Union Minister K J Alphons Monday slammed the Kerala government for turning the Sabarimala Temple complex into a “war zone” and lack of facilities at the shrine even as police detained 68 people.
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Amid demands from some quarters for RBI governor Urjit Patel’s resignation, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Veerappa Moily Sunday said it will send a bad signal to global markets.
Tamilnadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Sunday appealed to all political parties to join in the relief efforts, while protests erupted in some districts over alleged failure to provide assistance to the affected people.
Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy Sunday issued a ‘standing order’ to all secretaries and heads of all departments not to abide by a circular issued by the Finance department of the territorial government on expenditure management.
A ‘kerosene bomb’ was hurled at the residence of a Hindu outfit leader, near here, by two unidentified men on a motorcycle, police said Sunday.
Senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatraya Sunday said the party would present a separate budget for Agriculture, if it comes to power in Telangana after the coming assembly elections.
Fresh protest broke out at Sabarimala temple on the second day of the two-month-long pilgrimage season as hundreds of devotees gathered at Nadapanthal area and agitated against the restrictions imposed by police.
DMK chief M K Stalin appealed party cadres and legislators on Sunday to provide aid on a war-footing in districts affected with cyclone ‘Gaja.’
Newly-crowned world billiards and snooker champion Pankaj Advani notched up superb wins over his English counterparts Mike Russell and David Causier to seal a berth in the finals of the IBSF World Billiards Championship here on Saturday.