Kolkata: West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Wednesday presented a Rs 3.89-lakh crore budget for 2025-26 with a significant focus on social welfare, and announced a four percent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees. The government also unveiled a series of infrastructure and agricultural development projects in its budget, allocating significant…
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that the state government is contemplating ways to reduce healthcare costs, especially at a time when poor people are burdened with crushing debt to afford medical treatment. Speaking at the inauguration of a corporate hospital in Guntur, the chief minister remarked that…
New Delhi: The Congress hit out at the Centre on Wednesday, alleging that it has endangered national security to benefit private billionaires, over reports that border security rules were relaxed for a business group to set up an energy park. Reacting to media reports that the government relaxed national security protocols along the Pakistan border…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP has strongly criticized Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for going back on his promises and imposing a 15% hike on beer prices, calling it a betrayal of the people. BJP spokesperson N.V. Subash accused the Chief Minister of deceiving the public, particularly beer consumers, ahead of the summer months. The Excise…
New Delhi: Sebi has sent a demand notice to Pradeep Baijnath Pandya, who was anchoring stock market shows on a television channel, and seven other entities for failing to pay Rs 2.83 crore fines that have been imposed in connection with fraudulent trading activities. Apart from Pandya, Toshee Trade, Mahan Investment, Manish Vasanji Furiya (HUF),…
New Delhi: With a Delhi Court finding former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar guilty, it is his second conviction with respect to 1984 anti-Sikh riots and he faces two more cases. Kumar’s conviction came in a case over the murders of two persons, namely, Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh during the violence in Delhi’s…
Paris: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the historic Mazargues Cemetery in Marseille city here along with French President Emmanuel Macron and paid tribute to the Indian soldiers who made sacrifices fighting in the Great War. At a solemn ceremony held at the site, Modi laid a wreath composed of tricolour-themed flowers and Macron…
The ongoing Srivari Laddu scam at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has added to the troubles of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. Already facing multiple money laundering allegations, this scandal—resulting in the arrest of four TTD officials—could further erode his political standing, especially given…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deprecated the practice of announcing freebies prior to elections, and said people were not willing to work as they were getting free ration and money. The observations came from a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih which was hearing a matter concerning the right…
Bengaluru: Maker of Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas,’ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Tuesday assured it will soon start delivering the airplane to the Indian Air Force with the technical difficulties now being resolved, amid reports of concerns raised by IAF chief AP Singh in this connection. HAL Chairman and Managing Director D K Sunil said, “The…
