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Hyderabad, Nov 9 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday slammed former Chief Minister and BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao for what he called mounting a heavy debt burden on the state. He claimed that during the 10 years of BRS rule, the state’s debts reached a whopping Rs 8.11 lakh crore. The Chief Minister said his government is paying Rs 80,000 crore toward the payment of debts and misdeeds committed by K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR). “Over the past 34 months, we have paid more than Rs 2 lakh crore to clear KCR's debts and errors,” said Revanth Reddy while addressing a public meeting at Lagacharla in his Assembly constituency, Kodangal, in Vikarabad district. He claimed that despite facing financial challenges, his government is paying salaries to the government emplo...

Jaipur, Nov 9 (IANS) Rajasthan has received appreciation from the Centre for its impressive performance in the auction and operationalisation of mineral blocks.Pramod Kumar Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, expressed satisfaction with the state's progress during a high-level review meeting organised by the Union Ministry of Mines on Monday. The meeting, held through video conferencing, reviewed the progress of mineral block auctions, commencement of mining operations, and production activities across the country.Rajasthan Chief Secretary V. Srinivas participated in the meeting and presented details of the state's achievements. Rajasthan has secured the top position nationally by successfully auctioning 140 blocks of major minerals. The achievement is expected to acceler...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will distribute free LPG cylinders to eligible families on Tuesday, with the grant amount being transferred directly into beneficiaries’ bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).Food and Supplies Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa will also attend the event, an official statement said.Earlier, spokespersons for the ruling BJP hit out at the AAP for doing politics over stubble burning incidents in Punjab and deterioration in air quality in north India.Delhi BJP Spokespersons Anil Gupta and Praveen Shankar Kapoor stated that there was no unprecedented rise in air pollution in Delhi on the morning following Diwali, clearly indicating that firecrackers cannot be held responsible for the increase in air pollution in the national ca...

Hubballi, Nov 9 (IANS) Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi on Monday hit back at the Karnataka government over allegations that petrol sold in the state contained 26 to 39 per cent ethanol, claiming that such a quantity of ethanol was not even produced in India.Addressing reporters in Hubballi, Joshi accused the Congress of spreading false propaganda over ethanol blending and said the party was making irresponsible statements without basic knowledge of the issue.“The Congress leaders have claimed that petrol contains 39 per cent ethanol. However, there is not even enough ethanol production in the country to support such a claim,” he said, adding that the state government was deliberately making baseless allegations that petrol contained between 26 and 31 per cent e...

Imphal, Nov 9 (IANS) Manipur will host the second edition of the National Tribal Film Festival, titled Tribal Frames Manipur 2026, from November 12 to 15, alongside a state-level tribal cultural festival to commemorate the birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter Bhagwan Birsa Munda, officials said on Monday. Director of Tribal Affairs and Hills, R. Rang Peter, said the four-day film festival is being organised by the department through the Tribal Research Institute, in collaboration with the Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS) and with the support of the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs.The festival, to be held at the Palace Auditorium of MSFDS in Imphal, will showcase more than 28 feature films, documentaries and short films from Northeast India, Ladakh, Jharkhand and other...

Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) NCP Maharashtra unit President and MP Sunil Tatkare on Monday announced that he will soon send a legal notice to Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam for levelling baseless and fictitious charges, saying that the latter has lost his "mental balance" and needs "treatment" from a psychiatrist.Tatkare also made it clear that he will not respond to any of Kadam's statements hereafter.Tatkare was speaking to reporters after Kadam demanded a high-level inquiry into whether Tatkare had any hand in the tragic plane crash that claimed the life of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, whose flight took off from Mumbai to Baramati, but as the aircraft was landing at the Baramati airstrip, it met with a horrific accident resulting in his death. Following this tragic inc...