Andhra Pradesh govt. approves works worth ₹24,276 crore in capital city of Amaravati

Andhra Pradesh govt. approves works worth ₹24,276 crore in capital city of Amaravati

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu speaking to MA&UD P. Narayana and other officials at the APCRDA meeting at the Secretariat on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday approved the construction of the Legislative Assembly … Read more

Implement the SOP for abandoned tea gardens: workers union appeal to WB govt

Implement the SOP for abandoned tea gardens: workers union appeal to WB govt

Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity (PBCMS). File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Observing that the newly notified standard operating procedure(SOP) by the West Bengal government holds potential for resolving issues in abandoned gardens, the Paschim Banga Cha Majoor Samity (PBCMS) on Monday (December 9, 2024) called the State government to implement its own SOP. The … Read more

Parliamentary proceedings: Modi govt will purchase all farm produce at MSP, says Agriculture Minister in Rajya Sabha

Parliamentary proceedings: Modi govt will purchase all farm produce at MSP, says Agriculture Minister in Rajya Sabha

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Narendra Modi government will purchase all farm produce at minimum support price, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday (December 6, 2024). … Read more

Hurriyat Conference asks Omar-led govt to reinstate employees fired over ‘terror links’

Hurriyat Conference asks Omar-led govt to reinstate employees fired over ‘terror links’

Hurriyat Chairman and chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. File. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday (November 30, 2024) asked the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir to take measures to stop the “injustice” of dismissing employees over alleged terror links and reinstate all those who have been terminated … Read more

No conclusive data to establish direct correlation of disease exclusively due to air pollution: Govt

No conclusive data to establish direct correlation of disease exclusively due to air pollution: Govt

Buildings are enveloped in smog due to air pollution in Delhi, India, November 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Air pollution is one of the aggravating factors for respiratory diseases, however, there is no conclusive data available in the country to establish a direct correlation between any disease caused exclusively by air pollution, MoS for … Read more

Karnataka government order: only taxpayers’, govt workers’ BPL cards cancelled

Karnataka government order: only taxpayers’, govt workers’ BPL cards cancelled

In a move to clarify the ongoing confusion surrounding the cancellation of Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards, the Congress government in Karnataka issued an official order today. The order instructs the Food Department to take immediate action, ensuring that only the BPL cards of individuals who are income taxpayers or government employees are canceled. The … Read more

Govt contemplating outsourcing maintenance of roads: CM Chandrababu Naidu

Govt contemplating outsourcing maintenance of roads: CM Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. File | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has stated that the State government was toying with the idea of outsourcing the maintenance of roads in the State. Mr. Naidu, speaking in the Assembly on Tuesday (November 19, 2024), said that the government was considering outsourcing … Read more

TPCC leader Charan Yadav thanks govt for declaring Sadar Sammelan a State festival

TPCC leader Charan Yadav thanks govt for declaring Sadar Sammelan a State festival

Telangana government has recognised Sadar Sammelan as a State festival. File | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) general secretary Charan Koushik Yadav expressed gratitude to the State government, led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, for officially recognising Sadar Sammelan as a State festival. He also extended thanks to Deputy Chief Minister … Read more

Govt. looking for a transparent, efficient procurement model for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft tender

Govt. looking for a transparent, efficient procurement model for 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft tender

In the backdrop of the controversy in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets, the government is looking at a procurement model that is transparent and non-controversial for the acquisition of 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) tender that has been stuck for several years now, informed sources said. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is facing … Read more

Sugarcane growers warn State govt. against not allowing Chincholi factory to resume operations

Sugarcane growers warn State govt. against not allowing Chincholi factory to resume operations

Demanding that the State government permit Siddhasiri Ethanol and Power (SEP) Factory (sugar factory) to resume operations by November 1, the Kalaburagi District Sugarcane Growers Association has said that sugarcane growers will stage a rasta roko in their respective villages and stage an indefinite dharna outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office from November 4. District president of … Read more