NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin dropped the rupee symbol in the state budget on Thursday, replacing it with Tamil letter amid row over “Hindi imposition” with the BJP-led Central government. The DMK government replaced “₹” with the Tamil script “ரூ” in the logo for the state’s 2025-26 budget.In return, the BJP quickly…
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari celebrates Holi at his residence NEW DELHI: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari held Holi celebrations at his residence on Thursday, as festive fervour gripped the nation on the eve of the festival of colours.On the occasion, Tiwari, who is also a Bhojpuri actor and singer, sung Holi songs, including the popular ‘Holi…
NEW DELHI: Voicing concern over poor utilisation of funds, a parliamentary panel has said the department of water resource, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, utilised only around 58 per cent of the revised allocation of Rs 21,640.88 crore for 2024-25 by the end of December 2024. The panel urged the Jal Shakti ministry to strengthen…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted multiple raids in Karnataka in gold smuggling case in which actress Ranya Rao was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.According to the agency, a case has been field under the Prevention of Money laundering Act, taking cognizance of a FIR registered by Central Bureau of Investigation.Actress…
PM Modi performs a ritual at the Ganga Talao in Mauritius Wednesday NEW DELHI: On the day he was awarded the highest civilian honour of Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alongside his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam, jointly inaugurated the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Public Service and Innovation in Mauritius on Wednesday. This milestone marks…
MUMBAI: CBI searched the premises of a retired official of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in a case where a legal firm is accused of accepting a bribe from an NCLT litigant for a favourable order. The initial demand was Rs 1.5 crore for influencing NCLT members, which was reduced to Rs 1 crore after…
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (File photo) NEW DELHI: Former Haryana chief minister and Congress veteran Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday dismissed the significance of the BJP’s victory in the Haryana municipal elections, saying that the party had won in the past as well.“BJP won before also. What is new in this?… We never said that we…
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh deputy CM and finance minister Jagdish Devda on Wednesday presented the state budget of Rs 4,21,032 crore for 2025-26, a 15% increase in outlay over the 2024-25 estimate of Rs 3,65,067 crore. There are no new taxes and no hike in existing taxes. Govt assured that no welfare scheme would be stopped,…
Arms and ammunition recovered during a search operation by Manipur Police and security forces in Chandel district (PTI) With the body of a youth killed in Manipur’s Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi on March 8 finally handed over to his family, authorities there said Wednesday they expect protests and blockade in the district to end soon.However, the road…
HC asks ASI to whitewash ‘flaking’ portions of Sambhal mosque facade PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad high court directed ASI on Wednesday to whitewash “flaking” portions of Sambhal Jama Masjid‘s outer facade and the mosque committee to reimburse the expenditure within a week.HC said that barring the use of LED or focus lights to illuminate the periphery, there…
