Chennai, April 15 (IANS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss has strongly criticised the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government over what he described as a serious deterioration in law and order, following a brutal attack on a college student near Chennai. In a post on the social media platform X, Anbumani alleged that the incident took place in Vallur village near Minjur, on the outskirts of Chennai.According to his statement, a college student who was studying at ho…
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Jammu, April 10 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, said on Friday that the conspiracy to ruin youth through drugs must be defeated.LG Sinha on Friday issued a strong call for a united and sustained fight against the growing drug menace in Jammu and Kashmir, warning that the youth were being deliberately targeted and urging collective action from all sections of society to safeguard their future.LG Sinha, in a video message, said that Jammu and Kashmir is at a cr…
Jalandhar, Feb 25 (IANS) Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said as a border state, Punjab is fighting Pakistan’s daily attempts to disturb peace through anti-social elements and drone intrusions. In a major push to strengthen law and order in the state, CM Mann underscored his government’s dual commitment to employment generation and police modernisation as 2,577 new personnel formally joined the Punjab Police at a passing-out parade held at the PAP Ground here.Declaring the recruitment …
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that the customs duty changes announced in the Budget for 2026-27 are part of the Indian government’s ongoing economic reforms to rationalise tariffs and are not linked in any way to the policy decisions of the US.”We have changed customs duties, and we have been making customs duty changes in every Budget for a while now, and we have continued the same in this Budget as well,” she pointed out.The Finance Minister maintai…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 in the Parliament on Sunday, announced that the proposals for customs and central excise aim to further simplify the tariff structure, support domestic manufacturing, promote export competitiveness, and correct inversion in duty.The new Budget proposes to reduce the tariff rate on all dutiable goods imported for personal use from 20 per cent to 10 per cent to rationalise the customs duty structure.To…
Hyderabad, Dec 22 (IANS) The overall crime rate in Rachakonda Commissionerate, one of the three police commissionerates in Greater Hyderabad, has gone up by 15.4 per cent during the year 2025. The commissionerate, which is spread over urban, semi-urban and rural areas, recorded 30,040 cases during the year, up from 28,626 cases registered during 2024.Bodily and other offences went up from 22,357 cases in 2024 to 27,342 in 2025. Kidnapping cases also increased from 463 to 579 during the same peri…