Don’t insist on security documents from farmers under Paddy Procurement Scheme: Kerala High Court tells banks

Don’t insist on security documents from farmers under Paddy Procurement Scheme: Kerala High Court tells banks

The Kerala High Court building in Ernakulam (file) | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU The Kerala High Court has observed that the credit rating of farmers who effectively sell their paddy to the government under the Paddy Procurement Scheme (PRS) can never be affected as the court has already held that they cannot not be construed to be … Read more

Provide underground drainage connections to 15,000 households in Bidar city, Minister Khuba tells officials

Provide underground drainage connections to 15,000 households in Bidar city, Minister Khuba tells officials

Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Bhagwant Khuba chairing a District Development Co-ordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting in Bidar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: T. GOPICHAND A District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting, chaired by Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwant Khuba, has directed officials to expedite … Read more

Promote khadi, Prime Minister tells students

Promote khadi, Prime Minister tells students

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during “Khadi Utsav” in August 2022. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged students to promote khadi as a fashion statement in colleges and universities, which could emerge as hubs for the ‘Vocal for Local’ movement. Addressing about 3,000 students from various colleges and universities here … Read more

Delhi excise policy case | Will not summon BRS leader Kavitha till Nov. 20: ED tells Supreme Court

Delhi excise policy case | Will not summon BRS leader Kavitha till Nov. 20: ED tells Supreme Court

BRS leader K. Kavitha. | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate on September 25 told the Supreme Court that the probe agency will not summon Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case till the court hears her plea on November 20. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and … Read more

Involve volunteers in efforts to address deafness among children, Governor tells CIGI doctors

Involve volunteers in efforts to address deafness among children, Governor tells CIGI doctors

Governor R.N. Ravi, second from left, interacting with Neelam Vaid, president, and Mohnish Grover, secretary, Cochlear Implant Group of India, at the inauguration of a national conference in Chennai on Friday. Mohan Kameswaran, organising chairman of the conference, is seen. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Friday advised doctors of … Read more

Stop being mouthpiece of TDP, Roja tells Purandeswari

Stop being mouthpiece of TDP, Roja tells Purandeswari

Minister for Tourism and Youth Affairs R.K. Roja. File photo | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Minister for Tourism and Youth Affairs R.K. Roja on Saturday, July 29, said it was ridiculous on the part of BJP State president D. Purandeswari “to behave like the mouthpiece of TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu.” Addressing the media … Read more

Morning Digest | Revised statement from Modi, Macron drops key points on defence deals; China tells India ‘specific issues’ shouldn’t define ties, and more

Morning Digest | Revised statement from Modi, Macron drops key points on defence deals; China tells India ‘specific issues’ shouldn’t define ties, and more

Narendra Modi gifts a sandalwood sitar model to French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Revised joint statement post Modi-Macron talks drops key points on defence deals India and France have revised the joint statement initially released after bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron, with the new version released on Friday omitting key details on defence deals which … Read more

Desist from imposing new taxes or increasing borrowing, Bommai tells Siddaramaiah

Desist from imposing new taxes or increasing borrowing, Bommai tells Siddaramaiah

BJP Leaders Basavaraj Bommai, Sunil kumar and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah having a meeting at Speakar U. T. Khader’s chamber at Vidhana Soudha. | Photo Credit: The Hindu On the eve of the presentation of the State Budget, BJP leader and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to desist from imposing new taxes, … Read more

Pandemic akin to war, lawyer tells Covid inquiry

Pandemic akin to war, lawyer tells Covid inquiry

The role of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), scientists who met regularly during the pandemic, was to provide independent scientific advice to the UK government, not to decide policy, which was the job of politicians and decision makers, taking into account other factors like economics and education, Mr Hill said. Source link