CM Siddaramaiah directs ministers to personally attend sessions, uphold dignity of Legislature
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed severe displeasure about ministers in his Cabinet skipping sessions of the Legislature and has reportedly written to the Cabinet ministers instructing them to unfailingly attend the sessions.
The Opposition has taken severe objection to the absence of ministers during the sessions, which is also giving a negative message about the government to the citizens, he opined.
Siddaramaiah is also learned to have told the members of the Cabinet, “Ministers hold responsible posts and are expected to attend the sessions during the scheduled hour. Also, ministers should personally attend the sessions, avoiding all other events, including meetings and functions.”
He reportedly laid stress on ministers attending the sessions at their respective houses, saying in his letter, “Upholding the dignity of the House is the duty of all of us.”
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Veteran BBC journalist Mark Tully, known as ‘voice of India’, passes away at 90
New Delhi: British journalist and broadcaster Mark Tully, widely regarded as the BBC’s “voice of India”, passed away on Sunday at the age of 90. He had been hospitalised for a week, news agency ANI reported.
Born in Kolkata, Tully moved to the United Kingdom in his early years before returning to India in 1965 for work. He joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as an administrative assistant and went on to become its bureau chief in New Delhi, a role he held for nearly two decades.
Over a long and influential career, Tully reported on some of the most defining moments in modern Indian history. His coverage included the wars between India and Pakistan, the Emergency imposed in 1975, communal riots, the Bhopal gas tragedy and Operation Blue Star.
In 1984, during Operation Blue Star ordered by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Tully and fellow journalist Satish Jacob were the only reporters to enter the Golden Temple complex and report on the presence of fortifications before the military action against Sikh militants.
Tully’s tenure in India also saw confrontations with authority. During the Emergency, the BBC was expelled from the country in 1975 after it refused to sign a government-mandated censorship agreement. Tully, who was then the BBC’s Delhi correspondent, was given just 24 hours to leave India.
Known for his deep understanding of Indian society and politics, Tully remained closely associated with the country long after his formal retirement, earning respect for his balanced reporting and long engagement with India’s public life.
