Sadineni Yamini Sarma | Photo Credit: The Hindu : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is weighing its options of fielding Sadineni Yamini Sarma from the Vijayawada Central Assembly constituency. The proposal assumes significance in the wake of YSRCP’s decision to field Velampalli Srinivas instead of Malladi Vishnu, sitting MLA. Mr. Vishnu and Ms. Yamini Sarma … Read more
The party’s health spokesman, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, said: “Alcohol deaths are at their highest level since 2008 on the SNP’s watch and it is clear their blanket approach to tackling this crisis is simply not working, or supporting those who most need help with alcohol addiction.” Source link
The State government is mulling over introducing the interest waiver scheme on water dues (for domestic consumers) as it has asked the Mysuru City Corporation to submit a proposal in this regard. The direction came at a meeting chaired by Minister for Urban Development B.S. Suresh (Byrathi) in Bengaluru on Thursday, August 31, in which … Read more
Nandini toned milk sold at ₹39 per litre, will now be sold at ₹42. File photo | Photo Credit: SRIRAM MA The Karnataka Cabinet that met on July 27 is learnt to have cleared the proposal by Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) to hike selling prices of its “Nandini” milk by ₹3 a litre. The … Read more
The Election Commission on Wednesday began public hearings in Guwahati on the draft delimitation proposal for Assam. The full Bench of the commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will meet political parties, civil society organisations and other sections of society over three days till Friday. The draft delimitation proposal for Assam was published … Read more
Activists under the banner of the anti K-rail protest committee burning a copy of the Detailed Project Report of the SilverLine semi-high speed rail project in Kozhikode in 2022. | Photo Credit: K Ragesh The story so far: In Kerala, a new semi-high speed railway, expected to cruise at an average speed of 125 kmph … Read more
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday (May 16) said one of the proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, is to rename it ” Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam“, alleging it reflects the Modi government’s mindset of “imposing … Read more
Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government to place its “considered decision” to Vedanta Ltd.’s willingness to undertake activities at its own cost to address “serious deficiencies” reported by the State’s High-Powered Committee concerning the closed Sterlite copper unit at Thoothukudi. The … Read more
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on March 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission of India (EC) has proposed to change the rules pertaining to the conduct of elections to facilitate the electronically-transmitted postal ballot system for overseas Indian voters and the matter is … Read more
Xi’an says it may turn to lockdowns – a measure criticised as “excessive” after strict Covid controls. Source link