1 After the Central Government, the Rajasthan Government has also increased the dearness allowance of government employees and retired employees by three per cent. The Finance Department has issued orders to increase the DA. The DA has been increased from 50 to 53 percent. The increased DA will be applicable from July 1. The increased DA from July 1 to October 31 will be deposited in the employees’ GPF account.
2. The political temperature in Maharashtra is high these days. Meanwhile, Zeeshan Siddiqui, son of late NCP leader Baba Siddiqui and former president of the Mumbai Youth Congress, joined the NCP in Mumbai. The NCP has declared Zeeshan Siddiqui as the party’s candidate from Bandra East constituency for the Maharashtra elections 2024. Zeeshan Siddiqui said that this is an emotional day for me and my family.
January 3 Suraj Party has released the list of its star activists to campaign in the assembly by-elections to be held in four seats in Bihar. There are names of 20 leaders in this list, in which CEO Manoj Bharti’s name is at the end. Sutradhar Prashant Kishore’s name is recorded at the bottom. Apart from this, JSUP has also constituted election committees for the four assembly constituencies, in which 25-25 members have been included. In addition to the home district of the respective assembly constituency, other districts of the federal state are also represented on the electoral committee.
4 Terrorists attacked a military vehicle six kilometers from Gulmarg in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. In which 2 soldiers have been martyred and 2 porters have died. While a soldier and a porter are injured.
Five by-elections will be held in Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath Assembly. In such a situation, the announcement of the Congress candidate is delayed. At present, the Congress Party has adopted a wait-and-see strategy. Based on the observers’ report, a panel of two or three names will be formed at the meeting in Delhi. The Congress has its eyes on the announcement of the BJP candidate.
6 In view of the assembly elections in Jharkhand, the Congress has released the second list of its candidates. In the second list, the names of 7 candidates have been announced. KN Tripathi is also included in this list. They gave him a ticket from Daltonganj. Tripathi had earlier contested for the post of party president against Mallikarjun Kharge, but his nomination was rejected.
7. Haryana’s Nayab Singh Saini government has given a big gift to government employees ahead of Diwali. Chief Minister Saini has announced that since Diwali will be celebrated on October 31 this year, salaries, allowances and pensions to state employees will be distributed on October 30, 2024.
8 The Patna High Court withdrew the order passed on October 22 allowing jailed sand trader Subhash Prasad Yadav to file nomination papers from Koderma assembly constituency. A single bench of Justice Arvind Singh Chandel, while hearing Subhash Prasad Yadav’s writ petition on Thursday, expressed surprise that the petition has been filed without ED being a party.
9 Due to the change in wind direction, the capital’s air quality index decreased on Thursday and the AQI was recorded at 306. Delhi’s air remained the worst in NCR despite a drop of 58 points from the Wednesday. The Central Pollution Control Board predicts that the AQI may remain in the poor category. Chief Justice of the country DY Chandrachud said that due to rising air pollution, he stopped jogging in the morning.
10 While speaking on the Rajasthan Assembly by-elections, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal attacked the Congress. Speaking, he said, “The Bharatiya Janata Party announced the candidates at the right time, which benefited the BJP.”
