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
Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday criticised the DMK government over the way the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai was being maintained. In a statement, he referred to media reports about the condition of the hospital and also to questions raised … Read more
The Forest Department has decided to temporarily suspend the collection of environment maintenance charges from the vehicle users on the Eturunagaram wildlife sanctuary stretch of the National Highway 163 in Mulugu district from February 2 to 29, 2024. The decision has been taken in view of the ensuing historic Sammakka Saralamma jatara (mega tribal fair) … Read more
The issue of Tirupati district Collectorate seeking funds for its building maintenance from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) exchequer has taken a political turn, with parties across the political spectrum flaying the temple management for alleged misuse of funds. It may be recalled that the TTD had built ‘Padmavathi Nilayam’, a 600-room facility to accommodate … Read more
Several boggies derailed after two goods trains collided with each other near West Bengal’s Bankura, in the wee hours of June 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Around eight wagons overturned after a goods train derailed and collided with a maintenance train at the Ondagram railway station in the Bankura district of West Bengal on … Read more
Even as the Ministry of Transport is gearing up to make closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras mandatory for all stage carriers in the State, the condition of many such cameras installed in private buses in Kozhikode district subsequent to a directive from the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) nearly six years ago is in a piteous … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices with “great caution” on twin PILs seeking uniform grounds of divorce and payment of maintenance and alimony to women across all religions. The PILs were filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay. A bench led by CJI S.A. Bobde issued notices to the central government’s law ministry … Read more