No truce with MNS chief: Uddhav
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Thackeray on Tuesday virtually slammed the door on efforts by his allies to attempt a patch-up with his estranged cousin Raj Thackeray, chief of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Thackeray said the existing grand alliance of Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Republican Party of India (RPI) was working well and that there was no need to include a fourth constituent. In a sharp editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana, Thackeray slammed recent moves by former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and RPI chief Ramdas Athawale for a patch-up with the MNS chief. He said it would be better if the two parties first set their own homes in order before bothering about the unity between Thackeray cousins.
AIADMK Committee executive meet on June 8
Chennai: The Executive Committee meeting of the ruling AIADMK would be held on June 8. This was announced by AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a statement here on Tuesday. She said the meeting to be presided by party presidium chairman E Madhusudhanan, would be held at the AIADMK headquarters. She appealed to all the executive members to attend the meeting without fail. Party sources said, the meeting was expected to devise the party’s strategy for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha to be held next months.
Shekhar Suman backs MODI for PM’s post
Patna: Actor-politician Shekhar Suman, who had contested last Parliamentary polls on Congress ticket, says it was like a ‘travel on the bypass road’ and supported Narendra Modi for the Prime Minister’s post. “Sometimes, while going on the main road you need to take a bypass road to come back on the highway. My journey with Congress in the last general election was like travel on a bypass road,” Suman told newsmen on Monday night.
Omar hails Cong new stand on AFSPA
Ganderbal (J&K): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said PCC chief Saifuddin Soz’s change of stand on AFSPA would help him in convincing the Centre to revoke the controversial act from some areas of the State. “I feel there has been some change in that thought. Obviously, his (Soz) support in Delhi will go a long way for us to convince authorities on the need to take this step (partial revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),” Abdullah told reporters on the sidelines of a function here, 25 km from Srinagar.
Fatehpur’s CMO suspended on graft charges
Fatehpur: Chief Medical Officer of Fatehpur has been suspended by Uttar Pradesh Family Welfare Minister for dereliction of duty and alleged involvement in corrupt practices, official sources said on Tuesday. UP Family Welfare Minister Ahmad Hasan suspended CMO Rajesh Mohan Srivastava, Fatehpur , Monday night for not performing his duties, sources said in lucknow. A departmental inquiry has also been ordered against the CMO, they said.
CM defends ‘marriages in Maya memorials’
lucknow: Defending his Government’s decision to use memorials and parks constructed in memory of Dalit icons during the previous Mayawati regime for marriages and cultural events, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said by holding such programmes the memorials “would only earn name”. “What’s wrong in holding marriages and other pubic events at the memorials...By doing this, these memorials will only earn name...,” Yadav told media. He said the memorials were constructed from public money and the SP had earlier said that it would make utilisation of the space in them. “Ashtdhatu trees and animals were installed in these parks...How else can they be put to better use than this...,” he added.