SIR row: Opposition making noise because ‘they have something to hide’, says Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM

SIR row: Opposition making noise because ‘they have something to hide’, says Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday (November 24, 2025) targeted Opposition parties, alleging that those creating a furore over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise “have something to hide”. Mr. Maurya, who served as co-in-charge for the … Read more

Govt. blamed for making SC students pay full fee for engg. courses

Govt. blamed for making SC students pay full fee for engg. courses

HYDERABAD Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former IPS officer R.S. Praveen Kumar has alleged that the Congress Government is doing grave injustice to Dalit (Scheduled Castes) students, who have secured seats in engineering courses, by making them pay full fee. Mr. Praveen Kumar said on Friday that this was happening to Dalit students despite … Read more

Haryana govt blames Opposition parties for making misleading assertions on crime rise

Haryana govt blames Opposition parties for making misleading assertions on crime rise

Dismissing Opposition parties’ allegation surrounding the rise in crime in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Sunday (July 20, 2025) termed the assertion as “misleading and factually baseless”. In a statement issued here, the State government said that under its ‘Zero Tolerance for Crime’ policy, it has taken significant and effective measures to strengthen … Read more

Telangana leaders making unnecessary ruckus over utilisation of flood waters by A.P., says Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu

Telangana leaders making unnecessary ruckus over utilisation of flood waters by A.P., says Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu

Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Ramanaidu. File The Telangana leaders were making unnecessary ruckus over the irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh for their own political survival, A.P. Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu remarked. They were levelling baseless allegations  against A.P. even though the plans were solely for utilising excess water that would otherwise flow into the sea. … Read more