Tag: Chief Minister

Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday announced that Naya Raipur smart city, will be renamed as “Atal Nagar” in honour of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away on August 16 in New Delhi. After a cabinet meeting here, Singh announced that along with renaming of Naya Raipur, the Bilaspur University, […]

Kolkata: West Bengal will contribute Rs 10 crore to Kerala as relief fund following the devastating floods, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday. “My heart goes out to the people of Kerala battling #KeralaFloods. In this hour of crisis, to stand beside the flood-affected people of Kerala, we have decided to make a contribution […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday flagged off an exposure visit of top 20 winners of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) edition here. The budding astronomers selected across Odisha will visit the Space Application Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at Ahmedabad. Besides, they will also get opportunity to interact […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4pm on Saturday. Bharatiya Janata Party legislative party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa was on Thursday sworn in as the Chief Minister after the May 12 elections threw up a hung assembly. The BJP had won 104 seats in the Assembly […]

New Delhi: A day after BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister dashing the hopes of JD-S-Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he spoke to Janata Dal-Secular supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and wished him on his birthday. “Spoke to our former Prime Minister Shri H.D. Deve Gowdaji and conveyed birthday wishes […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a provision of a law that allowed government accommodation to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers, terming it “arbitrary and discriminatory” as it violated the concept of equality. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said once a Chief Minister demits office, there was nothing to distinguish […]

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has called for strengthening the state’s radar system so that timely alerts can be issued for natural calamities. The Chief Minister’s directions came on Saturday when she presided over a review meeting to monitor the rehabilitation works in Alwar, Dholpur and Bharatpur where over 30 people were killed and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested the Central government to consider setting up an integrated coach factory for aluminium-bodied train sets in the state. In a letter to Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, a copy of which was released to media, he said the state government is extremely keen to set up the […]

Jammu: Two BJP ministers who had attended a rally in support of the accused in Kathua rape and murder case on Friday resigned from the Jammu and Kashmir cabinet led by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Sources in the know of the development said that after the Chief Minister demanded their resignation, Ministers Choudhary Lal Singh […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said the State government has decided to establish 50 more courts while it has established 170 courts in the last four years. “Our state government is committed not only to the cause of justice, but also justice at the doorstep for the people of Odisha. In the process, […]

New Delhi: As many as 11 out of a total number of 31 Chief Ministers of various states and union territories (UTs) in India have criminal cases against them while 25 of them are crorepatis, an analysis of their self-sworn affidavits furnished during the assembly elections has revealed. The analysis, by Association for Democratic Reforms […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to consider allocation of at least 10 IPS officers on the basis of Civil Services Examination-2017 to help the state meet its requirements. In a letter to the Home Minister, Patnaik said such allocation will help meet the requirement at the supervisory […]

Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the new 12.64 km section of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line and along with Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took a ride in the train. The section connects Botanical Garden station in Noida to south Delhi’s Kalkaji Mandir station. The Botanical Garden-Kalkaji section […]

New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said that after the “resounding” success of the “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” scheme, the Ministry is now targeting the problem of malnutrition. “After the resounding success of Modiji’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme that brought about a phenomenal change in the mindset, a similar […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said a total 973 MSME units in the state have been given incentives of Rs 80.50 crore, generating employment to nearly 22,200 persons. While launching the online administration of incentives for MSMEs (AIM) here, he said the incentives have been given to the units since 2011-2012. MSME entrepreneurs […]