NEW DELHI: The cabinet on Wednesday approved a 3% increase in the procurement price of ethanol made from C-heavy molasses (CHM) to Rs 57.9 per litre for the 2024-25 supply year (Nov to Oct), while keeping rates unchanged for ethanol produced from B-heavy molasses, sugarcane juice, sugar, sugar syrup and other feedstock.CHM is the last…
NEW DELHI: Though admitting that Punjab and Haryana HC committed an “egregious error” by reversing the acquittal order of three persons by invoking its revisional jurisdiction, not allowed as per law, and that too without granting them a hearing, SC on Wednesday blamed Haryana govt for the mistake and said the public prosecutor should have…
NEW DELHI: Health minister J P Nadda has said the US announcing its exit from the WHO will not impact the ongoing programmes being implemented in India in partnership with the UN agency.“Our projects and programmes will continue. As far as health is concerned, we are not dependent on anybody,” Nadda said at a press…
NEW DELHI: Government is likely to table 62 bills for introduction and passage in the coming budget session of Parliament. These proposed legislations include Immigration and Foreigners Bill, Official Secrets Bill, PMLA Amendment Bill, Parliament (Prevention and Disqualification) Bill, Banking and Insurance Amendment Bills, Registration of Marriage of NRIs Bill and Higher Education Commission Bill.As…
NEW DELHI: From fighter jets and armoured combat vehicles to aero-engines and missiles, Trump administration is set to push India to further crank up military purchase from US, which already stands at well over $25 billion just since 2007.President Donald Trump’s transactional approach was clearly evident in his phone conversation with PM Narendra Modi on…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC on Wednesday granted bail to six accused for the murder of CPI leader Govind Pansare in 2015, including one convicted in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case. Justice Anil Kilor, passing six separate orders on individual pleas, cited incarceration of 5-6 years and the fact that there is “no end of the trial…
KOLKATA/HARINGHATA: An assistant professor of applied psychology at Bengal’s Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology has been sent on leave and ordered to face an inquiry over a set of viral videos showing her decked out as a bride and exchanging garlands with a first-year student during a purported “wedding psychodrama” inside a classroom.Payal…
JAMMU: While no new cases of the mystery illness — that has claimed 17 lives in Badhaal village in J&K’s Rajouri district since Dec 2024 — have been reported since Jan 24, the district administration is continuing with “intensive preventive care” for residents, with 87 Badhaal families comprising 364 members kept in isolation after being…
NEW DELHI: In a major boost for the indigenous Pinaka multi-launch artillery rocket systems, the PM-led cabinet committee on security on Wednesday cleared two major deals worth around Rs 10,200 crore for its lethal ammunition.The two deals are for high-explosive pre-fragmented rocket ammunition at a cost of about Rs 5,700 crore and area denial munitions…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday raided 25 locations across Rajouri district in connection with a terror-related case and seized incriminating material including documents. Further investigation was underway, officials said.The case pertains to a terrorist network active in Rajouri. In connivance with proscribed terror outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba, the nexus has been working to…
