TRS Government Not Concerned About Farmers Welfare: YS Jagan
"Casting your vote for TRS party amounts to supporting an administration that is not concerned about the welfare of the farmers", YSR Congress party leader YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Monday.
Addressing a massive public meeting in Turrur as part of the party's campaign for the Warangal by-poll, he said the TRS government failed to come to the rescue of the farmers. He stated that the TRS failed to fulfill its poll promise of three acres of land for every Dalit family. On the first day of his campaign for the by-polls, YS Jagan addressed the electorate in Palakurti, Vardannapeta and Turrur.
At all the venues, he urged the people to question the TRS party about the necessity of the Warangal by-poll. The elections in Warangal are being held due to the whims of chief minister K Chadrasekhar Rao as he wants his men in the cabinet, YS Jagan said adding people would have been more happy if all the MPs had resigned in their demand for a special package for Telangana post bifurcation.
Recalling the regime of YS Rajasekhar Reddy, he said Aryogyasri was introduced to provide corporate medical facilities to the poor, the 108 service was introduced as a new emergency service, fee reimbursement for poor students and 25 paise interest for loans were all new and innovative measures for the people. He said that the YSR regime alone distributed 20.60 lakh acres of land to the people below the poverty line, whereas the TRS government in its 18 month rule has not even given 1,600 acres of land for the poor. YSRCP candidate for the Warangal by-poll Nalla Suryaprakash Rao, the party's Telangana unit president Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and several party leaders participated in the public meeting.
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A woman was killed and four other civilians were injured in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district as the Pakistan army intensified artillery fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, officials said, adding that a large number of houses have also been damaged in the cross-border shelling.
Reports state that a Pakistani shell struck the vehicle the woman was traveling in, resulting in her death. The woman was identified as Nargis Bashir, and some of her family members had boarded a vehicle to flee from the Razarwani village in Uri that was hit by the mortar and artillery shells from Pakistan.
In an attempt to educate and make people aware about the consequences of war amid Pakistan's continuous firing in the border states, the Delhi government did a mock drill to test air raid sirens installed at the Public Works Department (PWD) at ITO and asked people to not react out of panic.
District Magistrate (Central) G. Sudhakar also urged people to remain calm and not be alarmed when they hear the sirens.
At least twice, sirens sounded during the drill, which started at 3 pm.
PWD Minister Parvesh Verma said 40-50 more such sirens will be installed across the national capital, each of which will cover an area of 8 km.
Residents present in Rajouri along the Line of Control have started moving to safer areas after heavy cross-border shelling and attempted drone and missile attacks last night by Pakistan. All drone and missile attacks were intercepted and foiled by India's air defence system.
#WATCH | J&K | Residents of Rajouri living along the LOC have started moving to safer areas after heavy cross-border shelling and attempted drone and missile attacks last night by Pakistan.
— ANI (@ANI) May 9, 2025
All drone and missile attacks were intercepted by India's air defence system and foiled,… pic.twitter.com/XITK0CsejT
Pakistan has claimed that its Economic Affairs Division account on social media has been hacked and called the post where it appealed for more loans from the international community owing to losses from Operation Sindoor "fake."
In a post on X, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fact Checker shared a picture of the post and mentioned that it was "fake." Additionally, it asserted that the account had undergone hacking.
A missile-like object is found deep inside the Dal Lake after loud explosions were heard on Saturday morning in Srinagar, which is a major tourist attraction. The defense ministry also confirms that Pakistan has intruded into Srinagar's airspace in a press release.
Since the early hours of Saturday morning (10th May), Srinagar has been rocked with multiple explosions, and now electricity is taken off in various places across Kashmir. The reason for this is yet to be determined, as reports indicate multiple places in Kashmir have lost power. The Indian Army released a statement after the press briefing, where they mentioned that they have attacked and neutralized multiple terrorist launchpads in a coordinated fire assault, razing them to cinders.