Image for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A parliamentary committee has emphasised the need to launch the next phase of the Centre’s flagship Smart Cities Mission with a thrust on tier-2 cities located within 100 km of State capitals. The Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs also cautioned that digital infrastructure created under … Read more
Randeep Singh Surjewala | Photo Credit: File Photo Following uneasiness among the Congress party cadre and legislators over the delay in the appointment of heads to various government-owned boards and corporations, AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala held a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar … Read more
The second and final phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections for the remaining 70 seats will be held on Friday and decide the electoral fate of political heavyweights like Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, his deputy T.S. Singh Deo, eight State Ministers and four members of Parliament. A total of 958 candidates — 827 men, 130 women … Read more
BRS supremo and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao will launch his second phase of election campaign from November 13 from Dammapet in Aswaraopet constituency and conclude the election rallies at Gajwel in Siddipet district on November 28. During the second leg of the election rallies, KCR will cover 53 constituencies. The party has decided to … Read more
TPCC working president Mahesh Goud addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Tuesday | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee is gearing up for the election campaign after the Dasara festival with the second phase of the bus yatra starting on October 28 followed by a public meeting to be addressed by … Read more
Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn has promised to invest ₹5,000 crore in Karnataka in the first phase of investment, said Murugesh Rudrappa Nirani, Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries. The Minister further said Foxconn was ready to invest ₹50,000 crore in the State over a period. Mr. Nirani was speaking at the Annual Members Meet … Read more
More than 2.5 crore people were eligible to vote in Phase II of the Assembly elections in Gujarat. Under the second phase, voting was held for 93 seats in 14 districts, including Ahmedabad and Vadodara, across north and central regions on Monday. There were 833 candidates in the fray, including high-profile candidates such as Chief … Read more
Voting for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 seats across 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch and southern regions ended at 5 p.m. on December 1, 2022. Barring a few minor incidents and some reports of problems in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the voting process, which commenced at 8 am, remained largely … Read more
The negotiations at the U.N. climate summit last year (COP26) in Glasgow ended with an agreement on phasing down the unabated use of coal instead of phasing out The negotiations at the U.N. climate summit last year (COP26) in Glasgow ended with an agreement on phasing down the unabated use of coal instead of phasing … Read more
April 28, 2022 – Turns out it was just a phase. As the nation’s tops infectious disease expert, what Anthony Fauci, MD, says carries considerable weight, and his statement that the U.S. was “out of the pandemic phase” Tuesday made national headlines. Many of us have longed to hear an official call on the end … Read more