Munnar MP PT Thomas claims that encroachment is rampant is the area. He says that he had brought up the issue to the notice of Revenue Minister and Chief Minister. He expresses hopes that the Chief Minister would take immediate action to prevent encroachment.
Kerala finance minister KM Mani presents the budget for fiscal year 2013, with an eye on the elections. The Congress-led UDF government's budget is mostly people-friendly as the budget increases the social pensions, raises the retirement age and offers several...
Kerala finance minister KM Mani presents the state budget for fiscal year 2013-14. In this segment, Mani announces the budget allocation to boost cashew production in the state. He also allocates funds to use plastic in road-tarring, to reduce the plastic litt...
In this part of Finance Minister P Chidambaram's Budget 2013 speech, he speaks on funds allocation for strengthening the inland waterways, building the Sagar port in West Bengal and new policy changes for coal import, package for restructuring DISCOMS and also...
Demolition of houses in Green Fields Colony in Khanajiguda of Malkajgiri on northern outskirts of Hyderabad and Bandla Ganesh make news in this bulletin at noon.
TRS's Chandrasekhar Rao says that the revenue from Telanagana region is three times of that from the Andhra region. The TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao was addressing a gathering at the 'Samara Deeksha' of the Telanagana JAC at Indira Park on Monday. It is his f...
The talks between the government and the tipper lorry employees on strike has begun. The employees called for an indefinite strike in protest against government rule that restricts the movement of tipper lorries. The workers on strike demand the formation of e...
The revised train fare has come into effect from Monday midnight. The fare hike ranges from two paise to 10 paise for different passenger classes. This was the first increase in rail fares in a decade's time. The government expects that the modernization and t...
January 21st brought sad news with it. The announced railway fares have been put into place from today onwards. The steep increase in prices have been justified by the government by saying that the fares haven't been increased in 10 years but the amenities hav...
Bhoosamrakshana Samiti withdraws land rights campaign after talks with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash. The government has agreed to the demand of leaders to distribute surplus land to landless people. Oommen Chandy also assured...
Opposition parties slammed the government on railways fare hike and have now demanded a partial roll back. Even UPA ally DMK wants the same. The Congress, however, stands by government's decision. Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal had announced an across-the...
The Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, said that there would be a fare hike in all the segments in the Railways. This increase in fares might face a lot of protests from Opposition parties as well as the public. The citizens have already said with inflation...
As the drought in the state has intensified, the disaster management authority meet, headed by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has declared Kerala as drought-affected state. Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash has said that the government is planning to demand more fu...
The state government has released the figures of damages caused by the flood and rains due to Cyclone Nilam. This story has figures of the total extent of damage in each district, and also damages crop-wise. Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminaryana and Revenu...
Minister accused of abducting a government official asked to resign? The Uttar Pradesh Revenue Minister has resigned, or has been removed, it is not clear. Vinod Singh was accused of abducting a CMO of Gonda district in the middle of the night and asking him t...
The Uttar Pradesh minister for revenue Vinod Kumar Singh has resigned over his attempts to abduct the CMO of Gonda district and force him to make a new list of people that would be appointed on contract. Singh is the first minister of Akhilesh Yadav government...
Under pressure after allegations of abducting Gonda CMO SP Singh, Uttar Pradesh Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation Vinod Kumar Singh, resigned today. He said he was resigning on moral grounds as the Akhilesh Yadav government in the State wanted to conduct...
The Akhilesh Yadav government has finally acted in the case of the missing NRHM Chief Medical Officer. The UP Chief Minister has asked his Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Vinod Singh to put in his papers. The Minister has been accused of having the CMO abd...
The Gonda CMO, Dr SP Singh, who was allegedly abducted by a minister from the Akhilesh Yadav government is now untraceable after being rescued. Dr SP Singh was abducted by Uttar Pradesh Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation Vinod Kumar Singh and was later re...
A minister abducts a government official from his home, takes him to his office, and then forces him to include people close to the minister in the list of contract doctors being appointed by the state government. This happened in Uttar Pradesh, a state whose ...
The phase 1 of the land allotment to the landless will be completed by August 2013, Revenue MInister Adoor Prakash said. The minister also said that special instructions have been given to the district collectors to find land suitable for the project. The gove...
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has ruled out any possibility of reform rollback. He has said that more decisions will be taken by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Revenue Department in the next few days.
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane has met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, sparking of speculations about a possible leadership change in the state. For the past couple of weeks the Chief Ministership Prithviraj Chavan has been under tremendous speculation...
Can mining start on land without the permission of the local panchayath? The Kannedhara Konda is a palce of religious importance for the tribals of Setthampeta mandal in Srikakulam district. The tribals treat the hill as their deity, and have temples located o...
Revenue minister Raghuveera Reddy says there was no need for Dharmana Prasad Rao to resign, as he had not taken the decision in his individual capacity. Raghuveera says the land allotment to Vanpic was a Cabinet decision.
Revenue minister Raghuveera Reddy says there would be a special session of the state Assembly to discuss the issues facing SCs/STs and also the budgetary allocation for them.
During the days of YS Rajasekhara Reddy as Chief Minister and Dharmana Prasad Rao as the Revenue Minister, land allotments were made to companies linked to Jagan Mohan Reddy in an arbitrary manner. Now will those 9 GOs tighten the noose around Dharmana?
Dharmana Prasad Rao, in the firing line for his role in land allotments that indirectly benefited Jagan Mohan Reddy, explains that as revenue minister he had no direct role in the allotments.
Minister Dharmana Prasad Rao says that CBI officers asked him to clarify on specific Government Orders that were issued when he was the Revenue Minister.
Minister Dharmana Prasad Rao and IAS officer M Samuel appear before the CBI as part of the inquiry into the Jagan Mohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case.
Union coal Minister Prakash Jaiswal turns against his own government, expressing solidarity with jewellers who protest against the jewellery duty hike.