Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station, Sukhrali area in Gurugram district of Haryana during the State Assembly elections on October 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Despite the various steps taken by the local administration to address urban voter apathy, including setting up of special polling … Read more
Image for representation | Photo Credit: BALACHANDAR L Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Union Budget 2024-25 carried an allocation of more than Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefitting women and girls and promoting women-led development, during her presentation of the Budget in the Lok Sabha on July 23. This is Ms. Sitharaman’s record seventh time making … Read more
Konkan Railway Corporation Limited personnel clearing dangerous trees, strengthening gabian walls, and clearing drainage in Karnataka in preparation for the monsoon. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) has taken up drainage and infrastructure maintenance, monsoon patrolling, carried out operational adjustments and enhanced communication systems to ensure unhindered train operations, thereby ensuring passenger safety … Read more
With the largest measure off the menu, 7.6% less volume of wine was sold daily, researchers found. Source link
It may take at least a fortnight for the city to get the services of 150 workers for mosquito control measures even as pest attack remains unabated in the city. Mayor M. Anilkumar had announced at the last meeting of the Kochi Corporation that 150 more workers would be hired to augment pest control measures … Read more
Students demand separate statehood for Ladakh and inclusion of the Union Territory (UT) in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has agreed to examine the demand of civil society groups in Ladakh to provide “constitutional safeguards” for the … Read more
Cleaning on the Paris-London route is “highly effective at eliminating bugs”, Eurostar says. Source link
Carl Malamud, founder Public.Resource.Org, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil, during Gandhi Jayanti celebrations at Gandhi Bhavan, in Bengaluru on October 02, 2023. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Along the lines of sedition law, the Karnataka government has said it will consider legal measures to take action against … Read more
The Andhra Pradesh State power distribution companies (DISCOMs) obtained orders from AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) for imposing Restriction & Control (R&C) measures on Continuous Process Industries (CPI) and non-CPI from September 2 to 15. According to official sources, the DISCOMs sought the regulator’s permission to allow a 30% cut on recorded maximum demand in August-2023 … Read more
Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge during a press conference after the bloc leaders meeting, in Mumbai on Friday | Photo Credit: ANI Mallikarjun Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on September 5 ahead of Parliament’s Special Session Ahead of the Special Session of Parliament, floor … Read more