India calls on Canada to respect Vienna convention on diplomatic relations

New Delhi: India on Thursday called on Canada to provide for a conducive environment in line with provisions of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations so that its officials can discharge their duties without any hindrance or security concerns.

India’s fresh call to Ottawa came days after certain pro-Khalistani elements in Vancouver attempted to disturb a camp organised by the Indian consulate in that city.

Also Read

Nijjar’s Killing: Jaishankar asks Canada to provide evidence

The ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations in September of “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

India strongly rejected the allegations.

“Our High Commission and consulates in Canada regularly organise consular camps. One such camp was organized near Vancouver on November 12 to provide life certificates to pensioners,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said during his weekly media briefing.

“The event was held successfully despite attempts by a few radical elements to cause trouble. Our Consul General was not present at that camp,” he said.

“We reiterate the need for nations to respect the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations so that our diplomats can discharge their diplomatic obligations,” he added.

Asked about reports of an incident near Brampton during Diwali, Bagchi it was sort of an “unrest’ between two groups.

As regards to events that you alluded to near Brampton in Diwali. I think that was more in the nature of unrest between the two groups, he said.

“I don’t think there has been any complaint that our consulate has received… I saw some social media reports. We also understand that the authorities there are looking into that incident,” he said.

Days after Trudeau’s allegations, India temporarily suspended issuance of visas to Canadian citizens and asked Ottawa to downsize its diplomatic presence in the country to ensure parity.

Canada has already withdrawn 41 diplomats and their family members from India. India has resumed some of the visa services.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/G5vnMiI

Microsoft Windows 10 just got a lot smarter with generative-AI powered Copilot

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/gaD4LPY

Virat Kohli’s 50 ODI centuries: A breakdown

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/s3KYBiy

Sahara Group founder Subrata Roy dies at 75

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/IDCXxT3

Udupi quadruple murder: Police arrest man who worked at Mangaluru airport, suspect workplace-linked motive

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/VZDiIfF

Cricket World Cup: Slow pitch expected for Wankhede semifinal, on Team India’s insistence

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/5hsq26e

Mali’s army claims capture of rebel stronghold Kidal

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/ZIubJQp

CM Siddaramaiah calls HDK anti-poor for speaking against Cong’ guarantees

Bengaluru: Accusing JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy of hating the poor, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the voters will teach his party as well its ally BJP a lesson in the Lok Sabha elections.

In a message on micro-blogging site ‘X’, formerly Twitter, Siddaramaiah hit out at former CM Kumaraswamy.

Also Read

Karnataka police launch hunt for miscreant who harassed woman techie

“Why do you hate poor people? It has become a habit for you to talk bad about our guarantee schemes which are dedicated to uplift the poor families. Your baseless opposition means opposing the upliftment of poor families. It is time to introspect your intent,” the Chief Minister said.

Siddaramaiah said crores of people are benefitting from the guarantee schemes and those celebrating these schemes include the voters of BJP and JD(S).

He even asked Kumaraswamy to go to the villages and talk to the beneficiaries there.

The guarantee schemes are mainly designed to benefit the poor people of the state. It is neither a tax waiver to help the rich, nor is it a loan waiver scheme, Siddaramaiah pointed out.

The Chief Minister took a dig at Kumaraswamy for not speaking against the Centre. Instead, he has made the task of opposing guarantee schemes as his motto, he charged.

“You’re attacking me on a daily basis with false accusations. If criticising me gives you peace of mind, please continue. I can understand your disappointment and frustration after the election defeat,”
Siddaramaiah quipped.

According to the Chief Minister, the entire country is laughing at the hypocrisy of the BJP.

“Until recently, the BJP, which used to make fun of all such schemes, including guarantee schemes, as “freebies’, has included all such “freebies’ in the election manifesto of five states. But now, Kumaraswamy
doesn’t have the guts to question this hypocrisy of the BJP,” Siddaramaiah said.

Guarantee schemes were part of the Congress party’s election manifesto and people gave his party the mandate based on the promises, he added.

Siddaramaiah warned Kumaraswamy for speaking against the guarantees.

“If you continue to oppose the guarantee schemes, the wise voters of the state will teach both BJP and JDS parties a lesson in the next Lok Sabha elections as well,” he said.

Kumaraswamy has been critical of the Congress government saying that its guarantees are not being implemented in toto and are flawed.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/up8ncDe

26 locations show increase in decibel levels; NGO data says ‘loudest’ Diwali since 2021

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/4BaGn7N

Biden dismisses poll surveys showing him trailing behind Trump

Washington: US President Joe Biden has dismissed poll surveys predicting he was trailing behind his predecessor Donald Trump in five swing states sayin,g “I am beating Trump in eight of the ten states polled so far”.

Biden told reporters here: “You don’t read the polls. Ten polls, eight of them, I’m beating him (Trump) in those states – eight of them.”

Also Read

US elections: Trump is threatening to come back; Joe Biden is trying to foil his bid

Biden said as he prepared to leave for Illinois to talk to United Auto Workers there.

Biden dismissed questions about polling – actually, a sobering New York Times/Siena College poll released Sunday that showed the president trailing GOP front-runner Donald Trump in five of six battleground states, according to US News.

Asked if he thought he was trailing in battleground states Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, the President said: “No, I don’t.”

Biden campaign operatives say they expect a close race next year and are preparing for it.

And while some Democrats — notably, most recently, former Barack Obama senior adviser David Axelrod — have suggested Biden step aside, the President’s team says history shows Biden should not be underestimated.

Pollsters across both aisles have been debating if poll surveys showing Biden trailing behind Trump in five swing states showed the Democrat’s agenda of abortion rights that won them three key states — Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio — were two different issues.

In the 2020 primary season, many poll pundits dismissed Biden’s chances.

Democrats are having a great year at the polls themselves, with Tuesday’s 0ff-year elections showing a near sweep of key elections capping a year when the party’s candidates have well over performed in state and local races and won every state referendum on abortion rights, media reports said .

“I do think at some point this is a Biden problem, not a Democratic Party problem,” said GOP strategist Jason Cabel Roe, former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party.

Despite Democratic wins this year and last year, “I do think he’s vulnerable – absolutely,” Roe adds.

Democrats have deftly used abortion rights to win not only a referendum on the issue in Ohio but the Kentucky governor’s race and key state legislative seats as well.

Republicans’ troubles arise from voter anger – especially among women, who make up the majority of voters – over the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health Organization that took away the guaranteed right to an abortion in reversing the Roe vs Wade case verdict which held good for several years, reports said.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/i756Xon

Pakistan: Justice (retd.) Hussain takes oath as caretaker CM of KP

Peshawar: Justice (retd.) Arshad Hussain was on Sunday sworn in as the interim chief minister of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a day after caretaker chief minister Muhammad Azam Khan died following a brief illness.

Governor Haji Ghulam Ali administered oath to Hussain at a ceremony in Peshawar.

Also Read

Indian and Pakistan soldiers exchange sweets on Diwali along LoC

Hussain, who was appointed as the law minister in the interim provincial cabinet earlier this year, has served as the chief justice of the Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit Baltistan.

Earlier, his name was finalised for the post at a meeting here called by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ali.

Ali invited the leader of the house, former chief minister Mehmud Khan, and the ex-leader of Opposition of the dissolved assembly Akram Khan Durrani to seek a consensus candidate for the caretaker chief minister.

The meeting agreed on Hussain’s name, which was proposed by Durrani and supported by Khan. The name was subsequently sent to the KP governor, who approved it.

The post fell vacant after the interim chief minister died on Saturday due to a heart problem at a local hospital here.

The provincial assemblies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab were dissolved in January this year by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to pressurise the then federal government for early general elections. The general elections will be held on February 8, 2024, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan.

The development comes as Pakistan aims to hold fair and transparent general elections early next year.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/R368chl

Cricket World Cup: Why India has more reasons to smile as they head to the semifinals

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/kJNyTGz

Court rejects bail plea of 3 arrested, says ‘extortion money returned to gain sympathy’

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/29jgaDN

SC refuses to interfere with HC’s interim order staying proceedings against Shivakumar

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Karnataka High Court interim order staying proceedings against Congress leader DK Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case.

A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma refused to interfere with the Karanataka HC order, observing it was interim in nature.

“The impugned order being interim in nature, we are not inclined to interfere with the same, more, particularly when the petitioner, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has already filed an application for vacation of the stay granted in the impugned order passed by the High Court,” the court said.

Also Read

Karnataka DCM Shivakumar to hold daily breakfast meetings with MLAs to quell discontent

However, the top court requested that the High Court may hear and dispose of the application filed by the CBI seeking vacation of stay and the appeal pending before it as expeditiously as possible, preferably within two weeks.

“The special leave petition stands disposed of accordingly,” the court said.

The CBI has filed an appeal against the Karnataka High Court order dated June 12 and sought to stay on the investigation in the disproportionate assets case. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for CBI, urged the bench to vacate the stay.

The CBI is probing a case against Shivakumar for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Earlier, Income Tax conducted a search against him.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/5jLpShg

Return of Yediyurappa? After much delay, BJP names his son Karnataka chief

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/gSEid96

Japan movie review: Karthi’s film has its heart in the right place, but everything else is not

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/rZIAtu3

World Cup: Why India should be wary of the Kiwis, if they face them in the semis

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/9ApmUh7

Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes saves England more embarrassment as ton sets up big win over the Netherlands

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/f8g16JY

Ladakh observatories spot red aurora

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/NtaVng0

Glenn Maxwell’s lament after one of greatest ODI knocks: ‘Would have been nice if it was a chanceless knock’

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/xqYoHjy

Mizoram: Will protect your culture, traditions, that’s my guarantee, says Rahul

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged the people of Mizoram to vote for his party and said it was his guarantee that their culture, language and traditions will be protected.

Assembly polls will be held in Mizoram on Tuesday. Over 8.57 lakh voters of the state will decide the electoral fate of 174 candidates amid tight security arrangements.

Also Read

Rahul Gandhi serves food to devotees at ‘bhandara’ in Kedarnath

In a post on ‘X’, Gandhi said, “To my brothers and sisters of Mizoram, when you go out to vote tomorrow, vote for Congress.”

To my brothers and sisters of Mizoram, when you go out to vote tomorrow, vote for Congress.

We will protect your culture, language and traditions – That is my guarantee. pic.twitter.com/KuIt6oHdVn

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 6, 2023

“We will protect your culture, language and traditions – That is my guarantee,” he said and shared a video montage of his recent visit to Mizoram and also former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s recent video appeal to the people of the state to vote for the Congress.

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi last Wednesday had appealed to the people of Mizoram to elect her party in the November 7 assembly polls, saying this is no time for experiments and a vote for the Congress is one for peace, progress and prosperity in the northeastern state.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday appealed to the people in Mizoram to vote for his party, saying while the Congress had helped bring peace and stability to the state, the BJP and the RSS were “hell-bent on destroying” the Mizo culture and its way of life.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/MO8lbgm

Telangana polls: AIMIM fields Belli Ravi Yadav from Rajendranagar

Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) announced Belli Ravi Yadav as the party candidate from Rajendranagar Assembly constituency.  He is a former corporator from Langer Houz division. 

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi announced the candidature of Ravi Yadav, who has been working with the party for the last 22 years. Asaduddin declared the name during a public meeting at Nampally Assembly constituency on Monday evening. 

Earlier in the day, he had announced Mohammed Rashed Faraz, AIMIM corporator from Shaikpet as the party candidate from Jubilee Hills constituency. 

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/KJTI4uF

Asian Champions Trophy: As Savita Punia and Co win title in Ranchi, a look at five takeaways from the tournament for India

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/WzsDlZc

Asian Champions Trophy: Massive interest in hockey as fans turn up in incredible numbers in Ranchi hours before India vs Japan final, thousands turned away

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/w0yhrZW

Delhi remains gas chamber with AQI in ‘severe’ category

New Delhi: In yet another smoggy day, the air quality in Delhi-NCR continued to remain in the ‘severe’ category on Saturday with the overall Air Quality Index at 410.

In the national capital, the AQI at Anand Vihar remained in the ‘severe’ category with PM 10 at 454 and PM 2.5 at 431. The NO2 was recorded at 97 and CO at 101 under ‘moderate’ category, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Also Read

Delhi: Amid air pollution crisis, massive fire broke out at factory

At Bawana, the PM 2.5 reached 464 under ‘severe’ category, while PM 10 was at 466, also under ‘severe’ category. The CO was recorded at 110, under ‘moderate’ category.

The station at Delhi Technical University (DTU) recorded PM 10 at 317 (‘very poor’), while PM 2.5 was at 249 (‘poor’) and CO at 70, while NO2 was at 79, both under ‘satisfactory’ category.

The air quality at the IGI Airport area was in ‘severe’ category with PM 2.5 at 483 and PM 10 at 463, while the CO reached 108 (‘moderate’) and NO2 touched 61 (‘satisfactory’).

The PM 2.5 at ITO was recorded at 373, putting it in the ‘very poor’ category, while PM 10 reached 230, placing it under ‘poor’ category. The NO2 was at 252 (‘poor’) and CO was recorded at 144 (‘moderate’) on Saturday.

At Lodhi Road, the AQI with PM 2.5 concentration was at 415 under ‘severe’ category, while PM 10 was at 419, also under ‘severe’ category.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/bf21NZR

ODI World Cup: 1992 Cornered Tigers comparisons must wait but Babar Azam’s Pakistan still have heart for a fight

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/VUlgODB

‘Perilous rise in Air Quality Index’: Jewar MLA asks UP govt to declare environmental emergency

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/6BRV32U

Cricket World Cup: Afghanistan jump ahead of Pakistan in semi-final race after beating Netherlands

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/jprM8b2

‘We feel their pain’: Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi dedicates the win to Afghan refugees

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/W6QJt8e

‘God willing, elections will be held on February 8’: Pakistan Chief Justice says after EC, President Alvi agree on date

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/MXpjIv2

Rajasthan polls: 32 with criminal background file nomination in last 4 days

Jaipur: Thirty-two candidates with criminal background have filed nomination papers for the Rajasthan Assembly elections in the last four days, an official said on Thursday.

Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said 241 candidates have filed nomination papers across the state in the last four days.

Of the total, 32 candidates have criminal backgrounds, he said.

These candidates will have to fill out the C-1 form and make public the information about the offences by publishing and broadcasting it thrice through newspapers and TV channels, the officer said.

On Thursday, 151 candidates, including former BJP president Satish Poonia from Jaipur’s Amer and Congress’s Social Welfare Board Chairman Archana Sharma from Malviya Nagar seat, filed their nominations across the state.

The last date for filing nomination papers is November 6 and scrutiny will take place the next day.

The 200-member Rajasthan Assembly will go to polls on November 25 and the counting of votes will be taken up on December 3.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/hnqxpcG

Karthi: ‘I don’t see Madras as a film about caste’

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/IFd06M2

Karnataka health dept issues advisory after detection of Zika virus in mosquito pool in Chikkaballapura

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/Ho2XV3l

Israel PM hails advance into Gaza City as Hamas fighters attack from tunnels

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/3O47Zre

PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina flag off Agartala-Akhaura rail project

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/bNu9C7K

Deteriorating air quality ‘alarming’, requires urgent redressal: Bombay HC

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/M6dvZ2e

ODI World Cup: The traits that make Rohit Sharma the captain, and how he differs from his predecessors Kohli and Dhoni

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/Okj6idr

Varun Tej and Lavanya Tripathi tie the knot in Italy, see photos and videos

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/xKyQ0mI

Police clampdown in Ludhiana reflects CM’s fear of facing questions during debate: Sunil Jakhar

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/nvZbPc8

ED questions Rajasthan CM son Vaibhav Gehlot for 8 hours

New Delhi: Vaibhav Gehlot, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was questioned for over eight hours on Monday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in FEMA case.

He said that he has given all the answers to agency.

Also Read

Delhi: Court to hear Gehlot’s appeal against defamation complaint on Nov 1

Speaking to the media after the ED questioning, Vaibhav said, “They (ED) have not called me again tomorrow. They did a detailed interrogation, I have given my answers.”

Vaibhav was summoned by the ED in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case and was asked to appear before it on Friday. However, he skipped the ED summons asking for more time and also informed that he would be appearing before it on Monday.

The summons to Vaibhav were issued in connection with the agency’s action in August this year in connection with a FEMA case involving Triton Hotels and Resorts Pvt. Ltd., Vardha Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and its Directors, Promoters Shiv Shankar Sharma, Rattan Kant Sharma and others..

The ED had earlier in a statement in September this year said that it had carried out searches on August 29 to 31 at various locations in Jaipur, Udaipur, Mumbai and Delhi in connection with the case.

It had also said that during the search operations, unaccounted cash of Rs 1.27 crore, various incriminating documents including digital evidences, hard disks, mobiles etc. were seized which reveal large scale transactions done by the group out of books of account. Unaccounted cash receipts have been invested in development of Hotels.

The ED had registered a case on the basis of credible information wherein Triton Hotels and Resorts Pvt. Ltd. received FDI from Mauritius-based Shivnar Holdings Ltd at a huge premium which was revised several times violating FEMA provisions.

It said that information further revealed that Triton Group has been involved in “Hawala transactions” having “cross border implications”.

The sources said that Vaibhav question was necessitated after Rattan Kant Sharma’s alleged links with him. Rattan Kant Sharma has been a business partner of Vaibhav in a car rental company in the past.

On Thursday, the Chief Minister had shared the copy of the summon issued to his son by the ED asking him to appear before it in FEMA case.

The Chief Minister has also slammed the BJP government questioning the timing of the ED searches in Rajasthan on Thursday including the premises of state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasara and summons to his son.

The polling for the 200 member assembly polls in Rajasthan is scheduled on November 25 and counting of votes will take place on December 3.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/AtE08iT

Amit Jogi to take on Baghel, says fight is against graft

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/i1bQjAC

Bengaluru: BMTC buses mow down 2 within 24 hours, drivers held

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/vSEAf3Z

World Cup: No other Indian World Cup team has marched as imperiously as Rohit Sharma’s men in 2023

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/eQdHZgS

Mumbai: More than 30% increase in organ donations

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/FB12TeG

No one has harmed tribals more than Jharkhand CM Soren: Nadda in Ranchi

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/Ik8qz4d

Buzz in Maha after BJP posts video of I will return remarks of Fadnavis

Mumbai: The Maharashtra BJP on Friday posted a four-year-old video of its leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announcing that he will return to helm the state, prompting speculation in political circles.

“I will return for building a new Maharashtra,” the state BJP posted in the evening on social media platform X, along with the video.

Also Read

Fadnavis knows everything about opposition, how come he is unaware of drug mafia: Raut

However, the post was deleted two hours later.

Before the Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2019, Fadnavis, then-chief minister, had said, “Mi punha yein” (I will return). The remarks had evoked many social media memes.

Fadnavis is now one of the two deputy chief ministers in Maharashtra, the other one being Ajit Pawar of the NCP’s rebel faction.

Maharashtra BJP’s chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye said there is no need to draw “any other conclusion” from the video posted on Friday.

“BJP’s stance is clear. This video has also been posted earlier on social media. Fadnavis has said the next state elections will be fought under Shinde’s leadership,” he told a TV channel.

“There is no need for the Shinde group to be apprehensive (over the video). Shinde and Fadnavis share a good rapport and coordination. Shinde, Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar are working together for development of Maharashtra,” Upadhye said.

CM Eknath Shinde told a TV channel that he is yet to see the video posted by state BJP unit.

BJP leader Pravin Darekar said Fadnavis has already made it clear that the state government is working fine under Shinde’s leadership.

Former CM and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan wondered if there is a move afoot to replace Shinde as CM. “Maybe Shinde is being made the scapegoat. Such a move may be because the government led by him has failed to tackle important issues,” Chavan added.

The state BJP posted the video two days after Fadnavis visited New Delhi and met senior party leaders.
The Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the NCP (Ajit Pawar group) and the BJP are part of the state’s ruling coalition.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/M9QyZ7s

In war-ravaged Ukraine, soldiers’ families demand cap on military service time

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/LhwTsU9

Judge says he’ll look at Donald Trump’s comments, reconsider $10,000 fine for gag order violation

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/rXc8ISv

Cong to observe fourth anniversary of J-K becoming union territory on Oct 31 as ‘black day’

Jammu: The Congress on Wednesday said it would observe October 31, the day the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir officially became a union territory four years ago, as a “black day”.

Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Vikar Rasool Wani accused the BJP of destroying the princely state by dividing it into two union territories and demanded immediate restoration of its statehood.

Also Read

‘Babri Masjid revenge’ message appears in Hyderabad, probe on

On August 5, 2019, the Centre revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcated it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which contains provisions to divide the state into two union territories came into effect from October 31, 2019.

Addressing a meeting of the Congress’ Rajouri district unit, Wani said, “The Jammu and Kashmir administration and some people who were describing it as a temporary move are making preparations to celebrate UT diwas (on October 31). The Congress will observe it as a black day’ to lodge a protest against the policies of the BJP, which has ruined the state.”

A lot of harm has been caused to Jammu and Kashmir, which was a gift of Maharaja Hari Singh (the last Dogra ruler) to India, he said.

“The Congress has turned union territories into states but this was for the first time in the history of the country that a state was turned into two union territories and its special status was revoked,” he added.

Targeting the BJP, the Congress leader said, “The BJP’s policies hit Jammu and Kashmir economically — we are number one in unemployment and our businesses are now on the decline.”

Wani said the last assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were held in 2014.

Since the BJP fears that it will be defeated due to its anti-people policies, it is not allowing elections to be held, even though polls have been announced in some other parts of the country, he said.

“Even the urban local body and panchayat polls are being deferred to hide the failures of the BJP,” he added.

The Congress leader also slammed the Jammu and Kashmir administration for not being able to fill up vacancies in government departments and claimed no post of a teacher has been filled up since 2010 and the situation is the same in police, electricity, water, forest, fisheries and other departments.

Wani urged party workers to set aside their differences and stand united against the BJP as “everyone wants this government to go”.

He also asked them to remain cautious of political parties that have a “secret alliance” with the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

---

Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS.

from The Siasat Daily https://ift.tt/amFrUuC

Earning big bucks from globetrotting franchise gigs never a temptation: Heinrich Klaasen chose domestic grind to represent country

from The Indian Express https://ift.tt/bjK0OQB