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BJP announces 148 candidates for West Bengal polls including party's vice president Mukul Roy
The Haryana Recovery of Damages to Property during Disturbance to Public Order Bill, 2021 passed in the assembly. (ANI)
I'm like a tiger and I won't bow my head. I only bow my head before the public. But a party like BJP tortures women, dalits - I don't support them.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, in Amlasuli
The budget allocates Rs 610 crore for construction of new secretariat complex
Rs 500 crore will be spent for construction of integrated veg and non-veg market complexes in all towns and cities in the state.
The government has decided to distribute 3 lakh sheep units in the coming year. Rs 3,000 crore allocated for the scheme.
The government will provide Rs 3,000 crore to RTC through budgetary and non budgetary provisions.
The state government will spend Rs 11,000 crore for completing 2BHK housing scheme
Warangal and Khammam Municipal corporations which are going to polls soon get Rs 250 crore and Rs 150 crore respectively.
Rs 400 crore earmarked in the budget to take up a comprehensive land survey in the state.
The government allocates Rs 1,000 crore for Hyderabad Metro Rail project and Rs 200 crore for Musi rejuvenation project.
This year too the state has given priority for agriculture and irrigation sectors. The government has proposed Rs 25,000 crore budget for agriculture sector and Rs 16,900 crore for irrigation department.
Finance minister T Harish Rao
Over Rs 14,800 crore have been allocated for the state government’s flagship programme Rythu Bandhu scheme and Rs 5,225 crore for loan waiver scheme.
The government has earmarked Rs 5 crore to each assembly constituency under Assembly Constituency Development Fund.
The Telangana government to introduce dalit empowerment scheme in the coming financial year.
Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao presents state budget for 2021-22.
Golagani Hari Venkata Surya Kumari elected new mayor of Vizag
Gujarat: All gardens and parks in Ahmedabad closed for the public from today till further orders, due to a rise in Covid-19 cases
Damage control: Maharashtra CM heeds NCP call, shifts Mumbai top cop
In a major damage-control move after the National Investigating Agency arrested assistant police inspector Sachin Waze last week for his role in placing an explosives-laden vehicle outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence, CM Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday transferred Mumbai police commissioner Parambir Singh as DG (director general), home guards, considered an insignificant posting.
Uddhav Thackeray asked me to reinstate Sachin Waze in force when I was CM: Devendra Fadnavis
Citing details of the case of suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze planting explosives outside the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani and the suspected murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday demanded that the investigation into the sensational plot should look at political patronage for Waze and sacked Mumbai police chief Parambir Singh.