Jammu, March 5 (IANS) An uproar erupted in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday over the statement of senior National Conference (NC) leader and MLA, Ali Mohammad Sagar, seeking the resumption of talks with Pakistan. Sagar’s statement sparked a spar as the Leader of Opposition, BJP MLA Sunil Kumar Sharma said, “terrorism and … Read more
Mandya (Karnataka), March 4 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra stated on Tuesday that he will request Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to ensure that the upcoming state budget is farmer-centric. Speaking to the media after participating in a paddy transplanting event in the field of farmer Sukhendra Shivabasappa in Kottatti village, Mandya district, Vijayendra … Read more
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday urged Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil to allocate a fair share of Krishna River water to his state. Since the Krishna basin covers 70 per cent of Telangana and 30 per cent of Andhra Pradesh, the Chief Minister appealed to Patil … Read more
JAMMU, Mar 2: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has written a letter to the Government of Punjab seeking time-frame for release of water from prestigious Shahpur Kandi dam project on River Ravi as reportedly pondage of the reservoir has not reached the maximum level so far.Meanwhile, the Irrigation and Flood Control Department of the Union … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday directed Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to prepare a ‘Monsoon Action Plan’ to deal with water-logging by and asked Delhi Police to step up action against the network of Bangladeshi and Rohingya intruders. Chairing a review meeting on Delhi’s law and order situation, … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 28 (IANS) A Karnataka BJP delegation, led by Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka and State President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra, submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ahead of the presentation of the 2025-26 budget, demanding a special grant of Rs 15,000 crore exclusively for Bengaluru. CM Siddaramaiah is scheduled to present the … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) A Maharashtra family has made a desperate appeal to the central government for a visa after their 35-year-old daughter, Nilam Shinde, was left in a coma following a severe accident in California on February 14. Shinde’s father, Tanaji Shinde, has been struggling to secure a visa to travel to the United … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken a serious note of the sexual assault on a 26-year-old woman inside the bus in Swargate bus depot in Pune and asked the state police chief to submit a detailed investigation report. The Commission’s chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, in a letter to the state … Read more
Srinagar, Feb 26, KDC: A controversy has erupted over the alleged felling of green Chinar trees in Anantnag’s Rani Bagh, with National Conference (NC) MLA Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri demanding a high-level inquiry into the matter. However, the District Floriculture Office has refuted the claims, stating that only pruning of dried and hazardous branches was … Read more