This will be the second GST meeting of this fiscal. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired GST Council meeting on May 28, after a gap of...
Forex reserves cross $600 billion mark for first time
The country’s foreign exchange reserves crossed the $ 600 billion mark for the first time after increasing by $ 6.842 billion in the week ended June 4, RBI data showed on Friday. The reserves surged to a record $ 605.008 billion in the reporting week, helped by a rise...
BJP to persist with Hindutva for UP assembly polls
IPA Wedbdesk With the UP elections only six months or so away, the ruling BJP party will continue to use the Hindutva plan as the strategy to retain the state., according to party sources. The Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be projected as one of the biggest achievements of...
Paddy MSP hiked by Rs 72 per quintal to Rs 1,940
The government on Wednesday raised the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 72 per quintal to Rs 1,940 per quintal for the 2021-22 crop year. Rates of other kharif crops have also been raised. Paddy is the main kharif crop, the sowing of which has begun with...
Farmers to protest outside houses of BJP lawmakers on Saturday
IPA Webdesk Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) announced that the protesting farmers will hold demonstrations outside the residences of BJP lawmakers across the country on Saturday. The protest outside the residences of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs and MLAs is to mark the one year of the promulgation of these...
BJP sacks Bihar MLC for remarks against Nitish
The BJP on Friday sacked Bihar MLC Tunnaji Pandey after his utterances against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appeared to further strain the tenuous relations between the two alliance partners. State BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal issued Pandeys order of suspension, copies of which have been made available to the media,...
Tikait claims full support of Mamata for farmers agitation
IPA Webdesk Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said after a meeting with Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat that the West Bengal chief minister has assured her full support for the ongoing protests against the Centre’s three controversial farm laws. “We fear that the farm bills will...
Tomar says Govt ready to talk to farmer unions
IPA Webdesk The government is ready to resume talks with protesting farmers, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Wednesday, but asked the unions to point out their objections to the provisions of the three farm laws with sound logic. The government and unions have held 11 rounds...
Additional 1.7 Lakh vials of Amphotericin-B to states, UTs
IPA Webdesk The government has allocated an additional 1.7 lakh vials of Amphotericin-B drug, used to treat black fungus infection, to states and union territories, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda said on Wednesday. “Ensuring adequate availability and smooth supply of #Amphotericin-B across the country, additional 1,70,000 vials of the drug...
Rs 25,000-cr makeover for Railways to run faster, safer trains
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved allotment of 5 MHz Spectrum in 700 MHz frequency band to Indian Railways for public safety and security services at stations and in trains. The estimated investment in the project is more than Rs. 25,000 crore, the ministry of railways said in a...
BJP targets AAP Govt over Delhi hospital’s ‘No Malayalam’ order
IPA Webdesk Slamming the Delhi government over a hospital circular that asked nursing staff not to speak in Malayalam at work, the BJP on Sunday said this was ironical that it requested Kerala for oxygen when in need it during the Covid crisis and has now attempted to snatch...
Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide arrested for alleged role in scam
A close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a fake government job scam, a police officer said on Sunday. Rakhal Bera was arrested from outside his residence here on Saturday based on a complaint lodged at the Manicktala police station by...
