Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) At least three persons were killed as a fire broke out at a coaching centre in Purania area of Lucknow’s Aliganj on Monday, while many students were trapped inside the building, officials said.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered senior officials to rush to the spot and directed a swift rescue operation.Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot, and firemen broke down a building wall to evacuate trapped victims, including two dozen students, the police said.Shakeel Ahm…
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Bhubaneswar, June 2 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday announced a significant increase in reservation for students belonging to Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SC), and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) in technical and professional educational courses, including engineering and medicine, effective from the 2026-27 academic session. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a statement that a formal memorandum was issued by the Department of Scheduled Tribe and …
Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has appealed to people to remain vigilant and take precautionary measures following the IMD warning of severe heat wave conditions.In view of the prevailing severe heat wave conditions in North Telangana districts, the Chief Minister directed the officials concerned to take all necessary precautionary measures.The authorities were instructed to ensure the availability of adequate ORS packets, supply of drinking water and uninterr…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal government has taken an in-principle decision to reinstate a nominee in the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee, which was withdrawn by the previous Trinamool Congress-ruled and Mamata Banerjee-led state cabinet. In September 2024, Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, communicating her decision to withdraw representation from the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee because the Damodar Valley Corporation had been releasing w…
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) In a move aimed at improving administrative efficiency and ensuring closer coordination across departments, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has assigned a wide range of government portfolios to senior officials in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), outlining a new administrative structure for overseeing governance and policy implementation. According to an order issued by the CMO, senior bureaucrats have been entrusted with clusters of important departments to …
Bengaluru, May 16 (IANS) Kempegowda International Airport (BLR Airport) in Bengaluru has crossed the milestone of handling 400 million passengers since its opening, while recording strong growth in passenger traffic and cargo operations during the financial year 2025–26, according to Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), as stated by the Chief Ministers’ Office (CMO) on Saturday. The achievements and performance highlights were reviewed during the 134th Board Meeting of BIAL, chaired…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 (IANS) For nearly three decades, Pinarayi Vijayan stood as the unquestioned strongman of the CPI(M) in Kerala. Now, the Assembly poll debacle has triggered a wave of dissent against Vijayan.From the time he entered the E.K. Nayanar Cabinet in 1996 and later assumed charge as state secretary in 1998, Vijayan steadily consolidated his authority within the party with an iron grip that few dared to challenge.However, the political landscape within the CPI(M) appears to hav…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The budget session of the West Bengal Assembly will commence on June 18, and the full budget by the finance minister of the first BJP-led state government since Independence will be presented on June 22, announced the new Speaker of the House, Rathindra Bose at a special session of the House on Friday, where Bose took oath as the Speaker of the House. As the full budget is scheduled to be presented on June 22, it is expected that the new cabinet led by the ninth West Benga…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled West Bengal Government has decided to organise “Janatar Darbar (People’s Court)” for two hours twice a week soon, where the Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, will be present to listen to public grievances directly from the people. An insider from the current state secretariat of Nabanna said that although an official notification in the matter had not yet been issued, the Chief Minister’s Office had taken an in-principle decisi…
Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday directed district Collectors to work in ‘mission mode’ to complete the grain procurement and maize purchasing processes across the state.The CM held a video conference with Collectors from various districts to review the progress and status of the state’s grain procurement drive. He sought detailed information from the Collectors regarding the difficulties and issues that have arisen in the grain and maize procurement …