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This image is used for representative purpose only (AI-generated) You are travelling on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line. The train slows down. A familiar announcement echoes through the coach: “Agla station hai… Supreme Court.”On the display board, it still reads in Hindi: “सुप्रीम कोर्ट.”For most commuters, it is just another stop. For a few, it sparks…
Centralisation of decision-making, weakening Panchayati Raj “That decision is taken at the panchayat level by the gram pradhan.” “Now what will happen? These decisions will be made at the Centre. People sitting in Delhi will decide.” “The powers given to panchayats under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, under the Panchayati Raj system, will be taken away.”…
Mallikarjun Kharge (PTI image) NEW DELHI: The Opposition has mounted a sharp attack on the Centre over its move to repeal and replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Several leaders have questioned the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from one of India’s largest welfare programmes.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday criticised the Central government after the Union cabinet approved a bill to rename the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee act (MGNREGA), questioning why Mahatma Gandhi’s name needed to be dropped and accusing the Centre of focusing on rebranding rather than reform. Reacting to the Cabinet decision, Congress general…
BAREILLY: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that Mustafabad village in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh will be renamed Kabir Dham after he came to know that the settlement has no Muslim family.Yogi arrived at the Vishwa Kalyan Ashram in Mustafabad village to participate in the ‘Smriti Prakatotsav Mela’. Addressing the…
CM Vijayan with governor Arlekar (L), governor with Tharoor (ANI photo) The launch of Kerala Raj Bhavan’s journal on Sunday turned into a three-way political face-off, with both CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Shashi Tharoor criticising the governor’s office in the presence of Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.Vijayan, who was visiting the governor’s office for the first…
