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Matoshree-Hanuman Chalisa row | Mumbai Sessions Court starts hearing on bail applications of Navneet and Ravi Rana. Adv Rizwan Merchant & Abad Ponda are appearing for the Rana Couple & SPP Pradeep Gharat to argue for Khar Police Station.
There's peace in Patiala as of now. Shiv Sena, Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal were there and they were their workers who clashed with each other. Police officials have been transferred & peace committee meetings are being conducted: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI) Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a swipe at the Centre over the issue of widespread power outages, saying the government has found the "perfect solution" to it which is to cancel passenger trains and run coal rakes.
He also said the ministries of coal, railway and power are desperately inventing excuses to hide their "monumental incompetence".
Various states continued to reel under power crisis on Friday with soaring mercury pushing demand higher, as opposition parties blamed the Centre for coal shortage at thermal plants.
Attacking the government over the issue, Chidambaram said, "Abundant coal, large rail network, unutilised capacity in thermal plants. Yet, there is acute power shortage. Modi Government cannot be blamed. It is because of 60 years of Congress rule!"
"There is no incompetence in the Ministries of Coal, Railway or Power. The blame lies with past Congress ministers of the said departments!" he said.
"Government has found the perfect solution: cancel passenger trains and run coal rakes! Modi hai, mumkin hai," the former Union minister said in a series of tweets.
Later, Chidambaram in another tweet said the ministries of coal, railway and power are desperately inventing excuses to hide their "monumental incompetence".
"If they believed the yarn that we were witnessing a V-shaped recovery, they would have stepped up coal production and coal imports," he said.
Despite the absence of a V-shaped recovery, and only a recovery in fits and starts, the government is "totally unprepared" to tackle the coal-rail-power crisis, the former Union minister said.
As shortages persist and inflation rises, please brace for more hardships, he added.
As a heatwave continued, the country's peak power demand touched an all-time high of 207.11 GW on Friday and the railways cancelled 42 passenger trains to facilitate coal freight movement, with South East Central Railway (SECR) division that covers the coal-producing regions cancelling 34 trains.
Aam Aadmi Party and Congress leaders held the Centre responsible for the ongoing power crisis and alleged that logistical support was not being provided for coal distribution to power plants.
Shiv Sena fighting against those who plan to divide country by causing riots in name of Hanuman Chalisa, Sena MP Sanjay Raut said, as reported by PTI.
ED attaches Rs 7 cr worth of assets of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in money laundering probe against her, news agency PTI reported officials as informing
Gen Manoj Pande takes charge as new Chief of Army Staff, succeeding Gen MM Naravane, PTI reported.
Above normal maximum temperatures are likely over most parts of west-central and northwest India and northern parts of northeast India: IMD
"The average maximum temperature over Northwest & Central India in April 2022 is the highest with 35.90 degrees Celsius and 37.78 degrees Celsius respectively in the last 122 years," Dr. M Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, IMD
Mumbai | CBI searches premises of Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, in Yes Bank-DHFL case, ANI reported.
Government of India has not reduced the time gap for 'precaution dose' of COVID-19 vaccine from nine months to six months, ANI reported official sources as saying.
Yes Bank fraud case | CBI is conducting searches at eight locations in Mumbai and Pune at residences and offices of the suspects in the case, ANI reported. Recently, CBI arrested builder Sanjay Chabria
Punjab government transfers the Inspector General of Police (IG) Patiala range, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Patiala and Superintendent of Police (SP) with immediate effect.
Mukhwinder Singh Chinna appointed as new IG Patiala, Deepak Parik have been appointed as new SSP Patiala and Wazir Singh has been appointed as new SP of Patiala, ANI reported.
General MM Naravane lays a wreath at National War Memorial prior to relinquishing as Chief of the Army Staff
Mobile internet services temporarily suspended from 9:30 am to 6 pm in Patiala today: Dept of Home Affairs, Government of Punjab
Delhi reported 1,607 fresh COVID19 infections on 29th April Active cases rise to 5,609; Positivity rate at 5.28%
So far 45,773 loudspeakers have been removed from various religious places across the state while the sound level of 58,861 loudspeakers was reduced and brought down to the level of standard parameters: Prashant Kumar, ADG (Law and Order)
"Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank," AFP reported the Palestinian govt as stating
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the inaugural session of the joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts Today. The Conference will be held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
The executive and the judiciary will come together to create frameworks for simple and convenient delivery of justice and overcome the challenges facing the system.
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PM Modi To Address Joint Conference Of CMs, HC Chief Justices On April 30
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers of States and Chief Justices of High Courts' opening session on April 30 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, news agency IANS reported.
He'll also give a speech at 10 a.m. on Saturday to commemorate the event.
Justice NV Ramana, the Chief Justice of India, and Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju will also speak at the conference.
Numerous chief ministers are expected to attend, including Yogi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh, Naveen Patnaik of Odisha, Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal, and Basavraj Bommai of Karnataka, news agency PTI reported.
Following the conference's opening, a series of working sessions will be held in which the chief ministers and chief justices will debate the agenda topics and try to achieve an agreement.
First Solar Eclipse Of 2022 On April 30
The first solar eclipse of the year will occur on April 30th. On April 30, there will be a partial solar eclipse that will continue for almost four hours. While India will not be able to see the solar eclipse, those in other nations can be able to do so between 12:15 and 2:11 IST on Saturday.
The eclipse will be visible over sections of South America, including Chile, Argentina, the majority of Uruguay, western Paraguay, southern Bolivia, southeastern Peru, and a tiny amount of southwestern Brazil, according to NASA.
In addition, areas of Antarctica, the Atlantic Ocean right off South America's southeastern coast, including the Falkland Islands, as well as the South Pacific and the Southern Ocean, will be visible throughout the eclipse.
Heatwave Conditions To Prevail In Parts Of Gujarat Till April 30
Heatwave conditions are anticipated to persist over Gujarat till April 30, according to the India Meteorological Department, so there is no relief in sight for the next five days (IMD).
On Monday, isolated pockets of Saurashtra districts, including Gir Somnath and Junagadh, experienced severe heatwave conditions.
Ahmedabad had the greatest maximum temperature of 42.1 degrees Celsius.
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