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Over 61% voter turnout in Rajasthan civic polls
Over 61 per cent voter turnout was registered in the first phase of the polling to elect panchayat samiti and zila parishad members in six districts of Rajasthan on Thursday, according to a state election commission official. The polling started at 7.30 am at around 3,500 polling booths in...
Bommai demands extension of GST compensation
New Delhi: Amid fall in state revenue and GST collection in view of COVID-19 crisis, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Thursday demanded the Centre to extend the GST compensation period to states beyond 2022, for three more years. After a meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,...
Immediate priority Afghanistan evacuation, says Govt
The government has told opposition parties that the immediate priority is the evacuation of all Indians stranded in Afghanistan, sources said on Thursday afternoon. This was after an all-party meet called by Prime Minister Modi to brief the opposition on the “critical” Afghanistan situation. Around 15,000 people have contacted...
Chhattisgarh drama: the curtains may not be down yet
After the Congress was ousted from power last year following a rebellion in Madhya Pradesh, the party is finding it difficult to keep its flock together in neighbouring Chhattisgarh. As chief minister Bhupesh Baghel returned to capital Raipur on Wednesday following hectic parleys with the party top brass and...
AIADMK alleges political vendetta in university renaming
The Opposition AIADMK on Thursday staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, protesting against the government’s decision to link a varsity in Villpuram, named after late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa with the Annamalai University and charged “political vendetta” behind the move by the DMK government in the state....
SC orders transfer of ex-Unitech directors from Tihar to Mumbai jail
New Delhi: Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra, the former Directors of Unitech, will be shifted from Delhi’s Tihar Jail to Mumbai’s Arthur Road and Taloja Jail, the Supreme Court ordered today. The order came after the Enforcement Directorate informed the court that it has found a “secret underground office”...
Rane asked to appear before cops next week
Mumbai: Narayan Rane, who was arrested yesterday in Maharashtra over his “slap Uddhav Thackeray” comment and granted bail within eight hours, has been asked to appear before the police in Nashik on September 2. One of the four FIRs against Narayan Rane has been filed in Nashik. The notice...
7 of 20 ‘sulking’ MLAs back CM Amarinder Singh
Seven of the 20-odd Punjab Congress MLAs and ex-MLAs, who were purportedly party to the demand for the removal of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, categorically disassociated themselves from any such move on Tuesday evening. Denying outright being part of what they termed as a conspiracy hatched by a section...
Is there anything wrong in the arrest of a Union minister?
Union Minister Narayan Rane, arrested for his controversial remark against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Here are a few aspects of the action: If Parliament is not in session, a cabinet minister can be arrested by a law enforcement agency in case of a criminal case registered against him....
16 of 78 evacuees from Afghanistan test Covid-positive
New Delhi: Sixteen Afghanistan evacuees out of the 78 that landed in India yesterday are coronavirus positive. As a measure of precaution, all 78 have been quarantined. India has stepped up efforts to evacuate its citizens as well as Afghan citizens fleeing their country because of the worsening security situation...
Uddhav in crucial meeting with top MVA leaders on Rane arrest
A crucial meeting will begin shortly at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s official residence Varsha in Mumbai. The meeting will be attended by top leaders of Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government in the state to discuss about matters related to Union Minister Narayan Rane’s arrest throughout...
BJP slams Rane’s arrest, but distances itself from minister’s remark
Mumbai: The BJP distanced itself from Narayan Rane’s controversial remarks about slapping Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, but at the same time backed the Union Minister today. While party chief JP Nadda said the minister’s arrest was a “violation of constitutional values”, the state’s leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis...
Mamata says caste-based Census OK if there is consensus
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she will accept a nationwide caste-based census if all political parties reach a consensus on the matter. Banerjee’s statement came at the backdrop of a 10-party delegation from Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Amarinder Singh to meet farmer leaders
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will on Tuesday meet farmer leaders over sugarcane prices and clearance of pending dues as the agitation over the issues entered its fourth day on Monday, impacting rail services and road traffic. Farmers have blocked a national highway and rail tracks over the issues...
BJP seeks treason charges against Sidhu aides
A day after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh slammed advisers to PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu over their remarks on Kashmir and Pakistan, the BJP upped the ante seeking ‘treason’ charges against the two. The demand came at a time when Sidhu reportedly summoned the advisers, Malwinder Singh...
Congress raps Chouhan govt over bad roads
As the local civic agencies have been filling potholes on the roads of state capital Bhopal after directives from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Congress party has intensified attacks on the state government over poor condition of the roads. One of the Congress MLAs and former minister PC Sharma...
363 MPs, MLAs face criminal cases, says poll rights group
A total of 363 MPs and MLAs face criminal charges that, in case of conviction, will lead to their disqualification under the Representation of People Act, poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said. Thirty-nine ministers at the Centre and in states have also declared criminal offences that...
NIA says Elgar Parishad accused wanted to wage war against nation
Mumbai: The NIA in its draft charges submitted before a special court in Mumbai in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case has claimed the accused wanted to establish their own government and “wage a war against the nation”. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted the draft earlier this month and...
