Alleging injustice to Karnataka in the interim budget by the Centre, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar accused the BJP-led central government of not releasing drought relief funds and announced that the state unit of the Congress party, will protest on February 7 in New Delhi
The two-day-long annual planning meeting of the priority of the legislators begins in Shimla on Monday, ahead of the state budget which is scheduled for February 17.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the state government was committed to empower the farmers to realise its vision of a prosperous Himachal.
Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured him of fulfilling the demands raised by Chief Minister MK Stalin to release relief funds for flood-battered districts of the state.
Chandrasekhar said that PM Modi immediately released Rs 1,000 crore for the district and will give all possible help to the people of Chennai to recover from the cyclonic incident.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will be donating his one-month salary to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund to help Tamil Nadu's recovery from Cyclone Michaung havoc.
Amid the destruction caused by Cyclone Michaung in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an immediate interim relief fund of Rs 5060 crores.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Union Bank of India A Manimekhalai presented a check of Rs 1.52 crore for the disaster relief fund to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here on Wednesday.
Reacting to the BJP's decision to conduct a statewide study tour to assess the drought situation in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called it a farce and demanded BJP leaders to make an appeal to the centre for relief fund.
Siddaramaiah posted on X, "Despite our state's significant contributions, relief funds from the Centre have been elusive. It's not just during Congress-led or BJP's 'trouble-engine' administrations, Karnataka's problems have always been ignored by the BJP-led Union Government and we urge tha