Select committee recommends undoing changes made to APMC law by previous BJP government

Select committee recommends undoing changes made to APMC law by previous BJP government

The Bill, which seeks to undo the changes that were brought by the BJP government in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, had been referred to the select committee by the Legislative Council. | Photo Credit: File photo Recommending reforms to the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) in the State, the select committee of the Legislative … Read more

Need to launch next phase of Smart Cities Mission: Parliamentary Committee

Need to launch next phase of Smart Cities Mission: Parliamentary Committee

Image for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A parliamentary committee has emphasised the need to launch the next phase of the Centre’s flagship Smart Cities Mission with a thrust on tier-2 cities located within 100 km of State capitals. The Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs also cautioned that digital infrastructure created under … Read more

District Congress Committee presidents insist that ‘regulars’ be overlooked in favour of hard workers for the Lok Sabha tickets

District Congress Committee presidents insist that ‘regulars’ be overlooked in favour of hard workers for the Lok Sabha tickets

The District Congress Committee presidents in Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, who met with the TNCC president K.S. Alagiri to discuss preparations in the lead-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, have reportedly pushed the State leadership to distribute Lok Sabha tickets to ‘new faces’ instead of those from ‘well-known Congress families’ here in Chennai … Read more

NMC to constitute committee on the issue of live surgeries

NMC to constitute committee on the issue of live surgeries

For representation. | Photo Credit: AP The National Medical Commission (NMC) will constitute a committee on the issue of live demonstration of medical surgeries and discuss with stakeholders the way forward on the subject, noted a senior health official. Last month, the Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre and the NMC in a plea … Read more

Etala Rajender: From a strong Left-wing ideology to BJP’s campaign committee chairman

Etala Rajender: From a strong Left-wing ideology to BJP’s campaign committee  chairman

Etala Rajender | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Youngsters who were involved in Left-student politics full-time for many years rarely end up on the other side of the political ideology spectrum. Even if they do, they do not figure in the higher echelons of the right-wing political parties. Etala Rajender, who is now making waves for … Read more

Cauvery Committee retains water release recommendation of 3,000 cusecs to T.N.

Cauvery Committee retains water release recommendation of 3,000 cusecs to T.N.

Water flowing out of the Krishna Raja Sagar dam built across Cauvery river in Mandya district, Karnataka | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) has directed Karnataka to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at 3,000 cusecs daily from October 15 to 31, retaining the flow rate mandated from October 1 … Read more

Three notices against Derek O’Brien sent to Rajya Sabha privileges committee

Three notices against Derek O’Brien sent to Rajya Sabha privileges committee

Three privilege motions moved by BJP MPs Biplab Kumar Deb, Dr. Anil Agarwal and Bhubaneswar Kalita against TMC Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien. File | Photo Credit: – Three privilege motions moved by BJP MPs Biplab Kumar Deb, Dr. Anil Agarwal and Bhubaneswar Kalita against Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien … Read more

Jharkhand High Court sets 45-days deadline for forming high-level committee to ensure return of funds by chit-fund companies

Jharkhand High Court sets 45-days deadline for forming high-level committee to ensure return of funds by chit-fund companies

Jharkhand High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Jharkhand High Court has set a deadline of 45 days for the State government to form a high-level committee to ensure the return of funds invested by people in various chit-fund companies. A division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Ananda Sen … Read more

Haj Committee chairman fined for installing cut-out on road

Haj Committee chairman fined for installing cut-out on road

Telangana State Haj Committee chairman Mohammed Saleem was slapped with a fine for allegedly installing a large cut-out on the road. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s Directorate of Enforcement Vigilance and Disaster Management fined Mr Saleem, who also served as a Member of the Legislative Council, ₹5,000 for the offence. E-Challan generated for the post … Read more

Govt. constitutes committee to propose amendments to Wildlife Protection Act

Govt. constitutes committee to propose amendments to Wildlife Protection Act

The government has constituted a high-level committee chaired by the Chief Secretary to propose necessary amendments to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, to seek the removal of “impractical” legal restrictions and hindrances in controlling wild animals that wander into human-inhabited areas. The Additional Chief Secretaries of the Forest and Environment Departments, the Head of the … Read more