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Jammu and Kashmir: 2,500 mobile toilets to be set up for Amarnath Yatra

Jammu, May 12 (PTI) Over 2,500 mobile toilets will be set up for the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, with most on the two routes to reach the cave shrine located at a height of 3,880 metres in the Himalayas, officials said. Scheduled to begin on July 1, the 62-day-long yatra this year could see...

PM Modi in Gujarat, to inaugurate and lay foundation stones of various projects

Ahmedabad, May 12 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the airport here on Friday morning for a daylong visit to Gujarat during which he will attend three programmes, including the 29th Biennial Conference of All India Primary Teachers' Federation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of projects worth around Rs...

Congress will win at least 141 seats, form majority govt in Karnataka: State party chief D K Shivakumar

Benglauru, May 12 (PTI) Congress state president D K Shivakumar on Friday junked the exit poll results in which the party, though it gains the highest number of seats, has to contend with a hung Assembly. He insisted that the party will win at least 141 seats and form a majority government. There was a wave...

Ban on ‘The Kerala Story’: SC seeks response of Tamil Nadu, Bengal govts

New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies of the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea of the producers of "The Kerala Story" challenging the ban in the two states. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha questioned the West Bengal government saying the...

Day after victory in fight for control over services, AAP govt moves SC alleging Centre blocking transfer of top babu

New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) A day after the Supreme Court held it has legislative and executive powers over all but three services, the Delhi government moved the apex court on Friday alleging the Centre was not implementing the decision to transfer its services secretary, a potential flashpoint in the running feud between the two. The...

Andhra Pradesh CM grants 1 lakh farmers rights to 2 lakh acres of British era ‘dotted lands’ in a single stroke

Kavali (Andhra Pradesh), May 12: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday released more than 2 lakh acres of land from the British era's revenue records category of 'dotted lands', in one stroke, to accord all rights on them to nearly 1 lakh farmers at a public meeting in Kavali in...

Formed govt within legal, constitutional framework, SC now has put its stamp on it: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

Mumbai, May 11 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said that he staked claim to form the government last June within the legal and constitutional framework and it has now got the stamp of the Supreme Court. Speaking to reporters here after the top court gave its judgment on the political crisis that...

BJP promises filling up two lakh govt job vacancies in Telangana

Hyderabad, May 11: Slamming the BRS government over the TSPSC paper leak issue, Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday said his party would fill up two lakh job vacancies and annually release 'job calendars' if it came to power in the state. Addressing a 'Nirudyoga March' (March in support of the unemployed) organised by...

Lieutenant Governor bound by aid and advice of council of ministers of Delhi govt: SC

New Delhi, May 11: The lieutenant governor is bound by the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers of National Capital Territory of Delhi in matters within the legislative scope of the national capital, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the term "administration"...

EC rejects Cong’s charge that EVMs used in Karnataka were earlier deployed in South Africa

New Delhi, May 11: The Election Commission (EC) rejected the Congress's claim on Thursday that the electronic voting machines used in the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls were previously deployed in South Africa and asked the party to "publicly expose" the sources that spread such false information. In a letter addressed to Congress leader Randeep Singh...

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