Manipur Congress party has requested the Centre to declare the recent hailstorm destruction as a natural disaster and provide a relief of Rs 200 crore to the affected people. Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Keisham Meghachandra in a letter to Prime minister Narendra Modi sought the attention of the Prime minister towards the recent … Read more
Congress has opposed the Centre’s move to deny MSP benefits to farmers, especially of Punjab and Haryana, if they continue to burn farm stubble. Taking note of the ET report that revealed the Centre’s plans in this regard, Congress said instead of taking a comprehensive view on the multiple reasons for pollution in Delhi, the … Read more
The CBI is not under the “control” of the Union, the Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court while raising preliminary objections on a lawsuit filed by the West Bengal government on the agency going ahead with its probe in several cases without the prerequisite nod from the state. The West Bengal government has filed … Read more
NASHIK: Bringing much-needed relief to onion cultivators, specially across Maharashtra, Centre allowed the export of nearly one lakh tonnes of the kitchen staple, mainly sourced from Maharashtra, to six neighbouring countries – Bangladesh, Sri lanka, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius, and the UAE. Centre has also permitted the export of another 2,000 tonnes of white onions cultivated … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the central government over the fast-tracking of the appointment of two new election commissioners and not granting sufficient time to the leader of Opposition to express his views on the shortlisted candidates. A division bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta verbally observed that the government … Read more
Supreme Court of India New Delhi: The Kerala government on Wednesday refused to accept a one-time bailout package of Rs 5,000 crore offered by the Centre before the Supreme Court. A bench, headed by Justice Surya Kant, was hearing a suit filed by the state’s Pinarayi Vijayan government challenging ceiling limits imposed by the Centre … Read more
The Union government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it is ready to allow the Kerala government to borrow an additional ₹5,000 crore in the current fiscal year as a one-time measure. However, it will be subject to certain conditions to be imposed in the next financial year. Additional Solicitor General N Venkataraman also … Read more
TIPRA Motha chief Pradyot Debbarma breaks his fast at Baramura Hills on Sunday. (Image: News18/Ritul Bhagabati) Debbarma was fasting-unto-death to demand a permanent resolution for the issues confronting indigenous people TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma called off his fast-unto-death at Baramura Hills (Hatai Kotor) in West Tripura on Sunday, which was the fifth … Read more
Congress General Secretary in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh, slammed the Centre on Friday over the reported rise in rejection rates of the Employees Provident Fund final settlement, claiming that the defining feature of the “anyay kaal” of the last 10 years has been that no community could get their full due. “The defining feature of the … Read more
Tara is one of 32 rescued elephants housed between India’s only elephant hospital, the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital Campus, and the nearby 20-acre Elephant Conservation and Care Centre, both on the outskirts of Mathura, a city three hours’ drive from India’s capital, New Delhi. Tara gets a manicure. Photo: Siddharth Khandelwal “Each of them has … Read more
