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  • Omar Abdullah Takes Oath As Chief Minister Of Jammu And Kashmir |

    Omar Abdullah takes oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar.

    The oath-taking took place at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Omar Abdullah and his council of ministers. Security has been heightened around Abdullah’s residence and key areas in Srinagar ahead of the event.

    In an invitation letter shared by Omar Abdullah on X from LG Manoj Sinha, it said, “I have received a letter of 11th October, 2024 from Dr. Farooq Abdullah, President, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, wherein it has been informed that you have been unanimously elected as Leader of the Legislature Party.”

    “As separately settled, I shall administer Oath of Office and Secrecy to you, and to those recommended by you for induction as members of your Council of Ministers, at SKICC, Srinagar on 16th October 2024 at 11:30 a.m. I take this opportunity to wish you a highly productive tenure and success in your endeavors in the best interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” LG Sinha said.

    Congress-NC Alliance Secures Victory

    This significant political moment comes after the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance secured a majority in the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The coalition won a total of 48 seats, with the National Conference emerging victorious in 42 constituencies, while the Congress secured 6.

    The formation of the new government marks the first elected administration in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and the reorganization of the state into two Union Territories in 2019.

    A Legacy of Leadership

    Omar Abdullah’s political journey is deeply rooted in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. His grandfather, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, was the first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India and later served as the Chief Minister.

    His father, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, has held the position of Chief Minister three times. Omar himself previously served as Chief Minister of the erstwhile state from 2009 to 2015 and was also the Union Minister of State for External Affairs under former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government from 2001 to 2002.

    End of Presidential Rule in J&K

    Jammu and Kashmir had been under President’s rule since 2018 after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew its support from the coalition government led by Mehbooba Mufti of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The recent revocation of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir has paved the way for the formation of a new government, following the successful assembly elections.

    Leaders from INDIA Bloc Attend Ceremony

    Leaders from various political parties, especially those part of the INDIA Bloc, have arrived in Srinagar to attend the oath-taking ceremony. Notable leaders present include Akhilesh Yadav, President of the Samajwadi Party; Supriya Sule, working president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP); Prakash Karat from the Communist Party of India (Marxist); and DMK Deputy General Secretary Kanimozhi.

  • Atishi Takes Oath As Delhi CM Days After Kejriwal’s Resignation |

    Atishi Swearing-In Ceremony: Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi Singh was sworn in as the new Delhi Chief Minister on Saturday. This comes days after party supremo Arvind Kejriwal stepped down from the top post following his release from the Tihar jail. After assuming charge as the Delhi CM, Atishi became the 17th woman chief minister in the country and the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi, after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.

    #WATCH | AAP leader Atishi takes oath as Chief Minister of Delhi pic.twitter.com/R1iomGAaS9


    — ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2024

    The Atishi-led government will have a short tenure, with assembly elections in Delhi scheduled for February next year. Her administration will need to expedite approvals for various pending policies and welfare initiatives, including the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, Electric Vehicle Policy 2.0, and doorstep delivery of services. In the previous Kejriwal government, Atishi managed 13 portfolios, including finance, revenue, public works, power, and education.

    Besides Atishi, five ministers were sworn in the cabinet. AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain and Mukesh Ahlawat also took oath during the ceremony. The swearing-in ceremony saw the presence of former CM Arvind Kejriwal and party leader Manish Sisodia.  

  • Bihar CM Nitish Kumar | The lengthy highway to redemption

    Nitish Kumar’s statewide Samadhan Yatra used to be a practice session for the 2024 basic election marketing campaign at the same time as formidable best friend RJD and an competitive BJP wait within the wings

    Patna,ISSUE DATE: Feb 27, 2023 | UPDATED: Feb 17, 2023 17:48 IST

    Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar at Shivsena village, Lakhisarai district, right through the Samadhan Yatra on February 7; (Picture: Ranjan Rahi)

    It used to be 4 within the night on February 7 and the iciness mild had begun to vanish. Nitish Kumar’s crew began having a look a tad fearful, however the Bihar leader minister, differently a stickler for time and regimen, appeared oblivious, taking part in his prolonged public interactions in Munger district that day. Consistent with the itinerary, even though, he used to be two hours at the back of and the helipad in Sheikhpura district, from the place he used to be to take the 30-minute chopper flight to Patna, used to be 80-odd kilometres away.

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  • No person is made CM on foundation of caste: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot 

    By way of PTI

    JAIPUR: Congress chief Ashok Gehlot on Monday stated he has no longer transform the manager minister of Rajasthan at the foundation of caste as he’s the lone MLA from his neighborhood.

    Gehlot’s observation has come amid calls for from a bit to make his bete noire Sachin Pilot as the manager minister, who belongs to the Gujjar neighborhood.

    Gehlot and Pilot had been at loggerheads over leader ministership ever for the reason that Congress received the Rajasthan polls in 2018.

    ALSO READ | Traitor Sachin Pilot won’t ever be authorised as Rajasthan CM, says Ashok Gehlot

    Reiterating that he’s the manager minister as a result of the love and blessings of all sections of the society, Gehlot stated he’s the one MLA from the Mali neighborhood within the Rajasthan Meeting and nonetheless other folks have made him the manager minister three times.

    “As of late I’m the manager minister. I wish to serve each and every neighborhood, be it Jat, Gujjar, Rajput, Kushwaha, Jatav, Brahmin, Baniya, Meena. As a result of, I do know that no person is made the manager minister at the foundation of caste,” Gehlot stated in a tweet.

    In a sequence of tweets, the CM shared the Sunday’s match in Nadbai of Bharatpur district the place he addressed a meeting after laying the root of quite a lot of building initiatives.

    “If the entire communities don’t love me, don’t bless me, then how can I be made the manager minister thrice and the most important factor is that my caste is named Saini, it is named Kushwaha, it is named Mali.”

    ALSO READ | Each leaders property to Congress, says Rahul Gandhi on Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot

    “There is just one MLA of my caste within the meeting, and that’s myself. Occasionally, I feel that what a fortunate individual I’m, I’m so lucky that the folk of Rajasthan have made me leader minister three times,” he stated.

    He stated that he has been birthday celebration’s nationwide basic secretary 3 times, leader minister 3 times and the top command is appearing such a lot religion in him as a result of the affection, affection and blessings of the folk of Rajasthan.

    The CM stated that it is going to be his endeavour to wipe the tears of each and every deficient of Rajasthan, regardless of caste, creed or faith.

    JAIPUR: Congress chief Ashok Gehlot on Monday stated he has no longer transform the manager minister of Rajasthan at the foundation of caste as he’s the lone MLA from his neighborhood.

    Gehlot’s observation has come amid calls for from a bit to make his bete noire Sachin Pilot as the manager minister, who belongs to the Gujjar neighborhood.

    Gehlot and Pilot had been at loggerheads over leader ministership ever for the reason that Congress received the Rajasthan polls in 2018.

    ALSO READ | Traitor Sachin Pilot won’t ever be authorised as Rajasthan CM, says Ashok Gehlot

    Reiterating that he’s the manager minister as a result of the love and blessings of all sections of the society, Gehlot stated he’s the one MLA from the Mali neighborhood within the Rajasthan Meeting and nonetheless other folks have made him the manager minister three times.

    “As of late I’m the manager minister. I wish to serve each and every neighborhood, be it Jat, Gujjar, Rajput, Kushwaha, Jatav, Brahmin, Baniya, Meena. As a result of, I do know that no person is made the manager minister at the foundation of caste,” Gehlot stated in a tweet.

    In a sequence of tweets, the CM shared the Sunday’s match in Nadbai of Bharatpur district the place he addressed a meeting after laying the root of quite a lot of building initiatives.

    “If the entire communities don’t love me, don’t bless me, then how can I be made the manager minister thrice and the most important factor is that my caste is named Saini, it is named Kushwaha, it is named Mali.”

    ALSO READ | Each leaders property to Congress, says Rahul Gandhi on Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot

    “There is just one MLA of my caste within the meeting, and that’s myself. Occasionally, I feel that what a fortunate individual I’m, I’m so lucky that the folk of Rajasthan have made me leader minister three times,” he stated.

    He stated that he has been birthday celebration’s nationwide basic secretary 3 times, leader minister 3 times and the top command is appearing such a lot religion in him as a result of the affection, affection and blessings of the folk of Rajasthan.

    The CM stated that it is going to be his endeavour to wipe the tears of each and every deficient of Rajasthan, regardless of caste, creed or faith.

  • Federalism | Governors vs leader ministers

    Tussles with the governments of Kerala and different states reignite outdated debates over the governor’s function in India’s federal construction

    New Delhi,ISSUE DATE: Nov 14, 2022 | UPDATED: Nov 4, 2022 20:49 IST

    Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan (black waistcoat) with Leader Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (in white); (Photograph: ANI)

    It’s a second of deja vu for Kerala. Long ago in 1959, the state govt, then led by way of CPI (and later CPI(M)) stalwart E.M.S. Namboodiripad, used to be at loggerheads with Governor B.R. Rao over, amongst a number of different issues, an schooling invoice that aimed to introduce positive reforms within the personal schooling sector. The governor used to be unwilling to offer his assent to the contentious invoice, which had confronted resistance from a number of organisations and power teams. The tussle sooner or later resulted in the dismissal of the Namboodiripad govt and imposition of President’s rule within the state. Greater than six many years later, the southern state has been witnessing a identical tussle between the Left Democratic Entrance (LDF) govt led by way of Pinarayi Vijayan and the present occupant of the Raj Bhavan—Arif Mohammad Khan. The bone of competition this time, too, is the schooling sector, extra particularly the appointment of vice-chancellors within the 13 universities run by way of the Kerala govt.

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  • ‘Largest evidence of honesty’, says Kejriwal after CAG document presentations earnings surplus all through AAP regime

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI” Mentioning a CAG document which mentioned the Delhi executive used to be operating in benefit, Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday mentioned the numbers had been the “largest evidence of its honesty”. AAP’s honesty has disadvantaged the combatants in their sleep, he mentioned.

    The Comptroller and Auditor Normal (CAG) document tabled within the Meeting on Tuesday mentioned the Delhi executive has had a earnings surplus from 2015-16 to 2019-20.

    It, alternatively, discussed that the Delhi executive used to be in a position to handle the earnings surplus in large part for the reason that pension liabilities of its workers had been being borne by means of the central executive and the Delhi Police’s expenditure used to be borne by means of the Union Ministry of House Affairs.

    “That is the CAG document. It says the Delhi executive is operating in benefit since AAP got here to energy. That is the largest evidence of the honesty of AAP. This honesty has disadvantaged our combatants in their sleep,” Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.

    The earnings surplus of the Delhi executive in 2019-20 used to be Rs 7,499 crore, indicating that its earnings receipts had been enough to satisfy the earnings expenditure, the document mentioned.

    The CAG document, 2021, on state funds for the yr ended March 2020 used to be offered within the Meeting consultation by means of Deputy Leader Minister Manish Sisodia.

    The audit document on state funds supplies an analytical assessment of the yearly accounts of the Executive of the Nationwide Capital Territory of Delhi and the functioning of the Public Sector Undertakings for the yr ended March 31, 2020.

  • Jharkhand HC reserves order on maintainability of PIL in quest of probe towards CM Hemant Soren

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    RANCHI: The Jharkhand Prime Courtroom saved its order reserved at the maintainability of PIL in quest of investigation towards Leader Minister Hemant Soren for alleged irregularities within the grant of mining rentals and likewise on transactions of a few shell corporations purportedly operated through his members of the family and co-workers.

    Taking away a unique go away petition filed through the Jharkhand Govt on Would possibly 24, the Splendid Courtroom had directed Jharkhand Prime Courtroom to first make a decision at the maintainability of the PIL ahead of continuing additional as consistent with legislation.

    In keeping with the PIL filed through an RTI activist Shiv Shankar Sharma, CM Soren and his brother Basant Soren invested black cash thru businessmen Ravi Kejriwal, Ramesh Kejriwal, Amit Agrawal and a number of other others in 28 small corporations to get them transformed into white cash. Sharma in his PIL additionally demanded probe through the CBI and ED into the shell corporations which might be being run in different states together with Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal.

    “After listening to each side at the factor of maintainability of the PIL and saved its order reserved until June 3,” mentioned petitioner’s Recommend Rajeev Kumar. As quickly because the listening to began, senior suggest Kapil Sibal showing on behalf of the Jharkhand Govt demanded dismissal of the petition pronouncing that the petition used to be motivated and has been filed with ulterior motives through the petitioner.

    Petitioner’s attorney Rajiv Kumar mentioned that aside from the executive minister, a mining hire used to be issued within the favour of his brother and MLA Basant Soren and plenty of individuals on the subject of him. The court docket requested Mukul Rohtagi to give an explanation for whether or not or no longer mining rentals had been issued to the CM, Basant Soren and others.

    Solicitor normal Tushar Mehta, showing on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate, then again, wired on CBI inquiry in line with the info discovered through the central company right through the raids carried out through it in Jharkhand in reference to MNREGA rip-off.

    The fabric accumulated displays involvement of other people sitting at the best positions and the state govt businesses will be unable to behavior an inquiry, he mentioned. 

    Mehta used to be additionally of the view that the credentials of a petitioner might be challenged, however a petition cannot be disregarded simply as a result of positive barriers on technicalities and PIL laws. Mehta mentioned the Prime court docket has sufficient energy beneath Article 226 of the Charter to even take suo moto cognisance and order inquiry to verify justice, even though the petition isn’t as consistent with laws.

    Senior suggest Mukul Rohtagi, showing on behalf of Hemant Soren, additionally puzzled the credentials of the petitioner and knowledgeable the court docket concerning the earlier involvement of his father in a case associated with Shibu Soren.

    “Soren’s Recommend knowledgeable the court docket that the petition has been filed with ulterior purpose and the petitioner is focused on the executive minister because of private enmity along with his circle of relatives,” mentioned Amritansh Vats, who’s helping Rohtagi within the case.

  • Chhattisgarh minister seeks motion to test collector’s alleged corrupt practices

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    RAIPUR: Because the Leader minister Bhupesh Baghel now not hesitating to take urged strict motion on lawsuits won towards corrupt-negligent officials all through his ongoing statewide “Bhet-Mulakat” excursion, his cupboard colleague has levelled critical fees towards the collector of Korba, one of the most easiest contributor districts of DMF fund, bringing up her as “corrupt officer, grossly misusing the general public fund”.

    State Earnings, Crisis Control and Rehabilitation minister Jaisingh Agrawal in his grievance had claimed the Korba collector Ranu Sahu as inquisitive about huge corruption thru her unilateral non-transparent selections resulting in embezzlement of public (DMF) price range.

    Agrawal has shot a letter highlighting his objections to the Secretary and Nodal officer of the state mining division and DMF in the hunt for his pressing intervention in suspending the impending DMF committee assembly referred to as through the collector and “forestall additional misuse of public cash”.

    Korba, supplying 16 p.c of the overall coal manufacturing of the rustic and greater than the Jharkhand state, is the most important contributor to the DMF kitty with a number of hundred crores once a year.

    “The collector is sanctioning works from the DMF fund as consistent with her personal needs that does not serve the general public passion. Save you the misuse of public cash and begin suitable motion. There is not any transparency in regards to the knowledge that had to be shared at the public area in regards to the licensed works allocated through the DMF committee in Korba”, alleged Agrawal.

    The minister categorically asserted that the loss of any motion through the Secretary will similarly counsel his silent consent to the squandering of crores of rupees to the state thru embezzlement within the allocated works beneath the DMF scheme.

    The collector could not be reached regardless of repeated makes an attempt nor did she reply to the message texted to her in the hunt for the response.

    The opposition BJP nonetheless grasped the minister’s grievance to focus on the state executive. “We now have introduced the problem of huge irregularities in utilisation of DMF price range in Korba district to the data of the High Minister Place of work, house minister and DoPT urging them to intrude for placing issues proper. It’s surprising to search out the state minister had now not simply uncovered the cheating practices of the collector but in addition how corruption dominated the roost in paperwork”, mentioned Naresh Gupta, BJP prison cellular in price.