Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay is set to formally launch a major welfare initiative under which eligible newborn children delivered at government hospitals across the state will receive a one-gram gold ring. The scheme, known as the Thaaimaaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam, has been allocated an annual budget of ₹755.83 crore and is scheduled...
At least 57,000 beneficiaries are set to be removed from the list of recipients under the housing scheme in West Bengal after their names were deleted from the state’s electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted in 2025, state Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Dilip Ghosh said on Thursday. The state government’s...