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Bengaluru, March 30 Two women were found dead with their throats slit, while two others from the family escaped with injuries on the outskirts of the city, allegedly in an attempt to end their lives due to mounting debt, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in Mallenahalli village under...

Chandigarh, March 29 Shiromani Akali Dal general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia said on Sunday that the AAP government in Punjab should first clear the "outstanding dues" before implementing its key election promise of providing women with financial assistance of Rs 1,000 per month.This...

Islamabad, March 29 Amidst a struggling economy with loose ends in energy, logistics, digital infrastructure, education, poverty, and employment, the Pakistani government aims to establish itself as a major exporter of fighter jets, according to a report."To be clear, an economy struggling to...

Palakkad, March 29 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Sunday that Kerala is poised to deliver a strong message of political change, addressing a large Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election rally at Kotta Maidanam in Palakkad ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.Beginning his speech with...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government has put West Bengal "in a debt trap" by distributing handouts and funding festivals to win over voters, instead of creating jobs, alleged CPI(M)'s lone MP from the state, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.In an interview with

Chennai, March 26. Ram Chakri, who directed the financial drama 'Carmeni Selvam, featuring actors Samuthirakani and Gautham Menon in the lead, has now revealed that his film will be about the problems people face due to a lack of financial awareness.Speaking at a pre-release event organized by...

Prayagraj, March 25 The Allahabad High Court has stated that a husband cannot evade his responsibility to pay maintenance to his wife and children, even if he has already served a jail term for failing to do so.Justice Praveen Kumar Giri, in a recent order, clarified that sending a person to...

Amaravati, March 25 – Former Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday expressed strong support for the proposed amendments to the Women's Reservation Act, 2023, aimed at enabling its implementation by 2029.In a post on the social media platform ‘X’, he...

Shimla, March 25 The BJP walked out of the Assembly on Wednesday, raising slogans after a heated exchange following Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's response to the 2026-27 budget.The general discussion on the budget estimates for the financial year 2026-27 in the Himachal Pradesh...

Bidar (Karnataka), March 24 A 21-year-old medical student was found dead in his hostel room at the Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences here, police said on Tuesday.Anishkar Chouhan is from Kalaburagi, they said.He allegedly died by suicide on Monday after being overwhelmed by financial...

Kanpur (UP), March 24 A 16-year-old boy is alleged to have stabbed his classmate to death at a wedding venue here after the classmate failed to return Rs 500 he had borrowed a couple of months ago, police said on Tuesday.The incident took place at Vimla Garden in Kanpur's Dehat area on Monday...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 24 A 65-year-old hotel owner allegedly committed suicide at his establishment in this district on Tuesday morning due to severe financial difficulties, police said.The deceased, identified as Ramachandra Shankar Halluri, a resident of Hukkeri town, had been running...

Bhopal, March 24 – Madhya Pradesh's Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Umang Singhar, wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges faced by farmers in the state and demanding immediate action.Singhar urged the Chief Minister to set the wheat procurement...

New Delhi, March 24 BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, of being the "Leader of Propaganda or the Leader opposing Bharat" on Tuesday. This follows Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "100 per cent under the...

Shimla, March 24 Facing a severe financial crisis, the Himachal Pradesh government took out loans amounting to Rs 41,173 crore, which is its highest ever, and also repaid loans worth Rs 32,004 crore in the financial year 2025-26, according to the revised budget estimates.A provision of Rs...

Hyderabad, March 23 Telangana Prohibition and Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao launched a scathing attack on the opposition BRS on Monday, questioning its moral right to criticize the state's current excise policy.Intervening in the budget discussion initiated by BRS MLA T Harish Rao in the...

Jaipur, March 23 – Hanuman Beniwal, the National President of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and a Member of Parliament from Nagaur, raised the issue of the growing debt burden on farmers and demanded clarity on farm loan waivers in the Lok Sabha on Monday.Union Finance Minister, Nirmala...

Hyderabad, March 22 Telangana's total debt, including that of its entities and government guarantees, stood at Rs 8 lakh crore as of December 2025, according to the Socio-Economic Outlook 2026 released by the state government.The state government said that from December 2023, when the Congress...

Shimla, March 20 Himachal Pradesh is not facing a financial crisis, but is steadily moving towards self-reliance through economic reforms, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said in the Assembly on Friday while responding to the Motion of Thanks on the Governor's Address.Dissatisfied with...

New Delhi, March 20 – Economic fragility in Pakistan has reached a critical stage following the US-Israel war with Iran, due to the drastic increase in oil prices and the widening trade gap, according to a report by a Pakistani media outlet.In terms of per capita income, economic growth rate...