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In a letter to the Governor, Mann apprised that Rs 27,016 crore has been paid by state as payment of interest whereas Rs 10,208 crore have been utilised as capital expenditure.He said the state has inherited a lot of debt as part of which Rs 350 crore have been spent for bailing out PUNSUP, Rs 798 crore for bailing out PSCADB, Rs 845 crore to bail out RDF, Rs 2,556 crore for power subsidy arrears (2017-2022), Rs 4,000 crore as sinking fund investment, Rs 1,008 crore as arrears of sugarcane farmers, Rs 1,750 as unpaid central-sponsored schemes and others.Mann said…

“Once the report is submitted, it will be verified,” he said. The move is likely to trigger a political slugfest in the state.Speaking to reporters in Belagavi, Siddaramaiah said, “The report was prepared during the tenure of former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy. H. Kantharaju was the Chairman of the Permanent Commission of Backward Classes. When he went to Kumaraswamy to submit the report, the latter did not accept it.””The then secretary to the government did not give his signature to the report. The report will now have to be submitted after getting a signature from the secretary,” he added.Siddaramaiah maintained that…

“One of them was impersonating an IPS officer and the other as an inspector of police.”Both the accused have been arrested from a hotel in Jewel area of Jammu city after a complaint was lodged at the police station by one person stating that two persons who were impersonating an IPS officer and Inspector were threatening him,” an official said.“In his complaint, the victim had stated that he met a person namely Kaiser Jeelani on a social networking site, who portrayed himself as an IPS officer and he became friends with the complainant and finally he met him in a…

However, BJP said that there appear some irregularities in the census which need to be rectified. BJP also asked why the state government has not released the economic survey report of the state.Leader of Opposition (LoP) Vijay Kumar Sinha said that the state government has released a part of the survey report only. “We firmly believe that all reports including the economic survey should also be released at the same time. Those who are having objections to this report, the state government should facilitate so that these objections can be raised and the state government rectifies it.”CPI ML leader Mahboob…

In a statement, the opposition bloc said: “INDIA parties strongly condemn the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government’s fresh attack on the media. We steadfastly stand with the media and for the constitutionally protected freedoms of speech and expression.”It pointed out that in the last nine years, the BJP government has deliberately persecuted and suppressed the media by deploying investigative agencies to suppress the BBC, Newslaundry, Dainik Bhaskar, Bharat Samachar, the Kashmir Walla, the Wire etc., and most recently the journalists of NewsClick.”The BJP government has also tried to convert the media into a mouthpiece for its partisan and ideological interests…

According to an RBI statement issued on Tuesday, a monetary penalty of Rs 6.50 lakh has been imposed on Dhanera Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Dhanera, Gujarat for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on loans and advances to directors, relatives and firms/concerns in which they are interested.The RBI has also imposed a monetary penalty of Rs3.50 lakh on The Janata Co-operative Bank Ltd., Godhra, Panchmahal district, Gujarat for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on Donations to trusts and institutions where Directors, their relatives hold position or are interested and loans and advances to directors, relatives and firms…

He said the government procurement was deliberately started with delay so that farmers could not get the MSP. However, the government said 8.06 lakh metric tonnes (MT) paddy and 1.14 lakh MT millet were procured across the state till Tuesday and the procurement is underway smoothly. Contrary to this, Hooda said no arrangement has been made by the government even for the lifting the purchased crop. “The markets are flooded with paddy and millets and lakhs of quintals of the crop is yet to arrive. But from now onwards, the arrival has been stopped and farmers have to go wait…

Police said that as per the medico-legal case information regarding gunshot injury of one Roshni (31), a resident of Dwarka, was received from Indira Gandhi Hospital at Palam Village police station. “Upon reaching the spot, it was fond that Roshni was referred to Safdarjung Hospital for further treatment,” said a senior police official. However, on reaching Safdarjung Hospital, victim was found unfit for statement. “Statement of her husband Tara Chand was recorded who alleged that three accused persons shot his wife by a gun,” said the official. The official said that a case under section 307, 34 of the Indian…

Chawla was undergoing treatment for the past few days. His body will be donated to the Kalpana Chawla Medical College in Karana, said the family. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian-born woman to go to space in 1997. Six years later, on February 1, 2003, she died when the space shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry into earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts on board. –IANSvg/arm

Hangzhou, Oct 3 (IANS) Parul Chaudhary scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to bag the gold medal in the 5,000m race at the Asian Games, here on Tuesday.It was Parul’s second medal at the ongoing Asian Games, earlier, she had won a silver medal in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase event on Monday.Parul Chaudhary produced an excellent finish in the women’s 5000m as she overtook Japan’s Ririka Hironaka a few meters from the closing mark.Parul clocks 15:14.75. Japan’s Ririka takes silver.More details awaited.–IANShs/cs