Minister M.B. Rajesh | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI The Kerala Police has prepared a list of repeat offenders in cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Abkari Act as part of efforts to clamp down on drug trade, Excise Minister M.B. Rajesh said in a reply to questions in the … Read more
The Minister directed officials to ensure that people hired on a temporary basis to be part of the rapid response teams are getting salary, allowances for uniform, shoes, insurance and other facilities regularly. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only Following the death of a woman in an elephant attack in Belur taluk of Hassan … Read more
Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar in New Delhi on March 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) dubbed the Tamil Nadu government “hypocrite”, accusing it of refusing to implement National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 as part of a political agenda … Read more
The Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar will present the State Budget for 2025-26 on Monday, March 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar will present the State Budget for 2025-26 on Monday (March 10, 2025). Notably, this will be the … Read more
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
GUWAHATI Four northeastern neighbours are occupying more than 82,000 hectares of Assam’s land, the State’s Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora told the 126-member Assam Assembly on Wednesday (March 5, 2025). The four neighbouring States named by the Minister are Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland. Responding to a question from Congress MLA Rekibuddin … Read more
Manikrao Kokate. File photo: X/@kokate_manikrao A court in Nashik on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) stayed the conviction of Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate in a cheating and forgery case of 1995. A Magistrate Court on February 20 convicted the NCP leader and his brother Sunil Kokate and sentenced them to two-year imprisonment in the case … Read more
Refuting the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF)‘s allegations that the State government was complicit in the Union government’s offshore sand-mining move, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said that the government had on three occasions conveyed its strong disapproval of the plan. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday (February 27, 2025), he said that the … Read more
Ahead of the State Budget that will be presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on March 7, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) on Tuesday demanded a “pro-farmer” Budget by releasing a booklet listing out their demands. The 30-page booklet was released in Mysuru by KRRS president Badagalapura Nagendra. He was accompanied by several farmer leaders. … Read more
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, right, with Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, centre, and the UK’s Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds | Photo Credit: X/@ShashiTharoor Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor posted a selfie with Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Business … Read more