Paddy nursery is key to cultivation Pune: Continuous rainfall over the past two days has revived paddy nurseries across Pune district, bringing relief to farmers who had been struggling due to delayed monsoon showers and rising temperatures.Farmers in Bhor, Rajgad, Maval, Mulshi, Khed, Junnar and Ambegaon had prepared dry-land paddy nurseries earlier this month, but…
Kolkata: After a gap of five years, CPM and Congress will re-enter the assembly, with BJP taking the treasury benches and Trinamool in opposition.CPM, with a vote share of 4.45%, won Murshidabad’s Domkal. Congress, with a 3% vote share, won two seats — Farakka and Raninagar, both in Murshidabad. In 2026, CPM and Congress contested…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Video grab) Diplomacy took a footballing turn as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre exchanged light-hearted barbs ahead of their countries’ FIFA World Cup quarterfinal clash, with the two leaders posing in their national team jerseys during…
Bengaluru: Central Crime Branch’s special investigation wing raided an illegal horse race betting racket being run from a house in Jyotinagar, west Bengaluru, and arrested a 65-year-old bookie who was accepting bets from punters through cash and online transactions.The accused, P Sheshadri, was operating the racket from a room on the third floor of a…
Both nations conclude ministerial-level talks on interim trade pact ahead of July tariff deadline India and the United States on Wednesday concluded a two-day round of ministerial-level negotiations on the proposed first phase of their Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), with both sides reviewing progress and discussing ways to finalise an interim pact before a key…
Floodwaters had not entered residential areas Kalyan: Ulhas river breached the danger marks at three locations in Thane district, while Kalu river crossed its warning level of 102m in Kalyan on Monday following incessant rain. With Ulhas river swollen, authorities evacuated 45 elderly persons from an old-age home and over 200 people from chawls and…
New Delhi: Monetary gain was the motive behind the triple murder inside a car in west Delhi’s Peeragarhi, mentions the chargesheet filed by Delhi Police in the Rohini court against self-proclaimed occultist Kamruddin on Wednesday.The 500-plus-page document cites 47 witnesses, including those duped by him, and charges Kamruddin with murder. CCTV footage showing Kamruddin with…
Hyderabad: Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Friday said his govt is awaiting the technical survey report from IIT Roorkee on the impact of the Sammakka Sarakka project, being taken up by the Telangana govt, on Chhattisgarh.Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of the Chhattisgarh Investor Connect meet, Vishnu Deo Sai said, “We are…
Kuki students’ organisation stage a protest at Jantar Mantar, marking three years of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Manipur New Delhi: In the last week of April 2023, Nenghoikim thought she was simply heading home to Churachandpur after work in Imphal. The schoolteacher remembers the roads feeling tense and unfamiliar. A drive that usually…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt, which is expected to announce a new shipbuilding and repair policy after the local body elections this month, has proposed two new shipbuilding clusters in Chhachhi, Kutch, and Kuchhadi, Porbandar district. The state has set a target of enhancing its shipbuilding capacity to 3 million GT (gross tonnage) by 2047.While the…
