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Irrigation officials asked to use lands, reservoirs and canal systems to tap solar power

Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy wants department officials to create own power sources

Rahul Gandhi asked to vacate official residence following disqualification as Member of Parliament

A letter was sent to the Congress leader by the Lok Sabha Housing Committee asking him to vacate his 12 Tughlaq Lane bungalow by April 22

Deve Gowda had never sought Rajya Sabha seat, says Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy

Janata Dal (Secular) leader and Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy has clarified that former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda never asked their alliance partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party, for ticket to contest the Rajya Sabha elections

BMTC to appoint consultant for smart ticketing project

BMTC officials say the consultant will be tasked with monitoring the performance of the technology solution provider engaged for the project and ensuring compliance with contractual, technical, cybersecurity and operational requirements

Number of vulnerable, landslip-prone locations in the Nilgiris drops to 156

Over the past year, technical experts from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) had been asked to conduct a detailed survey, and they identified 156 landslip-prone areas in the district

Free KSRTC bus travel for women: Only for ordinary services in first 100 days; more services later

Finance Secretary tasked with studying how to compensate KSRTC for revenue loss resulting from scheme implementation, says Transport Minister C.P. John

Parliamentary panel looking into NEET, OSM issues; seeks answers from NTA, CBSE

The panel has asked the NTA if it investigated the NEET-UG 2024 irregularities and sought a report on action taken on Radhakrishnan Committee’s 101 recommendations. It has posed questions to the CBSE on the ‘weakening’ of RFP provisos for OSM contract.

Satish Jarkiholi says he is happy with his portfolio

“I never asked for any specific portfolio from the party high command or the Chief Minister,” says Satish Jarkiholi

Why aren’t BJP leaders taking to streets with cylinders in protest now: Congress’ dig on LPG price hike

Mallikarjun Kharge said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made "grand claims" in Parliament about diversifying fuel sources across 41 countries in response to the West Asia conflict and asked what became of that

Rights Commission orders rehabilitation of tribal woman living under tarpaulin in forest

The Collector has been asked to assess the possibility of admitting the children to a residential school

Praveen Chakravarty sought VCK’s support before filing Rajya Sabha nomination: Thirumavalavan

Speaking to journalists, Mr. Thirumavalavan said that Mr. Chakravarty had informed him that he would be filing the nomination, and that former MLA S.S. Balaji had been asked to participate on behalf of the VCK

Heavy rains trigger landslide alert; evacuation ordered in Vilangad

Vadakara Revenue Divisional Officer appointed nodal officer to coordinate evacuation and relief camp operations, while Vadakara Tahsildar will serve as assistant nodal officer. District Police Chief (Kozhikode Rural) asked to deploy sufficient personnel to support evacuation plans and ensure security at relief camps and evacuated houses

Field supervision, correcting ‘discrepancies’ are normal practice in statistical exercise, says RG&CCI Director

There have been attempts to ‘misrepresent this normal exercise as data tampering, which is regrettable and factually inaccurate’, the official says; enumerators say they are being asked to edit data about open defecation and gas connection in particular

Ex-minister Aroop Biswas’s brother held in alleged extortion in Tollygunge film industry

Swarup Biswas, the former president of the Federation of Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI), was arrested based on an FIR lodged by the female make-up artist who accused him of blacklisting her for two years and asked for money and sexual favour to get work

Congress raises questions on 'substantial' LIC stake in firm under SEBI scanner

How could LIC have missed such a huge fraud taking place in a company in which it has a substantial stake, the Congress leader asked

Absolute incompetence of BJP unmasked by NFHS-6 data: Kharge

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP of having a five-step formula to hide its sin: burying selected data, abandoning the vulnerable, advertising “Sabka Saath” and “Amrit Kaal”, manipulating the narrative and protecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s PR at all costs

Census fieldwork contradicts government data, enumerators asked to revisit, review data

Director Census Operations (DCO), Rajasthan, writes to all district functionaries that ‘during the analysis of field data collected so far, some discrepancies have been noticed’; enumerators allege they have been asked not to ‘select options that may show the government in poor light’

Congress high command has not asked to join new Cabinet so far: Karnataka Speaker U.T. Khader

Nandyal police arrest 1,500 for drunk driving

Officers and personnel across all police station limits in the district have been asked to conduct checks on drunk driving, says SP

SIT to probe fake accounts of Lakshmir Bhandar scheme of TMC government: CM Suvendu Adhikari

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said around 30 lakh Lakshmir Bhandar accounts are fake and has asked the director general of police to form an Special Investigation Team to investigate the matter