Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, MP, Punjab emerge as biggest subsidy spenders NEW DELHI: Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Punjab have emerged as the biggest dole givers, with subsidies accounting for over 13.5% of their total expenditure in 2024-25, Comptroller & Auditor General has said in its latest report on state finances.Subsidy spending by states has…
The state govt last week notified RTI Rules, 2026 Mumbai: Seeking information under RTI Act in the state has now become costlier and will need to come with proof of citizenship. The state govt last week notified RTI Rules, 2026, which introduces sweeping changes affecting citizens, public authorities and the appeals process. Activists called them…
Criminal liability arises from act of unauthorised sharing, not from how content created: Top Cop Extortion Bengaluru: Karnataka police have taken a firm stand on one of the most contentious issues in cybercrime investigations, clarifying that a person’s consent to be photographed or recorded does not extend to the circulation of those images or videos.In…
The Madras HC has called a halt to the church construction project adjacent to the Mariyamman temple CHENNAI: Madras HC has stayed construction of a proposed church near the Mariyamman temple in Coimbatore, saying “mala fide intention can’t be ruled out”.The division bench of Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan noted Coimbatore’s history of…
Hyderabad: Stating that the Congress govt was responsible for the delay in Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) loan disbursement issue and Metro Phase-2 project, BJP Telangana president N Ramchander Rao has said the CM was spreading lies and misleading the people. He said it was absurd, chief minister A Revanth Reddy wrote a letter to…
Kolkata: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, has advised employees to refrain from activities or public comments that could harm communal harmony or national integrity and to uphold the highest standards of conduct. The advisory, issued Wednesday by director Amartya Kumar Dutta, cited the need to safeguard the institute’s reputation. Source link
Panaji: Within a week of obtaining Centre’s nod to establish a permanent campus for IIT Goa at Farmagudi, the state cabinet on Wednesday decided to transfer five lakh sqm of govt land to IIT Goa. Chief minister Pramod Sawant said an additional two lakh sqm of adjoining privately owned land has also been identified for…
Ahmedabad: A Gandhinagar woman has accused a man she met through a matrimonial website of concealing his identity, luring her into a relationship on the promise of marriage and later blackmailing her with their private photographs and videos. The complaint, registered with the Women’s Police (West), was the second FIR of a similar nature lodged…
Ludhiana: A factory owner and three associates are charged with kidnapping and confining a former employee who resigned after his wages were withheld.Jitender Kumar, a labourer from the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, had worked at the private factory near Cheema Chowk for a decade. Local businessman Harvinder Singh owns the facility.It’s written in the…
The issue was brought to light during a public outreach visit by former Mohali municipal corporation deputy mayor and Congress functionary Kuljit Singh Bedi, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections Mohali: Residents of Saneta village have raised alarms over an acute drinking water crisis, alleging that broken drainage networks are leaking into the water supply,…
