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May 2015

Mar 27, 2022

AAP's all 5 Candidates Elected Unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Punjab

All five Aam Aadmi Party nominees for the Rajya Sabha polls were elected unopposed from Punjab.
The AAP had nominated former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, party leader Raghav Chadha, Lovely Professional University founder Ashok Mittal, IIT Delhi professor Sandeep Pathak and industrialist Sanjeev Arora for the March 31 elections.
No other political party had nominated any candidate from Punjab for the Rajya Sabha elections.
The term of five Rajya Sabha members from Punjab -- Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (SAD), Naresh Gujral (SAD), Partap Singh Bajwa (Congress), Shamsher Singh Dullo (Congress) and Shwait Malik (BJP) will expire on April 9.

Yogi Adityanath Takes Oath as Uttar Pradesh CM for Second Time

Yogi Adityanath took oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time in a grand ceremony at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium.
Adityanath scripted history as he took oath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for a second term in office after completing a full five-year term, a feat none of his predecessors has been able to achieve.
A monk-politician Yogi Adiyanath was a surprise choice when BJP won the 2017 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. A five-time Lok Sabha MP, he was picked for the key role in the electorally crucial state by the BJP leadership and has strived to live up to expectations from him.
Yogi Adityanath gave a strong government in the past five years with improvement in the law and order situation in the state emerging a strong poll theme for BJP during electioneering for the assembly polls.

Randeep Guleria Gets Three-month Extension as AIIMS Director

The tenure of Dr, Randeep Guleria as the director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was extended by three months.
Guleria's current term ended on March 24.
He was appointed as the director of AIIMS, New Delhi for a term of five years in March 2017.

Centre Clears 9 Names as Judges

Easing the tussle with the judiciary over appointments, the Centre cleared nine names, including two from Jammu and Kashmir which were earlier reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium.
The President appointed Rahul Bharti and Moksha Khajuria Kazmi as Additional Judges of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh for two years. Both Kazmi and Bharti were candidates whose names had been reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana in September last year.
Advocates Nidumolu Mala and S Sounthar were also appointed additional judges of Madras High Court.
For Delhi HC, judicial officers Poonam A Bamba and Swarna Kanta Sharma were appointed. In Patna HC, advocates Rajiv Roy and Harish Kumar were appointed. Umesh Chandra Sharma, a judicial officer, was appointed a judge of Allahabad High Court.

S. Phangnon Konyak Elected 1st Naga woman Rajya Sabha Member

S. Phangnon Konyak was elected unopposed as the Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland, making her the first woman from the state to get a berth in Parliament's Upper House.
Konyak, who is the state BJP women's wing chief, became the second woman Member of Parliament from Nagaland in 45 years. Rano M Shaiza was the first. She was elected to Lok Sabha in 1977. K.G. Kenye of Naga People's Front, who occupies the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Nagaland, will retire on April 2.

Mar 26, 2022

U'khand Cabinet to Form Committee on Implementation of Uniform Civil Code

A day after being sworn-in, the Uttarakhand cabinet led by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami decided to form a committee of experts on the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in the state.
Goa has been following the Portuguese Civil Code, 1867 which is also called Uniform Civil Code. Post its liberation from the Portuguese rule, the code is survived by virtue of Section 5(1) of the Goa, Daman and Diu Administration Act, 1962.

Harish Chandra Mishra Sworn in as Lokayukta

Retired Jharkhand High Court judge Harish Chandra Mishra was sworn in as the Lokayukta of Delhi.
The oath of office was administered by Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal at a ceremony at the Raj Niwas. The post of Lokayukta had been lying vacant since the retirement of Rewa Khetrapal in December 2020.
He will hold office for a term of five years. Mr. Mishra was also the Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.

Mar 25, 2022

Ministry of Civil Aviation & FICCI to Jointly Organise 'WINGS INDIA 2022' in Hyderabad

The four-day event, being organised at the Begumpet airport in Hyderabad, with 'India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry' as its theme comes amid signs of recovery after the industry was rattled by the pandemic induced restrictions on travel. Asia's largest event on civil aviation, Wings India will feature discussions on different segments and showcase some of the latest products.
Some of the attractions of the event include drone demonstration and exhibition and flying display by SARANG team of Indian Air Force on all four days. Like in the past, Wings India 2022 will also provide a platform to leading players in civil aviation sector to showcase their products.

Nagaland Becomes First Paperless Assembly by Implementing e-Vidhan Application

Nagaland became the first State Assembly in the country to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) programme to become completely paperless. The Nagaland Assembly Secretariat attached a tablet or e-book on each table in the 60 members' assembly amid the Budget session.
NeVA is a work-flow system deployed on NIC Cloud, MeghRaj which helps the Chair of the House to conduct the proceedings of the House smoothly and to conduct Legislative Business of the House in a Paperless manner.
NeVA is a device neutral and member-centric application created to equip them to handle diverse House Business smartly by putting entire information regarding member contact details, rules of procedure, list of business, notices, bulletins, bills, starred/unstarred questions and answers, papers laid, committee reports etc. in their handheld devices/ tablets and equip all Legislatures/Departments to handle it efficiently.

Mar 24, 2022

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Launches Anti-corruption Helpline Number

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann launched an anti-corruption helpline that would allow people to upload videos of officials asking for a bribe or indulging in other malpractices.
Punjab's Vigilance Bureau will examine the complaints received, in recorded video or audio formats, on the anti-corruption helpline and take action.
Mann launched the number -- 9501200200 -- on the martyrdom day of legendary freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, and called it "an anti-corruption action line".

Migrants Ask Tripura to Recognise them as Bru Instead of Reang

The migrants from Mizoram, who were permanently resettled in Tripura following an agreement in 2020, asked the state government to recognise them as Bru instead of Reang in the electoral rolls and other documents.
In a letter to chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum secretary Bruno Msha requested him not to mandate the title "Reang or Riang" in their names also in permanent resident certificates. Msha said that they are from the Bru community of the Reang Scheduled Tribe (ST). He added they do not want to be referred to as Reang except in ST certificates.
Over 32,000 Bru migrants came to Tripura. An agreement in 2020 between the Centre, governments of Tripura, Mizoram, and the Bru migrants allowed them to resettle in Tripura permanently.

Mar 23, 2022

Pushkar Singh Dhami Sworn-in as Uttarakhand CM

Pushkar Singh Dhami sworn-in as Uttarakhand Chief Minister for a second term at a grand ceremony that will be held at the Parade Ground in Dehradun in the presence of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah.
Apart from Modi and Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president J.P. Nadda, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Dhami's Himachal Pradesh counterpart Jai Ram Thakur attended the ceremony.

Bihar First State to Implement Dinamic Map for Village to Track Land Ownership

Bihar became the first state in the country to introduce the concept of a dynamic map for villages which would get updated every time land ownership changes hands. The move is aimed at reducing legal disputes.
According to the Bihar government, in just about a year since February 2021, the state has seen almost 37,000 cases of some land dispute or the other. The move towards dynamic maps is part of a series of steps taken by the state government to implement long-pending land reforms.
The state Assembly had passed the Bihar Land Mutation Amendment Bill, 2021 that made the mutation of maps mandatory.
As such, every time a mutation takes place now, it will entail three changes — first, a change in the text; second, a change in the land parcel; and third, a modification of the survey map.

Vikramaditya Singh, Congress Veteran Karan Singh's Son, Resigns from Party

Senior Congress leader Karan Singh`s son Vikramaditya Singh tendered his resignation from the Indian National Congress stating that the party is unable to realize and reflect the sentiments and aspirations of the people of Jammu & Kashmir.
In August 2015, he joined Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In October 2017, he resigned as member of Legislative council and PDP. He later joined INC. He was Lok Sabha INC candidate from Udhampur Loksabha constituency in 2019 where he lost to Dr. Jitendra Singh of BJP.

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