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Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has almost completed the Rs 132.49 crore phase 1 of the Tajbagh renovation and beautification project and is now awaiting Rs 95.87 crore to start phase 2 of the project. Under the first phase, NMRDA strengthened and beautified the main dargah, constructed a shopping complex, a choti dargah, shops, and other structures, including marble flooring. According to NMRDA sources, Phase 1 of the project received Rs 132.49 crore adminis ...Read More >
Ludhiana: Sanjeev Arora, who was sworn in as industries minister on Thursday, became the first minister from Ludhiana in the current state cabinet. With this, the number of ministers from the district in the cabinet has risen to three. Last September, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government inducted five ministers, including two from the district -- Sahnewal MLA Hardeep Singh Mundian and Khanna MLA Tarunpreet Singh Sond.In the previous Congress government, Bharat Bhushan Ashu was minister till earl ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has announced a statewide protest on July 4, alleging massive irregularities in the procurement and distribution of Gir cows under the Garukhuti Multipurpose Agricultural Project in Assam. CPI(M) state secretary Suprakash Talukdar addressed the media at the party's state office on Wednesday and accused the Assam government of financial misconduct. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! He demanded a time ...Read More >
New Delhi: July 3 is International Plastic Bag Free Day. However, across Delhi, single-use plastic (SUP) bags, including those prohibited since 2018, are being used by shopkeepers and customers. Disposable cutlery and drinking straws made of plastic have also resurfaced in the marketplace.Despite restrictions imposed three years ago in July on single-use plastic, plastic items, particularly low-quality polythene bags below 50-micron thickness banned in 2018, continue to be extensively used witho ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the relevant authority of the Union Government to take necessary steps and issue directions or frame rules to guarantee that information under the Right to Information Act, 2005, is provided in the format or mode requested by the applicant, while ensuring that appropriate safety measures are in place. Highlighting a gap in the current RTI Rules, a division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedel ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) Union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia unleashed a string of data, ranging from BSNL's consecutive profit after 18 years to connecting over 2 lakh gram panchayats with broadband, on social media platform X to counter claims of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on the Digital India programme. Scindia suggested to Kharge to go check on the web for telecom scams in India which will show activities related to the UPA regime while the present regime is recognised with ...Read More >
Bhopal: In an interesting sequence of events, the Madhya Pradesh Public Health Engineering has given a clean chit to its minister Sampatiya Uikey over Rs 1000 crore bribery charges after ordering a probe into the allegations. Chief Engineer, Sanjay Andhavan had ordered an investigation National President of the United Revolution Party and former MLA Kishore Samarite wrote a letter to the Prime Minister's office accusing Uikey of taking Rs 1000 crore "commission". The Chief Engineer's Office ha ...Read More >
Pune: Several educators in the state on Sunday reiterated that govt's decision on the three-language policy announced earlier in June was taken in haste and without consultation with experts, leading to complete chaos that resulted in the resolution being revoked.Many asserted that the widespread opposition to the policy was not against the Hindi language, but its introduction from Std I.On Sunday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the formation of a committee to suggest the way forward ...Read More >
A Right to Information application reveals that the Jammu and Kashmir administration failed to use nearly half of the central funds for border bunkers. The funds, allocated over five years, aimed to protect residents from cross-border shelling. Rajouri district utilized the most funds, followed by Poonch and Samba. Despite a ceasefire agreement, bunker construction remains crucial for civilian safety. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has not utilised nearly half of the central funds allocat ...Read More >
JAMMU, June 29: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has not utilised nearly half of the Central funds allocated for building underground bunkers for border residents over the last five years, according to information obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application. The revelation comes amid heightened calls for civilian safety, following last month's Operation Sindoor and the intense cross-border shelling. Responding to an RTI application, the Jammu and Kashmir Home Department said, ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get s ...Read More >
Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir administration has failed to utilise nearly half of the central funds allocated for constructing underground bunkers in border areas over the last five years, an RTI reply has revealed, raising fresh concerns about civilian safety in light of last month's intense cross-border shelling. According to information obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by Jammu-based activist Raman Kumar, the Union Territory received ₹242.77 crore from the Ce ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Under the telecom production-linked incentive scheme, only 21 out of the 42 eligible manufacturers have been able to get incentives till March 31, 2025, as per data shared by the Department of Telecom. The Department of Telecom has disbursed Rs 1,162 crore for the telecom product-linked incentive scheme till March 31, this year. The telecom product-linked incentive scheme came into effect from April 1, 2021 and is scheduled to end this fiscal year. "Total incentive dis ...Read More >
Jammu, Jun 29 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration has not utilised nearly half of the central funds allocated for building underground bunkers for border residents over the last five years, according to information obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application. The revelation comes amid heightened calls for civilian safety, following last month's Operation Sindoor and the intense cross-border shelling. Responding to the Right To Information application filed by Jammu-based a ...Read More >
Jammu, Jun 29 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration has not utilised nearly half of the central funds allocated for building underground bunkers for border residents over the last five years, according to information obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application. The revelation comes amid heightened calls for civilian safety, following last month's Operation Sindoor and the intense cross-border shelling. Also Read | Cloudburst in Uttarkashi: 2 Dead, 7 Missing After Cloudburst ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 27 (ANI): A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday evening. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours. The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college. Also Read | Student Gang-Raped at South Kolkata Law College: Police Arrest 3 Youths for Sexually Assaulting Young Woman Inside La ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that there is nothing on record to show any fraud in Maharashtra assembly elections. Dismissing a plea to declare the Maharashtra election null and void, a division bench held that the case of the petitioner appears to be "quite absurd to say the least". The court also held that the use of EVMs does not take away "free and fair elections" in any manner. Prakash Ambedkar, who appeared as a lawyer for the petitioner in the case, criticised the HC for overlook ...Read More >
Digha/Kolkata: Why were those speaking Bengali "being tortured across the country every day", CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Speaking in Digha, where she has gone to attend the first Rath Yatra of the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple, the CM spoke of Bengali-speaking migrant workers being detained at two places in Odisha.Asking Odisha "not to be jealous", Banerjee said while she respected the Puri Jagannath temple, she expected the same respect for the Digha Jagannath temple."I learnt th ...Read More >
Panchkula: The police continue to struggle with a low burglary case resolution rate, raising serious concerns about investigative effectiveness. Despite hundreds of cases being reported each year, a majority remain unsolved, leaving victims without closure and emboldening criminals.An analysis of burglary cases over the past five years reveals a concerning trend in Panchkula: only about 36% of all reported burglary cases between 2021 and April 2025 were solved by the district police. Between 202 ...Read More >
OT Security 1 min read E-mail verification via OTP for all RTI requests starting Jun 16: Govt To bolster citizen privacy and data security, the Centre will introduce email verification via OTP for all RTI applications starting June 16, 2025. This initiative aims to fortify the cybersecurity framework of the RTI online portal. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is implementing this measure to safeguard user information and enhance the portal's security. The Centre will implement e-m ...Read More >
Rajkot: Adding pressure on its already strained finances, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) is facing a penalty of Rs 22.50 crore as environmental damage compensation for not being able to clear the legacy waste from the Nakrawadi dumping site, 20 km from the city. The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) recently informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about the legacy waste lying at the site. Legacy waste is the waste piled up over many years in landfills, abandoned mines, or indust ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parvesh Verma on Friday filed a complaint with ACB against Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, alleging corruption concerning Delhi Sports University (DSU). Verma, who is contesting Delhi polls from the New Delhi seat against Kejriwal, in his complaint alleged "corrupt misappropriation of public funds" through "the abuse of official positions to gain wrongful benefits". The complaint ...Read More >
Mumbai: In December, eight people were killed and 40 others were injured after being hit by a speeding BEST bus in Kurla area of Mumbai. As per data shared recently by the BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking), there have been 834 road accidents by BEST buses in the past five years. These accidents claimed 88 lives. However, the BEST administration has only dismissed 14 employees and suspended 24 employees in this regard. The BEST administration shared this information aft ...Read More >
Karnataka MUDA scam: An RTI activist on whose complaint a case was registered in the MUDA site allotment scam said that a person claiming to be the personal assistant of Parvathi BM, wife of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, attempted to lure and pressurise him and his son. Snehamayi Krishna said today (December 15) that he was asked not to push for a CBI probe in the case. Siddaramaiah is facing allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife Parvathi by the Mysuru Ur ...Read More >
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah pledged to reinstate the Darbar Move, emphasizing its symbolic significance for regional unity and equitable governance. He addressed concerns about regional bias, highlighting his inclusive approach and plans to boost Jammu's economy, particularly its tourism sector, by leveraging the Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage. JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said his government would restore the Darbar Move as the biannual ad ...Read More >
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