Category: Politics

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav met Shri Alok Sharma, UK COP26 President today. Both leaders discussed how India and the UK can continue working together to deliver the Glasgow Climate Pact and how India-UK collaboration on climate action can be strengthened under the 2030 Roadmap. Shri Yadav expressed his appreciation for the leadership of COP26 President and his continued engagement with all stakeholders for the successful conclusion of COP26 of the UNFCCC. He emphasised the need for continued momentum of climate action and delivery…

Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Khatik resigned and later said he would work for his department. The minister alleged that he was being ignored by officials as he is Dalit and alleged corruption in his department. Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Khatik resigned alleging that he was sidelined by officials for being a Dalit, in a move that exposed the power tussle between bureaucrats and ministers in the state Dinesh Khatik, Minister of State for Jal Shakti department, sent a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah stating the officials in his department…

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has sought a court-monitored SIT probe against Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab in an alleged land conversion case. Kirit Somaiya in his plea said that Anil Parab and his aide got agricultural land and converted into non-agricultural land to build a resort on it. BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Friday moved the Bombay High Court seeking a investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) or directions to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR against Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab for alleged illegal…

West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee were arrested today by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the state’s alleged teacher recruitment scam. The arrest comes just a day after Rs 20 crore was recovered from Arpita’s home. While the CBI is looking into the alleged irregularities committed in the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment, the ED is tracking the money trail in the scam. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE Updates: ED detains Arpita Mukherjee day after recovering Rs 20 crore The Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained…

After a section of the newly-inaugurated Bundelkhand Expressway caved in on Thursday, Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh have started hitting it out at the BJP governments in the state as well as at the Centre The expressway, which was inaugurated last week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, got damaged at Chhiriya Salempur in Jalaun Tehsil. Videos tweeted by the Samajwadi Party and the Aam Aadmi Party showed repair work with the help of a JCB being carried out at the damaged section of the expressway. On its Twitter account, SP tweeted that rains have exposed the incomplete Bundelkhand Expressway, while…

Congratulating Droupadi Murmu on her win in the presidential poll, Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha said as the 15th president, she functions as the “custodian of the Constitution” without fear or favour. NDA nominee Murmu crossed the 50 per cent mark after the third round of counting to emerge victorious in the poll over her rival Sinha. Sinha also expressed concern over the country’s situation in a statement, saying that India has never seen “political corruption of such magnitude”, and this, coupled with the “poisonous politics of polarisation”, poses a grave danger to…

Akhilesh Yadav‘s comment comes in the wake of the central government imposing 5 per cent GST on packed curd, lassi, paneer and buttermilk from July 18. Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday took a dig at the BJP government for bringing milk products under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying it has “hurt” Krishna devotees by imposing a tax on milk, curd etc. Yadav’s comment comes in the wake of the central government imposing 5 per cent GST on packed curd, lassi, paneer and buttermilk from July…

According to government sources, 17 MPs and 104 MLAs cross-voted for Droupadi Murmu in the presidential election.. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday thanked the ministers in his cabinet who cross-voted for Droupadi Murmu in the presidential election. NDA’s candidate Droupadi Murmu won the election and will become India’s next President While celebrating Murmu’s win, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “I extend my heartfelt thanks to the MLAs of other parties who, after listening to the voice of their conscience, decided to make Draupadi Murmu the next president.”…

The Prime Minister‘s Office has ordered an inquiry against UP Health Department ACS Amit Mohan Prasad following a complaint over alleged irregularities in transfer-posting. In a major development, a complaint was made to the Prime Minister’s Office about Amit Mohan Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary of UP’s Medical and Health Department. The PMO has ordered Chief Secretary Uttar Pradesh to conduct an inquiry. The complaint against Amit Mohan Prasad was made to the PM’s office over alleged irregularities in transfer-posting in the department. Complainant Mahesh Srivastava alleged that the Prasad stopped…

The government told the Parliament on Tuesday that more than 3.9 lakh Indians have renounced their citizenship in the past three years. Among the 103 countries, America emerged as the top choice where the emigrants settled. According to the date tabled by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, more than 1.63 lakh Indians relinquished their citizenship in 2021 alone. Of them, more than 78,000 took US citizenship, it added. While 1.44 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in 2019, the data showed that the numbers fell in 2020 to 85,256 in 2020, before rising again last…