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J&K govt rebuts Mehbooba Mufti's allegations on land allotment
Mehbooba told the media on Wednesday that the census of 2011 had stated that there are only 19,047 homeless in J&K while the Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha said that so far 1.45 lakh landless people had been provided 5 Marlas each to build their homes. In a detailed rebuttal to Mufti's allegations, the government said, "PMAY (Grameen) phase -1 started on 1.4.2016 in which 2,57,349 houseless cases were identified in J&K in SECC data 2011 .
Delhi govt, L-G lock horns over approval authority for appointments
The order stipulates that prior approval from the Lieutenant Governor is mandatory for all such appointments. "This will completely strangle the Delhi government and its services. I don't know what the Hon'ble LG aims to achieve by doing all this. I hope the Hon'ble Supreme Court immediately quashes it," Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on Thursday.
I was offered Dy CM's post by Trinamool before joining BJP: Suvendu Adhikari
“On December 1, 2020, I was offered the chair of Deputy Chief Minister, just a few days before I joined the BJP. But I did not accept the offer since I was determined to quit Trinamool. I was not stripped of any of the ministerial chairs that I held when I was with Trinamool. I had resigned from those posts voluntarily.
Bihar Education Dept bans entry of Minister's aide
A letter in this regard was issued by the office of Subodh Kumar, banning the entry of Chandrashekhar's personal secretary Krishnanand Yadav into the department offices for penning the letter to the Additional Chief Secretary.
Ajit Pawar pushes Uncle Sharad Pawar, 83, to 'retire and live 100 years'
Addressing a meeting of the breakaway NCP which joined the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government, Ajit Pawar asked: “Your age is already 83… Are you ever going to stop… There is a retirement age everywhere, IAS officers retire at 60. Even in politics, see BJP leaders retire at 75. There are examples of L. K. Advani or Murli Manohar Joshi. You just guide us and give us your blessings.”
Search on for new MP BJP chief, incumbent president's term may be extended
The party on Tuesday named Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy as Telangana chief, Sunil Jakhar (Punjab), former Union Minister D. Purandeswari (Andhra Pradesh) and Babulal Marandi as the Jharkhand BJP President.
Will BJP face wrath of Kol tribe in poll-bound MP after inhuman pee-gate?
Pravesh's shameful act has not only given the opposition Congress an opportunity to corner the BJP over 'atrocities' against people belonging to SC/ST communities, but also a chance to present itself as the 'sympathiser' of the downtrodden communities in the poll-bound state.
'Anything can happen in politics', ex-CM Bommai's remark triggers debate
Speaking to reporters Basavaraj Bommai stated that "we will have to wait and watch on what is going to happen. Anything can happen in politics," he reiterated. The statements have assumed importance in state politics and have become a topic of hot discussion on who will become Ajit Pawar in Karnataka politics.
Sharad Pawar warns Ajit Pawar-led rebels of ‘political annihilation’ by BJP
Addressing the first meeting after the vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in its silver jubilee year, Sharad Pawar (83) said that all the parties which allied with the BJP have ultimately been destroyed politically and the Ajit Pawar-led rebels would meet the same nemesis.
Will uproot Narendra Modi from power, asserts Lalu Prasad
Addressing party leaders and supporters on the occasion of 27th formation day of the party here, Lalu Prasad said: “The price rise of every essential is very high. Common people of the country are upset with it. Leaders of BJP-RSS have distorted the atmosphere of the country. They are pushing people to hatred."
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