September, 2019
Narmada Dam Fully Filled ‘Before Schedule’ for PM’s Birthday, Affecting Life of People, Says MP Minister
This change of schedule has disturbed the relief and rehabilitation works underway in the areas submerged under the dam water in four districts of MP, Bala Bachchan said. Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bala Bachchan on Tuesday claimed the Sardar Sarovar Dam was filled up to the full reservoir level “ahead of its schedule” to facilitate celebration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday at the dam site. He said this disturbed the relief and rehabilitation works underway in the Madhya Pradesh areas submerged under the dam water. Modi, who turned 69Read More
When Former J&K CM is Under Arrest, Where is the Normalcy?: Owaisi on Farooq Abdullah’s Detention
Condemning the use of PSA against Farooq Abdullah, Asaduddin Owaisi questioned how the former J&K chief minister could be a threat as he had met PM Narendra Modi a day before the abrogation of Article 370. New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Centre for reiterating that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is normal as it defended the prohibitory orders in the state before the Supreme Court. “When a former chief minister is under arrest, what normalcy are youRead More
In Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu Region, Political Violence Evokes Memories of a Centuries-old War
The YSRCP-TDP tussle is just the latest chapter in the area’s bloody history where two stepbrothers and kings fought the Mahabharata of their era In the 12th century, two royals and stepbrothers were engaged in a bitter conflict in Palnadu, part of present-day Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district. Before his death, king Anuguraju of the Palanati Kalachuri dynasty had anointed his son Nalagamaraju as his successor and left him to the care of the minister Brahmanaidu. Nalagama’s stepbrother was Malidevaraju, who was married to a princess of the Kalyani branch ofRead More
‘UP Can Look at Rolling Out NRC in Phases’: After Khattar, CM Yogi Bats for Crackdown on ‘Outsiders’
The chief minister’s statements come a day after his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar said NRC would be implemented in the state. New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called the implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) an “important and brave” decision of the government and said the state can look at rolling out the exercise in phases if the need arises. “In the first phase, it has been Assam and the way it is being implemented there, it can be an example for us. Using their experience,Read More
Centre Running on ‘Gujarat Model’ to Harass Opposition Leaders, Says Congress’ Digvijaya Singh
Singh said though action has been taken by the CBI and ED against P Chidambaram, the officers on whose recommendation/consent the former Union minister took decisions have been spared. Mathura: Accusing the Centre of political vendetta, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said the Narendra Modi government is running on the “Gujarat model” of governance to harass opposition leaders. “Sending former Union finance minister P Chidambaram to jail is an evidence of misuse of the CBI, ED and the IT department for implicating opposition leaders,” Singh said on Friday evening. HeRead More