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Former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) was on Saturday elected as legislature party leader by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs. The BRS Legislative Party met at Telangana Bhavan and unanimously elected KCR as their leader in the newly-elected assembly. The meeting, chaired by BRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao, saw former Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy proposing Chandrashekhar Rao's name and former ministers T Srinivas Yadav and Kadiyam Srihari supporting it. The meeting unanimously passed a resolution entrusting the responsibility of selecting the rest of the office-bearers on KCR. KCR has undergone a successful hip surgery. BRS lost the assembly polls earlier this month with the Congress forming its first government in the southern state, which is also India's youngest. BRS had been in power for the past 10 years. from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/xBNdPol via IFTTT

The maiden India Art, Architecture and Design Biennale celebrating the rich tapestry of the country's artistic and cultural heritage kicked off at the historic Red Fort complex here on Friday evening with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating it. Prior to the inauguration ceremony, the prime minister also visited some of the thematic pavilions set up in three British-era barracks of the Red Fort. Large biennale banners have been put up at the venue, which has been decked up colourfully. From ornate doors to magnificent ancient temples and from heritage stepwells to rich textile designs, the art and architectural legacy of India have been showcased at the biennale. Seven "specially curated" thematic pavilions have been set up in the three barracks - A1, A2 and B4 - that have been refurbished for the event. The seven-day India Art, Architecture and Design Biennale (IAADB), helmed by the Union Culture Ministry, will open to the public from December 9. And, while the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the Union Home Ministry to release Rs 450 crore, the second instalment to Tamil Nadu for cyclone relief, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Thursday. Following an aerial survey and a hi-level meeting with Chief Minister M K Stalin at the Secretariat, Singh said the first instalment of Rs 450 crore had been released earlier to the state. The release of two instalments to Tamil Nadu is the Centre's share in the State Disaster Response Fund. "PM Modi is distressed by the loss of lives in TN due to rains, flood," he said. After the meeting with Singh, Stalin said a team from the Centre would soon visit the state to assess damage due to the cyclone. He termed as 'unseen before,' the rains here and nearby areas and outlined the state's relief initiatives on war-footing. In view of the government's preventive measures, loss of lives and damage has been avoided to a large extent. The CM said relief work woul...

The BJP on Wednesday trained its guns at the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi, alleging "corruption" in the award of tenders by the flood and irrigation department and payments to contractors without any work being done on the ground. Flood and Irrigation Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, however, fired back at BJP, asking it to first answer why files were not sent by the officers to the minister in charge of the department for approval. "Since March 2023, since I took charge of the department and till date, no file of these works was sent by the officers for the minister's approval," Mr Bharadwaj claimed. Virendra Sachdeva, the BJP's Delhi unit chief, and Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Bidhuri during a joint press conference showed copies of purported documents and also interacted with party workers present on the spots where the work was tendered by the department. "The flood (and irrigation) department of the Kejriwal government is se...

Pollution levels in Delhi improved on Tuesday and were recorded in the "poor" category, with the minimum temperature settling at 11.2 degrees Celsius, weather department officials said. As per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, the 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) was 297, higher than 310 ("very poor" category) recorded a day earlier. The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 25.4 degrees Celsius, normal for the season, while the minimum temperature settled two notches above normal at 11.2 degrees Celsius, as per weather department data. The air quality is likely to slip back to the "very poor" category from December 6-8. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'. A mainly clear sky is predicted for Wednesday with moderate fog in the morning. The max...

राजस्थान में भाजपा को बहुमत मिलने के एक दिन बाद पार्टी के 25 से अधिक नवनिर्वाचित विधायकों ने सोमवार को यहां पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री वसुंधरा राजे के आवास पर उनसे मुलाकात की. राजे को मुख्यमंत्री पद की दौड़ में सबसे आगे बताया जा रहा है. राजे से मुलाकात करने वालों में शामिल कुछ लोग मीडिया से बात करने से कतराते रहे. कई अन्य ने इसे शिष्टाचार मुलाकात बताया और उनमें से कुछ ने अपनी पसंद का संकेत भी दिया. लेकिन इस कवायद को ऐसे समय में शक्ति प्रदर्शन के रूप में देखा जा रहा है जब पार्टी नेतृत्व मुख्यमंत्री उम्मीदवार पर विचार कर रहा है. नवनिर्वाचित विधायकों ने सिविल लाइंस में राजे के आवास पर जाकर उनसे मुलाकात की. मुलाकात करने वाले विधायकों में कालीचरण सराफ, बाबू सिंह राठौड़, प्रेम चंद बैरवा, ललित मीणा, बहादुर कोली, प्रताप सिंह सिंघवी, कालू लाल मीणा, शंकर सिंह रावत, विजय सिंह चौधरी एवं अन्य शामिल थे. नसीराबाद विधायक रामस्वरूप लांबा ने कहा कि जनता ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी और वसुंधरा राजे के कामों को देखा है और मुख्यमंत्री को लेकर फैसला संसदीय बोर्ड करेगा. जब उनसे पूछा गया कि क्या पार्टी के सभी विधा...

केंद्र सरकार और लद्दाख के नेताओं के बीच जारी गतिरोध खत्म हो गया है. उच्चाधिकार प्राप्त समिति (HPC) के नेताओं और गृह मंत्रालय (MHA) के अधिकारियों के बीच सोमवार को दिल्ली में पहले दौर की वार्ता हुई. ये समूह लद्दाख के लिए अलग राज्य का दर्जा, छठी अनुसूची (जो आदिवासी समुदायों को स्वायत्तता प्रदान करती है) की तर्ज पर संवैधानिक सुरक्षा उपाय, लोक सेवा आयोग का गठन, लद्दाखियों के लिए नौकरियों में आरक्षण और लेह तथा कारगिल के लिए दो अलग संसदीय निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों के निर्माण की मांग कर रहे हैं. गृह मंत्रालय के अधिकारियों ने प्रतिनिधियों से  विरोध प्रदर्शन न करने की अपील की और उन्हें समयबद्ध समाधान निकाले जाने का आश्वासन दिया. गृह राज्य मंत्री नित्यानंद राय की अध्यक्षता में हुई बैठक बताते चलें कि एचपीसी में एपेक्स बॉडी लेह (एबीएल) और कारगिल डेमोक्रेटिक अलायंस (केडीए) के प्रमुख प्रतिनिधि शामिल हैं. बैठक की अध्यक्षता गृह राज्य मंत्री नित्यानंद राय ने की और यह लगभग 2 घंटे तक चली.  इन संगठनों द्वारा लद्दाख और कारगिल में ब्लॉक स्तर और ग्राम स्तर पर जन जागरूकता कार्यक्रम आयोजित किए जा रहे थे ताक...