KAKINADA: Municipalities are expediting the collection of property and other taxes to the maximum extent to achieve their annual collection targets. A special drive is on to collect the arrears from the long-pending defaulters. Kakinada Municipal Corporation issued auction notices and removed water connections. The authorities say the corporation is creating infrastructure facilities in the…Continue Reading

PM Modi targets Congress; says post-Independence, new construction took place only for few families from Delhi

In a veiled attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that after Independence, new construction took place only for a “few families from Delhi”, but his government brought the country out of this “narrow thinking” and is building new monuments of national importance. Speaking after virtually inaugurating a newly-built circuit house…Continue Reading

ISRO targets Gaganyaan launch before Independence day, Chandrayaan 3 by mid-2023

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India’s space agency, is targeting the launch of first of the two planned uncrewed flights under the Gaganyaan mission before Independence Day this year and the third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 by “middle of the next year”, said the chairperson Dr K Sivan on Monday. “If you look at the…Continue Reading

Rahul targets PM, says Hindutva follower bathes alone in Ganga

LUCKNOW: Returning to his former parliamentary constituency, Amethi, after nearly two-and-a-half years, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the nation is passing through a state of dilemma with truthful and peace-loving Hindu on the one side and violent hate-mongering ‘ Hindutvavadis’ on the other. Addressing ‘ Mahangai Hatao Yatra’ organised by Uttar Pradesh Congress…Continue Reading

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 01: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents his national statement on day two of COP26 at SECC on November 1, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. 2021 sees the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference.Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON — Some of the world’s largest polluters were under the…Continue Reading

India targets major global firms for local battery manufacturing

A man is seen at a Jio-bp electric vehicle (EV) charging point, an Indian fuel and mobility joint venture between Reliance Industries (RIL) and British Petroleum (BP), in Navi Mumbai, India, October 26, 2021 REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasNEW DELHI, Oct 26 (Reuters) – India plans to pitch to companies such as Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), Samsung (005930.KS) and…Continue Reading