POLITICS
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Apr- 2023 -22 April
Tirumala: Central government gives relief to TTD over foreign currency deposits
The central government suspended TTD’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRS) registration for violating certain rules and fined it Rs 14 crore. Hyderabad: The Central government has given permission to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams ( TTD) to accept foreign currency deposits offered by foreigners without details of the donors in the name of Srivari’s gifts. The Union Minister of Home Affairs said that only TTD is given such an exemption under Section 50(c) of the FCRS Act. Earlier, the central government suspended TTD’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRS) registration for violating certain rules and fined it Rs 14 crore. However, TTD negotiated with MHA for three months, and the penalty has been reduced to Rs 3 crore. TTD paid the penalty and renewed its FCRA registration in…
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22 April
If no appeal filed after an ex parte divorce within allotted time, any party may remarry: Delhi HC
On the grounds that she was unaware of the proceedings, the petitioner initially unsuccessfully challenged the divorce before an additional district judge 18 months after the date of the order. Source: IANS New Delhi: The Delhi High Court said that a divorce separates married couples, who lose their identity as husband and wife and even if the divorce is ex parte, either party may lawfully remarry if no appeal is filed within the allotted time. A division bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan observed it while considering a petition filed by a woman who contested a 2003 divorce order by a lower court in her absence based on her then husband’s plea, who has since re-married. On the grounds that she…
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22 April
PM Modi to travel over 5,000 km in 36 hours, attend 8 programmes in 7 cities
Starting from the national capital on April 24, the Prime Minister will first travel to central India – Madhya Pradesh. New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi will undertake a two-day tour panning over 5,000 km in various parts of the country in 36 hours starting April 24 and during which he will attend eight programmes and travel to seven different cities. Starting from the national capital on April 24, the Prime Minister will first travel to central India – Madhya Pradesh. After that, he will go to Kerala in the South, which will be followed by his sojourn to the Union Territory in the West, and then return to Delhi, officials said on Saturday. Detailing the itinerary of the Prime Minister’s long tour, the officials…
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22 April
Saket court firing: Shooter threatened to kill her several times, claims injured woman’s lawyer
The victim identified as M Radha was brought to the court on Friday when the accused in the firing incident Kameshwar Singh shot at her. New Delhi: The lawyer of the victim in the firing incident in Delhi’s Saket court has claimed that his client had been receiving death threats from the accused, who opened fire on the premises, despite she being granted a protection order by the High Court. The victim identified as M Radha was brought to the court on Friday when the accused in the firing incident Kameshwar Singh shot at her. Both have been undergoing trial in a case pertaining to some financial transaction, Radha’s lawyer claimed. Singh, who opened fire at the Saket court premises, has been arrested,…
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22 April
ISRO starts 25 hours countdown for PSLV C- 55 launch from Tirupati on Saturday
Two satellites, Teleos-2, which weighs 741 kg, and Lumilite-4, which weighs 16 kg, will be launched into Sun Synchronous Orbit (SOR) at a height of 570 km from the Earth during this launch. Hyderabad: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and New Space India are set to launch the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-55 at 2.20 p.m. on Saturday from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center in Tirupati. The countdown began at 12.50 p.m. on Friday. After a 25.30-hour countdown, the launch of the PSLV C-55 rocket will take place. Two satellites, Teleos-2, which weighs 741 kg, and Lumilite-4, which weighs 16 kg, will be launched into Sun Synchronous Orbit (SOR) at a height of 570 km from the Earth during…
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22 April
BJP plans 100 programmes in each Vidhan Sabha constituency
PM Modi’s Mann ki Baat turns 100 on April 30 The programme has shown a tremendous impact on Industries like Khadi, Indian Toy Industry, Startups in Health, AYUSH, Space etc. With its innovative and unique interactive style of presentation, the programme has carved out a niche for itself as a unique paradigm of communication, said the statement. New Delhi: As the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme “Mann Ki Baat” to be aired on April 30, the Bharatiya Janata Party will organise 100 programmes in each Vidhan Sabha constituency across the country. To make it special, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has put together a plan in place. The party assigned constituencies to Union Ministers, Lok…
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22 April
BSP’s Telangana Bharosa Sabha in Hyd on May 7, Mayawati as chief guest
Mayawati is coming to Telangana for the first time after RS Praveen joined the party and was made state BSP president. The leadership hopes to mobilize one lakh persons for the public meeting. ADILABAD: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will hold a ‘Telangana Bharosa Sabha’ in Hyderabad on May 7 in the presence of party president and former UP chief minister Kumari Mayawati. The present plan is to hold the meeting on Saroornagar grounds at 4pm on May 7. The meeting aims to extend ‘bharosa’ to the unemployed youth as also women and farmers and other sections of the population, who were deprived of their rights in the nine years of rule of the BRS in the state. Mayawati is…
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22 April
Electric Airplanes: India, Sweden look at future aviation evolution
Carlson in a meeting with Singh on Friday said: “When India plans investments in infrastructure and aviation, it also needs smaller aeroplanes. They work very hard on it in Sweden.” New Delhi: India, Sweden on Friday discussed how the two countries can learn from each other and work on the further development of the aviation sector.The discussions were led by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation General VK Singh and Sweden’s Minister for Infrastructure and Housing, Andreas Carlson. Carlson in a meeting with Singh on Friday said: “When India plans investments in infrastructure and aviation, it also needs smaller aeroplanes. They work very hard on it in Sweden.” He further said: “We see those electric aeroplanes in the developing…
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22 April
Some are pursuing politics of hate to try divide the country : Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed some people are trying to divide the nation by pursuing politics of hate and said that she is ready to give her life but “will not allow a division of the country”. Banerjee, speaking at a congregation for Eid namaz at the city’s Red Road, also urged people to unite and ensure that the right-wing BJP party is defeated in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. “Some people are trying to divide the country and practise politics of hate … I am ready to give my life but will not allow any division of the country,” she said, without naming anyone. Accusing the saffron camp of…
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22 April
D K Shivakumar’s nomination papers for polls in order
Over 3,000 candidates in fray after scrutiny Bengaluru: A total of 3,044 validly nominated candidates are in the fray for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, after their nominations were found to be in order during the scrutiny by electoral officials. This, however, is excluding five Assembly segments, as the scrutiny in Savadatti-Yellamma, Aurad, Haveri (SC), Raichur and Shivajinagar constituencies is not yet completed, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka said in a release on Friday. According to official sources, the nomination of state Congress President D K Shivakumar, who had expressed apprehensions about the possibility of his papers getting rejected, has been accepted. This comes after the Congress state chief claimed that the BJP’s IT cell…
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