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Tejashwi Yadav takes jibe at Bihar CM Nitish's Mahila Samvad Yatra, says 'public money being splurged'
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Tejashwi Yadav takes jibe at Bihar CM Nitish's Mahila Samvad Yatra, says 'public money being splurged'

New Indian Express  

PATNA: Leader of Opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday took a jibe at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's 'Mahila Samvad Yatra' beginning December 15 and alleged that huge public money was being spurged for the purpose. Talking to media persons on the sidelines of his workers' interaction meet held in Munger, Tejashwi said that a budgetary allocation of …

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Government to Credit Paddy Payments Within 48 Hours of Purchase: Minister
2 months ago

Government to Credit Paddy Payments Within 48 Hours of Purchase: Minister

The Hindu  

Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar announces immediate payment of MSP for paddy. The government will purchase every grain of paddy produced by the farmers at the minimum support price (MSP). Farmers can bring their paddy to the rice mills of their choice, and within 48 hours of delivery, the payment will be credited to their accounts. The government will continue …

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Column: Bonds on the November ballot are worthwhile, but very, very costly
2 months ago

Column: Bonds on the November ballot are worthwhile, but very, very costly

LA Times  

Firefighters battle the Bridge fire last month in Wrightwood, Calif. Here’s what you’re voting on specifically: Proposition 2 is a $10-billion bond issue to repair, modernize and construct facilities at K-12 schools and community colleges. To qualify for state money, local districts would need to put up matching dollars One especially good expenditure: $600 million for “career tech” — what …

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Rs.22,301 Cr proposed for irrigation sector in Telangana budget
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Rs.22,301 Cr proposed for irrigation sector in Telangana budget

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress government has proposed Rs.22,301 crore for irrigation in the budget presented by the Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in the Assembly here on Thursday. As many as 73 irrigation projects have been undertaken in the State till date including 34 large and 39 medium projects. The previous government neglected completion of many projects though they were …

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Tewari bats for using old Chandigarh airport as second terminal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tewari bats for using old Chandigarh airport as second terminal

Hindustan Times  

Extensively renovated between 2010 and 2014 over a considerable cost, the old terminal of the Chandigarh airport is lying unused ever since the new airport was inaugurated on the Mohali side in 2015. “I urge new civil aviation minister KR Naidu to take cognisance of this gross wastage of public money and make the old Chandigarh airport operational,” said Manish …

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The EU’s support for Israel makes it complicit in genocide
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The EU’s support for Israel makes it complicit in genocide

Al Jazeera  

It has been nine months since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 38,000 Palestinians, injured more than 86,000, and displaced more than 1.9 million. According to figures from the European External Action Service’s COARM database, between 2018 and 2022, EU member states sold arms worth 1.76 billion euros to Israel. European public money …

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Officials Of CMRL Prima Facie Liable For Misappropriating Public Money, Cheating General Public: ED Tells Kerala High Court
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Officials Of CMRL Prima Facie Liable For Misappropriating Public Money, Cheating General Public: ED Tells Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Enforcement Directorate today submitted before the Kerala High Court that officials of Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd, a public limited company committed cognizable offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and cheated the general public by misappropriating large amounts of public money. The Counsel for ED submitted that CMRL, being a public limited company has prima facie …

Court Money Officials Public Stated Fir Prima Facie
Alaska court weighing arguments in case challenging the use of public money for private schools
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Alaska court weighing arguments in case challenging the use of public money for private schools

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that challenges as unconstitutional laws that have allowed families with children in home-study programs to use public money for education-related expenses at private schools. The allotments drew scrutiny after Jodi Taylor, the wife of Attorney General Treg Taylor, wrote an opinion piece in 2022 about “an opportunity — which …

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Abba become first Swedes to be knighted by monarch in almost 50 years
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Abba become first Swedes to be knighted by monarch in almost 50 years

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Abba’s rare public appearance comes after their “Abbatars” made …

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Senate inquiry into the Middle Arm Industrial Hub begins in Darwin today. Here's what to expect
8 months, 1 week ago

Senate inquiry into the Middle Arm Industrial Hub begins in Darwin today. Here's what to expect

ABC  

Since the federal government committed $1.5 billion to the Middle Arm Industrial Hub it's been hailed as "the answer to some of the country's biggest questions" and slammed as a "climate policy gamble". The NT government has promoted Middle Arm as a "renewable energy hub" that will help decarbonise the economy and "create the jobs of the future" — as …

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Not enough money for campaigning as party accounts frozen: Congress
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Not enough money for campaigning as party accounts frozen: Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 26 Congress on Tuesday said its candidates were facing a bit of a financial crunch while campaigning for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls due to the party's accounts being frozen by the Central government. Congress Working Committee member and MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor said that all party candidates "were in a financial crunch." "We have, nonetheless, very …

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RHOC star Shannon Beador is SUED by ex John Janssen for $75k after allegedly borrowing the money for a facelift... as she is left 'shocked' and 'disappointed' over lawsuit
8 months, 4 weeks ago

RHOC star Shannon Beador is SUED by ex John Janssen for $75k after allegedly borrowing the money for a facelift... as she is left 'shocked' and 'disappointed' over lawsuit

Daily Mail  

Shannon Beador is being sued by her ex, John Janssen, for $75k as he claims she borrowed the money for a facelift - but never repaid the loan. According to documents obtained by People, Janssen, 61, filed the lawsuit earlier this week on Wednesday at the Orange County Superior Court John claimed that in January 2022, he loaned her $40,000 …

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BSP purposely kept its distance from the ‘money power of big capitalists’, says Mayawati
9 months ago

BSP purposely kept its distance from the ‘money power of big capitalists’, says Mayawati

The Hindu  

In her first reaction to the electoral bonds scheme that has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday pointed out how the revelations over the past week on details pertaining to electoral bonds had demonstrated the use of “money power” to try and keep the public, and public interest, out of …

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Liberals, Labor questioned over promises of money ahead of Tasmanian state election
9 months, 1 week ago

Liberals, Labor questioned over promises of money ahead of Tasmanian state election

ABC  

In short: There have been accusations the Liberals and Labor are engaging in pork-barrelling by bribing electorates with community improvement grants during the Tasmanian election period. For the third election in a row, the Tasmanian Liberal Party comes under fire for its handling of taxpayer-funded community grants, with an integrity expert calling its actions "pork barrelling, plain and simple". He …

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Should elections be state funded?
1 year, 1 month ago

Should elections be state funded?

The Hindu  

A Constitution Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, D.Y. If you read the Indrajit Gupta Committee Report, which is most often quoted in support of public funding of elections, it says state funding should be done only in kind and not in cash. It also says that state funding of elections would be a waste of public resources …

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Instead of 'helping' Haryana, focus on Delhi's pollution problem, Khattar tells Kejriwal
1 year, 1 month ago

Instead of 'helping' Haryana, focus on Delhi's pollution problem, Khattar tells Kejriwal

The Hindu  

A day after Arvind Kejriwal offered "help" to implement the ‘Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra’ scheme, Haryana Chief Minister M.L. Mr. Khattar asserted that Haryana is fully capable of implementing welfare schemes and said that the State would be "happy to help" Mr. Kejriwal if he faces any problems in governing Delhi. Days after the BJP-led government in Haryana launched the 'Mukhyamantri …

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Public in a Fix Over Police Seizures Under MCC: Niranjan
1 year, 1 month ago

Public in a Fix Over Police Seizures Under MCC: Niranjan

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: TPCC senior vice-president G. Niranjan said that in a bid to show effective implementation of the model code of conduct, officials were checking vehicles and seizing cash and gold that were not connected with the November 30 Assembly elections. He cited a report by Deccan Chronicle to back his argument —“80% money returned in ’18; 20% after fine” that …

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KCR Wasted Public Money on Kaleshwaram: Bhatti
1 year, 2 months ago

KCR Wasted Public Money on Kaleshwaram: Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao had wasted huge public money in the name of redesigning of irrigation projects; he had done so get kickbacks from contractors. Addressing a public meeting in Peddapalli on Thursday, Bhatti said Congress designed Pranahita-Chevella project to irrigate North and South Telangana districts, at a cost of Rs …

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YSRC asks Bhuvaneswari how Naidu made so much wealth
1 year, 2 months ago

YSRC asks Bhuvaneswari how Naidu made so much wealth

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Ruling YSRC legislators on Tuesday said Chandrababu Naidu was the main culprit in the AP FibreNet scam, about which Jagan Mohan Reddy as opposition leader had spoken in the assembly way back in 2016. During a short discussion in the state assembly on Tuesday, the ruling side claimed that Naidu and his associates robbed Rs.114 crore of public money …

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Verdict in AP skill scam case on September 21
1 year, 3 months ago

Verdict in AP skill scam case on September 21

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has concluded its hearings on a petition filed by TD chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu, seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the AP-CID in the AP skill development scam. They argued that there was no need for the CID to get permission from the Governor to register an FIR on Naidu in …

Supreme Court Court Scam Case Fir Cid Naidu
Covid-19 body bag scam: Ex-mayor Kishori Pednekar’s anticipatory bail rejected
1 year, 3 months ago

Covid-19 body bag scam: Ex-mayor Kishori Pednekar’s anticipatory bail rejected

Live Mint  

Troubles for former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar increased Tuesday after a session’s court in Mumbai dined anticipatory bail in an alleged scam in the purchase of body bags for COVID-19 victims, saying that she was accused of an economic offence involving a huge amount of public money. The allegations against her were in respect of "not protecting the interest of …

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Public Money Vulnerable In 53 Banks Having Poor Cyber Security
1 year, 5 months ago

Public Money Vulnerable In 53 Banks Having Poor Cyber Security

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Cybercrime police of the city identified 53 urban cooperative banks that are yet to update their cybersecurity software, increasing their susceptibility to a cyber attack and causing loss to thousands of customers. A cybercrime official said: “Even after the hacking, our commissioner C.V. Anand conducted several meetings with more than 50 cooperative bank managements, but only a few of …

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Karnataka High Court Upholds State Corporation's Decision To Encash Bank Guarantee Furnished By Private Contractor Over "Shoddy Construction"
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka High Court Upholds State Corporation's Decision To Encash Bank Guarantee Furnished By Private Contractor Over "Shoddy Construction"

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by a private contractor seeking refund of bank guarantee encashed by the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation for carrying out "shoddy construction" of police quarters. It is also indicative of the fact that repeated calls made to the petitioner by the Corporation have all been deliberately ignored and …

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More money than expected for AFL team in Tasmanian budget but public sector cuts on the way
1 year, 6 months ago

More money than expected for AFL team in Tasmanian budget but public sector cuts on the way

ABC  

Tasmanian Treasurer Michael Ferguson has delivered a restrained second budget as he begins the long journey back to surplus and tries to rein in ballooning debt. The budget shows revenue was far lower than expected over the past year, with the $7.8 billion coming into the coffers about $691.8 million less than the government had anticipated. Almost a third of …

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