Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) The next round of talks, the second in this month, with protesting farmers by government representatives led by Union ministers will be held in Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, on Saturday evening over their long-pending demands, including a legal guarantee on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops. … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) After a “positive meeting” last week, the Centre is set to hold a fresh round of talks with the protesting farmers in Chandigarh on Saturday evening, with an intent to discuss several of their demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) on crops. Farmers earlier sought for … Read more
Kohima, Feb 21 (IANS) Officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the top leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) held a meeting in Dimapur on Friday and decided to hold fresh formal talks between the government and the dominant Naga group soon, officials said. A Nagaland government official said that … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) A special court in Kolkata, which had recently convicted and sentenced civic volunteer Sanjay Roy in the R.G. Kar junior woman doctor rape and murder case, on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a fresh progress report on its investigation in the matter on February 24. Since … Read more
Kottayam, Feb 15 (IANS) The further studies of the five arrested third-year nursing students, currently in jail for ragging first-year student at the state-run Nursing College hostel in Kottayam, have been stopped. The Nursing Council made this decision on Saturday and informed the Health Department and the State Government. This means that these five accused … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Additional trouble seems to be brewing for four former top officials of different wings attached to the West Bengal education department. These four former officials have been named as accused in the cash-for-school job case, and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has got additional proof of their direct involvement in the irregularities … Read more
Srinagar, Feb 1 (IANS) The higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) received fresh snowfall on Saturday as the plains were lashed with rain and snow. The higher reaches of Kashmir like Sonamarg, Zojila pass, and Doodhpatri received moderate to heavy snowfall. Doodhpatri got 1 feet of snow and Sonamarg 1.5 feet. Kulgam and Shopian … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) A Special CBI court here on Friday fixed February 5 as the fresh date for Sujay Krishna Bhadra, a prime accused in the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal, to appear in court for giving voice samples to the probe agency. On Friday, the CBI counsel told the court about … Read more
Neemuch, Jan 31 (IANS) In a transformative shift for the residents of Madhya Pradesh’s Manasa, women are extending their heartfelt thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing pure drinking water to their homes through the AMRUT 2.0 scheme. Prime Minister Modi’s vision of providing every household in India with clean drinking water is being … Read more