A boy drinking water from a water tanker pipe at Miyapur in Hyderabad Hyderabad: The severe water scarcity across Greater Hyderabad this summer has made Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) richer by ₹20 crore, even as residents grappled with rising water costs.According to HMWSSB, citizens spent over ₹40 crore on water tankers…
Patna: The state cabinet on Monday approved 25 proposals, including a decision to double fees for the measurement of ryoti (private landholding) land in both urban and rural areas, and sanctioned funds to ensure timely payment of social security pensions.Cabinet secretariat department additional chief secretary Arvind Kumar Choudhary said the revised rates would apply to…
Odisha chief secretary Anu Garg chairs the the SLSWCA meeting on Saturday Bhubaneswar: The state govt on Saturday cleared industrial investment proposals worth Rs 3,793 crore for a total of 24 projects in 14 districts, expecting to generate nearly 20,000 jobs, officials said.The approvals were granted by the State-level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), chaired…
Belagavi: Close on the heels of the Shivam Associates deposit scam, another financial firm in Belagavi has come under scrutiny, raising fresh concerns among depositors. Officials on Thursday raided the office of Adityaraj Capital in Bhagya Nagar following allegations that funds mobilised from the public were illegally collected and diverted into unrelated business activities.The raid…
CM hands over Annapurna cheques Kolkata: Over 28 lakh women across the state have received Rs 3,000 each under the state’s Annapurna Yojana as the process of direct benefit transfer (DBT) to the beneficiaries’ accounts kicked off on Wednesday. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, who officially switched on the benefit transfer at Nabanna, said, “In the…
shanmughasundaram.j@timesofindia.comChennai: Tamil Nadu is likely to face a steep cut in fund allocation for VBG RAMG as per the draft proposal sent to the state govt by the Union rural development ministry.TN officials familiar with the proposal estimate that the state’s share of national funding, which accounted for nearly 10% of total allocations by the…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala state electricity regulatory commission (KSERC) has asked KSEB to submit detailed plans for capacity addition to meet rising demand for power in the state. The commission also cautioned KSEB that it will not grant blanket approval for short-term power purchase through exchanges, at excessive rates, unless KSEB submits a comprehensive plan to meet…
Mangaluru: Coastal real estate stakeholders are flagging a widening gap between what homebuyers are seeking and what developers are delivering, with the sharpest shortfall emerging in 3BHK apartments priced at Rs 1 crore or below, even as parts of the 2BHK and premium segments show signs of oversupply.DB Mehta, president-elect of CREDAI Karnataka, said buyers’…
New Delhi: In a push to decongest the thoroughfares between Delhi and other NCR cities, the Centre and Delhi govt will jointly undertake six major road projects, all of them designed in view of future traffic requirements, CM Rekha Gupta said on Thursday.Last week, Nitin Gadkari, Union minister of road transport and highways, and Gupta…
File picture of a petrol bunk in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Pressure is mounting on the state govt to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel as fuel prices continue to rise, but the Siddaramaiah administration is unlikely to provide immediate relief citing mounting financial pressures and dependence on fuel taxes for revenue.Karnataka levies 29.84% sales tax on…
