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Action will be taken after legal opinion on ‘waqf’ RTC entries without documents: Revenue Minister

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 14:02
Krishna Byre Gowda says several properties have been recorded as waqf in Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops without backing documents such as sale deeds, gift deeds, registration papers or grant orders; these include 21.21 acres of government land and 3,903.11 acres of private land in Bengaluru.
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Dredging in limbo at Beypore port amid delay in EIA

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 14:02
The harbour development initiative, launched three years ago under a ₹11.8-crore contract awarded by the Kerala Maritime Board, had been suspended after dredgers encountered hard laterite rock on the seabed
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SI’s wife ends life

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 14:02
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Tamil Nadu poll | How a government contract cost a Congress MLA his election: a lesson for 2026 candidates

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 13:58
The victory of P. Veldurai, the Congress candidate, was overturned five years later, not because of voter fraud or malpractice at the booth, but due to a legal disqualification
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PM condoles deaths in fire incidents in Indore, Delhi; announces ex gratia

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 13:54
PM Modi said that for the fire incidents in Indore and Palam, Delhi, an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased; the injured would be given ₹50,000
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99.35% of Sakala services delivered within deadline, auto-mutation covers 98%: Krishna Byre Gowda

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 13:52
The Revenue Minister says reforms introduced over the past two-and-a-half years had streamlined services at Nada Kacheris and tahsildar offices.
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Commercial advertisement hoardings to be banned near heritage structures

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 13:52
Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh says that over the past seven to eight years, thousands of unauthorised advertisements had come up across the State without payment of any fee or tax to local bodies, resulting in significant revenue losses running into hundreds of crores.
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Rare hailstorm lashes Shivamogga

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 13:52
Within minutes, the sound of rain gave way to the rattle of ice pebbles striking metal rooftops and windshields
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As West Asia war threatens gas supply, remembering a gas grid India never built

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 13:52
India’s push for the National Coal Gasification Mission to secure energy independence recalls a visionary 1955 proposal by Syed Husain Zaheer; initially dismissed by policymakers, Zaheer’s plan for a national gas grid was tragically vindicated by the 1973 global oil shock
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CPI slams govt. over move to weaken Higher Education Council

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 13:52
Diluting its authority can open the door for increased control by private and corporate institutions and allow substandard institutions to operate, warns party State secretary Eswaraiah
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Amaravati N-9 roadway blooms with Tecoma flowers

Wed, 03/18/2026 - 13:45
The initiative is being spearheaded by Amaravati Development Corporation, which planted these shrubs along the central medians of a nearly two-kilometre stretch from Seed Access Junction to the Secretariat
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