Chennai: Schools and colleges in Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts will remain closed on Saturday as well, the District Collectors said in the wake of continuous heavy rains at isolated places in Tamil Nadu.

Due to heavy rainfall in Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts due to a depression formed in the southwest Bay of Bengal, schools and colleges in the district are closed.

Schools and colleges in Nagapattinam and Thiruvarur districts were closed earlier on Thursday due to heavy rains. A day holiday was announced for schools and colleges in the Nagapattinam district while only schools were announced in the Tiruvarur district.

As per the Meteorological Centre’s report, isolated areas of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry are likely to experience thundershowers.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the low pressure formed in the southwest Bay of Bengal moved in the west-southwest direction and crossed the Sri Lankan coast on Wednesday afternoon.

Lucknow: Journalist Siddique Kappan, who was imprisoned in UP, has been released from jail. The Supreme Court granted bail in the UAPA case registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Allahabad High Court granted bail in the ED-registered case.

Last September, the Supreme Court granted bail to Siddique Kappan in the UAPA case. In December, the Allahabad High Court also granted bail in the ED case. On October 5, 2020, the UP Police arrested Siddique Kappan and others when they went to report the murder of a girl who was gang-raped in Hathras.

Kappan, who was arrested under charges including UAPA, remained in jail for 27 months. The ED found that Kappan had links with the Popular Front and that the money was accepted to create riots in Hathras.

New Delhi: A new charge sheet by the Enforcement Directorate alleges that Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party used money from the liquor scam to campaign in the Goa assembly elections. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s name is mentioned in the charge sheet. Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader Kavitha, Andhra Pradesh’s ruling YSR Congress MP Maguntha Srinivasalu Reddy, and Aurobindo Pharma’s Sarath Reddy are named in the charge sheet.

According to the ED chargesheet, Aam Aadmi Party communications in-charge Vijay Nair, accused in the Delhi liquor scam case, made a video call between Indospirits chief Sameer Mahendru and Kejriwal from his phone.

ED has issued the supplementary chargesheet against Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy scam case. The money obtained through corruption was used for the election campaign in Goa. Vijay Nair and others collected more than 100 crores. The charge sheet also states that Vijay Nair is the main mastermind of the scam. AAP contested the 2022 Goa assembly elections and won two seats.

Earlier, the ED had filed a charge sheet against businessman Sameer Mahendru and four firms in the liquor scam case. The Delhi government’s Excise Policy 2021-22 was scrapped on July 31 last year following allegations of corruption. There were allegations of corruption and irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the policy.

ED and CBI also found corruption when the Delhi excise policy was revised with the connivance of the liquor lobby. Central agencies have alleged that Liquor License holders have been given undue benefits in connection with the license under the Liquor Policy.

New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that no decision has been taken regarding the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in India. The Minister also stated that the Center has not taken any action in this regard.

The Central Government had asked the 21st Law Commission to examine various issues related to the Uniform Civil Code and submit recommendations. But Rijju said that the term of that law commission ended on August 31, 2018.

Information received from the 21st Law Commission regarding the Uniform Civil Code is likely to be taken up for consideration by the next Law Commission. Therefore, no decision has been taken yet, Kiran Rijiju said.

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that from January 1, 2023, the scheme will be implemented to distribute food grains to all Anthodaya and priority families.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during the budget presentation that the world is watching India. It is the blueprint of development for the next hundred years. Great opportunities are open to the youth. India has achieved 9.6 crore cooking gas connections and 11.7 crore toilets. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the economic growth for the current financial year is estimated to be 7 percent.

Despite the challenges, the economy is on the right track. Our focus on broad reforms has helped us perform better in these difficult times,” the finance minister said. The Minister added that the Union Budget has seven priority topics such as development, youth power, farmer welfare, backward welfare, energy conservation, and job opportunities in the energy sector.

Bengaluru: A toddler was raped and killed in Bengaluru. A three-year-old girl was killed by her mother’s boyfriend on Tuesday evening. The police arrested a 26-year-old man. The police say that the accused was under the influence of ganja when he committed the crime.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening in South Bengaluru’s Kamakshipalya police area. The child’s mother had a relationship with the accused for a year. The woman works in a garment factory. While they were going to work, the accused was taking care of the baby.

But on Tuesday night, he sexually assaulted and killed a toddler under the influence of ganja. The woman came to know about the incident when she reached home after work. The woman informed the police and the police arrived and took the accused into custody.

New Delhi: The Center’s 50-year interest-free loan facility to state governments will continue for another year. The announcement by the Finance Minister is in the Union Budget for the financial year 2023. Loans to the states were announced to accelerate the participation of the states in the overall economic growth and investments of the nation. It is an interest-free loan with a repayment tenure of 50 years.

The Finance Minister has announced tax cuts in the Union Budget. The income tax threshold has been raised from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh. The Finance Minister’s announcement in the budget speech was said to be a relief to the working common man. Those earning up to Rs 7 lakh will no longer have to pay income tax.

Income tax is not exempted. Income tax return processing days have been reduced to 16. Customs duty will be reduced to 15 percent, the cost of television sets will come down, the cost of mobile phones will come down, and the cost of batteries used in electric vehicles will come down. The prices of TV panels and camera lenses will also come down. Efanol, electric chimney, and heat coil will also come down in price. Compressed biogas will cost less.