March 03, 2024 01:30 pm | Updated 01:30 pm IST - Medinipur (West Bengal) Tearing into Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal over allegations of "sexual abuse" and "land grab" in the Sandeshkhali area of North 24 Parganas district, BJP MP Dilip Ghosh alleged that "goons and rapists are present …...Read More
‘Protected a criminal, rapist’, says BJP MP Dilip Ghosh slams TMC over Sandeshkhali
Registration for copra procurement to begin tomorrow
March 03, 2024 01:17 pm | Updated 01:17 pm IST - Shivamogga The registration of farmers for the procurement of ball copra at the support price of ₹12,000 per quintal will begin on Monday, March 4, 2024. The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and Karnataka State Cooperative Marketing Federation …...Read More
Passengers 'punished' as rail fares hiked by nearly 5%
Cash-strapped train travellers are being priced off the railways, campaigners have warned as fares in England and Wales are hiked by nearly 5% despite high levels of cancellations. Critics argue passengers are being "punished" and will be angry at Sunday's rises given the "shocking state" of the network, against a …...Read More
LVPEI and AIOS host incubator start-up challenge
March 03, 2024 01:13 pm | Updated 01:13 pm IST - HYDERABAD The ‘2nd Incubator Start-up Challenge,’ a collaboration between the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) and the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) concluded on Saturday. Hosted by LVPEI’s BioNEST under the BIRAC programme, the event featured a boot camp …...Read More
Pakistan condemns India’s ‘high handedness’ in seizure of ‘commercial goods’
March 03, 2024 01:11 pm | Updated 01:59 pm IST - NEW DELHI Responding to the seizure of dual-use items bound from China to Pakistan by Indian authorities at Mumbai port in January, Pakistan condemned India’s “high handedness” in seizure of “commercial goods” and this “disruption of free trade underscores …...Read More
Kolkata Metro’s Howrah Maidan-Esplanade, two other sections to be inaugurated by PM Modi next week
March 03, 2024 01:04 pm | Updated 01:04 pm IST - Kolkata Prime Minister Narendra Modi will next week inaugurate the much-awaited Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of the Kolkata Metro, a government release said on March 3. The PM will also inaugurate the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and the Taratala-Majerhat metro sections, …...Read More
Analysis | ‘Return of the Native’ for Kripashankar Singh, BJP candidate from Jaunpur
March 03, 2024 12:44 pm | Updated 12:47 pm IST - NEW DELHI The list of 195 names announced by the BJP in its first list of candidates was not one that created shock waves in its unexpectedness, but one name did create a frisson of interest, tickling the memory …...Read More
Cuttack’s silver filigree gets GI tag
March 03, 2024 12:41 pm | Updated 12:44 pm IST - Bhubaneswar Cuttack’s famous ‘Chandi Tarakasi’ or silver filigree has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag, officials said. The Odisha State Cooperative Handicrafts Corporation Ltd. (UTKALIKA) had filed an application, seeking GI tag for the famed silver filigree, on …...Read More
Residents’ associations shall support the police in curbing undesirable social tendencies, says CM
March 03, 2024 12:40 pm | Updated 12:41 pm IST - KOCHI Residents’ associations have a significant role to play in curbing undesirable tendencies in the society including drug menace, crimes and atrocities against women, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Speaking at the State-level meeting of the representatives of the …...Read More
Rahul Gandhi's yatra to pause for a day in M.P. due to opposition's rally in Patna
March 03, 2024 12:26 pm | Updated 12:42 pm IST - Gwalior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on March 3 spoke to Agniveers and ex-servicemen in Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh on the 50th day of his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', a party functionary said. The yatra will take a pause …...Read More
