Govt mulls hike in sugar MSP, ethanol prices

Govt mulls hike in sugar MSP, ethanol prices

The government is considering increasing ethanol prices, raising minimum selling price (MSP) of sugar, and reviewing sugar exports for the 2024-25 season, Food Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday. “The petroleum ministry is seized of the matter. We are in touch with petroleum ministry. It is well under consideration to hike the ethanol price,” Joshi […]

SC : No more adjournments in Godhra case

SC : No more adjournments in Godhra case

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on January 15 the appeals filed by the Gujarat Government and several other convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. A Bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Rajesh Bindal made it clear that no adjournment would be given in the matter on the next date […]

NIA conducts searches at 7 locations in J&K

NIA conducts searches at 7 locations in J&K

NIA conducts searches at 7 locations in J&K Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting searches at seven locations across Jammu and Kashmir in connection in connection with the Reasi bus attack case, sources said. Official sources said that the searches are underway in Reasi and Rajouri areas with police, and paramilitary CRPF also […]

Bangladesh ex-skipper Shakib announces international retirement

Bangladesh ex-skipper Shakib announces international retirement

Bangladesh ex-captain Shakib Al Hasan, facing prosecution at home for his relationship with the country’s former leader, said on Thursday he would retire from international cricket by March next year. Shakib is facing murder charges at home, along with dozens of other members of ex-premier Sheikh Hasina’s party accused of culpability in a deadly police […]

US-backed plan for Lebanon ceasefire rejected by Israel

US-backed plan for Lebanon ceasefire rejected by Israel

• Several allies urge immediate 21-day truce • Netanyahu says military will keep hitting Hezbollah with ‘full force’ • Strike kills air force unit head of Lebanon-based group; death toll soars past 600 BEIRUT: Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally the US and pressing […]

Polling process

Polling process

District Election Officer (DEO) Kathua, chaired a key meeting with Sector Officers and Sector Police Officers in the Office of the Returning Officer for the 63-Bani Assembly Constituency to review the preparedness for the upcoming election. During the meeting, it was decided that polling parties assigned to 94 polling stations within the 63-Bani AC – […]

Terrorism won’t be allowed to stage comeback, it has been buried: Amit Shah in Udhampur rally

Terrorism won’t be allowed to stage comeback, it has been buried: Amit Shah in Udhampur rally

CHENANI (J-K): Terrorism has been buried and won’t be allowed to stage a comeback, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday while addressing a rally here.   Promising a terror-free region under the BJP regime, Shah alleged that the National Conference-Congress alliance would impose Pakistan’s agenda if it comes to power.   Shah, who […]

Could have contested on 50 seats had Centre lifted ban: Jamaat Leaders

Could have contested on 50 seats had Centre lifted ban: Jamaat Leaders

Srinagar: As the third phase of assembly election is approaching, Jamaat e Islami former leaders on Thursday said that the organization would have contested on around 50 seats had the government lifted ban on it.   In a joint meeting held in a Baramulla, said that despite years of participation in democratic processes, including acknowledgment […]

Votes from home

Votes from home

  Recently District Administration Baramulla, led by District Election Officer (DEO) Minga Sherpa, has started home voting allowing registered voters aged 85 and above, as well as Persons with Disabilities (PwD), to cast their votes from home. The initiative that shall continue till September 26th, aims to ensure that every eligible voter, regardless of physical […]