New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The government has provided special additional packages to farmers over and above Nutrient-Based Subsidy (NBS) to further reduce the price of fertilisers in both the kharif and rabi seasons of 2024, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

The government has ensured the smooth availability of fertilisers at affordable prices despite recent geo-political situations due to the Russia-Ukraine war by providing special packages over and above the NBS subsidy...

Bhubaneswar, Dec 3 (IANS) Noted Bollywood producer and director Ekta Kapoor on Tuesday met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at the latter's chamber in Odisha Legislative Assembly.

Kapoor thanked CM Majhi for making her movie 'The Sabarmati Report', based on the Godhra train burning incident, tax-free in the state.

Following the instructions of CM Majhi, the state government on November 28 declared the movie tax-free in Odisha keeping in view the...

Bhopal, Dec 3 (IANS) Holding banners, pamphlets and photographs in their hands, survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy on Tuesday held a protest march on the 40th anniversary of one the biggest chemical disasters.

During the protest march, a large number of women, men and children, holding placards, took a round of the abandoned factory site while raising the slogan 'Bhopal Ka Insaaf Karo'.

The protesters carrying an effigy of "corporate crime" denounced various regional,...

Jaipur, Dec 3 (IANS) An MBBS student committed suicide by jumping from the hostel roof at BR Ambedkar Medical College in Udaipur on Tuesday.

A police official said that they have taken the body in its custody and kept it in the mortuary of the district hospital.

The deceased student has been identified as Rahul Kumar Garasiya, a second-year MBBS student.

Students informed the police that Rahul was studying till 2:30 in the night in his room. Officials said that he...

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday stated that about 21.69 lakh tuberculosis (TB) cases have been notified between January and October 2024.

TB notification has been a concern in India, but the country has seen improvements in recent years.

“Notified TB cases increased from 18.05 lakh in 2020 to 25.52 lakh in 2023,” said Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

“About...

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) About 533 consumer complaints have been registered under the food and beverages category in the consumer commissions during the last two years, said the government on Tuesday.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, BL Verma, Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, said that Uttar Pradesh registered the highest number of complaints (112), followed by Rajasthan (88), Haryana (57) and Kerala (51).

Assam had three...

Shimla, Dec 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh may witness a normal winter this time.

On Tuesday, at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena to review preparedness for the winter with the heads of various departments and all Deputy Commissioners.

Saxena directed officers to identify vulnerable areas and deploy adequate human resources, machinery and essential supplies in advance by prioritising areas for snow clearance.

As per the...

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Sambhal on Tuesday along with other party MPs from Uttar Pradesh to assess the situation following recent violence that claimed four lives there.

Speaking to IANS, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate hit out at the Uttar Pradesh Police for planning to obstruct Rahul Gandhi’s visit. “It is his constitutional right to go to Sambhal. If the police stop him, it raises...

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) In a big relief to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and BJP National President J.P. Nadda, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed an extortion case registered against the BJP leaders in connection with the now-scrapped poll bonds scheme.

Justice M. Nagaprasanna dismissed the FIR on a petition filed by BJP leader Nalin Kumar Kateel challenging the case in which he was also named as an accused along with Sitharaman and others.

The High Court...

Patna, Dec 3 (IANS) The Bihar government has provided significant relief to the public regarding ongoing land survey issues by extending the survey timeline by six months.

“An additional 180 working days for self-declaration, 60 working days for Raiyat claims, and 60 working days for claim settlement making a total of 300 days of extended duration for the survey process,” said S Siddhartha, the additional chief secretary of the Land Reforms and...

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) In a series of meetings aiming for a successful hosting of the investor summit in Assam in February next year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday met Union Minister and BJP President J. P. Nadda in the national capital.

CM Sarma invited Nadda to attend the investor summit—Advantage Assam 2.0 which is scheduled to happen in Guwahati on February 25 and 26 of the next year.

Taking to X, the Chief Minister wrote,...

Jammu, Dec 3 (IANS) The J&K government on Tuesday approved 20 per cent DA for the employees of J&K State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) employees effective from August 1, 2024.

Officials said that Satish Sharma, Transport Minister today approved the DA hike. The JKSRTC is a body corporate.

The board of directors of the corporation had approved the DA hike in favour of its employees on August 16, 2024.

JKSRTC came into being soon after Independence in 1947. The...

Bhopal, Dec 3 (IANS) In a shocking incident, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) allegedly stabbed his wife and sister-in-law to death in Bhopal on Tuesday, police said.

The accused was identified as Yogesh Maravi, an ASI posted in Mandla district.

The shocking incident came to the fore when the house help came in the morning for work and heard screams from inside the house.

The domestic help started banging door in panic and alerted some neighbours. In the meantime,...

Hyderabad, Dec 3 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader T. Harish Rao on Tuesday lashed out at Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy after police registered a case against him over allegations of illegal phone tapping.

The former minister alleged that he was being implicated in false cases as the Chief Minister was unable to bear the fact that he was pulling him up for injustice at every step, exposing him, and questioning him on behalf of the people.

Harish Rao posted on X...

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3 (IANS) Police on Tuesday recorded the arrest of three caregivers working at a shelter run by the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare (KSCCW), for causing injuries to a two-and-a-half-year-old girl child.

The police have charged the three women – Ajitha, Maheswari and Sindhu under the POCSO Act.

The general secretary of the KSCCW, Arun Gopi told the media that as soon as he came to know about the incident he reported the matter to the local...

Kolkata, Dec 3 (IANS) Considering the current crisis in Bangladesh where the attacks and atrocities on the minority Hindus have become regular, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday called for all Hindus to unite.

“There are regular human rights violations there. The people associated with an organisation like International Society for Krishna Consciousness who are spread across the world should protest strongly over the arrest...

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal are the top three large states leading in the creation of Lakhpati Didis at a time when there are a total of 1,15,00,274 such women entrepreneurs across the country, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

Minister of State for Rural Development Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said in written reply that there are 14,87,631 Lakhpati Didis in Andhra Pradesh, 13,47,649 in Bihar and 11,81,852 in West...