While addressing the media, Somanathan on the Land Acquisition law said, "Land acquisition is the biggest problem in the Pragati review." However he denied any proposed changes in the existing law saying, "Fundamentaly I don't think any need for change there."
It was attended by member ministries or departments, i.e., the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Department of Commerce (DoC) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to an official release by the Ministry of Finance.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday released the 2026 calendar of the State Secretariat Employees' Cooperative Credit and Savings (Non-Agricultural) Society in the state capital Shimla.
Hamid Al Houti, Secretary-General of the award, said the wide response from the education sector at the local, Arab and international levels reflects the award's distinguished standing.
The Delhi Police has filed a charge sheet in the Dhaula Kuan BMW Accident case. In this Accident, Navjot Singh, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, was killed. A section related to the offence of attempt to culpable homicide not amounting to murder is invoked.
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) SC Cell President and former MLA TJR Sudhakar Babu on Thursday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu of maintaining secrecy over his foreign tour, despite repeatedly claiming that his life is an open book.
Senior Trinamool Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Majeed Memon on Thursday backed party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's criticism of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, alleging bias on the part of the Election Commission.
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle on the last day of 2025, the Central government approved a large number of senior-level appointments at the level of Joint Secretary, Additional Secretary and equivalent posts across key ministries and departments.
BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Thursday strongly criticised Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's remarks following a party delegation's meeting with the Election Commission, calling it an open insult to democracy and the Constitution.
The Goa government has dismissed Arpora Village Panchayat Sarpanch, Roshan Redkar, and Panchayat Secretary of Arpora-Nagoa Village Panchayat, Raghuvir Bagkar, from service, finding "persistent negligence" in the Romeo Lane fire case, which claimed the lives of 25 individuals.
Meyer Gottlieb, a Holocaust survivor who was the longtime chief of Samuel Goldwyn Films and produced such movies as Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and 2013's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, has passed away. He was 86.
A delegation of the Shimla Bar Association, led by President Bunesh Pal and Secretary Puneet Dhanta, met the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, here on Wednesday. On the occasion, the Shimla Bar Association contributed a cheque of Rs.1,11,111 to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, the r