There has not been a large impact of untimely rain and hailstorm so far in several major wheat-growing areas, and those might have damaged around 3 per cent of the standing crop -- not enough to make a big dent in the expected 112 million tonnes of production in FY24, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Relentless rain pounded most North Indian states all through March. Separately, the chairman of Food Corporation of India (FCI), Ashok K Meena, told reporters the agency was on track to achieve the targeted 34 million tonnes of procurement in FY24 on the back of a strong start to the purchase season from Madhya Pradesh.
The seizure, as per officials, is estimated to be worth over Rs 10 crore in the international market (about Rs 5K-7K per blot) and all the six who have been taken into custody, beginning late last month, are students and youngsters who wanted to make 'easy money' by remaining anonymous within the deep layers of secret internet-based apps and messenger service like WICKR.
The JSP has made an electoral alliance with main opposition Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist headed by K P Sharma Oli.
A woman journalist has been booked by the Ghaziabad police on a slew of charges, including cheating and money-laundering, for allegedly raising donations for Covid patients and flood victims in some eastern states and misappropriating them.
A 35-year-old man was battered to death with bricks by a group of unidentified assailants following an altercation over car parking near a roadside eatery in Ghaziabad, police said.
Temple priest Gaurav Goshwami said limited number of devotees should be allowed inside the shrine at a time and a barrier system should put in place outside it to manage crowd.
Mongia, Maninder, Das among notable names in contention for senior selectors' posts
Former India pacer RP Singh lost his father on Wednesday in a Lucknow hospital due to Covid-19.
The court noted that the chargesheet did not find mention of any record or evidence regarding the criminal conspiracy between the accused persons ordered to be put on trial with the accused Sengar.
Ghar Waapsi is strewn in pithy wit. And believable scenes of pyaar and takraar, observes Sukanya Verma.
India Friday welcomed Nepal's King Gyanendra's intention to transfer executive power to a government constituted by the seven-party alliance.
Internet services remained disrupted for the fifth day at the site on Delhi's outskirts where protesters are occupying a stretch of the Delhi-Meerut highway since November, even as a Ghaziabad Police officer told PTI that online connectivity has been restored but there could be glitches.
Masks were not worn by a large proportion and social distancing appeared impossible in an event in which, according to the mela administration, over 17 lakh people had taken a dip in the river in the first few hours up to 10 am.
Breaking his silence for the first time after he was deposed two years ago, Nepal's former king Gyanendra has suggested that he was "betrayed" by the political parties, but did not rule out some role for himself in the future.
Nepal's dethroned king Gyanendra remains concerned over the instability in the country, and is ready to obey the people "if they choose to restore the monarchy".
A video of the attack which went viral on social media showed that a person, apparently looked like the doctor, was being assaulted by a group of people, including women.
For South Africa, Rassie van der Dussen has advanced three slots to the sixth position, just one shy of his career-best, after scores of 34 not out and 52.
Prince Paras, son of Gyanendra, suspended king of Nepal, was admitted at Norvic Hospital in Thapathali, Kathmandu, after he suffered a heart attack today, an official said.
The over five-year-long search to find Geeta's family led to Parbhani in Maharashtra, where she is now being trained in sign language by Pahal, an NGO working for the hearing and speech impaired.
Chanchalhad gone missing in Kedarnath during 2013 deluge.
Gyanendra said he was 'compelled to seize power as per the people's aspiration to reactivate elected bodies by maintaining law and order.'
The focus will firmly be on Prithvi Shaw and the national selectors keeping a keen eye on Mumbai captain's performance as his team takes on Uttar Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final, in Delhi, on Sunday.
The 75-year-old veteran politician and Nepali Congress President took the oath of office and secrecy from President Bidya Devi Bhandari during a swearing-in ceremony which was delayed by over two hours.
Bharat Keshar Singh, Honorary aide-de-camp to the King, has accused Shiv Shankar Mukherjee of conspiring against King Gyanendra.
"In the light of recent events in Nepal, we, along with our European partners, have decided to recall our ambassadors in Kathmandu for consultations," Herve Ladsous said.
Replying to Haryana's first innings of 277, Uttar Pradesh were 218 for three wickets at close on day 2 of the Elite Group 'B' Ranji Trohpy match.
"The lifting of the emergency is a first step towards the beginning of a political process in that country," a Ministry of External Affairs spokesman said.
Analysts in New Delhi said the move was expected, given China and Pakistan's offer to sell arms to Nepal days after India suspended military assistance.
The strike was called by major political parties demanding the restoration democracy.
Major political parties are demanding the formation of an all-party government.
Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar on Friday entered the race for the national selector's job and is a frontrunner for the chairman's post. Agarkar, who is a former chairman of Mumbai senior selection committee, is in contention for the chairman's post as the new constitution doesn't have provisions for zonal system.
Tikait's tears galvanised people, as on Saturday a large number of farmers and other supporters came to the protest site at the Delhi-UP border from not just his home state of Uttar Pradesh but from Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand as well to show solidarity with the movement.
In an online chat with readers, Amit Jaiswal, head of academics, MockBank.com answered queries on how to prepare for the IBPS Bank PO entrance examination.
Khushi Dubey, Hari Shankar Tiwari and Mata Prasad Pandey represent the resentment among Brahmins towards the Adityanath government. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
Days after deposed King Gyanendra warned that monarchy could return in Nepal if people wanted, the ruling Maoist party chief Prachanda on Friday said that those who were talking about its revival were "day-dreaming".
Kami has already climbed most peaks above 8,000 metres, including K2, Cho-oyu, Lhoste and Annapurna among others.
