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The Congress has joined hands with the CPM-led Left Front for the 2023 Tripura Assembly election. The alliance is fighting against the BJP, which came into power after a historic win in 2018. Congress is contesting in 13 constituencies while the CPM has fielded candidates for 47 seats. Congress candidates include veteran leader Sudip Roy Burman.  Tripura goes to polls on February 16. The votes will be counted on March 2. Here are 5 points about Sudip Roy Burman Sudip Roy Burman is a former health and family welfare minister of Tripura and a five-time MLA who has never lost from the Agartala Assembly constituency since 1998. He won the seat again in the 2018 Assembly polls on a BJP ticket and was given the health portfolio. In May 2019, he was removed from the state cabinet. The 56-year-old has been elected four times on a Congress ticket. In 2016, he left Congress to join Trinamool Congress. A year later, he switched over to BJP and retained his seat in the 2018 polls. Sudip R...

राष्ट्रीय हरित अधिकरण ने कहा है कि उत्तराखंड में केदारनाथ, हेमकुंड साहिब, यमुनोत्री और गोमुख की तीर्थयात्रा के दौरान तीर्थयात्रियों के लिए कचरा प्रबंधन के मामले में राज्य प्रशासन की ओर से ‘‘घोर लापरवाही'' हुई है. अधिकरण एक याचिका पर सुनवाई कर रहा था, जिसमें चारों तीर्थस्थलों के मार्ग में बड़े पैमाने पर पर्यावरण के उल्लंघन का दावा किया गया है. अधिकरण ने कहा कि इससे पहले एनजीटी द्वारा गठित समिति ने उन जगहों का दौरा करने के बाद तथ्यात्मक रिपोर्ट पेश की थी. एनजीटी के अध्यक्ष न्यायमूर्ति ए के गोयल की अध्यक्षता में एक पीठ ने कहा कि इस रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि ‘‘कचरा प्रबंधन के लिए बुनियादी ढांचा अपर्याप्त है.'' एनजीटी अध्यक्ष न्यायमूर्ति गोयल की अध्यक्षता वाली पीठ में न्यायमूर्ति सुधीर अग्रवाल और न्यायमूर्ति अरुण कुमार त्यागी के अलावा विशेषज्ञ सदस्य अफरोज अहमद भी शामिल थे. पीठ ने कहा, ‘‘घोड़ों के मल, ठोस कचरा और प्लास्टिक कचरे को रास्ते पर और उसके आस-पास और घाटी में देखा गया और सोख्ता गड्ढों वाले शौचालय कचरे से भरे हुए थे या शौचालय काम नहीं कर रहे थे.'' एनजीटी ने ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday took potshots at Congress and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over his budget gaffe saying that last year's budget was read in the state assembly. Nirmala Sitharaman, who replied to the debate on the Union Budget 2023-24, hit back at Congress over corruption allegations against the government, saying "clean your mouth with Dettol". "There is some problem with Rajasthan, they're reading last year's budget this year. I pray to God that nobody should make such a mistake but today it happened and so I have to mention it," N Sitharaman said. In a goof-up, Ashok Gehlot read parts from the previous budget at the beginning of his speech. BJP members protested in the Assembly leading to the adjournment. They asked if the budget had been leaked. After the proceedings resumed, Mr Gehlot apologised for the error. "I feel sorry, what happened was by mistake. You (Opposition) can point out only if the...

कांग्रेस ने गांधी परिवार द्वारा नेहरू नाम का उपयोग नहीं करने पर की गई टिप्पणी पर शुक्रवार को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी पर निशाना साधा. उन्होंने पूछा कि भारत में कौन अपने नाना के सरनेम का उपयोग करता है?  उन्होंने कहा कि उन्हें भारतीय संस्कृति की बुनियादी समझ नहीं है. एआईसीसी के महासचिव रणदीप सुरजेवाला ने पीएम मोदी के राज्यसभा में भाषण के एक दिन बाद संवाददाताओं से कहा, "केवल भगवान ही देश को बचा सकता है." सुरजेवाला ने कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष मल्लिकार्जुन खरगे की उपस्थिति में पार्टी मुख्यालय में एक संवाददाता सम्मेलन में कहा, "जो इतने जिम्मेदार पद पर बैठे हैं वे भारत की संस्कृति को न जानते हैं न समझते हैं... ऐसा बोलेंगे... आप देश के किसी भी व्यक्ति से पूछ सकते हैं कि नाना का सरनेम कौन लगाता है?"  सुरजेवाला ने कहा, "अगर उन्हें भारत की संस्कृति की इतनी बुनियादी समझ भी नहीं है, तो इस देश को भगवान ही बचा सकता है." सुरजेवाला ने राष्ट्र निर्माण में जवाहरलाल नेहरू के प्रयासों की अनदेखी के लिए सरकार की आलोचना की. गुरुवार को राज्यसभा में अपने भाषण में, प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने ...

Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday said his party would demolish the domes of the state's new Secretariat building if it gets elected to power, and make changes to it to reflect the culture of Telangana along with that of the country. Addressing a street corner meeting at Old Bowenpally here as part of 'Janam Gosa-BJP Bharosa' (people's suffering - BJP's assurance) campaign, he disapproved of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurating the new Secretariat on the latter's birthday on February 17. The Secretariat building, named after Babasaheb Ambedkar by the BRS government, should be inaugurated on April 14, Ambedkar's birth anniversary, Kumar said. The BRS government has increased the expenditure estimates to build the Secretariat from Rs 400 crore to Rs 1,500 crore, the Karimnagar Lok Sabha member alleged. "With Rs 1,500 crore, he is building Secretariat like Taj Mahal. Once BJP government is formed, we will definitely demoli...

Under Operation Dost, India sent 841 cartons of medicines, protection safety tools, and diagnostics to quake-hit Turkey and Syria, according to official sources on Friday. The official sources told ANI that India had dispatched 841 cartons of medicine, protection safety tools, and diagnostics with a weight of 6.19 tons have been sent to Turkey and Syria. More than 22,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria after magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes struck on Monday, and rescue workers are racing against time to pull survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings in harsh winter conditions, reported CNN. The medicines that have been sent include Paracetamol 100 ML IV, Ceftriaxone GM INJ, Propofol INJ., etc. The protection and safety tools that have been sent include gowns, gloves, shoe covers, and caps. The other medical aid includes Electrocardiographs six channels, Syringe Pump, and a Physiologic monitor system. Indian army set up a field hospital under 'Operation Dost' t...

The Supreme Court Collegium on Thursday recommended the names of five judges for elevation as Chief Justices of the High Court. The Collegium recommended Justice Pritinker Diwaker to Allahabad High Court, Justice TS Sivagnanam to Calcutta High Court, Justice Ramesh Sinha to Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice Sonia G Gokani to Gujarat High Court and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur to Manipur High Court. The Collegium recommended Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court. He is the brother of former Chief Justice of India TS Thakur. Justice Thakur, whose parent High Court is the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, has been a judge of the Bombay High Court since June 10, 2022. The Collegium's resolution said that the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court does not have representation amongst Chief Justices of High Courts since the retirement of Justice AM Margret. It noted that over a long period of time, no judge from Jammu and Kashmir origin has bee...