directed the officials to prerpare an action plan for upgrading Vijayawada into a ''Greater city.'' Responding to an appeal mady by Vijayawada City Mayor M Ratnabindu to the Chief Minister to take steps to upgrade the city by merging 15 villages, the Chief Minister directed the officials to look into the matter.The Mayor, who met the Chief Minister at Gannavaram airport here, said the issue was pending...
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah was bereaved with death of his sister tonight.Mrs Savitriamma, sister of the Chief Minister, died tonight after prolong illness at Tenali, the native town in Guntur district, about 400 km from here.The Chief Minister was informed of passing away of his sister, sources in the Chief Minister's office here...
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BJP central leadership is in a bind over the power tussle in Karnataka with both the Reddy camp and Chief Minister Yeddyurappa sticking to their stands. The Karnataka Chief Minister, who has been called to Delhi today, says he won't step down, but is willing to compromise with the Reddy brothers.And speaking to NDTV, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa saidthere was no question of him stepping...
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Monday by inducting Akali Dal leader Sewa Singh Sekhwan as a cabinet minister.Sekhwan was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Punjab Governor S.F. Rodrigues at the Raj Bhavan here.Sekhwan was elected legislator from the Kahnuwan assembly seat in Gurdaspur district August this year in a by-election.The slot had fallen vacant after minister Kanwaljit Singh died in a road accident in March...
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Haryana Government today appointed Chhatar Singh, a 1980 batch IAS officer as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, against a vacant post.He was earlier Resident Financial Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi and was also the Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister.According to an official release Mr K K Khandelwal, Director, Information, Public Relations and Cultural Affairs and...
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ToranAgal (Bellary district): The Jindal airport wore a deserted a look here on Monday when Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram arrived, unlike in the past when it used to be bustling with Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers whenever the Chief Minister and other senior leaders visited.Thanks to the differences between the Reddy brothers and the Chief Minister...
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Bangalore: The Congress on Tuesday accused Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for succumbing to the pressure exerted on him by the Ministers from Bellary district.Addressing presspersons here, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council V.S. Ugrappa said following pressure from the three Ministers from Bellary district, the Chief Minister had rolled back the transfer of officials two weeks after...
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Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has agreed to take part in the centenary celebrations of former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai next month in Puducherry, according to Union Minister of State for Planning, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture V. Narayanasamy.later that the celebration would be organised by the Union Territory government.He requested the Chief Minister to grant permission for the transportation...
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group-C employees of the Punjab government will be eligible for nomination in the PCS cadre. Official sources, meanwhile, said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had rejected the proposal mooted by the authorities concerned against the nomination of group-C employees.When group-C employees got to know that a proposal had been mooted to eliminate them from the PCS nomination process, they lobbied hard...
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The Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)'s Chhagan Bhujbal has been appointed the deputy chief minister ofMaharashtra for the third time, a top party leader announced. (Senior NCP leader Praful Patel announced Bhujbal'sselection as the NCP legislature party leader and the deputy chief minister at apress conference here on Monday evening.Bhujbal pipped strongcontenders - state NCP chief RR Patil, and party...
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