The Sixth Maharashtra Finance Commission has recommended to increase the share of state taxes transferred to local bodies from 26.3 per cent to 27.3 per cent for five years beginning April 1, 2026, after estimating there is an annual funding gap of Rs 8,217 crore in municipalities and panchayats despite the state transferring Rs 96,733…
Lucknow: UP’s plantation campaign this year will have an objective beyond environment conservation. The state will have ‘Kapi Van’ or ‘forests for monkeys’ planted in municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats to control the monkey menace and man-monkey conflict. These plantations will be done away from the residential areas in cities.‘Kapi’ forests will have fruit-bearing…
Bhubaneswar: The state govt has directed all urban local bodies (ULBs) to step up enforcement along the national highways (NHs) passing through urban areas, including removal of illegal hoardings and review of licences of eateries and commercial establishments operating within the highway safety zones.The move follows a communication received from the Union ministry of road…
Bhubaneswar: The state govt has directed all urban local bodies (ULBs) to step up enforcement along the national highways (NHs) passing through urban areas, including removal of illegal hoardings and review of licences of eateries and commercial establishments operating within the highway safety zones.The move follows a communication received from the Union ministry of road…
Times News NetworkGandhinagar: An event to mark the state-level celebrations of the 12th International Day of Yoga will be held at Mansa, Gandhinagar district, on June 21. As part of the day’s observance, yoga sessions will be held at 24,000 locations across the state with about 1.25 crore participants, the state govt said on Thursday….
Panaji: After advocate Rohit Bras de Sa stepped down as amicus curiae in the Birch by Romeo Lane suo motu PIL on Tuesday, the Bombay high court appointed advocate Terence Sequeira as the new amicus curiae in the petition.The HC had taken suo motu cognisance of the case where 25 persons lost their lives in…
The court also asked the Goa state legal services authority to appoint an advocate under free legal aid to represent the victims’ families in the case before the high court Panaji: The Bombay high court on Monday directed details of deceased employees of Birch by Romeo Lane to be placed before it, to decide on…
Gandhinagar: Villages on the fringes of Gujarat’s fast-growing cities are exploding with construction activity — apartments, shops, gated colonies — approved by panchayats that have neither the expertise nor the means to plan roads, drainage or water supply. Years later, cities take these areas into their limits, and the chaos that comes with it. When…
Thiruvananthapuram: Friends of Marine Life (FOML) has documented 120 varieties of sea crabs, 80 species of marine worms in a survey that was conducted by its divers over the years off the coast of the city. Around 50 marine habitats were also documented off Thiruvananthapuram coast. Community marine biodiversity online data will be released on…
Sawant said the PM has urged citizens to plant a tree under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” initiative Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday announced the launch of the 90-day Green Goa, Clean Goa campaign from June 5 to Sept 5, during which 10 lakh saplings will be planted across the state.Sawant said…
