New Delhi: The Centre has accepted Delhi govt’s request to restart wheat procurement in the capital through Food Corporation of India (FCI) after a gap of four years. This is expected to strengthen the local agricultural ecosystem by ensuring that farmers receive the minimum support price for their produce.Procurement will commence from April 24 at…
Mumbai: A court, while hearing the bail application of the father-in-law of former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan and two others in a road rage assault case, pulled up the investigating officer on Tuesday for filing a report supporting grant of bail even before it had issued a notice on the application.Metropolitan…
Bengaluru/Hubballi: Congress has deferred a decision on internal disciplinary issues until the outcome of the Davanagere South bypoll on May 4, even as tension within its minority functionaries continues to simmer. Sources say party brass has opted for a calibrated approach, linking any further action to the electoral verdict. An AICC functionary said the party…
CHENNAI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sparked a row after he referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “terrorist.”Senior BJP leaders reacted sharply to the comment, demanding an unconditional apology from the octogenarian leader. Union minister and BJP’s TN in-charge Piyush Goyal went a step further, demanding that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and chief minister…
Hyderabad: Researchers at the University of Hyderabad have developed a Raman spectroscopy-based method for glucose sensing that works across clinically relevant ranges, opening up possibilities for portable, non-invasive monitoring devices. However, the work is still at an early research stage and not yet ready for clinical use.The study, titled “Linker-mode surface-enhanced Raman sensing of glucose…
Kolkata: Barely a week before polling day in Kolkata, voter slips have started reaching electors’ homes. Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) have started the final round of field visits since SIR amid confusion over mandatory presence electors at home during handover of the slips.The process started on Monday and is expected to be completed within a few…
Gorakhpur: Rohit Kumar Srivastava, HoD of Allied and Healthcare at Mahayogi Gorakhnath University, has been nominated as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State Allied and Healthcare Council.Srivastava has been serving at the university for the past three years and has made significant contributions to the field of allied health sciences.Recently, he was honoured with…
Ahmedabad: With the impact of Western Disturbance weakening across parts of India, temperatures have begun rising again in Gujarat, with Ahmedabad city recording a maximum of 41°C on Tuesday — 0.8 degrees above normal. The city had seen relatively stable temperatures of around 40°C over the past few days. The minimum temperature also remained above…
Shillong: The Meghalaya govt on Tuesday launched the CM-INSPIRE scheme to provide financial assistance to aspirants preparing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations, amid concerns over the state’s poor performance in recent civil services results.CM Conrad K Sangma said the initiative was aimed at reversing a decline in indigenous representation in the Indian…
Jaipur: Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Rajasthan police has initiated an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the issuance of disability certificates at a govt hospital in Beawar, officials said.According to police, a team from the SOG visited the hospital Tuesday as part of the probe. The SOG team scrutinised documents and records linked…
