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NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised the necessity of making Indian ag-riculture export-oriented and asked farmers to leverage the country’s diverse climate to increase productivity and strengthen export of farm produce.“We have a diverse climate, and we must take full advantage of it. We are very rich in terms of agro-climatic zones… If…
NEW DELHI: Highway users who fail to pay toll charges on NHs due to a faulty or blacklisted FASTag, insufficient balance or absence of a tag, will get three days to make the payment after receiving an e-notice. If payment is not made within this period, double the toll amount will be charged and all…
NEW DELHI: With West Asia-bound cargo ships stranded in India due to conflict in the region, shipping ministry on Friday directed all 12 major ports to consider requests for reduction, waiver or remission of charges, including for storage rent, reefer plugging and change of vessel.The ministry said ports may permit storage of cargo destined for…
CHENNAI: The principle of equal pay for equal work applies only when employees work in the same institution under identical service conditions, Madras high court has said.“There cannot be any comparison in respect of employees working in public sector undertakings as well as govt departments. Since service rules are different and distinct, the question of…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah presents the budget in Bengaluru on Friday BENGALURU: Beer and wine could get cheaper as Karnataka rolls out a new alcohol-in-beverage (AIB)-based excise duty system from April, becoming the first state in the country to link liquor taxation directly to alcohol content. The new framework will fully deregulate govt price fixation and…
Mamata with nephew Abhishek at the protest site in Kolkata on Friday KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee began her sit-in Friday, alleging a “BJP-EC conspiracy to disenfranchise Bengali voters” through SIR of the electoral roll, and said the upcoming assembly polls would be a farce if genuine voters are not allowed to vote.To back her…
NEW DELHI: Citing the temporary “permission” given by the US to Indian refiners to buy oil from Russia, Congress on Friday alleged PM Modi was being “blackmailed” by America. The party said India’s strategic autonomy and sovereignty were under serious threat and Modi govt had reduced India to an almost “vassal state”.Congress MP Rahul Gandhi…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court has freed a Bangladeshi national who spent 21 years in jail for a murder after it was established that he was a minor at the time of committing the crime. Another murder convict from Bengal’s Birbhum district, who was incarcerated for 14 years in a separate case, was also released…
NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on a transnational narcotics syndicate, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dismantled a sophisticated drug trafficking network stretching from Nepal to Sri Lanka via India. The multi-state operation, executed by the NCB’s Chennai and Hyderabad Zonal Units, resulted in the seizure of 77.60 kg of Hashish Oil and 2…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday reiterated that there would be no shortage of funds for development works in Delhi, also asserting that laxity will not be tolerated.Gupta chaired a review meeting on road and drainage works approved earlier and directed the departments concerned to complete tendering processes by March end to ensure…
