Gandhinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) The Gujarat government has announced that it will start purchasing chickpeas and mustard at a Minimum Support Price (MSP) from March 14. To facilitate this process, farmers can register online free of cost at e-Gram centres from February 18 to March 9 through the NAFED e-Samriddhi portal. The state government has … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) The government on Monday asked private insurance companies to increase the free look period for policyholders from one month to one year. M. Nagaraju, Secretary of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), shared this update during a post-Budget press conference in Mumbai. The free look period is the time given to … Read more
Imphal, Feb 17 (IANS) The Meitei community’s apex body, the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), which earlier strongly opposed the promulgation of the President’s Rule in Manipur, on Monday urged the Governor to install a new government to resolve the ethnic crisis at the earliest. A seven-member delegation of the COCOMI on Monday met … Read more
Udaipur, Feb 17 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Water Resources Minister, Suresh Singh Rawat, on Monday, emphasised that water management is a shared responsibility and reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to dam safety, rehabilitation, and the revival of old rivers. He was addressing the State Level Conference on Dam Safety, Rehabilitation, and the Dam Safety Act, 2021, held … Read more
Hubballi (Karnataka), Feb 17 (IANS) Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Pralhad Joshi has said the Centre was offering rice to Karnataka at a minimum price of Rs 22.50 per kilo, which would save the state Rs 2,280 crore annually, but the Congress-led government was unwilling to accept it. Responding to media reports that … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday launched a blistering attack against Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nitesh Rane for his recent statement that funds from the district planning committee or from the state government will be allocated on a priority basis to the villages where workers were largely associated with the ruling MahaYuti. “Where … Read more
Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) Sanjeev Kumar Barnwal, an employee of the electricity department, was killed during a morning walk in Bihar’s West Champaran district on Monday morning. The tragic incident took place near TP Verma College in Narkatiaganj. Sanjeev was accompanied by his wife, Nisha Barnwal, when they were intercepted by four known assailants. The … Read more
Mahakumbh Nagar, Feb 16 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday congratulated uttar pradesh chief Dip at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj. Earlier on the same day, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister thanked Minister Pradhan and called the Maha Kumbh “a grand celebration of the glorious tradition of Sanatan culture and a mirror of … Read more
Guwahati, Feb 16 (IANS) The Assam government has decided to lodge a police case against Pakistani national Ali Sheikh, with whom Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi’s wife Elizabeth Gogoi had a close professional connection, that raised the probability of Pakistan links with the Congress leader. The decision was taken in a Cabinet meeting on Sunday … Read more
