Additionally, Rs 78 crore has been given to farmers as interest on delayed payments after crop purchases. Meanwhile, in Punjab, both the previous Congress government and the current Aam Aadmi Party government have failed to support farmers, as crops are not being purchased at MSP.
The Punjab Government has released Rs 30.35 crore for 5,951 beneficiaries belonging to Scheduled Castes under the Ashirwad Scheme during the current financial year 2024-25.
The District Sessions Court in Kalpetta, Wayanad, granted anticipatory bail on Saturday to IC Balakrishnan, Congress MLA from Sulthan Bathery; ND Appachan, Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC) president; and KK Gopinathan, former DCC treasurer.
Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, VD Satheesan, on Saturday, intensified his criticism of the LDF government for granting permission to the Oasis Group of Companies to establish a distillery unit in Kanjikode, Palakkad.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the MedTech sector is rapidly growing and it is expected to reach USD 30 billion by 2030.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has ordered the constitution of an inter-ministerial team to be led by the Ministry of Home Affairs to visit the affected village in Jammu's Rajouri district in a bid to ascertain the causes of deaths in three incidents during the past six weeks, an official statement said here on Saturday.
Sharpening Tamil Nadu’s opposition to the One Nation One Poll (ONOP) push of the Union Government, Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday charged that it was designed to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the country’s dictator, which is not good even for the BJP.
Attacking the previous BJP government, he accused it of distributing benefits worth Rs. 5,000 crore for electoral gains, opening 900 institutions six months before the elections without staff or budget, and lowering the quality of public services.
Situation turned more critical as the hotel where incident took place was located in Uttarayan fair area.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the 85th All India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC) in Patna on 20th January (Monday), the Lok Sabha Secretariat said here on Saturday.
