Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday met Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri at Parliament House and sought Puri's assistance to strengthen and harness the optimum level of Assam's hydrocarbon industry.
Speaking to the reporters, Chhattisgarh CM said that he is going to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday adding that the Home Minister is scheduled to visit the state on December 13 and 14.
Union Minister for state Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that there have been 730 suicides amongst Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), National Security Guard (NSG) and Assam Rifles (AR) from 2020 to 2024.
Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi, along with Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi and other Congress leaders, was stopped by the police at the Ghazipur border while attempting to proceed to Sambhal. They eventually returned to Delhi.
On Tuesday, VP Dhankhar questioned Shivraj Chouhan regarding the "promises" made to the farmers by the previous Union Agriculture Minister and urged for a dialogue with farmers.
Union Minister for Power and Housing and Urban Affairs on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Members of Parliament on the generation and demand of electricity under the National Electricity Plan, the Ministry of Power said in a release.
Union Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel will attend the BAPS Karyakar Suvarna Mahotsav scheduled to be held at Narendra Modi Stadium on December 7.
Names of other cabinet ministers will be finalised soon after discussions with partners in the Mahayuti alliance- the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar), said the Union Minister.
Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh welcomed Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar questioning Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan regarding the ongoing farmer protests.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore moved a motion of adjournment in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, urging the central government to reconsider its decision to impose 18 per cent GST tax on shops rental.
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday expressed concern over the situation in Bangladesh and said that it is being discussed and the whole world should "raise its voice" against this.