The Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to review the new Income Tax Bill 2025 proposed by the government has retained the provisions in the new Bill empowering tax officials to access, forcibly if necessary, the social media and private emails of people they are conducting search and seizure operations on. The Income Tax Bill 2025 was … Read more
Minister in charge of Chamarajanagar district K. Venkatesh presiding over a district level Karnataka Development Programme meeting on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture K. Venkatesh, who is also the Minister in charge of Chamarajanagar district, has directed the officials to respond swiftly to the complaints of wild animal … Read more
Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao interacting with an oilpalm plantation farmer at Samudrala village of Siddipet district on Friday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement HYDERABAD Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao along with Minister for Transport and Backward Classes Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar, Minister for Roads & Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Minister for Health … Read more
In this image via X/@HQ_IDS_India, Sunday, June 1, 2025, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan interacts with General Romeo S. Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The two discussed defence cooperation, maritime security, and strategic collaboration in the Indo-Pacific. | Photo … Read more
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asked officials to include widowed women under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’ (MMKVY). CM Majhi issued such a direction while presiding over a meeting in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday (May 21, 2025), an official said. He said the scheme … Read more
After PM Modi inaugurated the New Pamban Rail Bridge, the Vertical Central Span was lifted for a Naval vessel to pass through the Pamban channel. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The vertical lift span of the new Pamban Rail Bridge, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (April 6, 2025), caused concern among senior … Read more
Of the 906 Bangladeshis apprehended from August 2024 to March 21 this year, 411 have exited in the past three months. File | Photo Credit: PTI The voluntary return of undocumented Bangladeshis is showing an increase after the government in December 2024 began a crackdown against foreigners staying illegally in India, following political changes in … Read more
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu stresses the importance of conducting digital literacy training in the State. | Photo Credit: File Photo Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has asked the officials to ensure that the government services offered to the people should match the quality standard and satisfaction expected by the beneficiaries. “The officials … Read more
Kurnool Collector P. Ranjit Basha | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Collector P. Ranjit Basha, on Tuesday, asked the officials concerned to provide work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to all the job cardholders in the district. The Collector inspected the MGNREGA works at Allugundu village in Veldurthi mandal and asked … Read more
Food safety officers inspected the premises of K2 King Aqua and Beverages in Kacheguda on Thursday, November 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: In a major crackdown on sub-standard bottled water, food safety officers inspected the premises of K2 King Aqua and Beverages in Kacheguda on Thursday (November 14, 2024) and seized over 19,000 litres of … Read more