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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...

Chandigarh, March 18 – Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann stated on Wednesday that the state would claim Rs 1.44 lakh crore from Rajasthan for decades of unpaid water usage, making it clear that Rajasthan must either pay Punjab its rightful dues or stop drawing water, while also calling...

Shimla, March 18 The BJP finds joy in working when in power, while Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu finds it in obstruction, Leader of the Opposition Jairam Thakur said on Wednesday.Speaking during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the Governor's Address, Thakur said that when the...

New Delhi, March 17 State-owned Power Finance Corporation announced on Tuesday that its board has approved the fourth interim dividend of Rs 3.25 per equity share with a face value of Rs 10 each for the fiscal year 2025-26.March 23, 2026, will be the record date for determining the eligibility...

Chandigarh, March 16 Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state on Monday, saying that its main achievements in the past four years have been the mounting debt burden and the expansion of gangsterism and drug use.Jakhar made these remarks...

Chennai, March 14 AMMK general secretary TTV Dinakaran on Saturday criticized the DMK government over the law and order situation, stating that it has become a "laughing stock" in Tamil Nadu over the past five years.He said that there is no day without murders and robberies in the state, in a...

Mumbai, March 13 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) issued a sharp criticism of the Devendra Fadnavis government on Friday, alleging that the Chief Minister is creating false illusions by asserting that Maharashtra's economy is robust, and that within the next three years, the...

Kanpur, March 12 Three members of a family – a woman, her son, and her brother-in-law – were found dead inside a locked room of their house in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday.Preliminary investigation pointed to a possible suicide pact due to financial distress, they...

Meerut (UP), March 11 A man here is alleged to have staged the kidnapping of his minor son and demanded a ransom of Rs 6 lakh in an attempt to clear debts incurred through online gaming, police said on Wednesday.The accused has been arrested and the boy has been safely recovered, they said...

Amaravati, March 11 YSRCP supremo Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy accused the Andhra Pradesh government led by N Chandrababu Naidu of accumulating debts equivalent to 97% of the borrowing during his 5-year tenure in just two years.Reddy claimed that the TDP-led government had already borrowed Rs 3.2...

Bengaluru, March 10 – Karnataka’s Leader of the Opposition, R. Ashoka, launched a scathing attack on the State Budget for 2026-27 on Tuesday, alleging that it had plunged the people of Karnataka into a “debt vortex” and had been unjust to backward classes, Scheduled Castes, and other sections of...

Chandigarh, March 9 The Congress on Monday called the Punjab Budget a "figuring out," and criticized the AAP government over the "increasing" debt.Participating in the discussion on the state budget, Congress MLA Pargat Singh said the government did not present any roadmap in the budget to...

Kaushambi (UP), March 7 A young man is accused of killing his grandfather with a sharp object here over a monetary dispute on Saturday evening, about two weeks after he had attempted to poison the elderly man, police said.The accused, Nitin Saroj (22), a resident of Rampur Dhamawan village, is...

Mumbai, March 7 Maharashtra's total outstanding debt is projected to reach Rs 11,02,654 crore in the 2026-27 financial year, up from Rs 9,73,989 crore in the revised estimates for 2025-26, according to the state government's 'Budget in Brief', released on Saturday.According to the document...

London, March 7. Pakistan's growing poverty has disrupted socio-economic stability, fueling child labor and widening inequalities, while financial hardship restricts access to education, especially for women.Critics and experts argue that despite financial and developmental assistance from...