Farmers in Odisha will now reap the benefits of crop insurance coverage free of cost for up to five acres under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the Kharif 2026 season, with beneficiaries required to pay only Re 1 per plot towards account validation.
The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
As the decisive 'Gangstran Te Vaar' campaign entered its 169th day on Wednesday, the Punjab Police conducted 705 raids at identified and mapped locations linked to gangster associates across the state.
Indra Dev Singh was shot dead on August 8, 2002, in Lucknow's Kaiserbagh area while returning home from court.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds promise of a manifold increase in India's Agriculture Economy which, according to one estimate , could add around Rs 70,000 crore to the existing annual agricultural economy.
In his latest articles – one in Project Syndicate and another in Malayalam daily Deepika — Tharoor described the 1975-77 Emergency as a “dark period” and cited “unspeakable atrocities” committed during that time.
Speaking on the Prime Minister's recent tour, the party's national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi while addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here said, "Strategically, economically and culturally, PM Modi's visit has established India's role at the international level."
This achievement is attributed to the active participation of Bihar electors and the tireless efforts of election officials and volunteers, the poll panel said in a press note.
The representatives of the other countries who addressed the conclave included Mr Alberto Guani, Ambassador of Uruguay, Mr Javier Paulinich, Ambassador of Peru, Mr Fernando Bucheli, Ambassador of Ecuador, Mr Omar Castaneda Solares, Ambassador of Guatemala, Mr. Antonio Bartoli, Ambassador of Italy, Ms Lalatiana Accouche, High Commissioner of Seychelles and Mr Kayshav Tewari, Diplomat, High Commission of Guyana.
It was alleged that the accused Chief Manager (Mining), Mahanadi Coal Limited (MCL), Akhilesh Kumar Verma demanded a bribe of Rs.30,000 from the complainant for facilitating the release of compensation fund amount of Rs.11,37,595 (Rs 11.37 lakh) in favour of the relative of the complainant towards compensation in a land acquisition matter.
