Image fro representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has asked the Chhattisgarh government to allot land for agriculture and housing, as well as employment and health coverage, to Scheduled Tribe families that had to flee the State around 2005, amidst escalating conflict between Maoist forces and security…
Bengaluru, often now criticised by its residents for deteriorating civic infrastructure, is finally seeing some urgency from the State government. On September 24, Karnataka’s Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh announced a comprehensive 90-day programme aimed at tackling potholes, clearing garbage, completing stalled projects, metro work and improving overall road infrastructure. The plan also introduces the possibility…
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. wants to expand energy cooperation with its “awesome ally” India, including in natural gas and coal, nuclear, and clean cooking fuels, where New Delhi has been a “star”, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday (September 24, 2025). “A lot of…
Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court travelled nearly 160 years back in history to study the colonial Portuguese Civil Code of 1867 to decide the true ownership of plots of land the foreign power parcelled out to Indian ‘Alvara’ (permit) holders for cultivation in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in 1923…
Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao on Wednesday directed officials to initiate the Sociol and Educational Survey in the GBA limits at the earliest. Chairing a virtual meeting of the Backward Classes Commission, the GBA Chief instructed enumerators from various departments to begin fieldwork without delay after undergoing training at respective urban corporations….
Union Minister of State for Tourism and Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi has said that he hopes the long-debated Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would be brought into force in the country, arguing it could open the way for a national framework to oversee the administration of temples, including Sabarimala. Speaking at his “kalunk sabha”…
The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Tuesday (September 23) arrested a revenue clerk of the Kochi Corporation and an assistant labour officer on charges of accepting bribes amounting to ₹25,000 and ₹5,000, respectively. The accused were identified as S.S. Prakash, a revenue clerk at the Palluruthy zonal office of the Kochi Corporation, and K.A….
The rifles will be produced and delivered at the Icomm–Caracal Small Arms Complex in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: Handout UAE-based EDGE group’s entity Caracal in collaboration with Megha Engineering & Infrastructures (MEIL) group firm Icomm Tele has bagged a contract to supply 200 CSR 338 sniper rifles to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The rifles…
