An internal inquiry was conducted by the state government into the functioning of MUDA following reports of large scale irregularities. Kumar has been accused of taking several illegal measures while serving as the MUDA commissioner and, accordingly, he was suspended, a government order said
The JD(S) leader said: "All is not well in the Congress government. I don't know when this government will go. An influential minister is desperate to escape from the cases against him."
Knowledge-Health-Innovation and Research City to come up on 2,000 acres on the outskirts of Bengaluru
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai made the announcement in this regard on X, formerly Twitter.
Buoyed by the "overwhelming" response to the first edition of the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games in August last year, which saw a participation of nearly 30 lakh people, the government has decided to hold the games in urban areas too, they said.
The Congress wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP in November winning 40 seats in the 68-member assembly. The saffron party won 25 seats and three went to Independents.
He also said the Congress will not let the BJP succeed in its plan to topple the government.
Five loyalists of Sachin Pilot, the former deputy CM who had led a rebellion against Ashok Gehlot recently, feature on the list of new members of the Cabinet
V Narayanasamy, who led the Congress government in Puducherry, resigned on Monday ahead of the confidence vote after his government was reduced to a minority.
Four Congress MLAs have resigned over the past two days and one has got disqualified, making the V Narayanasamy's government lose majority in Puducherry.
The Madhya Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Minister was talking to reporters after praying at the Peetambara Peetha here, a popular Baglamukhi temple established in the 1920s.
"Have you ever thought why despite having such great potential Uttarakhand has lagged behind Chattisgarh and Jharkhand which were created together by Atal Bihari Vajpayee? In spite of the Maoist problem, Chattisgargh with a BJP government has established itself among the fastest growing states," he told a poll rally at the GITI Maidan here.
"Instead of taking the advantage of central schemes and utilising the development funds allocated by it, the state government kept itself busy with scams and shouting slogans against the Centre," Singh told reporters here.
"One day special session of both the houses of the state legislature will be held on September 14 at 11 am in Bengaluru to table the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill," Law and Parliament Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said in a statement after a Cabinet meeting here.
While OIL Chairman and Managing Director Utpal Bora handed over a cheque of Rs 1,149.24 crore to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) CMD Dinesh K Sarraf presented a cheque of Rs 300.64 crore.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said he will mention the matter before the Supreme Court in the morning and seek a stay on the verdict which has revived the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat.
The Chief Minister cast his vote in Jorhat today during the first phase of Assam Assembly polling to decide the fate of 539 candidates in 65 of the 126 constituencies.
In a Facebook post titled "A State Without a Budget', he said the Congress "plunged the State into a serious constitutional crisis by continuing a Government which should have quit after the failure of the Appropriation Bill".
Congress chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said the party is "not scared" by the conspiracy and would deliberate on all legal, political and constitutional steps to shake off the challenge to the government.
Anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal continued his offensive against Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, construction major DLF and the Congress government in Haryana.
The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh is facing a no-confidence vote.
Businesses in Andhra Pradesh have good reason to worry about the fallout of the Srikrishna Report. But the report indicates that the storm may pass soon.