NEW DELHI: Staring at a tough sowing season due to forecast of a weak monsoon and pressure on inputs such as fertilisers and diesel, the Centre will on Monday launch a month-long nationwide campaign on balanced and judicious use of inputs such as fertilisers and water, timely advice to farmers in view of weather-related challenges…
NEW DELHI: Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Sunday said he was hopeful of finding a place in the next Karnataka cabinet, claiming that the party high command had assured him of a ministerial berth.The son of outgoing chief minister Siddaramaiah, however, said no final decision had been taken and that he remained an aspirant for…
SRINAGAR: Liquor will now be available in Ladakh, where only beer, wine and ready-to-drink beverages were permitted so far for retail sale through vends, except in Leh where there was no partial prohibition.Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved the new excise policy for the UT which “aims at curbing the growing dependence on narcotics…
SRINAGAR: An intruder from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was caught crossing the LoC in north Kashmir’s Uri sector, the Army said Sunday as unconfirmed reports and a social media video suggested the sneak-in was driven by a love affair with a local woman.Sources said the man was identified as Zeeshan Ahmad Mir, 22, a resident of…
NEW DELHI: The push for electrification of its network has reduced Indian Railways’ diesel consumption by 185 crore litres annually, equivalent to around four days of India’s total diesel demand. With electrification of railways’ broad-gauge network touching 99.6%, the quantum of diesel use has fallen to around 37% of what it was in 2016-17, officials…
NEW DELHI: Satyabrata Kumar, former Enforcement Directorate (ED) special director and lead investigator in several high-profile money laundering cases, including those against Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and the Mahadev online betting app, has taken voluntary retirement from service (VRS).A 2004-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the Customs and Indirect Taxes cadre, Kumar was posted…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor R N Ravi on Sunday took a swipe at Trinamool Congress and said that questions are often raised about the credibility of democratic and constitutional institutions when outcomes do not go in someone’s favour.Addressing a programme in north Bengal, Ravi said it was common to see institutions being questioned after…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister-designate DK Shivakumar will hold a meeting with the Congress high command on Monday to discuss cabinet berths ahead of the oath-taking ceremony, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.This comes after DKS’s predecessor Siddaramaiah reportedly handed over a list of his loyalists for cabinet berths after deciding to step down.According to…
Ghaziabad teen murder accused Asad killed in police encounter during arrest operation, constable injured. TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee alleges BJP supporters attacked him in Hooghly near Chanditala police station. Congress begins search for new KPCC chief as Shivakumar prepares to take oath as Karnataka CM on June 3. India and US resume talks in Delhi…
None of us are strangers to the fact that nicotine is bad. In India you cannot even go to the movies without a tobacco awareness ad playing. Your cigarette boxes and tobacco sachets have the most horrifying graphics meant to dissuade you from buying them. But you still do.The cycle of addiction has never been…
