KCR promises free power to farmers across India

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KCR promises free power to farmers across India

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday predicted that a non-BJP government will definitely come to power at the Centre in the next elections and assured farmers that it will provide free electricity to farmers across the country.

Rao called for sending the BJP home in 2024. He urged people to back the slogan for “BJP-Mukt Bharat” and elect a democratic and secular government.

Addressing a public meeting in Nizamabad after inaugurating an integrated district collectorate complex, he, terming Narendra Modi government anti-farmer, said it was not ready to spend 1.45 lakh crores to provide free electricity to farmers but looted Rs.12 lakh crore in the name of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) and loan waivers to corporates.

Claiming that Telangana is the only state in the country supplying 24 hours of free electricity to farmers, KCR announced when a non-BJP government comes to power, this will be extended to the entire country.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief alleged that Prime Minister Modi is hatching a conspiracy to install water meters on agricultural borewells.

He slammed the Modi government for not buying agricultural produce from the farmers, not ensuring remunerative prices, and conspiring to capture the lands of farmers.

“The BJP at the Centre has been selling everything like airports, ports, banks, and industries. Now there is a conspiracy to grab the lands of farmers,” he said.

The Chief Minister said under BJP’s rule unemployment has increased in the country and the rupee has fallen to a record low. Nothing has been done for Dalits, weaker sections, and women, he added.

He alleged that Modi is only busy toppling the opposition governments in states.

The TRS leader said with the blessings of the people he would be entering national politics. He said a beginning would be made from Nizamabad.

KCR called for a debate on what is happening in the country and for awareness among people. He said the BJP government which was fueling religious madness and hatred must be sent home.

“Should we allow the nation to burn in the flames of religious madness? Do you wish to see water flowing in the canals or the blood? Do you want to see crops or the blood drops,” he asked and urged the Indian farmers to ponder.

Ultimate Kho Kho league: Patnaik congratulates Odisha Juggernauts on reaching final

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Ultimate Kho Kho league: Patnaik congratulates Odisha Juggernauts on reaching final

The discussion has been made between the Odisha players, who are in the ongoing Ultimate Kho Kho league, and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

After a good performance is performed by Odisha Juggernautsagaints the Gujarat Giants, on Friday, Odisha team qualified for the Sunday match.

Best wishes from the Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to the team who will be going to perform their talent in the finals.

The qualified team players and coaches are very excited as met with the Chief Minister over video.

They thanked Patnaik for the support that had been extended by him and the Odisha government and said that they will give their best performance and return to Bhubaneswar with the coveted trophy.

Head coach Ashwani Kumar Sharma, co-captain Dipesh Vijay More and player Jagannatha Murmu interacted with the Chief Minister.

Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel to launch 36th National Games’ Anthem and Mascot

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Home Minister Amit Shah, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel to launch 36th National Games’ Anthem and Mascot

The 36th National Games, Gujarat 2022 will be officially launched at the EKA Arena TransStadia here on Sunday evening in the presence of eminent dignitaries from the world of politics and sport.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will grace the mega event along with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur. Over 9,000 distinguished guests from across the state are expected to attend the glittering ceremony.

The curtain-raiser event will witness the unveiling of the Games Anthem and Mascot, as well as a custom-curated website and mobile application, marking the beginning of the biggest sporting extravaganza in the country, the organizers informed in a release on Saturday.

“We are delighted and proud to host the National Games,” Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel said. “We are eagerly waiting for India’s top athletes and officials and are leaving no stone unturned to make this the best Games ever,” he added.

The 36th National Games, whose theme is Celebrating Unity Through Sports, are being held after a gap of seven years and will take place from September 29 to October 12.

As many as six cities in the state — Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, and Bhavnagar — will play hosts. New Delhi will additionally host the track cycling event.

An estimated 7,000 athletes from 28 states and eight Union Territories are expected to take part across 36 disciplines that include most traditional Olympic sports. Indigenous sports like mallakhamb and yogasana will also feature in the National Games for the first time.

The Games were last held in Kerala in 2015.

Stalin to meet Pinarayi today, Siruvani water sharing to be discussed

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Stalin to meet Pinarayi today, Siruvani water sharing to be discussed

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will be meeting his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday in Thiruvananthapuram.

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is reaching Kerala to participate in the South Indian Chief Ministers’ conference, also being attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The discussions between the two Chief Ministers will be mainly centred around Siruvani and Mullaperiyar water sharing issues.

Located inside deep forests in Palakkad district of Kerala, the Siruvani dam is a major source of drinking water for the people of Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu.

Notably, after the 2019 floods in Kerala, the state waer resources department has been maintaining water levels below the Full Reservoir Level (FRL). The Kerala irrigation department has been maintaining the water level of Siruvani dam at 44 ft since 2019 instead of 49.5 ft which is the water level agreed between Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Lowering of water level by five feet will lead to a shortage of 122.05 mcft (million cubic feet) which is 19 per cent of the storage capacity of the dam.

The Water level in Siruvani dam has gone up following incessant rains in the catchment areas of the dam and on Thursday the water level touched 43.5 ft and Coimbatore receives 101.4 MLD of water from Siruvani. However once the water level touches 44 ft, the water will be discharged.

Sources in the Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department told IANS that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister will take this matter up with his Kerala counterpart and try to convince him of the necessity of maintaining the FRL of Siruvani dam so that drinking water for Coimbatore is not affected.

Mullaperiyar dam issue which is again a contentious one between Kerala and Tamil Nadu will also come for discussion during the meeting between the two Chief Ministers.

Nadda meets previous cricketer Mithali Raj in Hyderabad

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Nadda meets previous cricketer Mithali Raj in Hyderabad

BJP public president J.P. Nadda on Saturday approached the previous cricketer Mithali Raj here, in what is viewed as one more endeavor by the saffron party to charm famous people to its crease.

Nadda met the previous skipper of the India ladies’ group at Novotel Hotel at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad.

The gathering occurred not long after Nadda arrived in the city.

He later left for Hanamkonda to address a public gathering to stamp the summit of Praja Sangrama Yatra of BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar.

After the gathering, Nadda tweeted that he had an extraordinary connection with Mithali Raj. He composed that it was lowering to take note of her appreciation about the fillip that the sportspersons are getting under the authority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The BJP president said she hailed the instrumental individual help and direction given by the Prime Minister.

Mithali Raj, one of Indian cricket’s unsurpassed greats, resigned from global cricket in June this year. Brought into the world in Rajasthan, she lives in Hyderabad.

Mithali Raj additionally took to Twitter to say thanks to Nadda for the gathering. “It was an outright delight to have a cooperation with you,” she composed adding that under the direction, backing, and inspiration given by the Prime Minister, sportspersons the nation over have accomplished brilliance for our country.

While the BJP authority was quiet about the reason for the gathering, it came in the midst of the endeavors by the BJP to charm famous people to its crease in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Nadda is probably going to meet Tollywood entertainer Nitin on Saturday night at similar lodging after his return from Hanamkonda.

The gatherings with two big names come close behind association home priest Amit Shah’s gathering with famous entertainer Junior NTR in Hyderabad.

Shah had approached Junior NTR on August 21 subsequent to tending to a public gathering in Munugode Assembly supporters, which fell empty after the renunciation of Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy. The Congress chief joined the BJP at the public gathering.

However BJP pioneers guaranteed that legislative issues were not examined during Shah’s gathering with NTR, its a well-known fact that the saffron party is looking for a few magnetic countenances to charm the electorate and merge its base in the two Telugu states, particularly in Telangana where Assembly decisions are expected one year from now.

Jagan urges Modi to help in early completion of Polavaram project

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Jagan urges Modi to help in early completion of Polavaram project

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assist in finishing the development of the Polavaram with projecting at the earliest.

He additionally encouraged him to endorse the overhauled quotes of Rs 55,548.87 crore as currently supported by the Technical Advisory Committee.

Jagan Mohan Reddy approached the Prime Minister at the last’s home in Delhi and examined a few main points of contention connected with the state including the Polavaram project, repaying asset hole reserves, levelheadedness in the inclusion of recipients under the National Food Security Act, unpaid debts from Telangana Discoms to the state, and Special Category Status.

As per the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) here, Reddy mentioned Modi to repay Rs 2,900 crore which was spent by the state government towards the Polavaram Project, and to clear the bills on a fortnightly premise like in other public undertakings and not part wise.

The Chief Minister likewise mentioned him to give Rs 10,000 crore on an impromptu premise with the goal that the development works of the task can continue without a hitch. He engaged give alleviation and restoration bundles to the uprooted families in a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) way, which guarantees straightforwardness.

He requested that the Prime Minister discharge assets of Rs 32,625 crore under the Resource Gap Fund for different forthcoming bills under the tenth Pay Commission, including federal retirement aide annuities and others during the period 2014-15.

The Chief Minister cleared up for the Prime Minister that because of the absence of legitimization in the choice of qualified people under the National Food Security Act, the state is experiencing serious misfortunes and has previously drawn this matter out into the open, where an enormous number of destitute and it were revealed to merit people.

Reddy said that the state government is giving a proportion to 2.68 crore recipients, of which 61% have a place with country regions and 41 percent are from metropolitan regions. He reminded that according to the law, 75% of individuals in provincial regions and 50 percent of individuals in metropolitan regions ought to get benefits under PDS and said that states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Gujarat, which are monetarily better than Andhra Pradesh, have right around 10% a greater number of recipients than Andhra Pradesh, because of which the state government is giving proportion to the extra 56 lakh qualified recipients bearing an extra weight of Rs 5,527.63 crore.

He said that the NITI Aayog has previously met with the state government authorities and advised the Central government to modify the information in such a manner and reminded the Prime Minister that the allotments to Andhra Pradesh ought to be analyzed.

He cleared up for the Prime Minister that 3 lakh lots of the rice amount designated to the express consistently remains unutilized, and requested that he allow just 77,000 tons, which will be adequate for the dispersion without bringing about any extra weight on the Center.

Examining the commitments given during state bifurcation, Reddy expressed that there was no objectivity in the bifurcation, in view of which the state endured a great deal, and mentioned the Prime Minister to satisfy the commitments given as a parliamentary observer including Special Category Status.

He said that exceptional class status will support the development in the modern area, work creation, awards from the Center, and duty concessions, in this way decreasing the weight on the state.

The Chief Minister additionally let the Prime Minister know that an arrear of Rs 6,756 crore receivable by Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO) from the Telangana government has stayed unsettled for north of eight years and mentioned the Prime Minister to guide the concerned specialists to settle the levy at the earliest so the state power area could be monetarily reinforced.

He likewise asked the Prime Minister to surrender endorsements for setting up one more 12 clinical universities in the state to take special care of 26 areas. As to setting up an Integrated Steel Plant in the YSR locale, he mentioned dispensing iron mines to APMDC for a continuous stockpile of iron metal to work the plant. He said that the distribution of mines is vital for setting up a steel plant, which empowers a steady vehicle of minerals.

Kannur University row: Kerala CPI-M hits back at Governor Khan

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Kannur University row: Kerala CPI-M hits back at Governor Khan

The decision Left in Kerala on Saturday hit back at Governor Arif Mohammed Khan who blamed the party for “anomalies” in arrangements at different colleges in the state, saying he was enjoying “modest” legislative issues.

Close helper of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Kannur CPI-M region secretary M.V.Jayarajan said: “Tragically the Governor is playing modest legislative issues like a nearby Sangh Parivar laborer. He waded into the controversy to get a ‘post’ and when he fizzled, he has all the earmarks of acting in a way not befitting his post,” said Jayarajan.

With Jayarajan taking the principal action, it wouldn’t be long when the spat between Khan and the decision CPI-M snowballs into a significant contention and it’s inevitable when Khan will see the going intense.

Since the supposed abnormality in the arrangement of Priya Varghese as the Associate Professor at Kannur University surfaced, Khan has been taking on the college specialists and the decision Left government in the state.

Priya is the spouse of previous CPI-M Rajya Sabha part K.K.Raghesh, who is as of now the confidential secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

A couple of months prior, Khan made restless minutes for the Vijayan government when he would not sign his location in the standard first meeting of the state Assembly. It was shortly subsequent to showing the leave entryway to a top IAS official, did he concur, and from that point forward Khan and the Vijayan government are not having the best of relations.

Coming to the Governor’s protection, state BJP president K.Surendran hammered the CPI-M for running Universities in the state like a “feeder association” of the CPI-M.

“It ought to be perceived that Khan is simply calling attention to the blemishes in the administration of Vijayan. Assuming that anybody figures they will actually want to see the rear of Khan, then, at that point, they are mixed up. ‘PinarayiRaj’ won’t be permitted any longer, as Kerala is important for India and he feels like a ‘ruler’. He can act like in his party. In any case, not somewhere else,” said Surendran.

In the meantime, sources in the loop of things said that Khan, who is as of now out of the station, is normal report an undeniable level board to investigate every one of the parts of arrangements to educating and different posts in the different colleges in the express, that was finished in the beyond a couple of years.

Speaker of the Assembly M.B.Rajesh attempted to make light of the continuous spat between the public authority and lead representative saying that both the Speaker and Governor need to work as indicated by the Constitution.

“Am not remarking on the current issues,” said Rajesh.

As Rahul arrives in Telangana, Kavitha poses questions

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As Rahul arrives in Telangana, Kavitha poses questions

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader K. Kavitha on Friday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi how many times he raised the issues of Telangana in Parliament.

With Rahul Gandhi set to arrive in Hyderabad later in the day on a two-day visit to the state, Kavitha took to Twitter to pose some questions to him.

“As Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji arrives in Telangana today, I sincerely request him to introspect on the following. How many times have you raised the issues of Telangana in Parliament,” she asked.

Kavitha, who is the daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, also wanted to know why was the Congress party silent while the TRS party was fighting with the Union government over the uniform paddy procurement policy, national status for irrigation projects, discrimination in establishing educational institutions, releasing of pending GSTs and grants, etc.

Kavitha, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, also told Rahul that Telangana has shown the path of comprehensive development to the nation, by introducing various schemes like Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bheema, Kalyan Lakshmi, Aarogya Lakshmi, Aasara and many more that ‘continue to benefit our people every day.’

“As many as 11 states are emulating KCR schemes, you are welcome to learn and understand from our state as well,” she added.

Mamata Banerjee has not rectified herself even in her 3rd term as CM: Amit Shah

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Mamata Banerjee has not rectified herself even in her 3rd term as CM: Amit Shah

In his first visit to West Bengal after the 2021 Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a scathing attack against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, claiming that the latter has not rectified herself even after becoming the CM for the third consecutive term.

“Mamata Banerjee has become the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term. But even after that, she has not rectified herself. The people of West Bengal are yet to get relief from corruption, violence, and attacks on women.

“The Chief Minister has pushed West Bengal into a debt trap… I am telling the Chief Minister to rectify herself. Other people know how to rectify the moods of powerful persons,” Shah said while addressing a public rally at the Railway Institute Ground in Siliguri in North Bengal.

He also ridiculed the Trinamool Congress leadership for sending fact-finding teams to Jahangirpuri in Delhi and Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh.

“Mamata Banerjee is sending delegations everywhere in the country. But so many people were charred to death at Bogtui in Birbhum district. At Hanskhali in Nadia district, a minor was gang-raped. Why didn’t she send delegations there,” Shah asked?

The Home Minister also attacked Banerjee for the latter’s comment that she would never allow the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in West Bengal.

“Some people are saying that CAA will never be implemented in West Bengal. But I want to assure you that CAA will be implemented for sure once the Covid-19 situation is totally under control. CAA still has relevance and the Chief Minister cannot do anything to stop it from getting implemented,” Shah said.

Reacting to Shah’s comments, Banerjee asked how fresh citizenship can be given to those people who are already citizens of the country.

“These are all ploys to create division among the people on the basis of religion,” she said.

Addressing the rally in Siliguri, Shah also accused the Chief Minister of neglecting North Bengal.

“The current state government has done nothing for North Bengal, which is the gateway to Northeast India,” Shah said.

Reacting to that, Banerjee said that it has always been the ploy of the BJP to separate North Bengal from West Bengal.

“They always speak of separation instead of unity. The Home Minister better concentrates on what is happening in the BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh,” Banerjee said.

Modi to attend 2nd India-Nordic Summit

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Modi to attend 2nd India-Nordic Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will participate in the second India -Nordic Summit with the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, and Norway.

At the Summit, Modi will talk to the Nordic nations to strengthen the areas of climate change, renewable energy, and innovation and technology.

He will also hold bilateral talks with Prime Ministers of — Iceland Katrin Jacobsdottir, Norway Jonas Gahr Store, Finland Sanna Marin, and Sweden Magdalena Andersson.

On Tuesday, he arrived in Copenhagen on the second day of his visit to the European Nations. Modi held a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen and discussed a wide range of issues, including regional and global matters.

The two leaders held talks in a one-on-one format, followed by delegation-level talks.

Both Prime Ministers reviewed the progress of the India-Denmark Green Strategic Partnership. Discussions covered cooperation in renewable energy, especially offshore wind energy and green hydrogen, as well as skill development, health, shipping, water, and the Arctic, among others.

After that Modi addressed the business delegation as well as the Indian community.

Later in the day, the Indian Prime Minister met Denmark Queen Margrethe II at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen.

“Queen Margrethe II of Denmark received Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at the historic Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen,” the Ministry of External Affairs said.

Prime Minister felicitated the Queen on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of her accession to the throne of Denmark.

The first India-Nordic Summit was held in Stockholm in April 2018.

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