Hyderabad: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has alleged that the promise of a golden Telangana “lies shattered” nine years after the state’s formation as it has been “betrayed” by governments of the BJP in Delhi and the BRS in Hyderabad. The party also claimed that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and his family have…
Jogbani (Bihar): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday announced that the Central government has identified 10 places to establish Land Customs Stations (LCS) in Bihar along the international border to improve bilateral trade between India and Nepal. An LCS is a facility providing transit, customs, immigration and cargo handling services for goods and passengers travelling…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claiming that the northeastern region is missing from a map of India shared by the party on social media. The grand old party’s MP from the state, Gaurav Gogoi, was quick to retort by asking the CM about the land…
New Delhi: Professor Abhay Karandikar, the director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, was on Saturday appointed the secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). He has been appointed to the post till the date of his attaining the age of 60 years, a Personnel Ministry order issued late Saturday night said….
Hyderabad: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said he would not be able to attend the flag hoisting function in the new Parliament building on Sunday and expressed disappointment over getting the invite “quite late”. He wrote to Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody saying that he received the invite for the function only in…
New Delhi: Ahead of the Parliament session, the government will hold a meeting with leaders of all parties on Sunday to brief them and hear their views, amid an intense buzz on whether it will have some surprise item up its sleeve during the five-day sitting. The unusual timing of the session, which begins on…
New Delhi: IRS officer Rahul Navin was appointed as in-charge director of the Enforcement Directorate on Friday on the completion of tenure of the incumbent Sanjay Kumar Mishra, officials said. According to an official order, Navin, a 1993-batch IRS officer, will hold the charge till the appointment of a regular director or until further orders. Navin…
Chennai: All party MPs from Tamil Nadu would present a memorandum to Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat urging the Centre to advise Karnataka to release Cauvery water to the state, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Saturday. Karnataka’s arguments against release of water to Tamil Nadu that has been conveyed to the…
Hyderabad: Top Congress leaders held deliberations on Saturday at the first meeting of the new CWC focusing on preparing a comprehensive road map for ensuring the party’s victory in the upcoming assembly polls in five states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. By holding the crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting in the Telangana capital,…
Bhubaneswar:The first meeting of the the high-level committee to examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous polls will be held on September 23, said former president Ram Nath Kovind, who heads it. The government on September 2 notified the eight-member committee to examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha, state assemblies,…
