All Tasmac retail shops and licensed bars in Virudhunagar district will remain closed on Tuesday (February 11) in connection with Vallalar’s death anniversary. Virudhunagar Collector V.P. Jeyaseelan said that any shop or bar found to be violating the direction would face action under the provisions of Tamil Nadu Liquor (Licence and Permit) Rules. Source
The Kerala Budget for 2025-26 was presented against the backdrop of an ever-deteriorating State finances. Total outlay is budgeted to grow by 14% from the revised estimates (RE) in the next financial year. RE for the current year casts doubts on all budgeted figures as they display significant variation from Budget Estimates (BE). For example, […]
A massive fire broke out at Valampurivilai dumping yard in Nagercoil on Friday morning. Within a few hours, the flame spread to accumulated waste dumped in acres of area. Upon receiving information, the Fire and Rescue Services department personnel rushed to the spot. Four fire engines and an earthmover were deployed. Thick smoke from the […]
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu held a meeting with leading aerospace and component manufacturers to ramp up domestic production in India. Mr. Naidu agreed to a proposal from the industry for a detailed aerospace road map for the next 10 to 20 years as well as objectives to be achieved by 2047, when […]
A group of 21 parliamentarians have written to Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a detailed update on the Naga peace process in the ongoing session of Parliament. The MPs said that since 2021 there is no full-time interlocutor for Naga peace talks and peace negotiations, which are essential for achieving lasting stability, “shouldn’t be relegated […]
The Tamil Nadu police held a meeting with officials of the Ministry of External Affairs to discuss strategies to curb cyber slavery. According to an official press release, Director-General of Police and Head of the Police Force Shankar Jiwal led the delegation of officials from the State police in deliberating the issues relating to cyber slavery […]
It is estimated that the State’s Own Tax Revenue (SOTR) would grow at 12.11% in 2025-26 over the revised estimates for the previous fiscal. SOTR would grow to ₹91,514.75 crore in 2025-26 compared to ₹81,627.29 crore in 2024-25, budget documents tabled in the State Assembly on Friday noted. Non-tax revenues, meanwhile, is expected to go […]
HYDERABAD Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha has criticised the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre for denying national status to the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and accused both the BJP and Congress of neglecting Telangana’s interests. In a statement, she stated that Telangana, since its formation, had been facing discrimination by the […]
The Union Cabinet on Friday (February 7, 2025) approved the new income tax bill, which will replace the six decades old I-T Act, sources said. The new bill seeks to make direct tax law simple to understand and not to impose any new tax burden. It will not have provisos and explanations or long sentences. […]
Kannada Nadu Lekhakara Mattu Odugara Sahakara Sangha will confer ‘Dr. S.S. Siddareddy Smarak Kannada Nadu Sahitya Shree- Lifetime Achievement Award for 2023’ on Koppal-based author and Karnataka Rajyotsava award winner H.S. Patil. At a press conference here on Friday, sangha president Apparao Akkoni and its vice-president Swami Rao Kulkarni said that the award would be conferred on […]
