Dhubri: Assam CM’s vigilance cell has registered a case into the alleged embezzlement of several crores of rupees from the Dhubri zila parishad between 2021 and 2025.A team of vigilance officials arrived in Dhubri on Tuesday evening and has since been examining official records, scrutinising financial documents and questioning officials and employees suspected of involvement…
ClearedErode: CPI MP K Subbarayan has said incidents of crime have increased in Tamil Nadu and that the govt should take immediate steps to bring down the crime rate.“Failure to bring down crime rate would be dangerous for the state,’’ Subbarayan told reporters in Erode on Thursday. “TVK had said in their election manifesto that…
Chatra: Deputy development commissioner (DDC) Amarendra Sinha on Sunday ordered an inquiry into allegations that names of schoolchildren were allegedly used to create fake job cards and withdraw MGNREGA funds in Brahmana panchayat under Sadar block of Chatra.The issue came to light after it emerged that several students, aged between 7 and 9 years, and…
Hyderabad: A cabinet sub-committee, headed by irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy to examine the implications of the VB G Ram G Act , met on Sunday and favoured adopting a cautious and critical approach towards the Centre’s rural employment and livelihood legislation.The committee held its first meeting at the secretariat and expressed serious concerns…
Dumka: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested a junior engineer posted under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from his govt residence in Deoghar district for allegedly accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe.The accused, identified as Santosh Prasad, was serving in Dindakoli panchayat under Karon block.ACB sources said Bhim Kumar Rana (29),…
Officials directed to utilise unspent grants strictly in accordance with the guidelines Mandya: Zilla panchayat chief executive officer KR Nandini has directed all taluk panchayat executive officers in the district to prepare action plans for the 2026-27 taluk panchayat grants by prioritising essential development works and allocating only the required amount of funds for each…
Congress functionaries during shramdaan in Ajmer Saturday Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress functionaries, including Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra Saturday joined MGNREGA workers for a symbolic shramdaan in Farkiya village of Ajmer district, accusing the BJP govt in the state and Centre of trying to weaken the rural jobs scheme.Jully, Dotasra…
Karnataka has so far generated work for only 3.8 lakh individuals this fiscal, compared with an average of nearly 50 lakh people during the same period over the previous five years Bengaluru: Uncertainty surrounding the Centre’s new Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgaar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin (VB-G Ram G) Act and Karnataka govt’s decision to explore legal…
