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Jamshedpur, Oct 16: Residents of Kulamara village in Matigoda Panchayat under Jadugoda police station, have expressed strong resentment over the long-pending construction of a bridge crucial for local connectivity. On Tuesday, villagers held a meeting to protest the delay and announced that they would boycott the upcoming Ghatsila Assembly by-election if the bridge was not constructed soon. In addition, they stopped the ongoing construction of a 10-kilometer road from Digri Morh to Bankai, deman ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) In a setback to the Telangana government, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed its petition challenging a high court order which stayed a government order providing 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. "You continue with your elections with the same reservation which was existing. Dismissed," a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said. The Congress government in Telangana had issued the government order (GO) on September 26 to prov ...Read More >
Palakkad: The issue over Instagram chats among students using inappropriate language was resolved by the parents; however, it flared up again, ending in 14-year-old Arjun's suicide, according to his relatives. Arjun, son of Jayakrishnan and Manjusha from Charalamparamb, Pollappadam, Mathur, was a Class 9 student at the Higher Secondary School, Kannadi. His father works in the UAE, while his mother works at a photostat shop in the locality. A student's mother happened to see a chat involving Arj ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging the Telangana High Court's interim order that stayed the State government's decision to increase Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in local body elections in the State to 42 per cent which took the overall reservations in the States' local bodies to 67 per cent. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, however, clarified that their decision to dismiss Tel ...Read More >
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has clarified his position on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activities. He stated that RSS should not use government schools, colleges, or state-owned temples for its programmes. Kharge believes such activities should be confined to private spaces. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has ordered a review of Tamil Nadu's actions regarding a similar ban on RSS in government areas. Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Tuesday clarified his stance on banning the Rashtriya Sw ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Wednesday presented the first supplementary estimates for ₹2,914.99 crore for 2025-26 in the Assembly. The Supplementary Estimates are presented mainly to obtain the approval for expenditure on items that have been sanctioned since the presentation of Budget Estimates 2025-26 and to enable recoupment for advances made from the Contingency Fund. Among the various items sanctioned are a sum of ₹1,137.97 crore as 'Ways and Means Advance' to set ...Read More >
CHENNAI: State Finance and Environment and Climate Change Minister Thangam Thenarasu presented the first supplementary estimates for 2025-2026 to the Tamil Nadu Assembly for a sum of Rs 2,914.99 crore. The supplementary estimates are being presented mainly to obtain approval of the legislature for expenditure on 'New Service' and 'New Instrument of Service' items which have been sanctioned since the presentation of budget estimates 2025-2026, and to enable recoupment for advances made from the ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 15 (ANI): Ahead of Gujarat's 75th anniversary, the state government on Wednesday unveiled the strategic vision document 'Gujarat@75: Agenda for 2035' at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, laying out a comprehensive development roadmap for the next decade, according to a statement issued by the Gujarat Chief Minister's Office (CMO). Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel released the document, describing the milestone as both a celebration of Gujarat's remarkable achieve ...Read More >
The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), an NDA ally, has threatened to contest the Bihar Assembly elections alone if the BJP does not allocate them seats. The party claims the RJD has offered them a chance to contest on five seats. SBSP's national general secretary informed BJP chief JP Nadda about the party's influence in 32 Bihar districts. A senior leader of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), which is part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), on Sunday said if the BJP does n ...Read More >
"We occasionally have meals," said Siddaramaiah. (File) Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah while responding to rumours surrounding the dinner meet hosted by him for his Cabinet Ministers in Bengaluru, asked on Monday that "having a meal with Cabinet Ministers is supposed to be a major crime". He spoke to reporters after inaugurating the Kittur festival torch before travelling to Hubballi. When journalists asked about the dinner arranged on Monday for his Cabinet Ministers, the ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 15 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has said the government is taking the threat calls made to Minister Priyank Kharge very seriously, and a thorough investigation is underway to trace the origin and motive behind them. Speaking to reporters near his residence in Sadashivanagar, he stated that an investigation is underway to identify who made the threat call and where it originated. He added that the minister may have expressed demand to restr ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan said on Friday that the state government has approved a sweeping overhaul of the panchayat administration system to strengthen rural governance and transparency. This, he said, is in line with late president APJ Abdul Kalam's vision for well-equipped and efficiently governed villages. Earlier in the day, the state cabinet gave its nod to the reforms at its weekly cabinet meeting. Deputy chief minister and Panchayat Raj and rural development min ...Read More >
UTTAR PRADESH: Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has announced a "bonus" for 14.82 lakh state employees before Diwali. The state government will bear an expenditure of Rs 1,022 crore for this. A bonus of up to Rs 6,908 per employee, based on 30 days' emoluments, will be given, as per reports from the UP CM's office.Along with this, Rajasthan chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma announced an ad hoc bonus for approximately six lakh state government employees on the occasion of Diwali on T ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, IT and BT, Priyank Kharge, on Monday defended his call to ban the public activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), clarifying that his father and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge had attended an RSS event in 2002 only to warn them against creating trouble. His remarks came after the BJP circulated a photograph showing Mallikarjun Kharge at an RSS gathering in Bengaluru, accusing him of hypocrisy in light of his s ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin on Wednesday adjourned the hearing to 2.15 pm on Thursday on a batch of seven writ petitions challenging the state government's decision to enhance reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) to 42% in the ensuing local body elections. The petitions sought suspension of GO Ms No 9 issued by the BC Welfare department on September 26, 2025, increasing BC reservations from 23% ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Hours after the Telangana State Election Commission issued a notification for conducting the elections to the local bodies in the state on Thursday, the Telangana High Court ordered an interim stay on the Panchayat elections. Allowing the batch of petitions filed challenging the 42% reservations to the backward classes in the elections and after hearing at length the petitioners and the state counsels, a division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin dire ...Read More >
Surat, Oct 8 (PTI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Wednesday said his state was poised to become a USD 350 billion economy by 2030, and has a very investment-friendly environment. Speaking at a 'Pravasi Rajasthani Meet' here ahead of the Pravasi Rajasthani Divas on December 10, he invited entrepreneurs and investors to explore opportunities in IT, pharma, textiles, gems & jewellery, energy, petrochemicals, tourism and mining sectors in the state. "Rajasthan is progressing towards ...Read More >
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 7 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath distributed sewing machines, laptops, and certificates to approximately 250 participants at the 14th session of the Sewing, Embroidery, and Computer Training Centre, which is operated by the Kashi Annapurna Anna Kshetra Trust. The event took place at the Annapurna Rishikul Brahmacharyashram Sanskrit College in Shivpur on Monday, underscoring the government's commitment to supporting skill development ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 5 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday defended the decision of the Election Commission of India to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, asserting that for someone to say that the revision should be conducted after the elections is "unjustified". The Chief Election Commissioner clarified that conducting the SIR is both legal and mandated under the Representation of the Peo ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 5 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday defended the decision of the Election Commission of India to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, asserting that for someone to say that the revision should be conducted after the elections is "unjustified". The Chief Election Commissioner clarified that conducting the SIR is both legal and mandated under the Representation of the Peo ...Read More >
Thane: The Kalyan Sessions Court has acquitted five men accused of allegedly murdering a 25-year-old man in 1992, after ruling that the decades-long delay, loss of critical evidence, and the inability to examine the prime witness had fatally weakened the case. Complainant Could Not Depose The court of Additional Sessions Judge P. F. Sayyad observed that the complainant -- who was also the key witness -- was now 74-year-old, suffering from Parkinson's disease and memory loss, and unable to test ...Read More >
Nagpur, Oct 2 (PTI) During its centenary year, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will strive to spread its work of 'vyakti nirman' or character building across India and ensure its 'panch parivartan' initiative for social transformation is accepted by all sections, said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday. Delivering his annual Vijayadashami speech in Nagpur, marking 100 years of the RSS' formation, he noted the five-point 'panch parivartan' programme aims to bring gradual changes in social condu ...Read More >
Gorakhpur: Navratri reflects faith in the power and divinity of women, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while extending greetings of Mahanavami and Vijayadashami on Wednesday. Stressing women's central role in society, he said, "Despite being the most populous state, UP today records the lowest crime rate against women while leading the nation in convictions."The CM performed Kanyapujan at Gorakhnath Temple on the occasion of Mahanavami on Wednesday and underlined the festival's cultural dept ...Read More >
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Gayatri Prajapati was attacked by a fellow inmate inside Lucknow Jail on Tuesday. The scuffle took place within the jail premises, after which prison authorities launched an internal inquiry. According to a statement issued by Dr Ramdhani, DIG Prisons, Lucknow Range, the incident occurred after Prajapati allegedly used abusive language towards another inmate, Vishwas Rajput. In response, Vishwas attacked Prajapati using a sharp object i ...Read More >
The government is fully committed to removing all doubts, said Pushkar Singh Dhami (File) Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday met the youths protesting at the Parade Ground here against the alleged paper leak in a graduate level examination last week and assured them that the state will recommend a CBI probe. He said an SIT under the supervision of a retired High Court judge has already started its investigation into the allegations related to the exam conducted ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], October 1 (ANI): The Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada Project, regarded as the lifeline of Gujarat's Jal Kranti (Water Revolution) and Krushikranti (Agriculture Revolution), has reached its maximum level of 138.68 meters (455 feet). According to the Chief Minister's Statement (CMO), on the ninth day of Navratri, the CM performed Jal Poojan with Vedic chants at the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam Project in Ekta Nagar. This project supplies drinking water to over four ...Read More >
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said over 10 lakh hectares of crops in Karnataka have been damaged due to rains and floods, as per initial estimates, and his government will provide an additional compensation of Rs 8,500 per hectare over the amount under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). Speaking after an aerial survey of flood‑affected areas in Kalaburagi, Bidar, Yadgiri, and Vijayapura districts, Siddaramaiah said the state would also request the central government for addit ...Read More >
BENGALURU: In the backdrop of the Supreme Court's directions to state governments not to provide power and water connections to illegal buildings without a Completion Certificate (CC) or Occupancy Certificate (OC), Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is exploring options to grant relief to buildings with bylaw violations, and directed officials to look for legal options. As Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister DK Shivakumar and Advocate-General of Karnataka K Shashi Kiran Shetty wer ...Read More >
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath underscored the importance of self-reliant panchayats in translating the state's long-term development goals into reality. Addressing district and block panchayat representatives, he called for adopting innovative approaches in annual plans, with a focus on both income generation and public welfare. The interaction formed part of the ongoing Viksit UP@2047 dialogue series, which seeks to gather ideas from local representatives and citizens on how to ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Backward Classes (BCs) community is poised to benefit substantially from the government's decision to implement 42 per cent reservations in the local bodies elections, opening up an estimated 24,000 additional posts across gram panchayats, mandal parishads and zilla parishads, and taking the total to nearly 55,000. This is nearly double of what the community got in the 2019 local body elections held under the BRS regime with 23 per cent reservations. Although the government has ...Read More >
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