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05 May

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says subsidy on electricity to become optional from October 1

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities will subsidize electricity only to those citizens of the national capital who want it. He said residents will be asked if they want to go ahead with the subsidy and the exercise in this regard will begin soon. “The Delhi government will now ask people whether they want to get electricity subsidy or not. From October 1, only those consumers who opt for it will be provided the subsidy," he said during an online briefing. Currently, customers in Delhi run a "zero" energy bill for…

04 May

PM Narendra Modi meets Queen of Denmark Margrethe II

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Queen of Denmark Margrethe II prolonged a warm reception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Copenhagen on Tuesday. Prime Minister Modi felicitated the Queen on the event of the Golden Jubilee of her reign, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Twitter. The 82-year-old Queen has been Denmark's reigning monarch for the reason that 1972. The Danish monarchy is one of the oldest in the world. “Her Majesty, the Queen of the Kingdom of Denmark, Margrethe II extended a warm reception to PM @narendramodi. Prime Minister felicitated Her Majesty on the event of the Golden Jubilee of…

01 May

“Kick Me Out If I Don’t…”: Arvind Kejriwal On Schools In Gujarat

editor0 CommentsPoliticalarvind kejriwal, Gujarat

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal these days made some other pitch for alternate in Gujarat, providing the governance mannequin that has been vastly profitable in Delhi and more recently, in Punjab. Citing the Delhi faculties in Gujarat's Bharuch -- where tribals form a chunk of the population -- he claimed the situation of faculties in Gujarat is truely bad."There are 6,000 government colleges in Gujarat, which have been shut. Many others are in dilapidated conditions. The future of lakhs of teens has been disrupted. We can alternate this future. The way we modified colleges in Delhi," the Delhi Chief…

30 Apr

BJP holds massive protest outside Kejriwal’s residence, demands reduction of fuel tax

editor0 CommentsPoliticalarvind kejriwal, BJP

Amid rising fuel prices, the Delhi unit of the BJP on Saturday staged a huge protest outside the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, traumatic that VAT be reduced on fuel. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first reaction to rising gas prices, had said some states had not reduced gasoline taxes. He asked these states to decrease taxes now. He said, "States like Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Telangana, Maharashtra, Kerala and Jharkhand did now not limit tax on fuel, and should do it now." "Centre decreased the excise obligation on fuel costs closing November and also requested states…

26 Apr

Following CM Yogi’s order, volume of loudspeakers at 17,000 religious places in UP lowered down

editor0 CommentsPoliticalUttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath

Last week, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stated that loudspeakers can be used at non secular places in the kingdom with permission however the sound have to not be heard backyard the premises concerned. Now, the quantity of loudspeakers at 17,000 religious places throughout the nation has been lowered. Those in cost of the spiritual locations have taken this step themselves. Additionally, audio system have been eliminated from a hundred twenty five places, as per the Additional Director General (Law and Order) of Uttar Pradesh Police. ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar also stated that protection arrangements are being…

26 Apr

Prashant Kishor Rejects Congress offer, won’t join party

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Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday declined the Congress offer to be a part of the birthday celebration and evolve its poll strategy and said more than him, the birthday celebration wants management and collective will to fix deep-rooted structural issues through transformational reforms. Kishor was asked by using Congress president Sonia Gandhi to join the celebration and be a phase of the Empowered Action Group-2024 and take care of its election method for upcoming polls. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Kishor has declined the provide and the birthday celebration appreciates his efforts and suggestions. Kishor had made a…

25 Apr

Protests In Paris After Emmanuel Macron’s Election Win, Police Use Teargas

editor0 CommentsInternational, PoliticalFrance

Riot police charge and spray teargas on protesters in central Paris after President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected on Sunday, social media footage showed. Police wanted to break up a crowd of ordinary youths who had gathered in the central locality of Chatelet to protest, photos on Twitter showed. Macron earlier defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a runoff vote on Sunday, using a second five-year term victory and averting what could have been a major political upset in another case. Although Macron won by a comfortable margin, the cost of abstention was expected to be high considering 1969, with…

16 Apr

Ousted Imran Khan asks for donations from foreign Pakistanis to topple ‘foreign-backed’ government

editor0 CommentsInternational, PoliticalPAKISTAN

Pakistan's ousted prime minister, Imran Khan, on Friday appealed to Pakistanis abroad to donate cash to his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to topple the "foreign-backed" government of Shehbaz Sharif. Ironically, Khan has urged Pakistanis abroad to donate to a political party that blames America for overthrowing its authority in Pakistan. In a Twitter video, he informed overseas Pakistanis about the namanzoor.com internet site that was collecting donations from them to topple Shehbaz Sharif's government and hold fresh elections. He called the operation "Haqiki-Azadi" and said that the "corrupt government" had put pressure on Pakistan's 22 crore people. Khan said the…

16 Apr

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee thanks voters of Asansol, Ballygunge as TMC inches closer to victory

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Mamata Banerjee thanked the voters as the TMC came close to winning the by-elections held in Asansol and Ballygunge in Bengal. On Twitter, she said, “I sincerely thank the electors of the Asansol Parliamentary Constituency and the Ballygunge Assembly Constituency for giving a decisive mandate to AITC birthday celebration candidates. We consider this to be our people’s heat Shubho Nababarsho gift to our Ma- Mati- Manush organization. Salute to the voters for reposing faith in us, but again.” TMC's Shatrughan Sinha is leading in Asansol seat by 1,02,000 votes, Babul Supriyo is also ahead in the Ballygunge seat. Babul Supriya…

16 Apr

Aam Aadmi Party announces 300 units of free electricity in Punjab from July 1

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The Bhagwant Mann-led AAP authorities in Punjab announced 300 devices of free electricity to households from July 1. The announcement was once made in classified ads posted by using the state's information and public family members department in a variety of newspapers on Saturday. It was associated to a 30-day document card of the AAP government in Punjab. A formal announcement is expected to be made later on Saturday. Giving 300 devices of free electrical energy was one of the important poll guarantees of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Punjab assembly election. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had on Thursday…