Lucknow: UP agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi on Monday said that the state govt has provided relief assistance to more than nine lakh farmers affected by crop losses due to flood, excessive rainfall and cyclones in the current fiscal.Shahi was speaking at a programme in Gorakhpur. He asserted that the previous govts, which called themselves…
Jaipur: A division bench of Rajasthan High Court Monday urged the state govt to take a final decision on the Advocates Protection Bill within four weeks and warned that if it fails, the chief secretary will have to appear in person and explain the delay.A division bench of Justices Mahendra Kumar Goyal and Bhuvan Goyal…
NEW DELHI: Over 60% of the 33 lakh voters who got SIR notices in Delhi have been verified after the Election Commission eased the verification process late last month.BLOs are now visiting homes to collect documents, instead of requiring people to appear for hearings at govt offices. Also, BLO have been empowered to make corrections…
Photo credit: David Baldacci/ Instagram For many families, a visit to a food bank is about meeting an immediate need: putting meals on the table. Author David Baldacci and his wife, Michelle, wanted to add something that could nourish another part of family life, too. In 2008, their Wish You Well Foundation partnered with Feeding…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday urged domestic steel producers to focus on decarbonisation and boosting domestic production of specialty steel to reduce dependence on imports.Addressing the World Steel Association General Assembly here, the FM mentioned that govt has introduced the PLI scheme for specialty steel, with an approved outlay of Rs 6,300…
‘Baththa,’ starring Vijay Sethupathi, keeps outshining Jason Sanjay’s directorial venture, ‘Sigma,’ at the box office. While the former film enjoys an excellent theatrical performance and good weekend figures, the latter film, featuring Sundeep Kishan, has earned comparatively less. The two films have followed different box office paths since their theatrical releases, with ‘Baththa’ maintaining a…
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New Delhi: Security was tightened across the city and six metro stations were closed in central Delhi Monday ahead of the INDIA bloc’s march to Supreme Court, where leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and other alliance leaders submitted a plea against the SIR and CEC Gyanesh Kumar.Police sources said less than 50 people were detained.The…
Truck drivers form the backbone of India’s logistics supply chain, yet many face income volatility and lack structured retirement benefits. Mumbai: The All India Transporters Welfare Association (AITWA) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to promote financial literacy and strengthen the financial well-being of India’s trucking…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old engineering student died and his friend sustained injuries when a rashly driven mini-goods truck rammed their motorbike on Electronics City flyover early Monday morning.The deceased is Rohit Inamdar and the injured, Harsha. Both hailed from Vijayapura in north Karnataka and lived in a rented room at Vijayanagar, west Bengaluru. They worked part-time…
