Hyderabad: Telangana’s pension expenditure jumped nearly 60% and subsidy spending rose over 17% in the first quarter of 2026-27 compared with the corresponding period last year, according to the latest Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) accounts.The rise comes against the backdrop of Telangana high court’s recent concerns over the growing burden of welfare schemes.Between April…
There is no proper drainage system and the uneven patches make it difficult to walk, residents have said Gurgaon: More than 300 families in Sushant Lok 3 are waiting for proper internal roads. The internal roads in F Block were laid around 2017, but residents said they have not been resurfaced since. MCG took over…
CJP member Abdul Hafiz’s father was beaten to death Kolkata: BJP supporters allegedly beat to death the father of a CJP member in Bankura’s Indas. According to the deceased’s son Abdul Hafiz, his house was attacked on Thursday and his father was beaten up while trying to save him. After his release from hospital that…
Ghaziabad: An additional district and sessions court sentenced a Sihanigate resident man to a life term in prison with a cumulative fine of Rs 25,000 for killing his uncle using an illegal pistol in 2019. He was convicted by the court based on the eyewitness testimony of his father and cousin, who were also present…
The arrival of greater flamingos a few weeks ago at Santa Cruz khazan became the biggest birding draw in the state Panaji: With the onset of the monsoon, the waterlogged khazan fields of Santa Cruz turn fallow plots into shallow wetlands, drawing hundreds of migratory birds. This season, the arrival of greater flamingos became the…
Intoxicated SUV driver hits police barricades, riverfront wall Ahmedabad: A 23-year-old man was booked for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, crashing into police barricades during a vehicle-checking drive at the Sabarmati Riverfront and later damaging a civic wall in the early hours of Saturday.According to a complaint lodged by Sabarmati Riverfront (West) police,…
The accident took place on Aug 5 when retired SI Chandram, a resident of Jayasinghpura Khera village, was standing with his son at a bus stand Rewari: A retired sub-inspector of the Haryana police died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Rewari, nine days after he was critically injured in a road accident.The…
Harshwardhan Sapkal, Maharashtra Congress chief, in Kothrud on Sunday Pune: Harshwardhan Sapkal, state unit chief of Congress party, on Sunday said Modi govt and state govt have been indulging in corruption. Their promises that were made to the public, women, and young people have been proven to be futile.He was speaking at a meeting with…
Guwahati: A newborn girl was rescued after being found hanging from a tree in Maligaon on Sunday morning, police said.The baby was spotted around 4 am in a forested area near Uday Giri Path in Devkota Nagar and rescued by residents. The child was wrapped in a cloth and tied to the tree.“The baby was…
Lucknow: A private passenger bus travelling from Tambaur to Lucknow overturned in a roadside field after the driver lost control while attempting to avoid potholes on a damaged road in Sitapur’s Reusa area on Sunday.The accident occurred at around 8 am near Sonawa village.Locals rushed to the spot and rescued the injured passengers. Four people…
