Water Resources Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu has said the government is set to take the Godavari river water to North Andhra through Polavaram Left Main Canal (PLMC) by July this year as targeted by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Addressing media persons after holding a review meeting on the progress of the construction of the PLMC […]
Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi has favoured a CID inquiry into cheating and harassment of rural women by microfinance institutions. “There have been several such cases reported across the State. The issue has also got complicated due to abetment by such companies and middlemen. I feel it is better to transfer all such cases to […]
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GUWAHATI A sniper rifle was among 35 weapons recovered in a series of joint operations by the security forces in Manipur since January 19, 2025. The raids were conducted in the hills and valleys of the ethnic conflict-hit State. A statement by the Defence said the Army, the paramilitary Assam Rifles, and State Police personnel […]
Daily Quiz | On the Constitution of India 1 / 6 | This country’s Constitution was adopted in 1937. India’s Constitution borrows X from this country’s Constitution. X are the ideals that a state must keep in mind while framing policies or enacting laws. Name X. Also name the country from which X was borrowed; […]
An elephant has been camera-trapped in India’s easternmost tiger reserve after 12 years, fuelling conservation hopes. Officials manning the 1,985 sq. km Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh said an adult male elephant was recorded in the Kathan region of Namdapha’s northwestern part. The park’s Field Director, V.K. […]
A 21-year-old man, identified as Ajay, was reportedly missing following the fire accident in a boat and a jetty on the Hussain Sagar Lake on Sunday (January 26, 2025) night. A search operation was launched by the police personnel after his family members lodged a missing person complaint on Monday (January 27, 2025) morning, an […]
The Centre has deployed a seven-member team of experts in Maharashtra to assist the state in monitoring and managing the increasing cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), an official source said on Monday (January 27, 2025). Maharashtra reported its first suspected death linked to GBS in Solapur, while the number of cases of the immunological nerve […]
The Supreme Court of India on Monday (January 27, 2025) observed that the issue of snakebites was prevalent “throughout the country” and asked the Union Government to take all States on board to “do something” in making available snakebite treatment at medical facilities. A Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and S.V.N Bhatti was hearing a […]
With Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set to present the 2025-26 Union Budget on Saturday (February 1, 2025), Kerala is eyeing fiscal prop-ups, including a renewed demand for a ₹24,000-crore special economic package, “to tide over the current liquidity stress.” The southern State is eyeing – among other things – a ₹2,000-crore package for landslide-hit […]
