Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019

The West Bengal BJP will take relatives of party workers who died in alleged political violence during the past year to New Delhi for a “public tribunal”, in a move to counter the Trinamool Congress’s Martyrs’ Day rally. Party sources said the families were also likely to meet Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah to seek justice. The ‘public tribunal’ A senior state BJP leader said the families of 23 victims would speak about continuing violence and what the party calls an undemocratic atmosphere in the state, atRead More

On Monday, Andhra Pradesh became the first state in India to set aside jobs for young local people, when its Assembly passed a law titled the “Andhra Pradesh Employment of Local Candidates in Industries/Factories Act, 2019”. The law reserves 75 per cent of posts in factories, industrial units, joint ventures and projects run under the public-private partnership model for local people. What the law says Under the new Act, a company that cannot find local workers with the skills it needs must train them in partnership with the state government.Read More

Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha on Monday added his voice to those calling for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to become party president, describing her as a truly committed leader who would give the party a boost. The Congress has been facing a leadership crisis since Rahul Gandhi resigned. Sinha’s tweets In a series of tweets, the actor-turned-politician said Priyanka’s prompt intervention after the Sonbhadra killings reminded him of the late Indira Gandhi, recalling that in Belchi she had travelled on an elephant. He said Priyanka had acted with determination, accepted arrest withRead More

The Karnataka Assembly was adjourned late on Monday night without a vote on Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s confidence motion, even after three days of debate, as the Congress and JD(S) pressed for voting to wait for a Supreme Court ruling. Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar then fixed a fresh deadline, saying the discussion would end by 4pm on Tuesday and voting would be completed by 6pm. The rebel MLAs, for their part, sought a month’s time to appear before him. A stormy Monday It was 11.45pm when the Speaker finally adjournedRead More

The Centre has decided to withdraw the Z+ category National Security Guard (NSG) ‘black cat’ commando cover of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, which he was given in 2012 under the UPA government. The move comes nearly a year after he vacated his government bungalow. The decision According to sources, the decision followed a comprehensive review by the Union Home Ministry of VIPs protected by the Central Armed Police Forces, and was based on threat assessments by central and Uttar Pradesh intelligence agencies. About 22 NSG commandos carrying sophisticated weaponsRead More