Politics

KN Nehru, a former state minister and DMK's secretary, addressing a protest demonstration here, said tall claims were being made by Congress leaders on getting maximum number of seats from DMK for the local body polls.

The poster was put up by a social activist who had recently filed a petition in a local court demanding that the Centre and the state government be taken to task for 'failing' to contain the outbreak of the disease.

The former Prime Minister said he had 'apprehensions' about the proposal, a day after PM Modi called for an all-party meeting in New Delhi to build consensus on the idea.

The Congress and Left parties expressed opposition to the proposal, saying it would go against the spirit of federalism.

The Chief Minister dismissed the budget 'leak' charge, saying the provisions were put out on Twitter 15 minutes after the finance minister began his budget speech in the Assembly.

The senior BSP leaders had convened a party meeting to prepare for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. However, during discussion some workers engaged in a heated argument and accused top leaders of corruption.

Sources say that 29-year-old Aditya Thackeray is being pushed by the Shiv Sena as its nominee for deputy CM's chair. Speculations started after Aditya's meeting with Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis.

Banerjee made the allegation at the state-run Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital, where she reached around 12.10 pm following disruption of medical services in several parts of the state over the past three days.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that the surplus water was being discharged to prevent flooding in areas along Sutlej and the Beas rivers.

In the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha, the new government plans to convert 10 ordinances, including the one to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, into law.

At present, powers within the party are divided between coordinator O Panneerselvam and chief minister and co-coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami in the absence of a general secretary.

The BJP has announced a protest in the state on June 12 against the killings of its workers, allegedly by people linked to the TMC.

The Appropriation Bill on the budget for the year 2019-20 will be introduced in the Assembly on July 31.

A similar meeting was held in 2014 after Modi assumed charge as prime minister in his first term.

The organisational polls will be held in the party's units in all states and UTs, with the likely exception of Assembly poll-bound states like Haryana and Maharashtra, before it elects a national president.

A Congress release said a group of students of the Osmania University here took out a protest rally and performed symbolic "last rites" for the MLAs who switched over.