For the CMs, the real issue remains that of financial support to states, for which they are still looking to the Centre.
On World Book Day, Pokhriyal launched ‘#MyBookMyFriend’ campaign on Twitter to encourage students to read books during the lockdown.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar posted on social media that he has finished reading the trilogy of Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning English author.
The committee, headed by senior BJD member Bhartruhari Mahtab, digitally adopted the report as no sitting is held in the middle of the pandemic.
The Swamitva Scheme will also be launched during the event. It will add momentum to efforts to alleviate poverty in rural areas, the PM later said in a tweet while referring to the April 24 event. “I look forward to this interaction,” PM wrote.
The new Madhya Pradesh cabinet may not have left anyone happy, but the balancing act by the organisation has not left much room for anyone to complain either, said party leaders.
After functioning with a few judges for the last couple of weeks on account of the lockdown, the Supreme Court will see near-full attendance of judges on Tuesday, with 30 of 33 of them taking up matters for hearing.
Though Shivraj Singh Chouhan initially got a green flag from the BJP leadership for a small induction for crucial ministries, the information has created such a clamour that party leaders are wondering whether he can keep it small.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday wrote another letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, this time asking him to set up a task force for economic revival.
Sahasrabuddhe, who belongs to Thane in Maharashtra, wanted the ministry to relax restrictions for salt farms and plants in the coastal areas.
Pm Modi on Tuesday reiterated his earlier request to employers to be sensitive to their employees.
IT and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is learnt to have got India Post to take it on priority to deliver medicines through Speed Post during this period.
Sam Pitroda, who had courted controversy during the Lok Sabha election campaign with remarks such as “hua toh hua” in the context of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, is back.
“Just as Lord Hanuman brought the holy medicine from the Himalayas to save the life of Lord Rama’s brother Laksmana, and Jesus healed those who were sick and restored the sight of Bartimeu, India and Brazil will overcome this global crisis,” Bolsonaro wrote.
BJP vice-president and Rajya Sabha member Vinay Sahasrabudhe has developed a platform to connect those who provide help and those seeking help
The lockdown has kept many people, including MPs, away from their families. Union Minister Anurag Thakur is among them.
Rajya Sabha MP from Samajwadi Party Javed Ali Khan recently got several calls from the police from his native place, looking for a person with another name.
In a video clip that has gone viral, the Tripura CM is seen telling a reporter that he had no choice but to seal the borders since neighbouring areas of Assam's Karimganj district had 16 confirmed coronavirus cases and Manipur had 19.
At a time when migrant workers are facing the brunt of the lockdown, Kerala's Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Ramesh Chennithala, has taken to TikTok, the video-sharing social networking platform, to reach out to them.
Omar Abdullah, who came out of an eight-month detention recently, was in for a surprise on Monday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a message tagging him.
Tagging Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Trivedi demanded that trains be run for the workers returning home.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for taking care of animals around us seems to have pleased former Union minister Maneka Gandhi the most.
Mindful of the social distancing requirements, Nadda has decided to convene meetings of party’s national office-bearers through video conferencing in the evenings.
Parliament may not have curtailed the Budget Session amid the coronavirus outbreak, but the Houses are not untouched by it. Several leaders have chosen self-quarantine.
While speaking on The Institute of Technology and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor had a long speech to make.



