UP Governor slams opposition for unruly behaviour in the House
Lucknow, May 16 (IANS): Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik, who had paper missiles thrown at him inside the House on Monday, rued the behaviour of opposition party legislators in the state assembly during his address to the joint session of the House. Talking to media on the sidelines of an event here on Tuesday, Naik said disrupting the Governor’s address brought disrepute to the legislature. He also advised the opposition to understand parliamentary proprieties instead of behaving in such a manner, and added that they should rather debate and discuss the issues raised in his address. The Governor also regretted that the security staff of the state assembly had to bear the brunt of the unruly behaviour of the lawmakers from the opposition. He said it was unfair to assess the performance of the Yogi Adityanath government in mere 40-50 days and said in his view the state government was committed to establishing the rule of law in the state.
Mamata accepts Lalu’s invite to attend oppositions’ meet
Kolkata, May 16 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accepted RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s invitation to attend a rally of political parties opposed to the BJP-led central government in August next. “Lalu Ji, We accepted your invitation to be there on August 27. We will be there,” Banerjee said in a tweet. Banerjee’s acceptance of the invitation came on a day when IT raids were carried out at various locations in Delhi and adjoining areas in search of the alleged benami properties linked to Lalu Prasad and others. The former Bihar chief minister earlier this month had said he would convene in August in Patna an all-India rally of parties opposed to the BJP-led government at the Centre.
Delhi gurdwara panel terms ‘unfortunate’ Italy’s ban on kirpan
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS): The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Tuesday termed as “unfortunate” the Italian Supreme Court upholding a ban on the ‘kirpan’ (Sikh sword) and said it will approach External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on the matter. Reacting strongly to the Italian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ban on kirpan, DSGMC General Secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa in a statement said: “We will take up issue with Sushma Swaraj and urge her to take up this issue with Italian government.” Terming the court’s decision as “most unfortunate”, Sirsa said “DSGMC understands the situation where the courts of the concerned country are bound to take up the issues as per the law of the land prevalent in the country.”
Peak power demand touches 6,021 MW, year’s highest
New Delhi, May 16 (PTI): The scorching heat today sent the Delhi’s power demand soaring to the year’s highest -- at a staggering 6,021 MW. The peak power consumption was recorded around 3.32 PM, according to the Delhi Transco Limited, which maintains a real-time database of the city’s electricity demand. “Delhi’s peak power demand crossed the 6,000 MW (megawatt) mark for the first time in 2017 clocking 6,021 MW at 3.32 pm. This is the current season’s highest power-demand so far,” a power distribution company spokesperson said. However, it is still short of the all-time peak demand of 6,261 MW recorded on June 30 last year.
Nearly 90 per cent of panchayats in Haryana have demanded that sports stadiums in their villages should be renamed and the name of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi should be removed, a minister said on Tuesday. Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij said: “Ninety per cent of the proposals received from panchayats in the state have recommended that sports stadia named after Rajiv Gandhi should be renamed after Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and other martyrs.”
Sunstroke toll climbed to six in Odisha today with the death of one person reported from Bargarh district even as the state sizzled under blistering heat and Titlagarh became the hottest at 46.5 degrees Celsius. The state, particularly western Odisha, virtually turned into a boiling pot as the mercury breached the 45 degrees Celsius mark at four places, 43 degree mark at nine places and 40 degree mark in at least 12 places, the MeT office here said. While three heat related deaths have been reported from Angul district, two casualties took place in Bargarh and one in Balangir district, it said.
