Govt. sanctions ₹32.26 crore for Seaport-Airport Road extension

Govt. sanctions ₹32.26 crore for Seaport-Airport Road extension

The NAD land issue was a major challenge to the development of Seaport-Airport Road over the past 20 years. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The government has sanctioned ₹32.26 crore for the extension of Seaport-Airport Road that includes the price for the acquisition of 2.49 hectares from the Naval Armament Depot (NAD). Besides the ₹23.11 … Read more

Mithi river desilting ‘scam’: SIT registers FIR, BMC suffered ₹65 crore loss

Mithi river desilting ‘scam’: SIT registers FIR, BMC suffered ₹65 crore loss

Sludge and sediments being removed from the Mithi river. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Tuesday registered an FIR against five contractors, three Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, three middlemen, and two private company officials for wrongful loss to the civic body … Read more

Rain, fierce storm batter Thrissur on Tuesday: damage estimated at ₹1.66 crore

Rain, fierce storm batter Thrissur on Tuesday: damage estimated at ₹1.66 crore

Thrissur district faced widespread destruction on Tuesday evening as torrential rain and strong wind wreaked havoc, with the cost of damages estimated at ₹1.66 crore (₹1,66,77,000). The worst-hit area was Pullazhi, where District Collector Arjun Pandian visited homes and roads severely affected by fallen trees and ruptured electricity poles. A key stretch — Olari Kottil … Read more

Kochi Corporation Budget moots ₹46 crore convention centre at Edappally, prioritises road development

Kochi Corporation Budget moots ₹46 crore convention centre at Edappally, prioritises road development

Roads, education, an international convention centre, addressing waterlogging, and houses for all took centre stage in the Kochi Corporation Budget for 2025-26, tabled in the council here on Monday. The surplus Budget of ₹262.36 crore, presented by Deputy Mayor and finance committee chairperson K.A. Ansiya, anticipated an additional revenue of ₹50 crore through effective financial … Read more

VMRDA to spend ₹390 crore to improve connectivity to Bhogapuram airport from Visakhapatnam

VMRDA to spend ₹390 crore to improve connectivity to Bhogapuram airport from Visakhapatnam

The NH-16 stretch connecting Visakhapatnam and Bhogapuram. The construction of the greenfield international airport in Bhogapuram is likely to become operational by June, 2026. | Photo Credit: V RAJU As the construction of the greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district, 45 km from Visakhapatnam, is on the fast track, the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region … Read more

Key suspect arrested in ₹14 crore investment fraud targeting 200 investors

Key suspect arrested in ₹14 crore investment fraud targeting 200 investors

Police sources say 35 victims have come forward to report their losses. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A man accused of duping around 200 individuals of ₹14 crore in large-scale investment fraud was arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Cyberabad police on Tuesday (March 4, 2025). The accused was identified as Kandula … Read more

ED restitutes ₹2.29 crore to defrauded investors of Rose Valley Group

ED restitutes ₹2.29 crore to defrauded investors of Rose Valley Group

Rose Valley Chit Fund Group Chairman Goutam Kundu | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials and Asset Disposal Committee (ADC) disbursed 2.29 crore to over 3,700 people who were victims of the Rose Valley Ponzi Scheme scam. This is the fifth round of such payments which have affected lakhs of depositors. The ADC committee for Rose … Read more

Madhya Pradesh Global Investors Summit: Gautam Adani outlines ₹2.1 lakh crore investment blueprint

Madhya Pradesh Global Investors Summit: Gautam Adani outlines ₹2.1 lakh crore investment blueprint

Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav in a meeting with Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani during Global Investors Summit 2025 at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya in Bhopal, on February 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Monday (February 24, 2025) announced new multi-sectoral investments of more than ₹1.10 lakh crore … Read more

Andhra lost ₹1.10 lakh crore as Naidu left Hyderabad without settling distribution of joint assets, says former minister

Andhra lost ₹1.10 lakh crore as Naidu left Hyderabad without settling distribution of joint assets, says former minister

YSRCP East Godavari District president and former minister for Backward Classes Welfare Ch. Venu Gopala Krishna on Monday (February 17) blamed Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for his silence on the distribution of joint assets located in Hyderabad in Telangana State, causing an estimated loss of ₹1.10 lakh crore to Andhra Pradesh State after the … Read more