Minister for Health and Finance T. Harish Rao speaking at the inauguration of Apple Innovation Centre in KL University in Hyderabad on November 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Senior leader of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Minister T. Harish Rao has ridiculed the campaign for Congress candidates in Hyderabad by Karnataka Chief Minister … Read more
JKPC president Sajad Gani Lone. File | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Gani Lone on Thursday appealed for a relook at the policy adopted by the security agencies in Kashmir. Claiming that individuals, both young and old, were rounded up by the police in the past 24 hours in … Read more
The panel was constituted by the Principal Bench of the tribunal after it took suo motu cognizance of The Hindu report titled ‘India’s sinking islands’ published on March 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: K.K. MUSTAFAH The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has decided to issue notices to the Coastal Zone Management Authorities (CZMAs) in the coastal … Read more
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin reviewing the progress of work in Ram Nagar on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday visited various parts of Chennai to take stock of the ongoing roadworks. He later held a meeting and instructed the Chief Secretary, Shiv Das Meena, to monitor the progress across … Read more
A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on September 1 asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to file its reply within four weeks to a plea by activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest at a Mumbai public library in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, … Read more
The State government is mulling over introducing the interest waiver scheme on water dues (for domestic consumers) as it has asked the Mysuru City Corporation to submit a proposal in this regard. The direction came at a meeting chaired by Minister for Urban Development B.S. Suresh (Byrathi) in Bengaluru on Thursday, August 31, in which … Read more
Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Praveen Prakash, has appealed to the 59,000 village and ward volunteers in the State who have received the 100% GER Badge to verify their data and make sure it is accurate. In a release on Saturday, Mr. Praveen Prakash said that the volunteers of a village secretariat in Nandyal district … Read more
Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena has written a letter to all the Collectors asking them to regularly inspect the primary health centres (PHCs) in their respective districts to ensure their efficient functioning. He asked the Collectors to focus particularly on the availability of staff at the PHCs, quality of services offered especially to pregnant women, … Read more
The Supreme Court is hearing a series of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 from the Indian Constitution. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked why the Union of India, the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir or the political establishment in the rest of the country had never bothered to … Read more
The National Federation of Indian Women highlighted how the 2018 judgment of the apex court in Tehseen Poonawala case had foretold that lynchings and mob violence were “creeping threats” and need to be nipped in the bud. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings … Read more