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Jammu: Ruckus in J&K assembly over National Conference’s insistence on discussion on Waqf Amendment Act and BJP’s demand for debate on unemployment continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, prompting Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to adjourn the house sine die on the last day of the budget session.As soon as the house assembled, Rather…
Thangam Thennarasu. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu presented the final supplementary estimates for ₹19,287.44 crore for 2025-25 in the Assembly on Friday (March 21, 2025). Placing the demand for the supplementary grants, Mr. Thennarasu said the total estimates included ₹12,639.36 crore in revenue account, ₹6,429.20 crore in…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has pointed to “chronic underutilisation of funds” by the food processing ministry for flagship schemes, including in Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) and PM Formalisation of micro food processing enterprises scheme (PMFME). It said this reflects inadequate planning and execution by the ministry.The panel headed by former Punjab CM…
Sean Baker, winner of the awards for best original screenplay, best film editing, best director, and best picture for ‘Anora,’ poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles | Photo Credit: AP Neon’s unconventional and strategic approach to awards campaigning has once again…
The Mission for Cotton Productivity that was announced in the Union Budget last month is expected to take off in another four-five months. At a post-budget webinar on agriculture and rural prosperity held on Saturday, one of the discussions was on the Mission for cotton where stakeholders presented their views. The Mission, which will be…
A special session of the State Legislature is likely to be convened from March 1 to 5 to bring two legislations with regard to the BC reservations and the SC sub-categorisation. Highly placed sources said that the State budget would be presented in the last week of March by the Deputy Chief Minister and Finance…
New Delhi: The Rural Development Ministry has been allocated Rs 1.88 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2025-26, around 5.75 per cent more than the allocation in the previous budget. According to the budget proposals made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, the Rural Development Ministry has been earmarked Rs 1,77,566.19 crore against…
New Delhi: The Centre has earmarked Rs 5 crore in the 2025-26 budget for providing financial assistance to the prisoners who languish in jail because they could not afford their bail money. Under the ‘Model Prisons and Correctional Services Act’ 2023, State Legal Services Authorities have established Legal Service Clinics in jails to provide free…
(From left) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and former Minister T. Harish Rao, the party’s working president K. T. Rama Rao and BRS Parliamentary party leader K. R. Suresh Reddy. File | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) has termed the Union Budget 2025-26 asdisappointing which gave a ‘big zero’ to…
Opposition MPs stage a walkout during the presentation of the Union Budget 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on Saturday, February 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI via Sansad TV In the Budget session of the Parliament, Opposition parties walked out of Lok Sabha in protest on Saturday (February 1, 2025), after their…
