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  • Congress alleges Rs 6,000 crore coal rip-off in Gujarat, seeks time-bound SC probe

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday alleged a coal rip-off of Rs 6,000 crore in Gujarat wherein coal intended for small and medium trade used to be diverted to industries in different states and demanded a time-bound investigation by means of a siting pass judgement on of the Superb Courtroom.

    The opposition birthday celebration stated the probe must examine the position of all of the 4 leader ministers of Gujarat within the ultimate 14 years when the alleged rip-off came about.

    Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi demanded solutions from High Minister Narendra Modi at the “lacking” 60 lakh tonnes of coal.

    “60 lakh tonnes of coal ‘lacking’! Will the High ‘Buddy’ Minister say the rest in this coal rip-off,” Gandhi requested in a tweet in Hindi.

    He cited a information file alleging that 60 lakh tonnes of coal used to be lacking in Gujarat, terming it a Rs 6000 crore rip-off.

    “We call for {that a} time sure investigation must be constituted underneath the sitting pass judgement on of Superb Courtroom. This investigation must examine involvement of all of the 4 leader ministers of Gujarat from 2008 until date (Narendra Modi, Anandiben Patel, Vijay Rupani and BhupendraBhai Patel) on this Rs 6,000 crore rip-off,” Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh instructed newshounds.

    He alleged {that a} coal rip-off of Rs 6,000 crore has come to gentle in Gujarat, wherein within the ultimate 14 years, as an alternative of giving coal to the small and medium degree industries of the state, businesses of the Gujarat govt have offered it to the industries of different states at a better worth.

    He alleged that coal extracted from quite a lot of mines of Coal India didn’t succeed in the industries for which it used to be extracted.

    In ultimate 14 years, 60 lakh tonnes of coal were despatched from the mines of Coal India within the title of investors and small industries of Gujarat, the Congress chief alleged and stated its moderate worth is Rs 1,800 crore at Rs 3,000 according to tonne, however as an alternative of marketing it to investors and industries, it’s been offered in different states at a worth of Rs 8,000 to ten,000/tonne.

    Vallabh stated it’s attention-grabbing to notice that Narendra Modi (Leader Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014) used to be additionally maintaining the price of Business, Mines and Minerals Division of Executive of Gujarat (December 2007 to December 2012) and then Vijay Rupani (August 2016 to September 2021) and Bhupendra Patel (Sept 2021 until date) additionally saved the Business, Mines and Minerals Division of Executive of Gujarat with them.

    He requested why within the ultimate 14 years, when this rip-off came about, for greater than 10 years the manager minister of Gujarat used to be additionally maintaining price of Business, Mines and Minerals division.

    “Is that this an insignificant twist of fate or an experiment,” he requested.

    “ED, SFIO, Source of revenue Tax, FIU and different businesses must sign up a case and examine in this Rs 6,000 Crore rip-off as it’s conceivable that the businesses (SNA) have created faux expenses for this sport and avoided Source of revenue Tax, Gross sales Tax and GST,” Vallabh demanded.

    The Congress chief stated the UPA Executive had formulated a coverage in 2007 to offer just right high quality coal at inexpensive charges to the small industries around the nation.

    Underneath this coverage, coal is extracted each and every month from West Coal Box and South-East Coal Box of Coal India for Small and Medium Industries of Gujarat.

    He stated the industries within the title of which coal used to be extracted from Coal India within the paperwork didn’t succeed in the ones industries.

    “Why most effective few personal businesses have been appointed as state nominated company yr after yr while in different states respective departments of state governments have been doing the duty assigned to the nominated company,” Vallabh additionally requested.

  • Manipur desires alternate, folks bored stiff with BJP: Congress’ Ibobi Singh 

    Through PTI

    IMPHAL: Former Leader Minister and Congress chief Okram Ibobi Singh feels Manipur is ripe for a transformation of presidency as persons are “bored stiff” with the present dispensation.

    The ruling BJP’s “divisive politics” each at nationwide and state stage are not going to achieve any of the 5 states going to the polls, Singh informed PTI in an interview.

    “I imagine that the folks of Manipur are bored stiff with BJP. It is only that they have got no longer been ready to precise it brazenly. The BJP has been telling lies and making hole guarantees. They have got no longer transformed any in their guarantees into motion,” he claimed.

    Announcing that BJP’s “systematic coverage and plan each at nationwide and state stage” of indulging in divisive politics is not going to prevail, the veteran Congress chief stated, “We will be able to get to learn about it with the end result of the 5 state elections and in 2024 normal elections. Persons are bored stiff with them.”

    Bringing up the instance of the Framework Settlement signed in 2015 between the Centre and Naga revolt crew NSCN (IM), he identified that the deal has no longer yielded a last consequence.

    Singh added that it used to be a case of conserving folks at nighttime, which in flip has ended in erosion of consider.

    “It is been goodbye that the settlement used to be signed however no person is aware of what’s in it. Neither have they shared with the general public nor have they finished the talks. I imagine that even the Naga folks have misplaced consider within the BJP and its skill to unravel the problem,” he stated.

    When requested how assured is the Congress of coming again to energy after the approaching state meeting election, Singh stated, “Out of the full applicants that we have got submit (53), we all know the possibility of each and every one and we strongly imagine within the successful capacity of 40-45 of them.”

    Alternatively, he stated, “In case if we fall in need of majority, there shall be post-poll alliance with like- minded events.”

    Congress has already introduced a pre-poll alliance with CPI, CPI(M), Ahead Bloc, RSP and JD(S).

    Brushing apart BJP’s declare that it’s going to win over 40 seats within the 60-member meeting in Manipur, the three-time former leader minister stated, “We will be able to come to grasp when the consequences are out however from our view, let on my own successful over 40 seats in general, in Imphal valley which has 40 meeting constituencies, they would possibly not even win 15 seats.”

    He, alternatively, admitted that being a small state there might be shut fights with very slim margins of win for the Congress.

    Requested what steps the Congress has taken to stop recurrence of what came about in 2017, when regardless of successful 28 seats and being the one biggest celebration, the BJP used to be ready to trap away its elected participants to shape the federal government, Singh stated the celebration has learnt its courses and would take “precautionary measures like staying in combination at a spot” this time.

    Singh refused to be drawn into discussions on whether or not he will be the Leader Minister if the Congress-led alliance involves energy in Manipur, pointing out, “That shall be made up our minds after the consequences are out. Inside the Congress, we now have a practice that once the consequences are out, the Congress Legislature Celebration (CLP) will speak about and make a decision (on) the management. It could actually also be thru secret poll within the presence of observers from the prime command.”

    Polling for the 60-seat Manipur Legislative Meeting shall be held in two stages on February 28 and March 5 and the votes shall be counted on March 10.

  • ‘Will EC take cognisance of this?’ Harish Rawat claims video presentations poll tampering

    By way of PTI

    DEHRADUN: Congress normal secretary Harish Rawat has posted a video on social media that purportedly presentations one individual at an Military centre ticking and signing a number of postal poll papers.

    Sharing the video on his Twitter maintain and Fb on Tuesday, Rawat stated, “Sharing a brief video for everybody’s data. It presentations how one guy at a military centre is ticking and signing a number of poll papers. Will the Election Fee take cognisance of this?” When requested in regards to the tweet, Rawat’s spokesman Surendra Kumar refused to reveal the supply of the video however claimed that it’s from Uttarakhand.

    The celebration has no longer made a proper grievance to the Election Fee on this regard but however it may possibly take suo motu cognisance of it, he stated.

    The Congress leaders termed it as a “mockery of democracy” and prompt the Election Fee to take cognisance of the video and act towards the in charge.

    The state Congress has retweeted Rawat’s tweet.

    Chief of Opposition within the Uttarakhand Meeting Pritam Singh stated,”On this video that makes a mockery of democracy, a person at a military centre is noticed ticking and signing a number of postal poll papers in favour of the celebration of his selection.”

    The Election Fee must take cognisance of it and act towards the in charge, Singh stated.

    Reacting to the tweet, the BJP termed it the Congress’ frustration, announcing the celebration is doing it as it may possibly see its defeat within the lately held Meeting polls.

    “The Congress is resorting to such techniques as it’s conscious that it has did not lie to other people. Within the face of its drawing close defeat the celebration which used to be speaking previous about manipulation of EVMs is now speaking about poll papers. It presentations the celebration’s frustration,” Pradesh BJP media incharge Manveer Singh Chauhan stated.

    The Military must be avoided politics and the Congress must steer clear of levelling such allegations with out checking out their authenticity, Chauhan stated.

  • BJP left cow helpless, makes use of it just for politics: Congress’ jibe at saffron birthday party

    The Congress will put in force the program in Uttar Pradesh if voted to energy within the Meeting polls, Bhupesh Baghel mentioned, including that gaushalas might be in-built each village of the state.

  • UP polls: BJP gave step-motherly remedy to Raebareli, says Sonia Gandhi

    By means of PTI

    RAEBARELI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused the BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh of doing not anything in 5 years with the exception of dividing other folks, and claimed that it had meted out “step-motherly” remedy to her constituency Raebareli.

    In her maiden election speech for the continued UP polls, Gandhi additionally hit out at Top Minister Narendra Modi and UP Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath, accusing them of mismanagement throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

    “It’ll be a very powerful election as a result of for the ultimate 5 years you will have noticed a central authority which did not anything with the exception of divide other folks,” Gandhi stated throughout a digital cope with at the ultimate day of marketing campaign for the fourth segment.

    Gandhi is the Lok Sabha MP from Raebareli, the place balloting will happen on February 23 on all 5 meeting seats of Raebareli (Sadar), Harchandpur, Bachchrawan, Sareni and Unchahar.

    “We had introduced a number of construction schemes for you however the Modi-Yogi govt banned they all. Step-motherly remedy used to be meted out to Raebareli,” Gandhi stated. “You’ve got noticed the politics of Congress which is in line with carrier of other folks and giving rights to other folks,” she stated.

    She stated Congress staff have labored in reality onerous in UP within the ultimate 5 years and eight,000 celebration staff had been jailed whilst preventing for the rights of the folk within the state.

    “Brothers and sisters, I believe myself an inseparable a part of your circle of relatives. We’re dedicated to pursuing a politics which makes your existence higher. We wish to provide you with an MLA who works day and night time for you, and makes insurance policies that empower you,” Gandhi stated.

    “On this election, toughen the ‘hand’ (celebration image) of the Congress and make a selection the politics which is able to make your long term higher. Be certain that victory of all our applicants in Raebareli with an enormous mandate,” she appealed.

    The Congress is confronted with stiff problem in Raebareli as its each MLAs (Aditi Singh from Raebareli and Sadar Rakesh Singh from Harchandpur) have crossed over to the BJP and are preventing at the lotus image.

    The 5 meeting seats have a blended voter rely of over 17 lakh, together with round 8 lakh girls. The district, adjacent Lucknow, has a inhabitants of round 30 lakh.

    After successful over Amethi, as soon as a so-called bastion of the Congress, the BJP is making each effort to totally wash out the grand outdated celebration in Sonia Gandhi’s house turf of Raebareli within the 2022 UP polls.

    Noting that the Congress introduced in a law like MNREGA to empower other folks with the fitting to paintings and lend a hand them have a greater existence, Gandhi stated this can be a pity that throughout a disaster (pandemic), the finances for MNREGA used to be lowered as an alternative of being greater.

    She recalled how other folks confronted tricky occasions throughout the height of the Covid pandemic, not able to get oxygen, drugs or even beds in hospitals and plenty of misplaced their family members.

    Then again, she famous that the pandemic additionally disrupted the paintings and industry of many of us whilst many persisted the ache of getting to stroll for miles on foot throughout the lockdown.

    “The Modi-Yogi govt gave evidence of the way irresponsible they’re. They grew to become away their faces out of your issues and close their eyes for your woes. No longer simplest this, their behaviour in opposition to you used to be additionally no longer excellent throughout the lockdown. The federal government didn’t supply you any reduction,” she stated.

    She additionally focused the Centre and the state govt over the problems of farmers, adolescence and inflation. She stated farmers paintings onerous to develop plants for everybody however within the ultimate 5 years they neither were given a suitable worth for his or her produce, nor fertilizers or amenities for irrigation.

    “Farmers were given beneath burden of debt whilst stray animals saved ruining their plants,” Gandhi stated. Identical is the situation of the adolescence, who learn about onerous and get ready for jobs however the BJP govt compelled them to take a seat at house, she stated.

    “There are 12 lakh vacant govt jobs within the state however you weren’t given jobs,” the Congress leader famous.

    She stated the cost of petrol, diesel, cooking gasoline and mustard oil have develop into unaffordable for other folks and working a family has develop into tricky, and added that inflation additionally hit girls who one way or the other controlled to avoid wasting small quantities of cash.

    Hitting out on the govt over the unemployment state of affairs, Gandhi stated as an alternative of decreasing the load of other folks, the federal government offered out many corporations at low costs to its “pals”, which led to joblessness.

    She stated the Congress celebration has include a “new imaginative and prescient” for politics in Uttar Pradesh. “Jobs for adolescence, rights to ladies, amenities to farmers and reduction to everybody from inflation are envisioned beneath this new politics,” Gandhi stated.

    “We’ve ready ‘shakti vidhan’ for ladies, ‘bharti vidhan’ for adolescence and ‘unnati vidhan’ for construction of UP. I’m glad that Priyanka has allocated 40 according to cent of the celebration price ticket to ladies applicants this time,” she added.

    The elections to the 403 meeting seats of Uttar Pradesh are being held in seven levels this time from February 10 to March 7. Result of all levels can be declared on March 10.

  • Biden all of a sudden cancels Delaware shuttle after most sensible degree assembly on Ukraine disaster

    U.S. President Joe Biden walks after arriving on Marine One from a shuttle to Ohio on the White Space in Washington, February 17, 2022.

    Leah Millis | Reuters

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden all of a sudden canceled plans on Sunday to visit his house in Delaware for the vacation following a four-hour assembly of his nationwide safety group to speak about the Russian risk to Ukraine.

    The shuttle house was once a last-minute addition to the president’s agenda, introduced on Sunday afternoon at 2:41 p.m. A bit over an hour later, on the other hand, it was once canceled.

    It is extraordinary for a U.S. president’s trip plans to switch this briefly, particularly plans that contain leaving Washington.

    In keeping with the White Space, the president “had a family-related factor that was once going to take him to Wilmington, DE, this night however he’ll now not be going and can stay in Washington, DC this night.”

    Biden’s agenda and his interplay together with his nationwide safety group have taken on a brand new sense of urgency this weekend after the president mentioned he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin had made up our minds to hold out an assault on Ukraine “within the coming days.”

    “We’ve explanation why to imagine the Russian forces are making plans and intend to assault Ukraine within the coming week, within the coming days,” Biden mentioned Friday in a proper deal with to the country, his 2d up to now week. “We imagine that they’re going to goal Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a town of two.8 million blameless other people.”

    Revealing data like this about an adversary’s combat plans is very extraordinary, and Biden’s prediction despatched shockwaves all over the world. Russia these days has 190,000 troops deployed on Ukraine’s northern and japanese border — just about part of the country’s army.

    It is a creating tale please test again for updates.

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  • In a position to lend a hand states to give a boost to their training, well being infrastructure: Kejriwal forward of Punjab polls

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday stated his dispensation used to be able to lend a hand state governments in making improvements to their training and well being infrastructure with out the honor of political ideologies for the welfare of the rustic.

    He used to be talking on the release of 12,430 study rooms in Delhi executive colleges.

    “I’m making an be offering these days. If any state executive, irrespective if it is led through BJP or Congress, desires to give a boost to its training infrastructure, we’re able to mortgage Schooling Minister Manish Sisodia to it,” Kejriwal stated.

    “In a similar fashion, if any state executive desires to construct mohalla clinics, well-equipped executive hospitals, we’re able to mortgage Well being Minister Satyendar Jain to it,” he added.

    Kejriwal’s feedback got here at a time when his Aam Aadmi Celebration is within the ballot fray in states like Punjab.

    “We don’t combat the elections in each state. We would like the rustic to development and we’re able to lend a hand the state governments. We would like corruption to finish,” he stated.

    Kejriwal has come below assault from the BJP and the Congress after former Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) chief Kumar Vishwas accused him of supporting separatists in poll-bound Punjab.

    Kejriwal has dubbed Vishwas’s allegations as “laughable”.

    Speaking in regards to the allegations, the Delhi leader minister stated he used to be operating to raised the training gadget and the healthcare infrastructure.

    “I’ve devoted those 12,430 study rooms to the rustic. The individual, whom they’re calling a terrorist, has made such colleges the place the youngsters of deficient and wealthy folks find out about in combination. The individual, whom they’re accusing of terrorism, is satisfying the goals of Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh,” he stated.

    Kejriwal alleged that political leaders are scared of faculties.

    “Hardcore patriots are being ready in those colleges. After five-ten years, when they are going to vote, they are going to no longer vote at the foundation of caste or faith however for the rustic’s development,” he stated.

    Kejriwal discussed freedom fighter Bhagat Singh at the instance and stated, “He had given the slogan Inquilab Zindabad. I’m giving the slogan Inquilab Zindabad, Shiksha Kranti Zindabad’.”

    Within the ultimate 7 years, Delhi government has constructed 20,000 study rooms, greater than the ones constructed through all state and central governments blended all the way through this era, the manager minister claimed.

    Previous within the day, Kejriwal had claimed that all of the corrupt folks have teamed up towards the AAP and stated they are going to get a befitting answer with the inauguration of 12,430 fashionable study rooms in town colleges.

    In a tweet in Hindi, he additionally stated the rustic is not going to bow down ahead of those corrupt folks and transfer forward.

    “The entire corrupt folks of the rustic have teamed up towards us. Nowadays, we will be able to give them a befitting answer through inaugurating 12,430 fashionable study rooms in Delhi colleges.”

    “This nation is not going to bow down ahead of those corrupt folks. The rustic has determined. The rustic will transfer forward. The goals of Baba Saheb and Bhagat Singh can be fulfilled,” the manager minister stated.

  • Uttar Pradesh February 20 polls: SP fields 52 crorepati applicants, BJP 48

    The Bahujan Samaj Celebration has fielded 46 such applicants whilst the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Celebration have 29 and 18 contestants, respectively.

  • Uttarakhand polls: ‘Shall be leader minister or take a seat at house’, says Congress chief Harish Rawat

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    DEHRADUN: A tussle has began inside the Uttarakhand Congress after former CM Harish Rawat stated that both he can be the state’s CM or would take a seat at house. “Both I will be able to be the CM or I will be able to take a seat at house,” Rawat had stated responding to queries associated with the chances of him being the CM if the Congress will get majority in the Meeting.

    Responding to Rawat, Pritam Singh, former state president of the celebration, stated the CM face shall be made up our minds via the top command. “As in line with custom, all MLAs of the celebration post their consent for an individual following which the central management approves it,” he stated. 

    Political analysts stated that the Congress must look ahead to the consequences as this sends out a message that celebration leaders are overconfident. Political analyst Yogesh Kumar stated: “Their leaders who sense a superb opportunity of the celebration securing a majority are environment their fielding upfront in order that they aren’t out of the sport.”

  • Congress questions Fadnavis over his ‘handshake’ with 2008 Malegaon blast case accused

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: The Congress in Maharashtra on Thursday wondered senior BJP chief and previous leader minister Devendra Fadnavis over his act of “shaking arms” with 2008 Malegaon blast case accused, Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit, which the birthday party mentioned was once captured in a video.

    Speaking to journalists, Maharashtra Congress chief Sachin Sawant mentioned, “The heat with which Fadnavis met Purohit confirmed that the 2 know each and every different.”

    “The BJP has been giving coverage to the Malegaon blast accused. Pragya Singh Thakur (any other accused within the case) has been made an MP from Bhopal,” he alleged.

    Purohit, who was once an officer from intelligence corps of the Military, was once suspended from carrier quickly after he was once arrested in reference to the Malegaon blast case in overdue 2008.

    In 2017, round 9 years after his arrest, Purohit was once granted bail and he walked out of the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.

    Six other folks have been killed in a bomb blast on September 29, 2008 at Malegaon, a communally delicate textile the city in Nashik district of north Maharashtra.