New Delhi: The first day of the assembly’s monsoon session witnessed a political slugfest Friday, with AAP seeking a debate on an alleged Rs 650-crore health scam and also protesting over it. Meanwhile, BJP MLA Harish Khurana sought a crackdown on small hotels allegedly operating illegally in residential areas.The chief whip of opposition AAP, Sanjeev…
Hosapete (Vijayanagara): Hitting back at BJP leaders for their ‘payment seat’ allegations against Congress govt, minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan Friday alleged that the culture of corruption existed within BJP, not Congress and added that BJP leaders have no moral right to level such allegations against his party.Speaking at Gajapur village in Kottur taluk, Zameer…
A legacy dumpsite near IKEA in Hyderabad Construction and Demolition Debris at Meenakshi Towers in Gachibowli in Hyderabad on Thursday. Pic: Suman Reddy D Hyderabad: At a time when land in Hyderabad’s IT corridor commands more than Rs 200 crore an acre, a prime parcel near IKEA and Deloitte remains locked in a decades-old legal…
Hyderabad: Telangana has reported alleged custom milled rice (CMR) irregularities involving 59.96 lakh tonnes of rice valued at ₹13,399 crore since the state’s formation, with cases spanning both the previous BRS govt and the present Congress govt, according to highly placed sources.The issue has come under fresh scrutiny after Civil Supplies minister N Uttam Kumar…
Patna: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday searched five locations in Munger district in connection with an alleged money laundering case linked to a private music company accused of duping investors through a fake ‘digital jobs’ scheme.The searches were conducted by the ED’s Patna zonal office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).According to officials,…
The project, comprising 16 wind turbines, began commercial operations on July 30 after securing the required regulatory clearances Ahmedabad: Oyster Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd has commissioned 52.8MW of wind power capacity at Dayapar in Gujarat, marking its entry into the state and the second phase of a 99MW wind project being developed for Jindal Stainless…
AC electric MTC bus fleet Chennai: Tamil Nadu has allocated ₹13,561 crore to the transport department in the revised budget for 2026-2027.State govt announced 1,000 air-conditioned electric buses for the city under the gross cost contract (GCC) model. To support the rollout of the new fleet, ₹500 crore has been earmarked for upgrading electric vehicle…
Rourkela: More than 50,000 children across Odisha, including 1,581 in Sundargarh district, who lost either one or both parents to Covid-19, have started receiving financial assistance under the Ashirbad scheme after payments were halted from March this year.The dues for March and April have already been credited to beneficiaries’ accounts, while payments for May, June…
Panaji: Despite chief minister Pramod Sawant’s announcement last month of a Rs 2,000 monthly pension for motorcycle taxi pilots aged 50 years and above, the welfare initiative is yet to be notified, leaving beneficiaries waiting despite assurances that it would be implemented from Aug 1.All Goa Yellow and Black Motorcycle Pilots Association president Suresh Thakur…
Kolkata: The state govt has issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) – including time-bound tax collection, follow-up action against defaulters and identification of alternative sources of income – for improving the revenue of gram panchayats. The govt has set panchayats an annual average revenue target of Rs 1,200 per household.The move assumes significance with the…
