Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Jammu and Kashmir has made an alarming disclosure that 518 lakes have either vanished completely or degraded beyond redemption.The CAG report has revealed an environmental crisis in Jammu and Kashmir, with 518 out of 697 surveyed lakes either having vanished or degraded.The audit, which analysed data from 1967 to 2020, found that 315 lakes have completely disappeared due to rampant encroachment, urban expans…
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New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into allegations of irregularities in the award of public works contracts in Arunachal Pradesh, including those allegedly linked to family members of Chief Minister Pema Khandu. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and N.V. Anjaria directed the probe agency to register a preliminary inquiry within two weeks and proceed in accordance with law.The ape…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari on Friday launched a blistering attack on the Mohan Yadav government, accusing it of turning the “Year of Farmer Welfare” into a “Year of Farmer Exploitation”.Addressing a press conference on Friday, Patwari said farmers across the state are facing severe crises on multiple fronts — fertiliser shortage, gunny bag crisis, delayed wheat procurement, and unfulfilled promises on minimum support prices.Patwari alleged that despite…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhi Health and Transport Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh on Friday criticised Opposition MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party for remaining absent during key proceedings, including the tabling of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports. Speaking to mediapersons on the conclusion of the Budget Session of the Delhi Assembly, the Minister said that such conduct reflects a lack of responsibility and undermines the democratic process.He noted that the Opposition appeared t…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhi Cabinet Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in the Assembly on Friday that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report concerning the now-scrapped excise policy has exposed the “deliberate policy manipulation” under the previous government led by Arvind Kejriwal.During the discussion in the Legislative Assembly on the CAG report on excise policy, Sirsa asserted that the findings, along with observations made by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), point …
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Calling it a setback to Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Monday said that the Delhi High Court has granted an interim stay on a lower court order that had directed departmental action against a CBI officer involved in the investigation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy case.He said during the hearing, the High Court stayed the order concerned and paused further proceedings for the time being.Sood launched a strong attack on the …
Bhopal, Feb 25 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Umang Singhar, on Wednesday alleged that several key urban master plans in the state have been deliberately delayed, accusing the government of administrative paralysis and internal tussle.Targeting the Mohan Yadav government, Singhar questioned why master plans for major cities such as Indore, Bhopal and Gwalior have not been implemented.“Why have these master plans been delayed? Why does the Chief Minister not want th…
Amaravati, Feb 10 (IANS) YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday accused the Chandrababu Naidu-led government in Andhra Pradesh of “hoodwinking” the people with what he called “cooked-up GSDP figures”.The former chief minister also remarked that Chandrababu Naidu’s leadership would possibly rank first in government debt, corruption, political vendetta and false propaganda.He claimed that the state is confronting a worrying economic slowdown, as is clearly evident from th…
Jammu, Jan 27 (IANS) J&K Finance Department on Tuesday notified implementation of the e-Bill system to be rolled out in a phased manner with effect from 01.04.2026, followed by wide implementation, with revised formats across all DDOs & Treasuries. An order issued by the finance department said that in alignment with the recommendations of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Working Group and in suppression of all previous instructions governing manual bill formats (FC-series forms), S…
Bhopal/Maihar, Jan 27 (IANS) The opposition Congress on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh after a video went viral on social media showing that school children were served mid-day on papers instead of a plate at a government-run primary school in Maihar district on the Republic Day. Responding to the matter, state Congress president Jitu Patwari said on Tuesday that Maihar’s incident has exposed the tall claim of the BJP government …