POLITICS
Nothing objectionable: Union Finance Minister Sitharaman on questioning Telangana official
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters on Saturday that she did not cross limits of parliamentary conduct while questioning Kamareddy district Collector about the share of the Centre and the state in supply of ration through public distribution system.
TRS hits back at FM Nirmala Sitharaman with PM Modi's pictures on LPG cylinders
The posters put up on cooking gas cylinders carried Modi's photographs along with price of each cylinder Rs 1,105. The TRS took the jibe at the Prime Minister over the massive hike in the price of cooking gas during the last eight years. The TRS leaders pointed out that the price of LPG was only Rs 410 in 2014 when Modi became the Prime Minister.
Kavita Krishnan quits CPI-MLL over some 'troubling political questions'
Krishnan was a politburo member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist-Liberation and had been a member of its Central Committee for over two decades. "I requested to be relieved of my posts and responsibilities in CPIML since I needed to pursue certain troubling political questions: questions it was not possible to explore and express in my responsibilities as a CPIML leader," she said in a social media post.
5 JD-U MLAs merge with BJP in Manipur
Manipur assembly Secretary K. Meghajit Singh said Speaker Thokchom Satyabrata Singh has accepted the merger of the five JD-U MLAs to the legislature party of BJP in the Manipur Assembly under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution. The five legislators who joined BJP are Khumukcham Joykisan Singh (Thangmeiband), Ngursanglur Sanate (Tipaimukh), Md. Achab Uddin (Jiribam), Thangjam Arunkumar (Wangkhei) and L.M. Khaute (Churachandpur).
MP Home Minister calls Shabana Azmi agent of Tukde-Tukde gang
Mishra made the controversial remark while reacting to Shabana Azami's comment questioning the release of 11 persons convicted for the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano during the Gujarat riots in 2002. Talking to mediapersons here, Mishra said these people don't utter even a single word when crimes are committed in a non-BJP state. "Why these people were silent when a minor girl was killed in Jharkhand, why did not they say a single word on the Udaipur murder? Because they see crime in only in BJP-ruled states. These people are agents and sleeper cell of Tukde-Tukde gang," Mishra said.
BJP's Giriraj Singh demands survey of mosques, madrasas in Bihar
Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister, Giriraj Singh has demanded a survey of madrasas and mosques in Bihar similar to that in Uttar Pradesh. "We demanded from the Nitish Kumar government to conduct survey on the madrasas and mosques of Bihar, especially in Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region. We must have data about who are running madrasas and mosques in these regions and who are staying in them," Singh said.
Azad rally in Jammu vs Congress rally in Delhi
While the Congress has tweeted a video of a protest by party workers in Azad's home block against him, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "This is ground reality, not reality manufactured by people sitting in New Delhi in Modi Sarkar sanctioned bungalows with huge lawns and planting fake news."
On 43rd wedding anniversary, CM Pinarayi Vijayan caught up with PM Modi
Chief Minister Vijayan has been accompanying the Prime Minister who has been attending a few programmes at Kochi since Thursday. Vijayan himself shared it on social media, which has started getting a lot of traction. It was on September 2, 1979, that Vijayan and Kamala, then a teacher at St. Joseph School, Tellicherry got married.
Mangaluru turns saffron ahead of PM Modi's visit
PM Modi is scheduled to reach Mangaluru at 2 p.m. and inaugurate, lay foundation stones for projects worth Rs 3,800 crore. The PM will then address a public rally for which the party leaders are making all-out efforts to gather a massive crowd.
Situation normal in J&K on Geelani's first death anniversary
Geelani passed away on September 1, 2021 after prolonged illness at the age of 92. To keep the situation under control, the J&K administration had tightened the security immediately after Geelani's death, including snapping mobile internet services. Daily life in the Valley was normal on his first anniversary on Thursday. All the educational and government institutions remained open, while the markets also saw the usual rush. Public transport also ran normally and no untoward incident was reported from anywhere. Heavy deployment of police personnel was seen in Srinagar as a precautionary measure.
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