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Shimla, March 30 The Himachal Pradesh government closed 774 schools and merged 532 schools with nearby ones between January 31, 2026, until the end of the current fiscal year, Education Minister Rohit Thakur informed the state assembly on Monday.In a written reply to a question by BJP MLA...

Shimla, March 30 The debt liability of the Himachal Pradesh government increased by ₹10,966 crore in 2024-25, reaching ₹1,03,331.91 crore, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) revealed in its latest Financial Report.This figure is up from the ₹92,365 crore that the state owed as of April...

Shimla, March 30 A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) presented in the state assembly on Monday said that over 40,000 cases of illegal mining activities were identified between 2018-19 and 2022-23.The report revealed that the mining administration neither operated in a planned...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 The names of 7.68 lakh voters in Odisha were removed from the electoral roll for various reasons from June 2025 to March 22 this year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told the state assembly on Monday.Responding to a written question from BJD legislator Ranendra Pratap...

Agartala, March 29 – Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha announced on Sunday that the state has once again secured the top position nationwide in participation in Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme.Speaking after attending the 132nd episode of the programme at...

Chennai, March 29 With the opposition AIADMK retaining a majority of the Assembly constituencies in the Chennai district, the party will face the ruling DMK in a direct contest in as many as 13 out of 16 seats.AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami fielded a range of former state ministers...

Shimla, March 27 More than 1,500 cases of missing persons have been reported in Himachal Pradesh in the past three years, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the state assembly on Friday.In a written reply to a question from BJP MLA from Badsar, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Sukhu said there...

Bengaluru, March 26 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Water Resources Ministry, expressed confidence on Thursday that the foundation stone for the controversial Mekedatu balancing reservoir project would be laid within two years and sought cooperation from the...

Imphal, March 26 House listing operations for the 2027 Census in Manipur will be conducted between September 1 and September 30, according to an official notification.The notification stated, "The state government declares that the house listing operations for the 2027 Census of India will...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan posted an old photograph of V D Satheesan at an RSS event on Thursday, intensifying his attack on the Congress leader over claims of a CPI(M)–BJP "deal" ahead of the April 9 polls.Posting the photograph on his Facebook page...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 A total of 4,953 people have lost their lives in various natural disasters in Odisha over the past two years, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the state Assembly on Thursday.The state government is providing Rs 50,000 to the families of those...

Agartala, March 25 – Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha expressed strong confidence on Wednesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the government in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) in the April 12 elections.Highlighting growing public support, the...

Mumbai, March 25 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ridiculed claims made by alleged con artists, including self-proclaimed astrologer Ashok Kharat, on Wednesday, saying that if black magic actually worked, the world would look very different."If problems could truly be solved...

Bengaluru, March 25 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday that he eats non-vegetarian food even on festive occasions such as Shivaratri and Ugadi, and that he does not care about reservations regarding the practice."For me, all days are the same. It is my choice to eat...

Mumbai, March 24 Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal has criticized Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over the election of the Satara Zilla Parishad president, saying that the BJP no longer needs him or his party, the Shiv Sena.In a Facebook post on Monday, Sapkal said that...

Gandhinagar, March 24 After a lengthy debate lasting over seven hours, the Gujarat Assembly on Tuesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, which aims to establish a common legal framework for marriage, divorce, inheritance, and live-in relationships, regardless of religion.The bill...

Shimla, March 24 Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Rajeev Bindal said on Tuesday that the budget presented by the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government is "anti-people" as it imposes taxes on them.Addressing a press conference here, Bindal said this is the first time in Himachal Pradesh that a...

Mumbai, March 24 – NCP-SP legislator Rohit Pawar launched a scathing attack on the Maharashtra government and the ruling MahaYuti alliance on Tuesday, alleging a deliberate attempt to suppress the truth behind the death of former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash.Initiating...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 More than 14,433 hectares of forest land have been diverted for 176 mining projects in Odisha over the past 10 years, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the state Assembly on Tuesday.During this period, more than 11,214 hectares...

Hyderabad, March 24 The Telangana High Court has issued notices to the Speaker of the state assembly, Gaddam Prasad Kumar, and MLA Danam Nagender, in response to a writ petition challenging the Speaker's order dismissing a petition seeking to disqualify the legislator.On Monday, the High Court...