The Shivamogga police, on Monday, arrested a person who allegedly attempted to steal money after breaking open an ATM kiosk on Nehru Road in the heart of Shivamogga city. The police succeeded in arresting the accused within a few hours of receiving the complaint from the bank. The manager of Canara Bank complained to Kote […]
The Tamil Nadu government should ask the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) to make changes in the online system so that micro units pay electricity tariff applicable under classification III A (1), said K. Annamalai, State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Mr. Annamalai said in a press release that there are […]
The NITI Aayog has said that the Telangana Government is allotting considerable portion of its resources to debt and interest payments owing to reliance on debt while it termed the State’s strong revenue growth as encouraging. Payment of debt and interest increased by 73% from ₹12,586 crore in 2018-19 to ₹21,821 crore in 2022-23 consuming […]
The Telangana government is reportedly proceeding cautiously on the creation of new Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the State. Although District Collectors have proposed the formation of 200 new GPs, the government appears hesitant to act swiftly, citing administrative and political considerations, especially with local body elections approaching. Sources said the government, led by A. Revanth […]
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and BJP State president K. Annamalai on Tuesday criticised the DMK government for its decision to outsource catering services for Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme in Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Schools. In a statement, Mr. Panneerselvam said after coming to power the DMK adopted the outsourcing policy in employing […]
Questioning the “conditional” apology of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his statement on the Maha Kumbh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) accused the party of being against Indian culture and Sanatan Dharma. “He (Mr. Kharge) said that he apologises if anyone’s sentiments have been hurt. It became evident that the […]
A 19-year-old woman died when she fell off her scooter after hitting the road divider at Koppam Junction in Palakkad town on Tuesday morning. Akshara, who is a second-year undergraduate student of VLB Janakiammal College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, was returning after dropping her younger brother at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kanjikode, when the accident took […]
The increase in government school enrolment seen during the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have reversed, with the proportion of children aged 6-14 years enrolled in government schools nearly back to the 2018 levels, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) released on Tuesday. The report also noted that not only there has been […]
The BJP, which claims itself as the biggest political party in the world, has a whopping cash and bank balance of ₹7,113.80 crore against the principal opposition Congress party’s ₹857.15 crore as on March 31, 2024, according to figures provided to the Election Commission. The BJP spent as much as ₹1,754.06 crore during 2023-24 when […]
A Delhi court on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) quashed the summons issued to Chief Minister Atishi in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader. Special Judge Vishal Gogne passed the order on an appeal filed by the AAP leader against an order of a Magisterial Court, which issued summons to Ms. Atishi on the […]
