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Panneerselvam commences discussions with BJP's Tamil Nadu unit
Highly-placed sources in the Panneerselvam camp told IANS that the veteran leader, who is out of reckoning in the AIADMK, is trying to wield his power within his Thevar community and trying to enter into a bonhomie with the state BJP leadership.
After row, Sharad Pawar 'clarifies' on JPC probe remarks, bats for SC panel
The senior leader also frowned at the manner in which the names of industrialists like Ambani-Adani were being tossed around to target the BJP government at the Centre instead of bigger issues like inflation, unemployment and farmers.Clarifying his stance after the ruckus following his comments to a TV channel on Friday, Pawar said he was not opposed to the JPC probe, but if the Committee comprises 21 members, then 15 would be from the ruling side and the remaining six from the Opposition side.
Anil Antony gone, who's next in line?
Even though Anil had expressed his unhappiness with the party, where his father has been the biggest icon in Kerala, an earlier report attributing to Anil that he will not join the BJP, indicates that the decision was not impulsive. It seems to be a calculated move and the political grapevine is that there were discussions at the highest level in the BJP and when the green signal came, Anil took the plunge.
From Indira Gandhi to Modi, Bandipur has become world's top tiger habitat
Fifty years later, all eyes are on Bandipur Project Tiger Reserve again, not only because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coming there to inaugurate the celebrations to mark 50 years of Project Tiger, but bacause the reserve is recognized as the prime tiger habitat in the world today.
On Project Tiger's golden jubilee, PM to flag off Big Cats Alliance
The IBCA will focus on protection and conservation of seven major big cats of the world, namely, the tiger,lion etc,official sources said. The launch of the alliance is in line with the Prime Minister's appeal to world leaders in July 2019, when he had called for an alliance of global leaders to obliterate demand and firmly curb poaching and illegal wildlife trade in Asia.
No sweeping power or a draconian move: MoS IT on government's fact-checking unit
Replying to a tweet from Independent MP Kapil Sibal, Chandrasekhar said that the new IT rules "already provide for social media platforms to ensure nine types of content to be avoided on their platforms, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and misinformation, etc to qualify for legal immunity under the Section 79 of the IT Act".
More than 40 cr loans sanctioned under MUDRA scheme in last 8 yrs: Govt
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Since the launch of the scheme on April 8, 2015, as of March 24, 2023, about Rs 23.2 lakh crore has been sanctioned in 40.82 crore loan accounts. About 68 per cent of accounts under the scheme belong to women entrepreneurs and 51 per cent of accounts belong to entrepreneurs of SC, ST and OBC categories.
Watch | New song of 'UP Mein Ka Ba' fame singer targets Nitish-Tejashwi government
Neha's first 'Ka Ba' was released during the 2020 Assembly elections in Bihar, before she shot into fame with her track 'UP Me Ka Ba' that posed questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Reacting to Neha's song, actor and BJP MP from Gorakhpur Ravi Kishan had come up with a song supporting the BJP governments in UP and at the Centre.
RSS chief calls for moving forward on path of service for harmony
"We have to make every part of the society strong and the whole world a family while following the spirit of service. This is possible only when the work of service becomes a society-wide campaign. We have to make such an effort," he said at the inauguration ceremony of the three-day RSS-affiliated National Sewa Bharti's Seva Sangam.
'Winnability key criterion': Yediyurappa on tickets for Karnataka polls
"I will be leaving for Delhi in connection with finalising tickets. The matter needs to be discussed with the party's senior leaders. After a discussion, the candidates' list would be finalised," he said. The senior BJP leader said that "a list having two or three names for each constituency has already been sent to the high command".
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