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Does the Centre discriminate against oppostion CMs?

The National Development Council meeting in New Delhi began on a stormy note on Thursday Jayalalithaa accusing the Centre of stifling the voices of opposition-ruled states and then in a dramatic act walked out of the venue. ...

40 people spoke at NDC meet due to time limit: PM

Virtually brushing aside Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's angry walk out of the NDC meeting on Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the electronically imposed time limit had helped in accommodating 40 speakers. ...  

Nitish pitches for Bihar's special category status

Unfazed by the Planning Commission disapproving his demand to grant special category status to Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday made a strong pitch for it, alleging the Centre's Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) did not consider the issue with seriousness. ...  

Hike MGNREGS wage days to 200: Andhra CM Reddy

Andhra Pradesh today asked the Centre to increase the number of wage days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme (MGNREGS) from the present 150 to 200 to benefit non-farm labour and marginalised sections of the society. In his speech at the National Development Council meeting which was read out by Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy emphasised the need for synchronising MGNREGS with...  

Arjun Munda demands special status for Jharkhand

Observing that 19 out of 24 districts in Jharkhand are affected by Naxalism, Chief Minister Arjun Munda today made a strong pitch for granting a special status to the tribal state along with a central package to effectively deal with its various problems. Addressing the 57th National Development Council (NDC) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Munda said, "The state should be provided with a special central package, without...  

Centre responsible for West Bengal debts: Mamata

In a shrill attack on the Centre, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on December 27 accused it of an "unholy nexus" with the erstwhile Left Front government of West Bengal, leaving the state in a "disastrous" financial situation with a debt burden of Rs 2 lakh crore, and warned that patience was running out. ...