Month: January 2022

Sarpanch post ‘auctioned’ for Rs 44.1 lakh in Odisha’s Bolangir, SEC initiates inquiry

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A meeting was held last week to ‘auction’ the sarpanch post for Rs 44.1 lakh in Odisha’s Bolangir district. The State Election Commission (SEC) has sought a factual report on the same matter by 5 pm today. Days before the nomination process for the panchayat elections began in Odisha, an influential group of people from a remote gram panchayat in Balangir district auctioned the post of sarpanch for Rs 44.1 lakh. While the nomination process began on Monday, the three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha will be held in five phases…

Strong reservations: Mamata to PM on proposal to amend IAS Rules

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In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wrote that the Centre’s proposed amendment is against the spirit of cooperative federalism. In a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her ‘strong reservations’ against the amendment to the IAS (Cadre) Rules,1954. She wrote that the approach followed by the Central government in proposing an amendment to the Cadre Rules to make the number of officers available for deputation as prescribed under the Central Deputation Reserve is something she has…

Jaishankar, UAE counterpart discuss terror attack; EAM conveys India’s support

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The foreign minister of the UAE shared the details of the attack with Jaishankar and conveyed the deepest condolences of his government on the deaths of the two Indians. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday strongly condemned the terror attack in the UAE during his telephonic conversation with the Gulf country’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and asserted that India will stand with the UAE in international forums on the issue, given its principled position against terrorism. Al Nahyan called up Jaishankar and expressed condolences over…

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma holds all-party meeting over Assam-Meghalaya border issue

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During the meeting, the political parties agreed with the decisions taken by the state government to settle the decade-long border dispute with Meghalaya.   To resolve the Assam-Meghalaya border issue in six out of 12 disputed areas, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday held a meeting with the representatives of all political parties of the state in Guwahati. During the meeting, the political parties agreed with the decisions taken by the state government to settle the decade-long border dispute with Meghalaya. A roadmap for amicable settlement has been…

UP elections: Mamata to campaign for Samajwadi Party

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West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee will campaign for the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, SP national vice-president Kiranmay Nanda said on Tuesday. While Banerjee will virtually campaign for the SP in Lucknow on February 8, she may also campaign digitally in Varanasi , Nanda told reporters following his 30-minute meeting with the TMC chief at her residence in south Kolkata. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav will take part in these, and the heads of the two parties will also hold…

Akhilesh Yadav will contest in UP elections as pressure mounts: Reports

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UP Assembly elections 2022: Akhilesh Yadav, the Azamgarh MP, never contested in the assembly election of the state before. He took the route of the legislative council when he became the chief minister in 2012. Former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will contest in the UP assembly election 2022, news agency ANI reported, quoting sources. In November last year, Akhilesh was believed to have said that he would not be contesting in the election. The Azamgarh MP has never contested in a state election…

Actor Dhanush and wife Aishwaryaa separate after 18 years of marriage

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In an announcement made by actor Dhanush today, he and his wife Aishwaryaa have decided to separate after “18 years of togetherness as friends, couple as parents and well-wishers to each other”. Aishwaryaa is the elder daughter of Megastar Rajinikanth and is a film director and playback singer. Dhanush took to Twitter to announce the separation and wrote, “18 years of togetherness as friends, couple as parents and well-wishers to each other. The journey has been of growth, understanding, adjusting, and adapting. Today we stand at a place where our…

Republic Day tableau row: Rajnath Singh responds to Mamata Banerjee, Stalin

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that out of 29 proposals for tableaux from states and Union Territories, 12 were accepted. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has written to the chief ministers of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu — Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin — respectively clarifying their allegations about the tableaux from their states being “purposely ignored” for the Republic Day parade The defence minister wrote back saying that out of 29 proposals from states and Union Territories, 12 were accepted. Responding to Banerjee’s letter written on December 16 stating that…

China’s population grew by less than half-a-million in 2021; birth rate falls for 5th consecutive year

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According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), at the end of 2021, China’s population on the mainland has grown to 1.4126 billion from 1.4120 billion in 2020. China’s population grew to 1.4126 billion by the end of last year, increasing by less than half-a-million as the birth rate fell for the fifth consecutive year, stoking fears of a looming demographic crisis and a consequent economic slowdown in the world’s most populous nation At the end of 2021, China’s population on the mainland has grown to 1.4126 billion from 1.4120…

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin requests PM Modi to include state’s tableau in Republic Day parade

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to PM Modi requesting the state’s tableau to be included in the Republic Day parade. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting the inclusion of state’s tableau in the upcoming Republic Day parade. Taking to Twitter, Stalin wrote, “In my letter to Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I’ve requested his urgent intervention to arrange to include the tableau of Tamil Nadu as this is a matter of grave concern to the State of Tamil Nadu…