Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, October 12, 2018: Himachal Pradesh Government Appoints BJP MLA Ramesh Chand Dhawala as Dy Chairman of State Planning Board
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Himachal Pradesh government has appointed Ramesh Chand Dhawala as Deputy Chairman of State Planning Board in the rank of Cabinet Minister. He is BJP MLA from Jawalamukhi constituency in Kangra district of the state.
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi issues postage stamp and special cover at NHRC Silver Jubilee celebration event. The PM also launched the new version of the NHRC website.
Women and Child Development Ministry propose a legal panel to probe MeToo cases. Panel to look into the framework to handle complaints and to propose how to strengthen the redressal mechanism.
Madras High Court orders CBI probe on DMK’s plea to register an FIR on alleged corruption in awarding of contracts by State highways department, a portfolio held by Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
The government has come out with more defence on the Rafale Deal. Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said, "The Government negotiated terms which are far better than what was agreed by UPA in 2007 and 2012. We have gotten faster delivery, longer maintenance tenure, better availability of spare parts and much needed defence capabilities. We have off late been experiencing the activities of a serial liar. Only an issue-less man can repeat a lie again and again. Even if a lie is repeated 100 times, it can never substitute the truth."
Sunanda Pushkar case: Counsel for Shashi Tharoor informs court that out of the list of the documents, some files in the hard-disk are inaccessible. Court asks Delhi Police to provide all the mentioned documents to the counsel of Shashi Tharoor before the next date of hearing has been fixed as October 23.
A Naxal was killed in an encounter with Police at Visakhapatnam's Munchingput in Andhra Pradesh. Police have recovered ammunition. The operation is underway.
Supreme Court notice to Mamata Banerjee government in grants to durga puja committees. Supreme Court refuses to stay the decision of the state government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of environmental activist GD Agarwal alias Swami Sanand, who died on Thursday - the 112th day of his fast unto death. The deceased scientist-cum-saint had launched an indefinite hunger strike on June 22, demanding the central government to stop all hydropower projects on river Ganga.
A week after BSP supremo Mayawati's unprecedented tirade against the Congress, her party's sole Minister in the Karnataka government, N Mahesh, submitted his resignation from the Cabinet. The decision has come as a shocker for Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is heading the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the state.
Reacting to the #MeToo controversy, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said it is a "very big issue" on which he would be commenting in the next press conference.
Some big developments that are expected to happen today are: Petrol and diesel prices in Delhi are Rs 82.48 per litre (increase by Rs 0.12) and Rs 74.90 (increase by Rs 0.28) respectively. Petrol and diesel prices in Mumbai are Rs 87.94 per litre (increase by Rs 0.12) and Rs 78.51 per litre (increase by Rs 0.29) respectively.
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