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Hyderabad, March 20 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said the budget presented in the Legislative Assembly on Friday is a "forward-looking" budget that gives equal importance to welfare schemes and development programs.In an informal interaction with journalists here, he said the...

Hyderabad, March 20: In a significant welfare decision, a midday meal scheme for secondary school students and a breakfast scheme for students from pre-primary to intermediate will be implemented across Telangana from the 2026-27 academic year.This was announced in the state budget for...

Hyderabad, March 20 The Telangana government on Friday presented a budget of ₹3.24 lakh crore for the fiscal year 2026-27, an increase of nearly ₹20,000 crore over the previous year, with a focus on flagship programs such as the Musi Riverfront beautification project and the Hyderabad Metro Rail...

Hyderabad, March 19 Telangana Jagruthi president K. Kavitha said on Thursday that an exercise is currently underway to determine the agenda of her proposed political party.She reiterated that she is waiting for a suitable "auspicious time" to launch the party.In an informal conversation with...

Bengaluru, March 17 – Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar arrived in Delhi on Tuesday, where he stated that he would meet with MPs and Union Ministers from the state regarding pending irrigation projects.Speaking to the media at Kempegowda International Airport before departing for...

Gandhinagar, March 17: Gujarat has allocated ₹59.14 crore in the 2026-27 state budget for the construction of "pink toilets" for women across urban areas, as part of an expanded push under the 'Nirmal Gujarat 2.0' program to strengthen sanitation infrastructure and public hygiene.The...

Amaravati, March 17 The Andhra Pradesh government released Rs 45 crore to imams and mouzans across the state on Tuesday as part of the honorarium being extended to them under the NDA regime.The funds were released on the orders of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in the run-up to the Ramzan...

Seoul, March 17— North Korea will hold its first session of its new Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) to deliberate on the election of state leadership and the revision of the constitution, state media reported on Tuesday.The upcoming session comes after North Korea held elections last Sunday to...

Hyderabad, March 16 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will target the Congress government in Telangana legislature over unfulfilled election promises, the party’s working president and former minister K.T. Rama Rao said on Monday.On the first day of the state legislature's budget session, he, along...

Agartala, March 16 – The Tripura government announced on Monday a 5 per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for 1,83,582 government employees and pensioners in the state.Making the announcement on the second day of the ongoing Budget session of the Tripura...

Gandhinagar, March 16 – The Gujarat government on Monday asked domestic and commercial LPG consumers who also have piped natural gas (PNG) connections to discontinue their LPG connections by March 18, as part of efforts to manage fuel supply and expand the use of PNG.The directive was...

Agartala, March 16 Tripura Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy presented a tax-free budget of Rs 34,212.31 crore for the financial year 2026-27 on Monday, emphasizing infrastructure, digital transformation, and rural employment.The budget reflects a 5.52 per cent growth compared to the...

Panaji, March 16 – Goa's budget session was curtailed on Monday following the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming by-election to an assembly constituency in the state.Before the session was adjourned, the state budget was passed in the House.The session, which began on...

Ahmedabad, March 15 Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects, mainly irrigation schemes, worth Rs 1,100 crore in the tribal-dominated districts of Panchmahal and Dahod on Sunday.According to an official release, Patel launched...

Guwahati, March 15 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress, during its previous 15 years of rule in Assam, "pocketed" Rs 150 crore per annum from the state healthcare budget.The BJP, on the other hand, has transformed the sector within its 10 years of rule in the...

Bengaluru, March 14 Taking a dig at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for asking the people of his Varuna assembly segment to support and nurture his son Yathindra, just as they did to him, senior BJP leader R Ashoka on Saturday asked whether this was a monarchy to announce a successor.The...

Bengaluru, March 13 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar challenged the opposition BJP to officially take a stand as a party against the five guarantee schemes, and to formally make a statement in the Legislative Assembly asking the government to withdraw them.He said that if the BJP...

Dehradun, March 13 A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has highlighted the role of implementing agencies in Uttarakhand for the failure of the Centre's 'Namami Gange' programme to achieve its desired results in the state.The report stated that under the flagship programme...

Saharsa, March 13 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday asserted that the new NDA government in the state will continue to function under the guidance of Nitish Kumar, who is slated to relinquish the chief minister's post after being elected to the Rajya Sabha.Choudhary, a...

Bengaluru, March 13 – Former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai said that the opposition, out of frustration, was trying to politicize the issue of LPG.He stated that the ongoing conflict in West Asia has created problems worldwide, and that there will be no shortage of LPG if...