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A large share of LPG-run autorickshaws has been forced off the roads as drivers struggle to access fuel. In contrast, CNG-operated autos have continued to function, becoming the primary option for many passengers during the disruption. The shortage intensified late last week when one of the few functioning LPG outlets in central Bengaluru ran out of stock, with officials indicating that replenishment would not be immediate. Drivers described a system driven by uncertainty, where information abo ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said the state will not accept any delimitation decision taken without its consent. He questioned the Centre's approach, alleged lack of transparency, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address concerns raised by southern states Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday said the South demanded a fair delimitation and that the state will not accept any decision taken by the Centre on the subject without its consent. Prime Minister Nar ...Read More >
Campaigns for the April 9 by-elections in Davanagere South and Bagalkot constituencies wrapped up on Tuesday evening. With the 48-hour silence period in effect, candidates are now restricted to limited door-to-door outreach. The elections were triggered by the deaths of Congress legislators Shamanur Shivashankarappa and H Y Meti. The ruling party has fielded Samarth Mallikarjun in Davanagere South and Umesh Meti in Bagalkot, both relatives of the deceased legislators, a move that the party beli ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's steel sector has taken another step toward decarbonization as SAIL Bokaro Steel Plant begins a hydrogen injection project in its blast furnace. The initiative follows the signing of an agreement with Forbes Marshall Private Limited and aligns with the country's broader push for sustainable industrial growth. The announcement, shared by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, highlights India's growing focus on reducing carbon emissions from heavy industries. Steel product ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 9 (ANI): A woman councillor of Congress party has sparked a controversy after she refused to sing 'Vande Mataram' during a discussion on the budget of Indore Municipal Corporation. The incident occurred on Wednesday (April 8) when Congress councillor, Fauzia Sheikh Alim, arrived late to the meeting proceedings. BJP councillors reportedly asked her to sing 'Vande Mataram', which she declined. Also Read | Nashik Shocker: Women Allege S*xual Assault, Forced ...Read More >
The Union Cabinet has approved a massive ₹40,150 crore investment for the Kamala and Kalai-II hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh to bolster India's renewable energy and flood moderation. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved investments of ₹40,150 crore for two hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh and revised the cost of the HPCL Rajasthan Refinery project to ₹79,459 crore, according to an official statement. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime M ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 9 (ANI): A woman councillor of Congress party has sparked a controversy after she refused to sing 'Vande Mataram' during a discussion on the budget of Indore Municipal Corporation. The incident occurred on Wednesday (April 8) when Congress councillor, Fauzia Sheikh Alim, arrived late to the meeting proceedings. BJP councillors reportedly asked her to sing 'Vande Mataram', which she declined. The refusal of the Congress councillor to sing the 'Vande Matara ...Read More >
New Delhi: Central government employees and pensioners are now waiting with great anticipation for an increase in their Dearness Allowance (DA). A question lingers in everyone's mind: when exactly will their DA be hiked? In fact, the government has not yet announced the DA hike for the first quarter of 2026. Typically, a DA hike is announced around the time of Holi; however, that did not happen this year. Now, all central employees and pensioners are wondering -- with April already halfway thro ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Ahead of the April 23 election for the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly, the Election Commission of India on Wednesday replaced the state's chief secretary, N Muruganandam, with senior bureaucrat M Sai Kumar and DGP (armed police, vigilance and anti-corruption) S Davidson Devasirvatham with Sandeep Mittal, a 1995-batch IPS officer, a decision that drew an angry reaction from CM M K Stalin.The move follows multiple complaints from the opposition, alleging that the state's administrative ma ...Read More >
In a post on X, Gogoi wrote, "Reading about the Golden visa in Dubai. It is a long-term residence visa which enables investors to live in the United Arab Emirates." The controversy stems from claims made by All India Congress Committee (AICC) Media and Publicity Department Chairman Pawan Khera, who alleged that documents suggested that Sarma's wife holds multiple active passports, raising questions over possible violations of Indian law. The issue gained traction after senior Congress leader P ...Read More >
BENGALURU: ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said on Wednesday that apart from looking at procuring cryogenic engines from other countries, work on developing such engines indigenously has been speeded up. The Union government recently gave ISRO approval to procure cryogenic engines from other countries in the wake of mission failures. ISRO is said to be in talks with Russian space agencies on procuring state of the art cryogenic engines. Speaking on the sidelines of a three-day international conferenc ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 9: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved investments totalling Rs 40,150 crore for the construction of two major hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh, as the government accelerates development of renewable energy and regional infrastructure. The Kamala Hydro Electric Project (1,720 MW) will be built across Kamle, Kra Daadi, and Kurung Kumey districts through a joint venture between state-owned NHPC Ltd and the state government, with a planned completion period of eight ye ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): BJP President Nitin Nabin launched a sharp attack on ruling Trinamool Congress Chief (TMC) and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and emphasised that the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls aims to remove illegal immigrants, particularly from Bangladesh, who are attempting to obtain citizenship through wrongful means. The BJP chief also slammed the previous governments for taking a soft stand on Pakistan and contrasted it with the BJP-led Cent ...Read More >
MADURAI: Madurai central candidate and Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on Wednesday accused the BJP-led union government of using public funds and infrastructure approvals as political leverage, and said the handling of Chennai Metro Rail Phase II and the proposed Madurai Metro reflected a clear pattern of discrimination against Tamil Nadu. Responding to the remarks by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who linked the Madurai Metro Rail to the electoral success of BJP candidat ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta has announced that Andhra Pradesh is now free from Left-Wing Extremism. The significant milestone has been achieved a day ahead of the March 31 deadline set by the Union government under Operation Kagar, he said. Expressing satisfaction over the achievement, the DGP said the sustained and intelligence-driven combing operations over the past few years had effectively dismantled the CPI (Maoist) leadership and its network in the State. Sev ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to the people of Assam, Kerala and Puducherry to exercise their franchise in large numbers in the assembly elections in the two states and the Union Territory. In separate messages in English, besides Assamese, Malayalam and Tamil --" the regional languages of Assam, Kerala and Puducherry respectively -- PM Modi particularly requested the youth and the women to step forward and vote in large numbers. "As polling begins fo ...Read More >
Amid concerns of a possible increase in fertilizer prices on account of the situation in West Asia, the Union Cabinet here on Monday approved an increase of about 12% in nutrient-based subsidy for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers for the ongoing kharif crop season. Effective April 1 and up to September 30 this year, the tentative budgetary requirement for the subsidy will be ₹ 41,533.81 crore. "This is approximately ₹4,317 crore more than the budgetary requirement for kharif 2025 sea ...Read More >
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday (April 6, 2026) reaffirmed his 'One Northeast' mission to build a common political platform for the indigenous communities across the region. Campaigning for the candidate of the National People's Party (NPP) contesting the Boko-Chaygaon constituency in south-western Assam, Mr. Sangma said the NPP had been expanding across the northeast gradually. He said the NPP's broader objective of having elected representatives across the region was to p ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday accused the BJP-led union government of pushing India towards dictatorship, demanding an answer from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on why the delimitation process is being conducted "in secrecy" and warning that any decision taken in this regard without the consent of southern states "will not be accepted, come what may". In a post on X under the hashtag #DelimitationDanger, Stalin asked whether India was "sliding into dictatorship" and warned the ...Read More >
Countering the points raised by Vijayan's letter to him earlier in the day, Revanth Reddy dashed off a reply, raising questions over Kerala's claims on poverty eradication and governance. "You tweeted that by late 2025, Kerala is set to become the first state to completely eradicate extreme poverty. We are in April 2026. In your letter, you speak of 64,006 families still receiving micro-plans. I ask plainly: has extreme poverty been eradicated? Was the November 1, 2025 declaration independently ...Read More >
The Centre has urged the Supreme Court to declare its landmark ruling decriminalising adultery in the Joseph Shine v. Union of India as "not good law", raising fundamental questions about how courts interpret morality and exercise judicial review under the Constitution. In written submissions filed in the ongoing Sabarimala case proceedings, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that while the Centre does not contest the striking down of Section 497 of the IPC as violative of Article 14, it str ...Read More >
"We find no merit in the present petition. The same is accordingly dismissed," a bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja said. A detailed copy of the verdict was awaited. James approached the high court against a trial court's August 7, 2025, order denying his request to be released from prison. He challenged Article 17 of the India-UAE extradition treaty, allowing prosecution for "connected offences" as well. Advocate Aljo K Joseph, who represented James, said that he had undergone ...Read More >
Kerala voters' mood: While the ruling LDF seeks a historic third term, UDF aims for a comeback, and NDA attempts to break the bipolar trend The political mood in Kerala ahead of the April 9, 2026 Assembly elections is a high-stakes standoff between a quest for a historic "triple" by the Left and a strong "pendulum" push for change by the opposition. While the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) seeks a historic third term, the United Democratic Front (UDF) aims for a comeback, and the National ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Kausar Jahan, Chairperson of the Delhi Hajj Committee, on Monday welcomed the Central Government's decision to provide 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, calling it a revolutionary step towards gender equality and political empowerment. Speaking to ANI, Jahan said, "A special session has been convened on 16-18 April by the Central Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The decision to give 33% reservation ...Read More >
Moody's Ratings has slashed India's economic growth estimates for the current fiscal to 6% from 6.8% earlier, saying the ongoing conflict in West Asia will moderate growth momentum and raise inflation risks. In its credit opinion report on India, Moody's said prolonged disruptions, particularly LPG shipments due to the conflict, would lead to near-term household shortages, higher fuel and transport costs, and spillovers to food inflation through India's reliance on imported fertilisers. Moody' ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved an investment of Rs 26,069.50 crore for the construction of the 1720 MW Kamala Hydro Electric Project (HEP) in the Kamle, Kra Daadi and Kurung Kumey districts of Arunachal Pradesh. The estimated completion period of the project is 96 months. The Kamala HEP, with an installed capacity of 1720 MW (8 x 210 MW + 1 x 40 MW), is expected to generate 6,870 million u ...Read More >
New Delhi- India and Bangladesh on Wednesday vowed to normalise their partnership following more than 18 months of unprecedented strain in relations, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Bangladesh counterpart Khalilur Rahman agreeing to take steps to bolster ties in areas of trade, energy and people-to-people exchanges. In his meeting with Jaishankar, Rahman reiterated Bangladesh's request to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her ex-home minister Asaduzzaman Khan ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has strongly criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Fadnavis had stated that a metro project for Madurai would only be launched if a BJP candidate wins the upcoming election. Stalin questioned the propriety of such remarks from a chief minister of another state. Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Tuesday lashed out at Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis for his remarks that a metro project in Madurai would be launched only if BJP c ...Read More >
Following the US-Iran ceasefire, the Congress party is attacking Prime Minister Modi's diplomatic strategies, arguing that Pakistan's involvement highlights the failure of his personalised approach to foreign policy and his silence on critical international issues. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump, at The White House in Washington, DC on February 14, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo Key Points Congress claims Pakistan's role in the US-Iran ceasefire is a setback to ...Read More >
Chennai: The BJP-led NDA could assume a new nomenclature as 'New Delhi Alliance' since there was an attempt to rule Tamil Nadu from the national capital and the AIADMK, too, was part of that alliance operated by the BJP from New Delhi, DMK deputy general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Trichi Siva said. Speaking to media persons at the DMK headquarters on Wednesday, Siva said that convening the Parliament during election time was a cheap trick and blamed the AIADMK for supporting the Bills brought ...Read More >
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