NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released 109 high-yielding, climate-resilient and biofortified varieties of 61 crops, including 34 field crops and 27 horticultural crops, and suggested that the ‘Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ (KVKs) – agri extension centres – should proactively inform farmers about the benefits of the new varieties as it will help them…
NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule reported that her phone and WhatsApp were hacked, but after seeking assistance from Pune Rural Police and WhatsApp Support, service was restored. The sitting MP from Baramati, Maharashtra and daughter of NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar thanked the authorities for their prompt help.Earlier today, Sule informed…
NEW DELHI: The semi-nude body of a second-year post-graduate female trainee doctor was found on August 9 (Friday) at R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata. Her body was recovered on Friday morning at 7:30 from a seminal hall of the hospital’s emergency building. “Her body was found in the seminar hall at the emergency…
NEW DELHI: Security forces have intensified their operation to eliminate terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district as one of the injured civilian succumbed to his injuries on Sunday taking the toll to 3. The ongoing encounter in the Ahlan Gagarmandu forest area has resulted in the deaths of two soldiers on Saturday as it…
NEW DELHI: Medical professionals at a government hospital in West Bengal‘s Purba Bardhaman district protested against a patient who allegedly threatened a female doctor on Saturday with consequences similar to those faced by a trainee medic in a Kolkata hospital if his treatment was delayed. The patient, who was reportedly intoxicated, entered the emergency ward…
NEW DELHI: The political clash between Congress and the BJP intensified on Sunday after US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research levelled allegations against Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch. The Congress party demanded immediate government action to address potential conflicts of interest in the regulator’s investigation of the Adani Group and called for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to…
NEW DELHI: A day after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the ‘creamy layer’ judgement of the Supreme Court, Akhilesh Yadav targeted BJP saying that it has always been “against reservation“.Without directly quoting the apex court’s decision that allowed the states to have sub-groups within 15% scheduled caste quota, the Samajwadi Party chief said in a…
An eyewitness to the incident, where a 13-year-old boy lost his life at a Delhi cricket ground due to electrocution, stated that the child remained stuck to the pole for around 15 minutes.Keshav, the witness, recounted, “Yesterday I heard some children shouting in the ground after which I came running. By the time I reached,…
A two-seater plane, Cessna 152, from a private aviation academy crashed at an airstrip in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district on Sunday afternoon, injuring both pilots on board, according to police.The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 pm. The plane is believed to have crashed due to a potential engine failure after being in the air for…
NEW DELHI: K Natwar Singh, the former Congress leader known for his varied roles in diplomacy, politics, and literature, passed away on Saturday night at the age of 93. Singh had been battling a prolonged illness and was receiving treatment at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, near Delhi. Diplomatic stalwartBorn in 1931 in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, Singh’s…
