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Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami inaugurated a number of projects via video conferencing on Tuesday. He inaugurated a sub-station of the Electricity Department at Vedaranyam, set up at a cost of ₹23.81 crore, and six sub-stations in Chengalpattu, Dharmapuri, Karur, Thanjavur, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram districts at a cost of ₹42.05 crore. He also inaugurated a new office building for the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Ltd. in Chennai, was built at a cost of ₹56.1 crore.Honouring achievers Mr. Palaniswami also inaugurated buildings of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu, which was built at a cost of ₹21 crore, and presented a cheque of ₹40 lakh to K. Sagayabharathi, who won medals at the 5th World Carrom Championships and ₹5 lakh to D. Gukesh, who qualified as an International Grand Master in chess in 2019.The Chief Minister also inaugurated buildings of the Animal Husbandry Department at a cost of ₹3.2 crore, the Dairy ... » Learn More about Chief Minister inaugurates sub-stations, new buildings

Wanaparthy Superintendent of Police Apoorva Rao received praise from Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday as the latter tweeted about her efforts in rescuing migrant labourers. A team of Sidhi district worked with Ms. Rao’s team after being alerted about 43 migrant labourers from MP who were stranded at Peddagudem village in Wanaparthy Rural mandal. They were working as ‘bonded labourers’ at Peddagudem Sarpanch’s sugarcane fields. Mr. Chouhan said the labourers were on their way home and congratulated the officials for their ‘good work’ “I congratulate the team of Sidhi Dist. Admin. & @SPWanaparthy Ms. Apoorva Rao for the prompt response. Keep up the good work!” he tweeted. Speaking to The Hindu about the rescue operation, Ms. Rao said that a labour contractor brought the workers to the district to harvest sugarcane crops and work at a sugar factory. However, he developed some issues with the factory owner and abandoned them. “As a result, the ... » Learn More about MP Chief Minister lauds Wanaparthy SP

New Delhi: Actress Urvashi Rautela, who will be next seen in the web series Inspector Avinash is shooting for the same in Lucknow right now. The actress had the opportunity of meeting the honourable Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with the other members of the "Inspector Team". CM Yogi Adityanath recently announced that he will make a film city in Uttar Pradesh, due to which he is having constant meetings with all the Bollywood stars like Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Urvashi Rautela, and others . The entire cast, which included Urvashi, Randeep Hooda, director Neeraj Pathak, and some others had a heartfelt meeting with the CM. View this post on Instagram A post shared by URVASHI RAUTELA (@urvashirautela) On the work front, Urvashi was previously gave seen 'Virgin Bhanupriya', Sanam Re, Kabil etc. The UP CM assured full cooperation from the government. The CM wants the team ... » Learn More about Urvashi Rautela meets Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during Inspector Avinash shoot in Lucknow- In Pics

The MoS was accused of sexual harassment from his former colleagues during his stint as an editor; allegations which he has termed as “baseless” and “fabricated”. The women who brought down M J Akbar IMAGE: M J Akbar has been accused of sexual harassment by about 20 women while he was an editor. Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI Photo M J Akbar stepped down as junior external affairs minister on Wednesday, the proverbial centre of India’s darkening #MeToo storm and the first high-profile head to roll in the movement that has banded diverse women against the spectrum of sexual misconduct ending in rape. President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignation of M J Akbar from the Union council of ministers on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. In a statement, the Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said, “The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of M J Akbar from the Union Council of Ministers, ... » Learn More about M J Akbar resigns as minister over #MeToo allegations

Puducherry: Amid a political crisis in the Union Territory, a floor test in Puducherry Assembly is set to take place on Monday (February 22) as per directions of Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan. "I am supporting the existing government. I don't want to change my opinion. I think the existing minister will not have majority support in the assembly," said V Ramachandran, Independent MLA (MAHE constituency) at Puducherry Assembly. Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy has reached the Legislative Assembly to take part in the much-awaited floor test. "We are going for the floor test today. Till now, we have the majority," said RKR Anantharaman, Chief Whip Puducherry. This comes after two Congress MLAs A John Kumar and Lakshmi Narayanan and DMK MLA K Venkatesan resigned from their Assembly membership. Earlier, the Lt Governor ordered a floor test in assembly on February 22. Puducherry is going to Assembly polls later this year. The dates are yet to be ... » Learn More about Political crisis in Puducherry: Chief Minister V Narayanasamy faces floor test

'The present government's greatest weakness is its intolerance. Tolerance is the key tenet of democracy. How can any government stop someone from speaking one's mind?' H e is perhaps India's only chief minister who doesn't own a home, a car or a hefty bank balance. He lives on the Rs 10,000 that his party -- the Communist Party of India-Marxist -- gives him and donates his salary as chief minister to the party fund. Meet Manik Sarkar , Tripura's longest-serving chief minister (he has been in the post since 1998), who feels simple living should be every Communist leader's 'religion.' The chief minister's wife Panchali Bhattacharya, a former central government employee, is often seen going to the market in Agartala by cycle-rickshaw to buy fish and vegetables. Manik Sarkar spoke to Indrani Roy/ Rediff.com at the Tripura secretariat in Agartala on how he keeps the Left flag aloft in Tripura, the tribal-non tribal equations in his state, the Modi government and ... » Learn More about The chief minister who lives on 10,000 per month!

NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister JP Nadda and former state minister Jai Ram Thakur are the frontrunners for the BJP's Chief Ministerial pick for Himachal Pradesh, sources have said. The search for a CM face for the hill state after the party's CM candidate PK Dhumal lost in Sujanpur , and its state president Satpal Singh Satti lost in Una. The BJP parliamentary board met on Monday evening to decide on who would lead its government in Himachal Pradesh. The party had displaced the ruling Congress government, winning 44 of the 68 seats , which is a shade short of an absolute majority. Jai Ram Thakur won from the Seraj constituency in Mandi District, beating the Congress candidate by a margin of about 11,000 votes. He had served as a minister for rural development and panchayati raj in the previous BJP government in Himachal Pradesh. Jagat Prakash Nadda has been part of the Narendra Modi Cabinet since 2014, and is considered to enjoy the trust of PM Modi and BJP chief ... » Learn More about JP Nadda, Jai Ram Thakur frontrunners in BJP race for Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister

Minister for Animal Husbandry Udumalai Radhakrishnan said that Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami will inaugurate the Veterinary Sciences College at Thalaivasal here on February 22. Mr. Radhakrishnan reviewed the progress of various works at Advanced Institute for Integrated Research on Livestock and Animal Sciences at Thalaivasal. Talking to presspersons, Mr. Radhakrishnan said that the construction works for Veterinary Sciences College and Research Park have been completed and the Chief Minister would inaugurate the park on February 22 afternoon. He added that Mr. Palaniswami would also distribute orders for college admission on the same day. Mr. Radhakrishnan said that Mr. Palaniswami had launched three veterinary sciences colleges in the State in the same year and admissions were progressing at all the three places. He added that the Thalaivasal institute would be the fifth college in State. “At ₹118 crore, the veterinary college has been constructed in an area of 73,8 ... » Learn More about Chief Minister to inaugurate veterinary college on Feb. 22

The health condition of former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has deteriorated, CM Sarbananda Sonowal said on Monday as he prayed for the recovery of the Congress leader. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, CM Sonowal said that he cancelled his programmes midway to be on the side of Gogoi and his family. He tweeted, "Flying back to Guwahati from Dibrugarh after cancelling my programmes midway to be on the side of respected Tarun Gogoi da & his family as the former CM's health deteriorates. He has always been a father figure to me. I join millions in praying for his recovery." Flying back to Guwahati from Dibrugarh after cancelling my programmes midway to be on the side of respected Tarun Gogoi da & his family as the former CM's health deteriorates. He has always been a father figure to me. I join millions in praying for his recovery. @GauravGogoiAsm — Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) November 23, 2020 The octogenarian leader, undergoing ... » Learn More about Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s health deteriorates, says CM Sarbananda Sonowal

Rupani tested positive for the virus a day after he fainted during a rally. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday tested positive for the novel coronavirus . The development comes less than 24 hours after the leader fainted during a rally in Vadodara's Nizampura. Rupani's (64) condition is fine. However, he would be kept under observation for 24 hours. On Sunday, Rupani was in Vadodara for the upcoming civic polls in the state, following which, he was flown to Ahmedabad and admitted to a hospital. The doctor of the hospital had said that he fainted due to tiredness and dehydration. Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani collapses while addressing public gathering 00:18 Chief Ministers of several states including Karnataka, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa had earlier tested positive for the virus. ... » Learn More about Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani tests positive for COVID-19