In this regard, MoS Rai submitted the additional facts in both houses of the Parliament that furnishes that "the primary responsibility for disaster management, adequate preparedness measures, rests with the state governments concerned as per the National Policy on Disaster Management".
Accusing the central government of misusing the Raj Bhawan to destabilize the state government, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the Governor is acting as a puppet of the Central Government, BJP-JDS alliance.
In the wake of a catastrophic flood that has ravaged parts of Himachal Pradesh, the state government, led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, has mobilized extensive rescue and relief efforts. The disaster, triggered by a cloud burst, has left a trail of destruction in its wake, partic
The Indian Air Force has deployed one Chinook and Mi-17V5 helicopter to carry out human assistance and relief operations in the Kedar valley of Uttarakhand. They will be working in coordination with the state government authorities, said Defence officials.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will visit the Rampur area of Shimla on Friday to take stock of the damage caused by the cloudburst, a spokesperson of the state government said.
Founder of the Super 30 educational programme, Anand Kumar, on Thursday urged the central and state governments to form a "special cell" to address the issues of students of coaching institutes.
State Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasara alleged that the state government was not prepared to face the flood-like situation due to heavy rains in the state despite a warning being issued by the India Meteorological Department and four people were killed due to government apathy.
Amid the dispute over the 99-year lease of the British-era hydel power plant - Shanan Hydroelectric Project with Punjab, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presided over a high-level meeting of senior officers of the State Government on Thursday.
The Supreme Court ruled by a majority judgement of 6:1 that sub-classification within the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SCs and STs) reservation is permissible. As many as six separate opinions were delivered in the case.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said the Telangana government would decide to categorize ABCD according to the Supreme Court's verdict on SC Sub-classification. Responding to the landmark verdict given by the Supreme Court on SC Sub-classification in the assembly, Revanth Reddy an
"The village of Mundakkai, which has now been affected by the landslide, was identified as one of the 18 landslide prone places in the district disaster management plan. But the state government did not pay heed to it and now Kerala is paying the price because of the casual approach of the s
Kerala BJP chief K Surendran has said that the huge tragedy in Wayanad caused by landslides could have been prevented and alleged that the Kerala government led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan "ignored the alerts" sent by the central government