111 Identified As ‘Most Vulnerable’ Due To Low Irrigation Footprint New Delhi: Amid a deficit of nearly 43% in monsoon rainfall this month, the Centre reviewed the situation Tuesday and set up an El Nino Monitoring Cell and a Crop Weather Watch Group for real-time tracking of preparedness, contingency measures and ongoing sowing operations in…
TMC MP accuses BJP of ‘imposing vegetarianism’. Photo credit: ANI, X Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien on Wednesday criticised the BJP over reports suggesting eggs could be removed from mid-day meals in West Bengal schools, alleging that such a move would deprive children of nutrition and amount to “imposing vegetarianism”.The controversy erupted after…
DMK slams Vijay govt over arrest attempt of Gen Z leader NEW DELHI: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi on Wednesday strongly condemned the Vijay-led government’s “attempt to arrest its Gen Z wing coordinator, Anbananthan Ariyappan, during a late-night operation at his residence.“The actions of the police under the TVK government, who allegedly entered…
Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York (File photo) NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday strongly objected to Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at a United Nations forum, accusing Islamabad of politicising the platform.The remarks were made by India’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, in…
NEW DELHI: Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah Tuesday directed Nafed and National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation to procure “every single grain” of pulses and oilseeds directly from farmers “with complete transparency, eliminating the entire network of middlemen,” and ensure that income reaches farmers’ bank accounts within 48 hours.“This will ensure fair and remunerative prices…
New Delhi: Eight months after his arrest on the charge of conspiracy in the case related to the unnatural death of Assam’s iconic singer, Zubeen Garg, in Singapore, accused Shyamkanu Mahanta’s plea seeking bail was entertained Tuesday by Supreme Court, which sought the state govt’s response, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.Mahanta, in his petition, gave a detailed…
New Delhi: Noting that they are a flight risk, the Delhi HC has stayed a trial court order that allowed two Chinese nationals to visit their country.Both are facing prosecution in an alleged Rs 20,000 crore money laundering case linked with Vivo Mobile and were named by the ED in its chargesheet.The agency challenged the…
New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a Delhi HC order releasing Rashid Khan, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the March 1993 blast in Kolkata that killed 69 and injured more than 100 people just four days after underworld-triggered serial bomb blasts in Mumbai killed 257 and injured over 700 as retaliation for the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi girl Devina Gahlot, 17, from DPS Vasant Kunj, with 100 percentile in three (economics, political science and psychology) of her five subjects and an aggregate of 1232.19, is this year’s CUET-UG topper. The second topper, Saksham Goel, with an aggregate of 1230.82, too is from Delhi, while Udit Chaturvedi (1207.21), ranked third,…
Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Tuesday that land-related accusations against Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav were part of a BJP plot to discredit and replace 3 of its CMs, including in Rajasthan and UP, even as Congress attacked the MP CM.The allegation followed a report by…
