POLITICS
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Apr- 2025 -21 April
You were not an election commissioner but ‘Muslim commissioner’ says Nishikant Dubey to Quraishi on Waqf Act criticism
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey remarked former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi saying You were not an election commissioner but ‘Muslim commissioner’ following Quraishi ‘s comments on Waqf (Amendment) Act New Delhi: After causing an uproar with his remarks against the Chief Justice of India, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Sunday fired a salvo at S Y Quraishi, saying he was not an election commissioner but a “Muslim commissioner”, after the latter criticised the Waqf (Amendment) Act as a “sinister and evil plan of the government to grab Muslim lands”. Quraishi is a former Chief Election Commissioner of India. Dubey’s religious barb at the former CEC came a day after his vitriolic attack on the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna,…
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21 April
Bengal CM Mamata is spreading ‘hatred’ under garb of ‘peace message’ says Suvendu Adhikari
Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of spreading “hatred” under the garb of her “Peace Message” Kolkata: Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of spreading “hatred” under the garb of her “Peace Message”. “In a shameless spate of events, the hypocrisy of the Chief Minister of West Bengal is getting even more unravelled. She is misusing her official position and in the garb of issuing a so-called “Peace Message” (mis)using her letterhead. She is spewing venom, hatred while doing vote bank politics,” Adhikari said in a statement. In an open letter, which was circulated from her office on Saturday night, the Chief Minister…
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21 April
INDIA coalition will continue in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, says Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav asserted that the opposition INDIA coalition will continue in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and called BJP ‘land mafia party’ Prayagraj: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav asserted on Sunday that the opposition INDIA coalition will continue in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav asserted that the opposition INDIA coalition will continue in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections He attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging it was trying to grab land like the mafia through the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. Addressing a press conference, Yadav said that the “PDA (Backward, Dalits, and Minorities) would uproot the BJP” from the state in the 2027 assembly elections. When asked about the INDIA bloc, he reiterated, “INDIA…
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21 April
Waqf Act row: SC to hear PIL seeking judicial probe into Bengal’s Murshidabad violence on Monday
The Supreme Court is slated to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking judicial enquiry on the violent protests erupted against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in West Bengal’s Murshidabad New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the formation of a five-member judicial enquiry commission under the chairmanship of a retired apex court judge to enquire into the violent protests erupted against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in West Bengal’s Murshidabad. As per the causelist published on the apex court’s website, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N.K. Singh will take up the matter for hearing on April 21. The plea seeks directions to the West Bengal government to file a status report on the clashes/riots…
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21 April
Piyush Goyal’s likely visits to London, Oslo, Brussels to begin from April 28
Goyal’s five-day visit to these cities aims to boost India’s trade, investment ties with UK, Norway and EU New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s likely visits to London, Oslo, and Brussels are expected to begin on April 28, an official said. The five-day visit to these cities is aimed at further boosting India’s trade and investment ties with the UK, Norway, and the European Union, the official said. The London visit is key as the negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement between India and the UK are progressing towards the final stages, with both sides working to resolve the remaining issues. Sources have indicated that another full round of negotiations with the UK is unlikely as discussions are…
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20 April
Telangana: Rain, hailstorm leave crops on 1,900 acres damaged in Medak
Flooded procurement centres damage harvested paddy at several p[laces; farmers in Medak, Sangareddy and Siddipet suffer massive losses Medak: Unseasonal rains continued to haunt the farmers of erstwhile Medak district as rains and hailstorm lashed the district multiple times damaging standing agriculture and horticulture crops. Farmers in Medak, Sangareddy and Siddipet suffered massive losses as rains and hailstorm lashed several parts of these three districts. According to initial enumeration carried out by the officials, crops were damaged on 1,900 acres in Medak district alone due to Friday rains while the enumeration of crop loss is still underway in Siddipet and Sangareddy districts. The rains lashed the erstwhile Medak district on Saturday as well causing huge amounts of loss to the farmers.…
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20 April
Six Guarantees: 500 days, and Telangana still waits
Key schemes including Rythu Bharosa, Mahalakshmi, Cheyuta and Yuva Vikasam have not been implemented by the Congress in the entire form HYDERABAD: Five hundred days and Telangana is still counting. From farmers and students to the elderly, from women to the unemployed youth, all those who have been waiting for implementation of the Six Guarantees appear to have lost hope. On November 30, 2023, the Congress party issued front page advertisements in all newspapers assuring that the Six Guarantees would be implemented within 100 days after coming to power in the State. On December 7, 2023, the Congress government was sworn in. Soon after assuming charge, Cabinet Ministers again assured that the guarantees would be implemented within 100 days. On October…
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20 April
Telangana: SCCL gets permission for CBSE school in Godavarikhani
Besides well qualified teaching faculty, spacious classrooms, labs, playground and other facilities are developed in the school Peddapalli: Singareni got permission to run Godavarikhani sector-3 school with CBSE syllabus from this academic year. In this regard, the Central Board of Secondary Education issued orders by sanctioning CBSE school to Singareni on Saturday. In order to improve education standards in singareni schools, SCCL Chairman and Managing Director N Balram has decided to introduce CBSE syllabus in Sector-3 school, Eight Incline colony, Ramagundam-II area and approached CBSE last year. Besides well qualified teaching faculty, spacious classrooms, labs, playground and other facilities are developed in the school. After examining all the facilities, CBSE gave permission. Out of nine schools being run by the company…
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20 April
Hydraa demolishes illegal constructions worth Rs 4,000 crore in Hafizpet, Raidurg in Hyderabad
The properties allegedly belonged to a development group belonging to a political leader from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (Hydraa) on Saturday took up demolition of constructions estimated to be worth Rs 4,000 crore that had come up in around 39 acres of allegedly disputed land in Hafizpet and Raidurg in the city. The properties on encroached land were in the Sy No.79 of Hafizpet and allegedly belonged to a development group belonging to a political leader from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Several constructions were said to have come up on the land tract despite it being involved in legal issues pertaining to encroachment of government land. Incidentally, the Hydraa had responded to a complaint…
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20 April
Telangana: Two inter-district agriculture pump sets thieves arrested in Peddapalli
Around 39 agriculture motors, 750 meter service wire, autorickshaw trolley and mobile phones recovered from them Peddapalli: Potkapalli police arrested two inter-district agricultural pump sets thieves and recovered 39 motors from them. Producing the accused before media persons at Potkapalli police station on Saturday, Peddapalli DCP Pulla Karunakar explained the modus operandi of thieves. Sirigiri Prasad and Angidi Saikumar of Odela were arrested for stealing agricultural motors. While conducting vehicle checking near Shanagonda on the outskirts of Jammikunta on Saturday morning, police found two persons moving in an autorickshaw trolley under suspicious circumstances. On checking the vehicle, cops found agriculture pump sets, electricity service wire and other material. On questioning, Prasad and Saikumar confessed to the crime of stealing motors. In…
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