Jeremy Hunt is to extend a key government lending programme for another two years following pleas from Britain's army of small businesses. Sky News has learnt that the chancellor will announce in his budget on Wednesday that the recovery loan scheme, which was reintroduced in the summer of 2022, is …...Read More
Chancellor to unveil two-year extension to recovery loan scheme
Slogan case: BJP seeks comprehensive probe and making FSL report public
March 04, 2024 10:34 pm | Updated 10:34 pm IST - BENGALURU The BJP on Monday petitioned the Inspector General of Police (DG & IGP) to make public the FSL report on the videos related to alleged raising of “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans in Vidhana Soudha during the Rajya Sabha victory …...Read More
Target Town: The key constituency on the route to power
Britain's electoral map could look dramatically different after voters go to the polls this year. Labour is on course for a majority but in parts of the North of England and the Midlands, the battle is by no means straightforward. Galloway met with silence in Commons - politics latest Here, …...Read More
IIHR’s three-day national horticultural fair set to begin from March 5
March 04, 2024 10:29 pm | Updated 10:30 pm IST - BENGALURU The Garden City is set to showcase premier technologies in the horticulture sector as the three-day national horticultural fair-2024 of the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) on the theme “Nextgen technology led horticulture for sustainable development” will …...Read More
Ayr: Man, 70, appears in court after woman found dead in house
A 70-year-old man has appeared in court charged with assault to severe injury and assaulting police after a woman was found dead at a house in South Ayrshire. Police Scotland said officers were called to a report of a disturbance at a property in Whitletts Road, Ayr, at around 4.45pm …...Read More
Low-intensity earthquake recorded in Bidar
March 04, 2024 10:24 pm | Updated 10:24 pm IST - KALABURAGI A tremor of a magnitude of 2.2 on the Richter Scale was recorded by the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) Network in Bidar district at 7.40 p.m. on Monday. KSNDMC officials, however, made it clear that …...Read More
State govt. will provide work worth ₹4,000 crore to benefit small contractors, promises CM
March 04, 2024 10:21 pm | Updated 10:22 pm IST - Bengaluru Promising to clear the pending dues of contractors, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that the State government has decided to provide work worth ₹4,000 crore without “package” (large contracts), in an effort to benefit smaller contractors in …...Read More
1,244 students graduate from University of Agricultural Sciences in 58th convocation
March 04, 2024 10:21 pm | Updated 10:21 pm IST - Bengaluru “In recent days, along with increasing agricultural yield, the State government is also encouraging the development of post-harvest technologies. There is a chance to double the income of farmers if we provide them tools they need at affordable …...Read More
‘My country is my family’, dynasts incapable of thinking beyond own families, says Modi
March 04, 2024 10:20 pm | Updated 10:21 pm IST - CHENNAI Hitting out at the Opposition alliance after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad mocked him as a person who did not have a family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 4 said the country’s “140 crore people” …...Read More
The Voters Panel: Why is Jeremy Hunt preparing to cut taxes and rein in public spending?
Why is Jeremy Hunt preparing to cut taxes and rein in public spending growth when polls suggest the public - by a clear margin - think this is the wrong way round? Sky News' Voters Panel, an online community of 2019 Conservative voters, holds the answer. Politics Live: Hunt drops …...Read More
