Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday slammed the opposition, claiming that a tendency has developed among them "not to allow" speeches of "indigenous Hindu MLAs" in the assembly.
Sarma also said he will not refer to Bengali-speaking Muslims as 'Miya' from now, after opposition MLAs from the community stated that they have not endorsed the terminology.
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JMM legislator from Ghatshila, Ramdas Soren, is likely to replace Champai Soren in the Jharkhand cabinet, an official said on Thursday. The development follows resignation of the former chief minister from the JMM, as a minister and an MLA on Wednesday. He is scheduled to join the BJP today.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra today during which he will address Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2024 in Mumbai and lay foundation stone of Vadhvan Port project worth around Rs 76,000 crore in Palghar, his office said.
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In its charge sheet filed in May 2023, the CBI had accused Tytler, a former union minister, of “inciting, instigating and provoking the mob” which had assembled near the Pul Bangash gurdwara on November 1, 1984.
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JMM legislator Ramdas Soren on Friday took oath as a minister in the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand. The Ghatshila MLA replaced former chief minister Champai Soren in the state cabinet.
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Waqf Amendment Bill JPC Chairman and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, and BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi have arrived for the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
"In the last 10 years, there has been an investment of more than 31 billion dollars. In the last 10 years, there has been an increase of 500 per cent in Fintech startups. Cheap mobiles, data and zero balance account under the (Pradhan Mantri) Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) have done wonders in the nation," PM Modi said at Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2024 fest in Mumbai.
Delhi's Rouse Avenue court adjourned till September 5 the hearing arguments on the sentence to AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal and two others. One of the convicts Harish Jarwal has moved high court for quashing of conviction by the trial court.
Former Jharkhand CM and ex-JMM leader Champai Soren said, "On August 18 itself, I had posted about the politics that happened with me in the party that I made with my blood and sweat. I thought that I would form a new organisation or if I find a partner, I would join them for the betterment of Jharkhand. We have got a good partner in the form of BJP. I am going to join in BJP today. We will fight for Jharkhand like before. I will work for the development of Jharkhand, to save the existence of tribals. We will develop Jharkhand"
"No CM in BJP-ruled state will resign because they don't think it's their responsibility to maintain peace, law and order in their state. They want to ask the resignation of CM in opposition-ruled state but they don't want to resign in the state where they rule despite the whole world speaking about what is happening in Manipur," said Congress Rajya Sabha MP Naseer Hussain on Manipur CM N Biren Singh's 'why should I resign' remark.
The NCP (SP) on Friday latched onto Shiv Sena minister Tanaji Sawant’s remark that “he feels like vomiting after sitting next to NCP ministers”, saying it’s time for the BJP to throw Ajit Pawar's party out of Mahayuti.
It's also the time for Ajit Pawar to "wake up and smell the coffee", said the rival party led by his uncle Sharad Pawar.
The BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and NCP are the partners in the ruling coalition Mahayuti.
After I was put under surveillance by Jharkhand govt in Delhi, Kolkata, my resolve to join BJP strengthened, Champai Soren said in Ranchi.
With ethnic violence gradually subsiding, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has promised to fully restore peace in the state in six months with the Centre's help, and also ruled out stepping down, saying he has neither committed a crime nor spawned a scandal.
Simply apologising for the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj will not suffice as the episode has "hurt the pride of Maharashtra", senior Congress leader Nana Patole said on Friday while reacting to the statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi on Friday apologised to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and those hurt by the collapse of the warrior king's statue in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district.
"Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is not just a name or a king. For us, he is our deity. Today, I bow my head at his feet and apologise to my deity," Modi said during his address in Palghar.
via PTI