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Policemen stand guard in front of the historic Red Fort. File   | Photo Credit: Reuters The historical site was closed from January 19 after a sample taken from dead crows was found positive for avian influenza. Red Fort would remain closed to the public until further orders after dead crows at the site were found to have bird flu,an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) order said on Monday. The historical site was closed from January 19 after a sample taken from dead crows was found positiv...

Woman files cheating complaint against estranged husband Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A 41-year-old software engineer filed a complaint against her estranged husband for allegedly forging her signature to avail of personal loans amounting to several lakhs of rupees. “Though he forged a signature a few years ago to take the loan, it was only recently that the complainant realised what had happened when she started getting notices from the finance firm to clear the dues,” said a polic...

Updated: Share Article AAA The government on Monday projected a 16.67% growth in gross tax revenue in the next fiscal beginning April 1, at over ₹22.17 lakh crore. The revised estimates of gross tax revenue for the current fiscal has been pegged at ₹19 lakh crore, lower than the ₹24.23 lakh crore budgeted earlier. Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj said, “our revenue figure is under-stated not overstated. We have taken nominal GDP at 14.4% and revenue growth at 16.7%. So the buoya...

₹ 4 lakh given to surrendered Maoist Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt on Monday handed over a cheque for ₹ 4 lakh to surrendered Maoist Kaluma Devi in Kothagudem. Kaluma Devi, who carried a reward of ₹ 4 lakh on her head, surrendered before the district police in September last year, according to a press release. Speaking after handing over the reward money to the former woman Maoist, the SP said the police department will help the surrendered Maoi...

“I wholeheartedly welcome this Budget,” he said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said that the Union Budget presented on Monday has come as “a catalyst that can revive the sluggish economy”. “The Union Finance Minister has announced the necessary strategies for economic revival as well as containing the pandemic,” he said, welcoming the ₹35,000-crore allocation for the vaccine drive and the assurance of more funds if necessary. On the agriculture sector, he said the Budget had pro...

6,866 personsvaccinated Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A total of 6,866 persons received the COVID-19 vaccines in the State on Monday. This took the number of persons vaccinated till date to 1,12,409. The vaccination drive has been covering healthcare providers and workers in the first phase. The Health department planned to start vaccination for frontline workers of other departments such as the police and revenue on February 1. However, an official said this would start in the first we...

TTD darshan tickets Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has informed that devotees can purchase tickets for darshan of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) temple in Tirumala along with the Chennai-Tirumala bus tickets. The tickets would be available at Madhavaram bus station with effect from February 1, 2021, and also online in the APSRTC website. For further details devotees could contact the enquiry office b...

E.R. Eswaran   Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi general secretary of E.R. Eswaran said that the announcement of more agriculture loan schemes would not help farmers. In a release, Mr. Eswaran said the budget announcements have been made for people in Assembly election-bound states. He said that many announcements of the previous budgets itself has not been fulfilled and mentioned that AIIMS hospital in Madurai has yet not been started. There is no announcement to support Micro, Small and Medi...

Vikraman was nominated as legislator by the Centre BJP’s Puducherry unit vice president T. Vikraman was on Monday sworn-in as nominated MLA in the 33-member House. Speaker V.P. Sivakolunthu administered the oath to the new legislator in his chamber. The BJP’s two other nominated MLAs V. Saminathan, Puducherry unit president and S. Selvaganapathy and former Minister A. Namassivayam, who recently crossed over from the Congress to the BJP, joined the brief ceremony. Mr. Vikraman was nominate...

Taxi driver dies after being hit by bus Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A 38-year-old taxi driver from Bengaluru who was crossing the road near Kaikamba Junction of Bilinele village in Kadaba taluk on Monday died after being hit by a KSRTC bus. The Kadaba Police gave the name of victim as Bhootesh P.J. The incident occurred at around noon. The police said that an injured Bhootesh was treated first at the government hospital in Kadaba and then shifted to the Government Wenlock Hospital here...