In a development that is likely to have far-reaching political implications, both at the national and State level, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced her party’s support to the Congress’ Rajya Sabha nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Ms. Banerjee made the announcement hours after State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that Mr. Singhvi […]
» Read moreAndhra Pradesh’s Telugu Desam Party pulled out its two Ministers from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Cabinet on Thursday over the issue of according Special Category Status to the State. Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Minister of State for Science and technology Y.S. Chowdary submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thanked him for the […]
» Read moreAndhra Pradesh’s Telugu Desam party pulled out its ministers from being part of the NDA cabinet late on Wednesday night, just a couple of hours after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ruled out the possibility of grant of Special Category Status (SCS) for the State. TDP, Ashok Gajapathi Raju and minister of state Y S Chowdary will resign from the government […]
» Read moreWith the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) threatening to quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday stepped in to pacify the sulking partner saying the Centre is committed to giving Andhra Pradesh financial assistance equivalent to a special category State. Mr. Jaitley said he agreed with the assessment that Andhra Pradesh was financially suffering after Telangana was […]
» Read moreUnion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday assured the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) that announcements would be made soon on a special package for the State and four of the other 19 demands of the party. The assurance came at a late-evening meeting between a TDP delegation, led by Union Minister Y.S. Chowdary and State Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, and […]
» Read moreEven as the administration of a noted Pune school denied allegations that its staff had strip-searched several female students on suspicion of copying during the ongoing HSC exams, State Education Minister Vinod Tawde on Monday ordered a thorough probe into the incident. The Education Minister met with Pune legislators Neelam Gorhe (Shiv Sena) and Medha Kulkarni (Bharatiya Janata Party), both […]
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