Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday gave its nod for amending the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (KTPP) Act aimed at providing 4 percent reservation in tenders to Muslim contractors, official sources said. The Cabinet also approved the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide ‘B’ khatas to all unauthorised…
Aizawl: Security has been beefed up across Mizoram ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled visit to the northeastern state, Director General of Police (DGP) Anil Shukla said on Friday. Shah will pay a day-long visit to Mizoram on Saturday to attend a function for the shifting of Assam Rifles establishments from the heart…
Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate’s Rs 1000 crore scam claim in state-run liquor retailer TASMAC has no basis and it was a generalised allegation and the government was prepared to face the matter legally, Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji said on Friday. Leader of Opposition and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami said that though ED…
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said that over “1 crore Hindus” will participate in around 2,000 Ram Navami rallies across West Bengal on April 6. Adhikari, who was speaking at a program in his constituency Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, called upon Ram Navami organisers not to seek permission from the administration…
Gorakhpur (UP): No country and religion has such a rich tradition of festivals as Sanatan Dharma, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Friday on the occasion of Holi and asserted that India moves ahead through festivals. Addressing the traditional ‘Narsingh Shobhayatra’ in Gorakhpur, he stressed that Holi gives out the message of maintaining…
Lucknow: Political leaders in Uttar Pradesh greeted people on the occasion of Holi on Friday with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath terming the festival a “messenger of unity”. Adityanath, who is in Gorakhpur, shared on X a photograph of him feeding a peacock. In a post in Hindi on the platform, he said, “Best wishes to…
Jammu: The Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Sunil Sharma, on Thursday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and discussed with him key issues concerning the Union Territory including security and development. During the meeting, Sharma, a senior BJP leader, also discussed with Shah recent terror incidents and urged…
New Delhi: The Delhi government is likely to extend its excise policy in the financial year 2025-26 as a new version of the policy is yet not ready, officials said. Reins of Delhi now rest with BJP, which came to power defeating the once insuperable AAP in the Assembly polls last month. The excise portfolio…
New Delhi: Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Thursday said he will not bow down no matter how many cases the BJP-led central government files against him, hours after the President approved the registration of an FIR against him in a Rs 2,000-crore classroom “scam”. President Droupadi Murmu has given her approval for the registration…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday conveyed her greetings to fellow citizens on the eve of Holi, saying the festival of colors nurtures the spirit of unity and brotherhood and reflects the values of unity in diversity. In a message, Murmu extended her warm greetings and best wishes to all Indians living in India…
