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Election and selection: On the new Congress Working Committee

The constitution of the new Congress Working Committee is largely representative of the geographical and social expanse of India

The Hindu

AICC skirts factional politics to elevate Tharoor to the CWC

AICC's move to elevate Tharoor & Pilot to CWC, overlook inner-party criticism & ensure Antony's continuation, signals generational shift & political gambit to deny dissenters incentive to defect. It made KPCC's struggle for like-mindedness more onerous.

The Hindu

Congress announces reconstituted Working Committee; Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot new additions

The Hindu Evening Wrap on August 20, 2023

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Raghuveera Reddy’s appointment as CWC member hailed

Former Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president N. Raghuveera Reddy has been inducted into the party’s top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee (CWC). After the bifurcation of the State in 2014, Mr. Raghuveera Reddy served as Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president for nearly five years, but he quit the post…

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None from the poll-bound Telangana in the Congress Working Committee

No one from the Telangana Congress found a place in the 39-member Congress Working Committee, as leaders were expecting to be part of the CWC constituted ahead of the polls in Telangana along with four other States at the end of this year

The Hindu

Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot included in revamped Congress Working Committee

The new Congress Working Committee has been announced nearly six months after Mallikarjun Kharge was authorised to nominate members to the CWC at the Raipur plenary session on February 24.

The Hindu

‘No coordination, greed’: Buried in Himachal rubble, questions over hydropower projects

The mournful silence along Sainj valley, about 50 kilometres from Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu, is broken only by the rumble of the Pin Parvati river and bulldozers in the distance. Bustling settlements have now been replaced by silt and boulders – brought on by the recent floods – and their inhabitants…

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Yamuna recedes after crossing danger mark in Delhi

Yamuna's water level in Delhi dropped Wed. after crossing danger mark of 205.33m on Tues. due to rain in upper catchment areas. 56 killed in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand ravaged by rain. In July, Delhi faced unprecedented flooding due to heavy rainfall, Yamuna swelled to 208.66m. Encroachments on floodplain, extreme rain…

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Action taken against staff, two Additional CDPOs appointed at Bala Sadan in Vijayawada over tonsuring of girls

The Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department served a memo on a superviser and transferred some staff from the Bala Sadan on charges of allegedly tonsuring the girls as well as on other charges of negligence in upkeep of the hostel

The Hindu

11-year-old boy goes missing from Chiguru Children’s Home in Andhra Pradesh

11-year-old Bharat, referred to Chiguru Children's Home in Guntur by CWC, has been missing since August 11. Police have registered case. Home staff searched nearby villages, but in vain.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy vows to settle R&R package for Phase-1 Polavaram project before 2024 Assembly elections

Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on August 7 assured that the first phase of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) package would be settled for the Polavaram project-displaced before going to the Assembly elections in early 2024.

The Hindu

‘INDIA’ will come to power at Centre with 300 seats, says Chinta Mohan

CWC member Chinta Mohan predicts INDIA will win 300 seats in next year's elections. He blames PM Modi for failing to fulfill promises and accuses BJP of cheating people. He also predicts emergence of new alternative in AP, with Congress and Left joining hands, and Congress coming to power in…

The Hindu

Ensure free flow of water at Polavaram, Telangana urges PPA again

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A week’s flood in Godavari Basin ensures ample water storage for first crop

CWC predicts rise in water levels in Upper Krishna Basin in Karnataka with very heavy rainfall likely in the catchment areas.

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Andhra Pradesh: Officials remain alert as flood threat continues in the Godavari

Villagers in Eluru & Konaseema districts panic as floods continue. Officials on alert in West Godavari, water level at Bhadrachalam 43ft, Polavaram 11.6m, SAC barrage 10.5ft. CWC warns of further rise due to upstream projects, rains & overflowing streams. Teams from Revenue, Fire, NDRF, SDRF, Medical & Transport monitoring situation.…

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Yamuna breaches danger mark again; another spell of floods anticipated in Delhi

Yamuna water level in Delhi breaches danger mark; over 2 lakh cusecs of water from Hathnikund Barrage. Relief and rehabilitation work in low-lying areas of capital at risk. Delhi govt. on high alert; ITO barrage gates to be opened. Citizens counting on swift response from authorities. Floods could impact water…

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NHPC, CWC experts yet to finalise plan for damaged diaphragm wall of Polavaram project, says Minister

Water Resources Minister Ambati Rambabu has said that the experts of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and the Central Water Commission (CWC) are yet to finalise the future course of action pertaining to the Polavaram project diaphragm wall which was damaged during the Godavari floods in 2021.

The Hindu

Eight children of government-run Bala Sadan tonsured in Andhra Pradesh

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Actor involved in Shamirpet villa ‘firing case’ arrested

Shamirpet police arrested actor Manoj Naidu for firing at software professional Siddarth Das who had come to meet his wife and daughter at a resort. CWC took their 17-yr-old son into custody after he filed a complaint against Manoj.

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Delhi: Commuters face difficulties as severe waterlogging persists in Yamuna adjoining areas

Following the incessant rains in the National Capital, water-logging was reported in several areas adding to the woes of the commuters. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Yamuna River water level recedes slowly, concerns remain amid rain forecast

Yamuna's water level declines slowly, still over two metres above danger mark on July 15. Rain in Delhi & upper catchment areas could worsen situation. CWC's portal shows Yamuna water level declined to 207.62m by 7am on July 15.

The Hindu

TAC gives nod for Gudem LIS, Modikunta Vagu project

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Swollen Yamuna poses a danger to many low-lying areas in Delhi

The Yamuna river in Delhi swelled to 207.25 metres and was flowing precariously close to the all-time record level of 207.49 metres reached in 1978, government agencies said on Wednesday.

The Hindu

Prospects of SRSP getting inflows grim despite Babli gates’ lifting

The prospects of Sriramsagar Project in Telangana getting inflows from the upstream remain grim due to the inactive monsoon over Upper Godavari Basin

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Disha Mahila Police trying to connect dots in alleged sex scandal in Visakhapatnam ashram

Disha Mahila Police trying to connect dots in vizag sex scandal case

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