The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the establishment of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) with headquarters in India with a one-time budgetary support of Rs 150 crore for a period of five years from 2023-24 to 2027-28, an official statement said.
The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren seeking permission to attend the budget session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.
After 15 BJP MLAs were suspended from the Assembly by Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania for allegedly creating a ruckus in the House, the Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur on Wednesday alleged that the move was part of a ploy to pass the budget and save the Congress government.
Opposition leaders in Maharashtra staged a protest on the steps of Vidhan Bhavan against the government over issues concerning farmers and said the growers were not getting proper value for their produce
All six of the rebel MLAs were staying at a hotel in Haryana since Tuesday left for Shimla for the Budget Session of the state assembly on Wednesday morning and were landed in Shimla by chopper.
On the second day of the budget session of the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday, the state's Finance Minister Dr Prem Chand Agarwal presented the annual budget for the fiscal year 2024-25.
BJP MLAs who were suspended are former CM of the state and current leader of opposition in the assembly Jai Ram Thakur, Vipin Singh Parmar, Randheer Sharma, Lokinder Kumar, Vinod Kumar, HqnsRaj, Janak Raj, Balbir Verma, Trilok Jamwal, Surender Shori, Deep Raj, Puran Thakur, Inder Singh Ga
Mahajan, while speaking to ANI on Wednesday said that several Congress legislatures are in touch with the BJP and the state is going to witness a change in the government.
The meeting comes a day after the ruling Congress's Abhishek Manu Singhvi lost the Rajya Sabha election to the BJP's Harsh Mahajan despite the Congress enjoying a comfortable majority in the state assembly.
Coming down heavily on the state government over the interim budget presented by Deputy CM and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and spokesperson Anand Dubey said on Tuesday that this budget is not for common people.
Presenting the budget to the House, Neiphiu Rio said, "The estimated gross receipts at Rs 23978.05 crore, and gross expenditure at Rs 23727.88 crore for the financial year 2024-25" were estimated and he added that due to improvements in receipts, the state's closing accumulated deficit ha
"Under the able guidance of respected Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi, our double engine government has today presented an inclusive and development-oriented budget of Rs 89,230 crore for the overall development of Uttarakhand," Dhami said in a post on 'X'.