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Revanth Reddy named Telangana CM, wait extends for four other states

5Dec

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Revanth Reddy named Telangana CM, wait extends for four other states

The Congress on Tuesday announced that its Telangana state unit chief, A Revanth Reddy, will be the new chief minister of the state. He will take the oath of office on Thursday. Of the five states that went to the polls, Congress won the majority in Telangana. The Zoram Peoples Movement (ZPM) won in Mizoram. Its leader Lalduhoma, a 74-year-old former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is likely to take oath on December 8. There was no clarity on who the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may pick as chief ministers in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the three Hindi heartland states where it secured a majority. Top BJP leaders Amit Shah and J P Nadda consulted with state in-charges on Tuesday. In Jaipur, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje ...

Maha CM announces Rs 45,000 cr package for development of Marathwada

16Sep

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Maha CM announces Rs 45,000 cr package for development of Marathwada

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday announced a package of Rs 45,000 crore for the development of Marathwada region in the state. Apart from this, he also announced revised administrative sanctions for irrigation projects worth Rs 14,000 crore. He made the announcements at a press conference here after a special meeting of the state cabinet. The state government held the cabinet meeting in the city on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Marathwada Liberation Day, also known as Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din, celebrated on September 17 annually. Marathwada was once a part of the Nizam-ruled Hyderabad kingdom. It was after a gap of seven years that a meeting of the state cabinet was held in Marathwada. The last such meeting was organised in the re...

Delhi schools to remain closed on Monday due to incessant rain: CM Kejriwal

9Jul

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Delhi schools to remain closed on Monday due to incessant rain: CM Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal All the schools in Delhi will remain closed on Monday in view of the incessant rain in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced. Delhi recorded 153 mm rain in the 24-hour period ending at 8:30 am on Sunday, the highest in a single day in July since 1982, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. An interaction between a Western Disturbance and monsoonal winds is leading to an intense rainfall spell over northwest India, including Delhi, which experienced the season's first "very heavy" rainfall on Saturday. "In view of the torrential rains in the last two days and keeping in mind the warnings of the meteorological department, all schools will remain closed on Monday," Kejriwal said in a tweet i...

NCP’s Ajit Pawar sworn in as deputy CM in Eknath Shinde-led Maha govt

2Jul

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NCP’s Ajit Pawar sworn in as deputy CM in Eknath Shinde-led Maha govt

Marking a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), its senior leader Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government as deputy chief minister on Sunday. The presence of NCP president Sharad Pawar and party's working president Supriya Sule at the Opposition meeting in Patna had irked Ajit Pawar and his supporters, sources said. While Ajit Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister by Governor Ramesh Bais at the ceremony held in the Raj Bhawan, eight other NCP leaders took oath as ministers. Those who were sworn in as ministers are Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Aditi Tatkare, Dharmarao Atram, Anil Patil and Sanjay Bansode. Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, who was present i...