Farmers’ seminar advocates for balanced fertilizer usage. Alwar: Union minister of state for agriculture and farmers’ welfare Ramnath Thakur urged farmers to reduce excessive use of chemical fertilisers and adopt organic and natural farming practices, warning that indiscriminate use of chemicals was harming both soil health and human health. He was addressing a farmers’ seminar…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has joined criticism of the Centre’s temporary restriction on Telegram ahead of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) re-examination, arguing that the move punishes students rather than those responsible for paper leaks.In a post on X, Rahul described the decision as the Modi government’s “new trick” to stop…
Saltburn Cricket Club suspends player over cheating allegations Saltburn Cricket Club have suspended a player, humorously called “Clicky Ponting”, after he was accused of cheating during a local league match by clicking his fingers to make it sound like the batter had edged the ball. The incident, which happened during Saltburn’s second XI win over…
‘If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you’ Imagine standing in front of a vending machine or browsing an online marketplace, surrounded by thousands of choices created to encourage instant buying. A person purchases a slightly improved phone, feels a short moment of happiness, and soon starts looking forward to…
Chennai: Two people died in different accidents in Tambaram. In the first incident, Muthulakshmi , 65, from Puthu Perungalathur, was fatally run over by a city bus at Perungalathur bus stand. The accident occurred when an MTC bus (118 B) plying from Tambaram towards Maraimalai Nagar lost control and rammed into her. She was trapped…
LUCKNOW: A 16-year-old female student was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hostel in Gomtinagar on Friday morning, triggering a police investigation after her family allegedly attempted to take the body to Haridwar for cremation without informing authorities. Police said a handwritten note carrying the words “I quit” was recovered from the room…
Kolkata: As preparations gather pace for the BJP cabinet’s swearing-in on Saturday, lotus and jhalmuri—the first, the party symbol and the latter turned into a prominent motif during the campaign—witness an unexpected sales rise.Traders and vendors said demand had risen sharply amid victory rallies, celebrations and preparations for swearing-in. While saffron flags, caps and stoles…
Trinamool supporter Jahangir ‘Pushpa’ Khan’s arrest sparked protests in Falta, with around 400 followers blocking roads and marching to the police station FALTA: Around 400 supporters of Trinamool’s Falta candidate Jahangir ‘Pushpa’ Khan, angered by police making him walk in public wearing Bermuda shorts and by an AI-generated image of the strongman being forced to…
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya (file picture) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Saturday that despite the party’s efforts a section of party members is indulging in extortion. The state BJP chief and CM Suvendu Adhikari have both repeatedly cautioned against extortion rackets.“It will be wrong for me to say we have…
Chandigarh: A Chandigarh court has ordered community service for two men who pleaded guilty in a drunken driving case after allegedly misbehaving with a woman traffic marshal and police personnel during a late-night checking drive.The accused, Lovejot Singh (26) and Gaganpreet Singh (27), residents of Samrala in Ludhiana, were stopped at an anti-drunk driving naka…
