The move comes ahead of the Delhi assembly elections, which are due early next year.

The Minister said that the appointment of village volunteers is in progress. As many as 446 rice mills were identified, which has the sortex machinery to grade the rice with up to 15 per cent of broken rice. The rice will be packed at the mills and shifted to godowns to be distributed to people along with other essential commodities through village volunteers.

Calling UP administration and police a 'Gunda Raj', Abdullah said: "I asked the police for a search warrant. They did not have any order. It is 'Gunda raj' of the state administration and police. This University is our heritage, we cannot let it go, we will save it. They can arrest us if they want." On Tuesday, police carried out a raid at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University and recovered more than 100 expensive books allegedly stolen from other institutes in Rampur.

Happy about the crowds it is drawing, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy took to Twitter to share his views and to wish applicants all the best for the ensuing exams.

 
The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said that his party didn’t opt to stake claim to form the government in Madhya Pradesh after last year’s Assembly polls despite several parties and Independents offering their support.

The BJP has been opposing the birth anniversary of the controversial 18th-century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom since 2015 when the annual event was launched during the Congress rule.

On Tuesday, the Trinamool Congress MP had said the way the bills were being passed amounted to a ‘mockery of Parliament’ and was the government’s way of ‘smothering’ the Opposition.

 
During the Zero Hour, several members praised the Speaker for starting a new system under which their name and division number are displayed on the screen in the house when they are speaking.

Deputy Speaker Krishna Reddy proposed the name of Kageri and tabled the motion in the Assembly today. The proposal was unanimously adopted through voice vote.