Birla asks TMC not to ‘market’ WB
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday asked Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay not to do "marketing" of West Bengal after he spoke about a health scheme of the state government in the House. The Speaker remarked, "Don't do marketing of West Bengal." However, Bandyopadhyay kept talking about the West Bengal scheme.
Ex-Min appointed BJP poll official
New Delhi: Former Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh, MP from Bihar, was on Friday appointed national election officer for party's organizational elections which need to be completed by early next year when party president Amit Shah would complete his tenure. Besides Singh, Vinod Sonkar, an MP from UP, Hansraj Ahir, ex MP from Maharashtra and CT Ravi, MLA from Karnataka, were appointed national deputy-poll officers by Shah. BJP's organizational polls are due from mandal to national level and process has been started with these appointments.
Mahtab: probe eficacy of generic drugs
New Delhi: The government should institute an inquiry to find out the efficacy of generic drugs, Lok Sabha member B Mahtab demanded Friday. Raising the issue during the zero hour, Mahtab (BJD) said a recent book has said that domestic drug manufacturers were not producing quality generic drugs.
India, china to hold military drill
New Delhi: India and China will hold a joint military exercise ‘Hand in Hand' in the second week of December this year near Shillong, Meghalaya. It will be the eighth edition of the annual exercise held every year alternately in India and China. Last year, Chengdu province of China hosted the exercise focusing on combating terrorism.
SC seeks assistance of venugopal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought assistance of Attorney General K K Venugopal in dealing with a plea seeking that minority communities be defined on the basis of state-wise population data instead of national data.