BJP MLA raises State song in his maiden speech
The Hindu
Newly elected BJP MLA Raghunandan Rao, in his maiden speech in the Assembly, suggested that after playing the national anthem in the Assembly it would have been better had the Telangana State song ‘Jaya Jayahe Telangana’ been played.
In other States like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu they play the State song after the national anthem, he said. However, later in his address the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao clarified that ‘Jaya Jayahe Telangana’ was not the State song and the official song was yet to be written. Mr. Raghunandan also raised the disparity of compensation being paid to the villages that are getting submerged in his constituency under the Kaleshwaram project. He said different methods were being adopted for farmers who sacrificed lands and those getting compensated for houses being submerged for the same project.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.