Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Wednesday the state government for putting up pointed barricades near the Vidhan Sabha ahead of the party's planned protest, comparing them to those used during the farmers' protests at the Ghazipur border.
BJP MP Dinesh Sharma has expressed his support for the 'One Nation, One Election' bill, citing its potential to boost India's GDP and reduce the financial burden of frequent elections on the government treasury.
Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader and MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday questioned the Telangana government over the cost of the proposed beautification project to revive the Musi River. She criticized the government for applying for a loan of Rs 4,000 crore without proper details about the project.
Gogoi argued that the cost of conducting elections, such as the Rs 3,700 crores spent on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections--representing only 0.02 per cent of the annual budget--is negligible compared to the far-reaching implications of the bill.
The protest was sparked by the recent announcement of job vacancies where only Urdu, Persian, and a few other languages were considered, leaving out Dogri, a key language spoken by a significant portion of the Jammu region's population.
Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, said that the Government of India had taken major steps for the "training, capacity building, and modernisation of coastal police" in the country.
Delhi government on Tuesday mandated the use of energy-efficient appliances, including BLDC fans, 5-star rated air conditioners, and other high-efficiency devices, across all its buildings to conserve electricity in the national capital.
The government is ready to collaborate with the industry to address challenges that could hinder achieving the target of 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, the Minister of New & Renewable Energy Prahlad Joshi stated on Tuesday.
The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the state government and other concerned authorities in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the rejuvenation and restoration of a waterbody located in Naraina/Mayapuri in the national capital
Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the work done by Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma-led BJP government in Rajasthan and said that the BJP's double engine government is becoming a symbol of good governance.
As INDIA bloc opposed the One Nation, One Election bill, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju slammed Congress saying, "Does they mean to say that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's government for so long was illegal"
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Tamil Nadu government to file a report identifying the causes of pollution in the Vaigai river and the proposed action plan to deal with the problem.