Every time a new party comes to power, closing liquor shops becomes one of its standard promises. But shops are eventually opened in other locations. Is the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government’s decision to shut 717 liquor shops near educational institutions and places of worship going to be any different, people wonder
The highest number of shops were closed in the Madurai region with 290, followed by the Coimbatore region with 179
Minister says a 100-day programme will be announced on June 5 to address multiple issues including human-wildlife conflict
The cabinet also approved the framing of “Bihar Ryot Land Purchase Policy 2026”, as per which land can be acquired based on mutual talks/coordination/consent from the ryots for various projects of both the central and state governments.
For the first time in a decade, a Hong Kong government task force did not conduct any publicity campaign covering gender identity and sexual orientation in the latest financial year, triggering concerns that authorities are taking a lukewarm attitude towards the local LGBTQ community. Figures from the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit (GISOU), which falls under the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, also showed that it only received seven complaints from 2015 to 2025, a figure...