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Telangana BJP president Ramchander Rao faced house arrest on Tuesday. HYDERABAD: A political row erupted in Telangana on Tuesday after BJP state president N Ramchander Rao was placed under house arrest, with the party alleging that he was stopped from travelling to Nalgonda following an attack on the residence of district BJP president Nagam Varshit Reddy.Rao was scheduled to meet Reddy and his family after the latter’s residence was reportedly vandalised and his family members, including his mother, were allegedly assaulted by Congress workers on Monday evening, the state BJP said.In a post on X, Telangana BJP accused the Congress…
Chennai: State-run liquor retailer, Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac), generated a revenue of ₹50,845.84 crore in 2025-26, a 5.1% increase over the previous year, according to a policy note from the state’s prohibition and excise department.The corporation posted ₹48,381.07 crore in revenue in 2024-25, and increased its revenue by ₹2,464.77 crore this year. Sales tax accounted for ₹39,010 crore, with the remaining ₹11,835.82 crore coming from excise duty. So far, in 2026-27, Tasmac has brought in ₹17,854 crore, despite the closure of 717 shops after a change in govt, said minister K Vignesh.The figures became a point of contention…
Ahmedabad: A total of 258 students from Gandhinagar campus of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) received their degrees at a combined convocation ceremony held on Monday. According to NIFT Gandhinagar officials, Ashish Mishra, a Master of Design (M.Des) student, was awarded the gold medal for academic excellence during the ceremony. President of India Droupadi Murmu was the chief guest at the combined convocation ceremony of 18 NIFT campuses across the country. Addressing the graduating students, Murmu urged them to maintain a global outlook while remaining firmly connected to their roots and the core values of Indian culture. Source link
Neet candidates during retest Bhubaneswar: Poor but meritorious students from Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities seeking admission to state-run medical and engineering colleges will not have to pay fees at the time of enrolment or for the next six months.Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi has issued directions in this regard to ensure that financial constraints do not prevent eligible SC and ST students from taking admission after clearing competitive examinations.Officials say many such students face hardship at the time of admission, as scholarship amounts from the Centre and state are usually released only after completion of formalities,…
The assault took place in the middle of the road and was caught on camera Gurgaon: A cab driver was allegedly pulled out of his vehicle and assaulted by two men, including an elderly person, on Sohna Road near Rajiv Chowk after a dispute over his driving turned violent.The assault, which took place in the middle of the road, caused a traffic snarl. The incident was caught on camera by a man in another car, and the video has since surfaced on social media. Police are yet to receive a formal complaint. Sources said the incident occurred on Sunday evening.The…
Guwahati: Gauhati High Court directed Assam govt to compensate victims’ families of the 2018 Maibang railway station firing.The court directed the govt to pay Rs 3 lakh each to the families of deceased protesters Praben Hakmus and Mithun Dibragede, and Rs 2 lakh each to seriously injured victims Alpana Langthasa, Thaisring Hojai and Sunujit Sengyung. The amounts, in addition to any compensation already sanctioned, must be paid within three months.The court held that police firing during a protest at the station in Dima Hasao district on Jan 25, 2018, violated the victims’ fundamental rights. Two protesters were killed and several…
Kanpur: Police have launched a manhunt for six people after a 28-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead in front of her four-year-old daughter in Kanpur’s Cantt area on Sunday evening.The incident occurred near Shakti Chauraha in the Cantt police station area following an altercation involving the victim’s sister and her husband.The victim, Chandni, was rushed to KPM Hospital by police and relatives, where doctors declared her dead. DCP East Satyajeet Gupta said efforts were underway to arrest the accused.Police said Chandni’s sister, Sarojni, had an argument with her husband, Santosh, on Sunday evening, during which she allegedly slapped him. Following…
An anti-power theft drive was organised in Radha Kunj Colony, Parthala Khajarpur, in Hindon floodplain area. NOIDA: Rampal and Chatru might be two people who pay the highest domestic power bills in India. The two residents were found operating private electricity distribution networks that supplied illegal electricity to hundreds of people living in the city’s floodplains and illegal slums by setting up their own private transformers during an ongoing drive against power theft in the city.Rampal, who lives in Radha Kunj colony of Parthala Khanjarpur in Hindon floodplain area, managed to get for himself an authorised load of 196 kVA,…
Pune: The Vishrambaug police on Monday detained 10 Congress workers marching towards the old city area as a precautionary measure amid political rallies and released them later in the evening.“The 10 workers were detained to maintain law and order in the city. They were released late in the evening,” deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Krushikesh Rawale told TOI.“The group was marching towards the headquarters of an organisation, which could have caused trouble,” he added.Congress party workers were seen carrying copies of some old texts, which they had planned to burn, the police said. Source link
Porvorim: Indicating deft financial management, the state govt has succeeded in not taking fresh loans from open market borrowings this financial year, said chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday. Sawant said that while avoiding fresh fiscal liabilities, govt managed to repay Rs 1,103 crore of principal and interest towards outstanding loans.Sawant made the disclosure in response to a calling attention motion moved by Curtorim independent MLA Aleixo Lourenco.However, the opposition challenged Sawant’s claims that govt has curtailed its debt and kept spending in check.“Despite the govt projecting a revenue surplus, there is fiscal pressure. This surplus is only on paper,”…