Minor mineral industries facing unprecedented crisis with heavy tax burden, stringent license norms

March 30, 2024 06:45 pm | Updated 06:45 pm IST - SRIKAKULAM Mining activity has been badly affected, both in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts, apart from other parts of the State with the unprecedented tax burden, stringent norms for sanctioning of licenses, involvement of third parties in the collection of …...Read More

BJP wins 10 of 60 Assembly seats uncontested - The Hindu

March 30, 2024 06:45 pm | Updated 06:50 pm IST The BJP on March 30 won 10 of 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh uncontested. Among the winners was Chief Minister Pema Khandu. The Bharatiya Janata Party candidates were the sole candidates in their respective constituencies after March 27, the …...Read More

Union government trying to make Congress bankrupt: K.C. Venugopal

March 30, 2024 06:39 pm | Updated 06:39 pm IST - ALAPPUZHA Reacting sharply to the Income Tax department serving a fresh notice to the Congress party asking it to pay ₹1,823.08 crore, All India Congress Committee general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal has accused the BJP-led Union government of “stifling …...Read More

Praveen Kumar clears the air again, says he has no plans to jump ship

March 30, 2024 06:38 pm | Updated 06:38 pm IST - HYDERABAD Former IPS officer and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidate for Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha seat R. S. Praveen Kumar has reiterated that he is not one among the flock of sheep that will migrate to the Congress or Bharatiya …...Read More

Chocolate prices could soar as changing climate patterns worsen cocoa crisis

This Easter, chocolate lovers will no doubt have noticed they had to pay more for their eggs. Now, the cost of chocolate could soar after changing climate patterns hit cocoa supplies in west Africa. Seasonal dusty winds from the Sahara have been severe in recent months, blocking out the sunlight …...Read More

Arvind Kejriwal’s wife inspired by Rabri Devi: BJP leader

March 30, 2024 08:35 am | Updated 10:49 am IST - Patna Jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seems to have drawn inspiration from INDIA bloc ally Lalu Prasad who gave reins of power to his wife upon coming under the dragnet, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged on …...Read More

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 30, 2024

March 30, 2024 07:54 am | Updated 07:54 am IST Indian Navy ships free hijacked Iranian fishing vessel off Somalia, rescue 23 Pakistani nationals Indian Naval Ships Sumedha and Trishul intercepted and freed hijacked Iranian Fishing Vessel Al-Kambar off Somalia after forcing the pirates to surrender over the course of …...Read More

Ambedkar points fingers at Sanjay Raut for breakdown in parleys between MVA and VBA for LS elections

March 30, 2024 07:43 am | Updated 01:10 pm IST - Pune After announcing that his Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) would have no truck with the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the Lok Sabha elections, VBA chief Prakash Ambedkar on March 29 singled out Sanjay Raut, spokesperson of the …...Read More

BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case: CBI court convicts seven persons

March 30, 2024 07:42 am | Updated 12:13 pm IST - New Delhi A special CBI court in Lucknow on Friday convicted seven people in the killing of former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Raju Pal in 2005, a case in which murdered gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad was also an accused, …...Read More

BJP announces candidate for Assembly byelection in Rajasthan’s Bagidora

March 30, 2024 07:31 am | Updated 07:31 am IST - JAIPUR The Bharatiya Janata Party on March 29 announced Subhash Tamboliya, who switched over from the Congress recently, as its candidate for the Assembly byelection at Bagidora in Banswara district of Rajasthan. The Assembly seat fell vacant following the …...Read More