A view of National Investigation Agency, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu In a fresh crackdown against the cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out searches at more than a dozen locations in various parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh and … Read more
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday submitted a memorandum of the State’s demands, coming under nine departments, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It had demands for the implementation of Metro Rail Phase II on equity sharing, free allocation of defence land for airport expansion, creation of Regional Centre of the Sports Authority of India at … Read more
A Bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud said that more States are trying to “jump into the bandwagon” even while the court is hearing the case. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Friday gave States three more weeks to file counter-affidavits to petitions challenging their anti-religious conversion laws, even as senior … Read more
Injurious to health: Posters bearing a warning about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption and the levy of penalty for violating anti-smoking regulations are found outside most shops in Naguvanahalli village in Karnataka In the north-eastern States of India, consumption of tobacco among men — in both smokable and chewable forms — was higher than … Read more
The government has received 18 applications from 13 States for the 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel parks approved earlier, which are in the “advanced stage” of consideration, Textile Secretary Rachna Shah said on Friday. The Union Cabinet had in October 2021 approved the setting up of 7 Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel … Read more
Voters waiting in long queue to cast their vote at a polling station in Erode in Tamil Nadu on Monday. | Photo Credit: Govarthan M Voting for Assembly by-elections were held in three States — Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal — on Monday. The results of the bypolls will be declared on March 2, along with the … Read more
Polling will take place across 59 Assembly constituencies each in Meghalaya and Nagaland between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. today February 27, 2023 07:05 am | Updated 07:10 am IST Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and other election equipment from a distribution centre, ahead of the Meghalaya Assembly elections, … Read more
While tabling the Budget a week ago, Telangana Finance Minister T. Harish Rao accused the Centre of “creating hurdles after hurdles” in the development of the State. He said that the State had resorted to off-Budget borrowings to complete irrigation projects in the shortest time but the Centre had imposed borrowing limits. This cut in … Read more
Representational image of villagers from Odisha’s Kalahandi district under the MGNREGS | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh The financial burden of wages to the beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) should also be shouldered by State governments, in order to … Read more
Workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at a tribal settlement in Tamil Nadu. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The financial burden of wages to the beneficiaries of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) should also be shouldered by State governments, in order to make them more proactive … Read more