Rahul Gandhi visits Medigadda barrage of Kaleswaram irrigation project in Telangana

Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited the Medigadda barrage of Kaleswaram project in Telangana, touted as the world’s largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, where cracks have developed in the pillars of the barrage. After inspecting the ‘damage’, Gandhi alleged that cracks have appeared in multiple pillars of the barrage due to shoddy construction. “Kaleshwaram…

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Oppn members storm out of Ethics meet along with TMC MP for undignified questions

New Delhi: Opposition members of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Thursday stormed out of a meeting along with Mohua Moitra, accusing the panel’s chairperson of asking the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP personal and unethical questions. “We found the ethics committee chairperson’s questions to Moitra undignified and unethical,” Congress MP and panel member N Uttam Kumar Reddy…

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Women’s Bill shouldn’t become ‘Home Rule’ for mighty: Prof. Shahida

Hyderabad: Dr. Shahida, Professor, Department of Women’s Education, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, has observed that the Women’s Reservation Bill cleared by the Parliament should not pave the way for the ‘home rule’ movement of the already established politicians and power-hungry forces in society. Addressing a well-attended webinar on ‘India’s Power-Sharing Politics: The Women Reservation…

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Kejriwal writes to ED demanding withdrawal of its notice; claims it is ‘illegal, politically motivated’

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday demanded the Enforcement Directorate (ED) withdraw its notice, summoning him for questioning, claiming it was “illegal and politically motivated”. The ED has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The probe agency will record…

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