Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday demanded that TVK govt provide compensation to farmers whose paddy crops were damaged by rain in delta districts. “Around 2,000 acres of kuruvai paddy crops, ready for harvest, in Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and other delta districts were inundated by heavy rain over the past two days. Govt…
Sita Mullick with her grandson Kolkata: A 60-year-old Free School Street pavement dweller on Saturday unknowingly triggered a political row when asked to move off the pavement by state urban development minister Agnimitra Paul during an anti-encroachment drive, to which she replied she was boiling milk for her grandson.Videos widely circulated on social media showed…
A pregnant woman accused four individuals of repeated rape and forced religious conversion (Representative image) PALANPUR: A 30-year-old pregnant woman has accused three brothers and their uncle of repeatedly raping and assaulting her, blackmailing her with a private video and forcing her to convert to their religion in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, police said on Sunday.Based…
Gurpreet Kaur, wife of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, along with the Punjab State Women commission Chairperson Raj Lali Gill, participates in Teej celebrations in Patiala on Sunday Patiala: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s wife Dr Gurpreet Kaur Mann on Sunday broke her silence on the Rs 5 crore bribery allegation against her, calling it “baseless, fabricated…
Soybean plants grow in a field in Pune district Pune: Maharashtra may be one of India’s biggest soybean-producing states, but its seed-quality assurance system is facing a basic capacity question: can just six govt seed-testing laboratories adequately support a crop spread across over 45 lakh hectares of land?Poor soybean seed germination is forcing farmers in…
Vehicles coming from Meghalaya stranded at the interstate border Guwahati: Assam border protection and development minister Atul Bora on Sunday said it could take a couple more days to restore normal vehicle movement between Assam and Meghalaya. Several Assam-registered vehicles were still being stopped while attempting to enter Shillong, despite what Bora described as “positive…
Jaipur: A routine journey for around 30 passengers on a JCTSL low-floor bus turned into a frightening experience Sunday after the vehicle caught fire near Ramkutia. The bus was going from Kalwar Road towards Chandpole when the engine caught fire.Panic spread among passengers as they quickly got off the bus with no injuries reported. However,…
While Ladakh is endowed with abundant glacier and snowmelt resources, vast stretches of its cultivable land have historically faced acute irrigation shortages. NEW DELHI: The Ladakh administration on Sunday submitted a proposal to the Union ministry of Jal Shakti for the construction of 36 check dams to strengthen water availability and expand irrigation potential in…
Alaska eradicated rats from a 6,869-acre Aleutian island More than two centuries after a shipwreck brought non-native rats to a remote Alaskan island, removing the invasive rodents has led to a rapid recovery of wildlife across the 6,869-acre island in the Aleutian archipelago. According to monitoring reports and press releases from the United States Fish…
‘Beanie hair ko balding bol diya’: Arhaan Khan turns social media trolling over hair loss speculation into a joke by saying, ‘koi nahi, enjoy my Bali photos’ Arhaan Khan has found a rather easygoing way to respond to social media users who turned their attention to his hair. Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan’s son was…
