4086 Assembly polls: From New Delhiâs perspective, Tamil Nadu is the most significant state in the southern region. PTI
Radhika Ramaseshan
Senior Journalist
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have invested an inordinate amount of time, energy and ingenuity in crafting their campaigns and barnstorming the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry in the run-up to the Assembly elections. The grubstakes appear disproportionate to the ground strength and following of the two parties, although given its political bequest, the Congress might be a tad ahead of the BJP.
The two states and the UT have a robust flavour of the regional as against the ‘national’ in the other two southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Karnataka alone is conformist in the political sense. Bengaluru’s politics veers between the BJP and the Congress, although the provincial Janata Dal (Secular) has its niche.
Three years on, Goa s stalled mining sector still gathers rust
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Wed, Feb 3 2021 19:36 IST |
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Panaji: A veiw of iron ore mining at Kodli near Panaji on May 28, 2016. Mining of iron ore and bauxite, a multi-billion dollar industry in Goa and one of the main stays of the state economy was halted in 2012 following a series of bans first by the s. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, Feb 3 : As Goa s stricken iron ore mining sector completes three years in a deathly slump on February 7, a collective of private sector mines workers and other industry-dependents now appear to be banking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi s intervention to resolve the ongoing deadlock.
Parrikar erred in shutting down mines in 2012: Goa minister
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Tue, Jan 26 2021 15:27 IST |
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Michael Lobo. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, Jan 26 : Former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar erred in temporarily closing down the mining sector in 2012, Goa s Ports Minister and BJP MLA Michael Lobo said on Tuesday.
Lobo s comment is the first instance of a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party leader publicly blaming the former Defence Minister for the current impasse in Goa s mining industry, which has been largely non-functional since 2012. Former CM Manohar Parrikar is my guru and I have learnt a lot from him. But what decision he took at that time was a mistake and we should accept it, Lobo told reporters in the Parra village, when asked about the prolonged crisis which faces the mining industry in the coastal state.
With Tamil Nadu elections just a few months away, it appears all is not well in Tamil Nadu Congress. Just moments after the party announced a new team for the state, Sivaganga MP and P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram has stoked controversy.
“What the Tamil Nadu Congress needs is a compact team not a super jumbo committee. These large committees serve no purpose. With elections 90 days away we need a team which has the authority and accountability,” he told News18.com.
The reference is to the announcement of 32 vice-presidents, 57 general secretaries and 104 secretaries and treasurers that have been appointed. Karti responded immediately by tweeting “These jumbo committees serve no purpose… No one will have any authority which means no accountability,” he tweeted. He tagged Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and organisation in charge KC Venugopal in his tweet.
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