Khattar Set For Second Term In Haryana, New Lieutenant Governor In J-K & Other Top Stories

BJP, JJP Seal Alliance Deal In Haryana, Dushyant Chautala’s Party To Get Deputy CM Post: Amit Shah

Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Friday announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) will form the next government in Haryana, adding that Manohar Lal Khattar will remain as the Chief Minister, while Dushyant Chautala’s party will get the Deputy CM post. Read more…

Naina Singh, Mother Of Dushyant Chautala, May Become Haryana Deputy CM: Sources

Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Naina Singh Chautala may become the deputy CM of Haryana. BJP president Amit Shah on Friday announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and JJP will form the next government in Haryana, adding that Manohar Lal Khattar will remain as the Chief Minister, while Dushyant Chautala’s party will get the Deputy CM post. Read more…

Delhi Pollution: Authorities Sound High Alert Ahead Of Diwali

Authorities on Friday banned overnight construction work in the National Capital Region (NCR). The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (Epca) in its directions sent to the governments of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh said, “All implementing agencies in Delhi-NCR to be on high alert and strictly enforce law for controlling pollution activities including actions for checking stubble burning in the states of Punjab and Haryana.” Read more…

TSRTC Strike: Congress, CPI, Opposition Parties Flay KCR’s Comments

Congress, CPI and other opposition parties on Friday flayed the Telangana Chief Minister’s comments that the ongoing strike by TSRTC employees was illegal and reaffirmed their support to the stir. “This is a strike being done voluntarily by the employees. Their request is that the CM fulfil the promise he made at the Karimnagar meeting (during separate Telangana agitation) that RTC workers would be recognised as government employees,” employees unions leader Aswathama Reddy told reporters. Read more…

J-K Governor Satya Pal Malik Transferred, Girish Chandra Murmu Made Lieutenant Governor

IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, replacing Satya Pal Malik, who has been given the charge of Goa Governor on Friday. Besides Murmu, PS Sreedharan Pillai, Kerala BJP president, has been appointed as the new Governor of Mizoram, while RK Mathur has been appointed the new Lieutenant Governor Ladakh, an official communication said on Friday. Read more…