The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved the formation of the 'Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority' on the lines of Noida to speed up industrialisation in the backward Bundelkhand region.
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Shimla, Aug. 11 (PTI): A no-confidence motion moved by the Congress and the CPI-M against the Jai Ram Thakur government in Himachal Pradesh was defeated by voice vote in the state Assembly on Thursday. The opposition MLAs walked out of the House during Chief Minister Thakur’s reply to the debate on the motion. The House witnessed a stormy debate as the opposition members targeted the BJP government over law and order, unemployment, price rise and other issues. The ruling BJP rejected the charges claiming the opposition has failed to come up with any concrete issue. The opposition parties moved the motion, just four months before the state is going to the Assembly polls. Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri, Congress MLAs Jagat Singh Negi, Ram Lal Thakur, Harshwardhan Chauhan, Sukhvinder Sukhu and lone CPI-M legislator Rakesh Singha spoke in support of the motion. Chief Minister Thakur, his Cabinet colleagues Rakesh Pathania, Bikram Singh Thakur, Sukh Ram Chaudhary and BJP MLA Ra
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday arrived in the Himachal Pradesh capital on a four-day visit.He will address the special session of the state Assembly being organised on the occasion of golden jubilee of the hill state's statehood on .