Tag: Chief Minister

New Delhi: Soon after the Union Home Ministry on Thursday granted sanction to prosecute Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in a disproportionate assets case registered by the CBI, the BJP accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of misusing his post as he himself was “corrupt”. Speaking to reporters, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari said: […]

Bhupalpally/Nizamabad (Telangana): Calling Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao “Khao Commission Rao”, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lambasted him for enriching his family at the cost of Telangana, and promised all-round development if the Congress-led Peoples Front won the Assembly elections. Addressing successive rallies, Gandhi simultaneously targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and KCR for crony […]

Kolkata: Refuting media reports of alleged starvation deaths in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the deaths were either due to “age-related ailments” or “excessive liquor consumption”. “The reports that people from Sabar community have died due to starvation were absolutely false and fabricated. No one has died in Bengal due to […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday directed to allot houses under the Biju Pucca Ghar scheme to 13,000 families affected by severe cyclonic storm Titli in October this year. The government will spend Rs 176 crore for the construction of the houses. The Chief Minister also directed to issue all the work orders […]

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the union government was working on “various options within the ambit of the Constitution to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya”. On the second-day of his visit to the temple town of Ayodhya, the monk-politician prayed at the Hanumangarhi temple and declared that Ayodhya was […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the ‘Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium’ here on Tuesday. Accompanied by Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, Sports Minister Chetan Chauhan and Congress leader Rajeev Shukla, Adityanath was presented with a memento by Uday Sinha, the Managing Director of Ekana Sports […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched a scheme to increase the use of solar energy in the agriculture sector. Under the “Soura Jalanidhi” scheme, 5,000 solar pumps will be given to farmers with up to 90 per cent subsidy. It will create irrigation potential for 2,500 acres in the state, the Chief Minister […]

Jaipur: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday attacked the Modi government for making the farmers “suffer” and demanded that the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) be scrapped. Addressing a public rally here, he demanded that if a farmer suffers crop loss, the government should pay for it and not the insurance companies. “We demand […]

Gwalior (MP): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday alleged that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s family was involved in the multi-crore-rupee Vyapam scam that came to light a few years ago. On the campaign trail in Madhya Pradesh, where the Assembly polls will be held on November 28, Gandhi said the massive recruitment and […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, her son Tejashwi Yadav and others in a money laundering case related to the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract. Special Judge Arun Bhardawaj while granting bail to the accused, who were present in the court room, asked them to […]

Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday alleged that TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao, actor-politician Pawan Kalyan and YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy have colluded with the BJP to target him. With Telangana’s acting Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief Chandrasekhar Rao continuing his bitter attack on Naidu, calling him […]

Lucknow: After a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today, the Apple executive Vivek Tiwari’s widow Kalpana Tiwari said she sees a ray of hope as Adityanath had assured of all help and justice in the case. Vivek Tiwari was shot dead by an Uttar Pradesh Police Constable in Lucknow on Saturday on […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Tuesday said the DMK and Congress are to be probed by an international court for the `war crimes’ against the Sri Lankan Tamils in 2009. He said the DMK was a ‘company’ and not a political party. Speaking at a public rally in Salem, about 350 km […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call a special session of Parliament to discuss the Rafale deal. The Aam Aadmi Party and also demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the deal. Senior AAP leader and party’s Delhi convenor Gopal Rai also posed questions to Modi […]

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, against whom a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued by a Maharashtra court last week in a 2010 case, will not attend the court on September 21. Naidu, who is also the President of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), on Wednesday decided to send his lawyer to file a […]