Indian Ambassador greets Jolly in Jakarta
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader & President Delhi Study Group Vijay Jolly was greeted and hosted over a dinner by Indian Ambassador in Indonesia Nengcha lhouvum at India House in Jakarta. Jolly while thanking the Ambassador acknowledged the common bonds of religious connectivity between India & Indonesia. Jolly was there to attend the 1st meeting of ICAPP (International Conference of Asian Political Parties), COPPAl (Conference of Political Parties of latin America & Caribbean) and CAPP (Council of African Political Parties) in Jakarta between April 22- 24.
Parliament condoles deaths in disasters
New Delhi: Parliament has expressed grief over the death of hundreds of people in recent terror attacks and natural calamities worldwide as well as due to explosion of fire crackers at a temple in Kerala. The lok Sabha also condoled the death of many people due to the collapse of an under-construction flyover in Kolkata, landslide in Arunachal Pradesh, bus accident in Odisha and killing of CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh.
Prez to visit Papua New Guinea, New Zealand
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will travel to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand from April 28 to May 2. President’s visit to PNG will be first ever high level visit from the Indian side to the country . During the visit agreements on health, infrastructure, education and improving connectivity will be signed.
Prez rule in U’khand: copies of decision in parl
New Delhi: The Government on Monday placed copies of the proclamation of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand in both Houses of Parliament amid objections by Congress members.
AIADMK, TMC MPs absent due to elections
New Delhi: The Assembly polls in Bengal and the forthcoming polls in Tamil Nadu led to thin attendance in the opposition benches in lok Sabha on Monday with no AIADMK MPs and a handful of Trinamool Congress members present in the House.
Cong demands probe into Punjab foodgrains scam New Delhi: Demand for a CBI probe into the `20,000 crore alleged foodgrains scam in Punjab was made by a Congress member in the lok Sabha Monday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Ravneet Singh Bittoo said the plight of farmers in the State has worsened in the wake of the scam as the affected banks have restricted the cash credit limit. He said suicides by farmers in the State are on the rise as they are unable to sell their produce in the wake of the scam.
‘judiciary should stop criticising State organs’
New Delhi: A BJP member on Monday made a strong pitch in lok Sabha for putting a stop to “running commentary” by the judiciary against other organs of the State, an apparent reference to the stinging remarks by Uttarakhand High Court against the President over imposition of central Rule in that State.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Arjun Ram Meghwal frowned upon the tendency of judges to make “running commentary” during case hearings which finally become “law of the land.”