Hyderabad, March 24 Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said on Tuesday that due to "reckless borrowing" between 2014 and 2023, the BRS government burdened the state with massive debt.Responding to the debate on the budget in the Legislative Assembly, Vikramarka also said...
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New Delhi, March 24 – The BJP on Tuesday criticized the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for imposing a ₹5 cess on fuel, calling it "anti-common man." The party also alleged that this measure, along with increased VAT and the additional cess, will extract over ₹1,000 crore annually from...
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Bengaluru, March 24 – The Karnataka government, led by the Congress, has announced an additional allocation of Rs 10 crore for victims of the Wayanad landslide tragedy in Kerala, sparking political controversy. The BJP and JD(S) have sharply criticised this move on Tuesday.Bengaluru South MP...
Bengaluru, March 23 The Karnataka government told the Legislative Assembly on Monday that it is aware of future challenges and is maintaining a "fiscal balance", as the opposition BJP cautioned about a crisis similar to that in Himachal Pradesh, where salaries for the chief minister, ministers...
Thiruvalla (Kerala), March 23 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday alleged that a tacit understanding between the Congress and the BJP had paved the way for the saffron party's victory in Nemom during the 2016 Assembly elections, as he rejected fresh Opposition claims of a "CPM-BJP...
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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...
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Shimla, March 21 – Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presented a ₹54,928-crore budget for 2026-27, with a focus on the rural economy, and blamed the discontinuation of the revenue deficit grant to the state for annual losses exceeding ₹8,000 crore.The grant, a financial...
Shimla, March 21 Himachal Pradesh is facing a challenging economic period as the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) has been discontinued, but there is no financial emergency, Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said here on Saturday.Speaking to reporters after the budget was passed in the...
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Shimla, March 21 – Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Jai Ram Thakur, on Saturday described the state's budget as "the most disappointing and directionless in the state's history," offering absolutely nothing to the people.He stated that the budget...
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Shimla, March 21 Leader of the Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, on Saturday said the budget presented by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is the most tedious, disappointing, and directionless budget in the state's history.Speaking to the media here, the former...
Shimla, March 21 – Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presented a budget of Rs 54,928 crore for 2026-27, focusing on the rural economy, and blamed the discontinuation of the revenue deficit grant to the state for the annual losses of over Rs 8,000 crore.The grant, a...
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Shimla, March 21 – In a first in the state's history, Himachal Pradesh has reduced its budget size by ₹3,586 crore, with the outlay down to ₹54,928 crore for 2026-27 from the current fiscal of ₹58,514 crore.Justifying the decision, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, in his budget speech...
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...
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Shimla, March 20 – Himachal Pradesh’s economy continued on a strong and resilient growth trajectory, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu said on Friday.Presenting the Economic Survey for 2021-22 in the Assembly, CM Sukhu, who also holds the finance portfolio, said that according to advance...
Amaravati, March 17 – Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Tuesday that there is widespread public resentment against the coalition government.Addressing YSRCP leaders and cadres from Ongole, he said he would embark on a padyatra...
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Agartala, March 17 The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president, Asish Kumar Saha, alleged on Tuesday that the BJP government has been pushing the northeastern state towards a "mountain of debt.""The state government's budget, presented in the Tripura Assembly on Monday, was the...
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Shimla, March 17 In a scathing attack on the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government, Leader of the Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, said on Tuesday that the administration and law enforcement agencies in the state have been operating on an ad hoc basis, while those close...
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Hyderabad, March 16 Renowned economist Arvind Subramanian met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday and made key suggestions on improving the state's economy.Reddy and his deputy, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, discussed the electricity sector, stamps and registration, and GST with...
Shimla, March 16 The Himachal Pradesh government has released ₹500 crore to clear outstanding payments to contractors, allowing dues up to March 1 to be settled, according to Naresh Chauhan, the Chief Minister's Principal Advisor (Media), on Monday.In an official statement issued here, he said...
Kolkata, March 16 The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday called the Election Commission's reshuffle of senior administrative and police officials in West Bengal a "panic reaction by a party that realizes it cannot win elections through democratic means", while the opposition BJP and CPI(M)...