“Voice of legislators representing SCs, STs and minority communities suppressed” Eight months after the rebellion of former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, the discontent simmering in the ruling Congress in Rajasthan has come to the fore through three MLAs from the eastern parts of the State. The legislators of the Pilot camp have alleged discrimination in the Assembly proceedings and their constituencies being ignored.Sapotra MLA Ramesh Meena, sacked as the Food and Civil Supplies Minister during the political crisis in July last year, Dausa MLA Murari Lal Meena and Chaksu MLA Ved Prakash Solanki have alleged that the State government…
Author: Mike Harrison
Mainstream political parties that felt secure at the start of the election campaign now seemed to be glancing nervously over their shoulders in Kerala.The resentment over candidate selection has fuelled concerns about vengeful cross-voting in several key constituencies.In varying degrees, Congress and CPI(M) face strife within their ranks over candidate choice.The organisations saw party workers stiffly opposing the ceding of specific constituencies to coalition partners.Both the parties seemed to have realised the electoral fight is anything but a straight forward set-piece battle this poll season.Also read: Kerala Assembly Elections | LDF confident of 1977 repeat; UDF faces leadership hitchInsurgency is…
In the complaint, Mr. Jarkiholi has named no one but has charged that some people with an intention to extort money resorted to defaming him. The Bengaluru police on Saturday registered a case of conspiracy and blackmailing against unknown persons based on a complaint by BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi who resigned as minister following allegations of sexual harassment against him. Instead of approaching police, the former minister sent his confidant M V Nagaraj to the Sadashivanagar police station in the afternoon to hand over the copy of his complaint.Police registered a case of criminal conspiracy, extortion and forgery under various…
It is imposing radical changes to the city’s electoral system, clearly breaching 1997 declaration: Raab China is no longer compliant with Hong Kong’s joint declaration after Beijing announced sweeping changes to the region’s electoral system, Britain said on Saturday. “The U.K. now considers Beijing to be in a state of ongoing non-compliance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.The treaty was signed before Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997 and was designed to allay fears about its future under Beijing’s rule.It guarantees the financial hub special status including a high degree of…
Bolivia’s former interim President Jeanine Anez was arrested on Saturday on terrorism and sedition charges over what the government claims was a coup attempt against her predecessor and political rival Evo Morales.Police were also rounding up former Ministers who backed the conservative politician’s caretaker government, which was in place for a year after Mr. Morales fled the country in November 2019 amid disputed elections, media reports said.The arrests came months after Mr. Morales returned to Bolivia from exile on the back of a fresh election victory in October 2020 for the leftist Movement for Socialism (MAS) party he founded. Both…
Britain urges citizens to leave amid mounting violence; Polish journalist detained At least six protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday of a student whose killing in 1988 sparked an uprising against the military government.Three people were killed and several injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay, two witnesses said. Another person was killed in the central town of Pyay and two died in police firing in Yangon overnight, domestic media reported.Riot police and soldiers entered the general hospital in Hakha, in the…
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed “topical developments” during a telephone call on Saturday, an official press release said, just over a week before a crucial vote on Sri Lanka at the U.N. Human Rights Council, where Colombo has sought New Delhi’s support.The call, initiated by the Sri Lankan side according to officials sources, assumes significance amid strained bilateral ties, following Colombo’s recent policy choices on key infrastructure projects, including a decision to boot India out of a Colombo Port terminal project and an approval for a Chinese energy project in the northern islands, close…
“Named after one of the foremost civil engineers, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya, the nation’s first centralised AC railway terminal in Bengaluru is set to become operational soon,” Piyush Goyal tweeted. The country’s first centralised air-conditioned railway terminal in Bengaluru would be operational soon, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday. “Named after one of the foremost civil engineers, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya, the nation’s first centralised AC railway terminal in Bengaluru is set to become operational soon,” Mr. Goyal tweeted. According to railway officials, the new coach terminal was planned at Baiyappanahalli in the city to meet…
Videos posted online also showed plumes of smoke rising from the crash site and visible from a nearby highway. An An-26 aircraft flying from the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, crashed while landing in Almaty on Saturday, Almaty airport said on its Facebook page.Russia’s Interfax news agency said citing a source that six people were on board the plane which belonged to Kazakhstan’s border guard service, part of the National Security Committee.It was unclear if there were any casualties, but photographs from the site showed the plane turned over and on fire.Videos posted online also showed plumes of smoke rising from the…
He praised the maturity of his elder brother Mahinda, the Prime Minister, and the younger brother Basil, the key presidential adviser.. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has praised his brothers, saying that all three of them are firmly united and anyone trying to drive a wedge between them will not succeed.In a comment made by the President at a political gathering on Friday, Gotabaya Rajapaksa praised the maturity of his elder brother Mahinda, the Prime Minister, and the younger brother Basil, the key presidential adviser.”Mahinda Rajapaksa is currently one of the greatest leaders not only here but also in Asia.…