Union Minister Pralhad Joshi Consumers are asking for mandatory hallmarking of silver jewellery by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), minister for public distribution and consumer affairs Pralhad Joshi said Monday. Speaking at the 78th BIS foundation day, he said the standards making body must deliberate on this call. “Hallmarking of silver jewellery is currently…
Consumers are asking for mandatory hallmarking of silver jewellery by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), union Minister for Public Distribution, and Consumer Affairs, Pralhad Joshi said Monday. Speaking at the 78th BIS foundation day, Joshi said the standards making body must deliberate on this call. “Hallmarking of silver jewellery is currently voluntary. But consumers are…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday assured the Punjab govt that it would procure the entire approved 184 lakh tonne of paddy, equivalent to 124 lakh tonne of rice, this year without any restrictions.Hours after meeting Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, Union food minister Pralhad Joshi, in a social media post, said he had extended…
Pralhad Joshi and Mallikarjun Kharge (R) NEW DELHI: Union minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday responded to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge‘s “terrorist party” remarks about the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Joshi highlighted past terror incidents during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule, accusing Congress of being lenient on terror convicts.Joshi attacked the grand old party for…
BENGALURU/HUBBALLI: The murder of a corporator’s daughter on a college campus in Hubballi sparked a row between Congress and opposition BJP in Karnataka, leading to heated responses from the victim’s father, who is a member of Congress.Neha Hiremath, 23, daughter of Congress Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death on the campus…
