A 45-year-old woman architect from Palluruthy allegedly attempted to douse herself with petrol at the office of the Department of Local Self Government at the Ernakulam collectorate on Monday (October 28). As an empanelled licensee for submitting building permits, she reportedly became distressed after officials informed her that her licence might be temporarily cancelled owing … Read more
Dr. B.S. Shiju, chairman of the Kerala unit of All India Congress Committee’s research division, has filed a complaint to Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, demanding the cancellation of the allotment for a controversial petrol pump in Cheranmula, Kannur. The demand follows allegations of bribery linked to the approval process for the pump, coinciding … Read more
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Full Budget 2024: The full Budget 2024 will be tabled next month. On Wednesday, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the first Pre-Budget consultation meeting with leading economists. The meeting was attended by MoS for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, the Finance Secretary, and the Secretaries of the Departments of Economic Affairs, Revenue, … Read more
Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal (centre) and Commission of Police of Greater Chennai Sandeep Rai Rathore (right) and Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, A.Arun (left) brief journalists on the recent petrol bomb attack at Raj Bhavan, in Chennai on October 27, 2023 | Photo Credit: M. Prabhu Top … Read more
Sedition law can be retained but with safeguards: Law Commission The Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained but certain amendments could be made for greater clarity regarding its usage, the 22nd Law Commission has said in its report to the government. The commission said sedition being a … Read more
The Centre today slashed the windfall tax on export of locally produced crude oil to Rs 9,500 per tonne from Rs 11,000 per tonne. However, windfall tax on exports of aviation fuel has been increased to Rs 5 per litre from Rs 3.50 per litre while on disel it has been hiked to Rs 13/litre … Read more
The government responded to high inflation in the economy by announcing a series of steps to cool prices and cushion the impact on the common man. This comes after retail inflation hit 7.8 per cent in April and the wholesale prices crossed 15 per cent reflecting the input cost pressures. The rising food and fuel … Read more
India’s fuel sales surged past pre-pandemic levels in March on twin impact of the economy rebounding from the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions and anticipation of price increases leading to stocking. In the first two weeks of March, dealers, as well as the public, topped up their tanks in anticipation of an increase in prices that … Read more
BJP MLAs staged a walkout in the West Bengal assembly on Wednesday after Speaker Biman Banerjee refused to admit a series of adjournment motions moved by the opposition parties over a host of issues, including the reduction in duty on liquor while ignoring taxes on fuel. Reading out one of the adjournment motions, BJP’s Asansol … Read more