Gujarat: Porbandar villagers plead for all-weather road, CM Bhupendra Patel sanctions Rs 9 crore

IANS | November 30, 2025 7:21 PM

Gandhinagar, Nov 30 (IANS) The widely popular SWAGAT online programme in Gujarat continues to deliver lasting solutions to core issues faced by residents in remote regions. A recent example is Moddar village in Porbandar district. This small settlement near Kutiyana, home to about 1,200 people, is celebrating a long-awaited resolution made possible through this initiative.

CAQM carries out inspection drive in Delhi, flags high visible dust on road

IANS | November 30, 2025 7:12 PM

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) As the national capital grapples with rising pollution, which has become a menace for the citizens, 26 Flying Squads of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) undertook a focused inspection drive across different regions of Delhi, an official statement said on Sunday.

RBI may pause repo rate cut amid surge in GDP growth: SBI report

IANS | November 30, 2025 5:40 PM

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Expectations built till a few days back of a shallow rate cut of 25 basis points (bps) by the RBI appear to have faded as finer readings of the strong Q2 growth print and the evolving playbook make the choice tilted in favour of a pause in December policy, according to an SBI Research report released on Sunday.

FairPoint: Pakistan - a neighbour in permanent freefall

Deepika Bhan | November 30, 2025 4:24 PM

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Every time we think Pakistan has hit rock bottom, events unfold that prove there is no such thing as the lowest point for a nation that keeps discovering new depths. The world has long recognised that genuine democracy has never found a stable home in a country carved out on the basis of religious identity. Its problems run as deep as the contradictions of its own founding.

37 Maoists, including 12 women, surrender in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada

IANS | November 30, 2025 3:38 PM

Dantewada, Nov 30 (IANS) In one of the largest Maoist surrenders in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada under the Lon Varratu and Poona Margem (Revival through Rehabilitation) programme, 37 Maoists, including 27 with a reward totalling Rs 65 lakh, have decided to renounce violence and return to the social mainstream, officials said on Sunday.

Gujarat ensures fertiliser supply for Rabi season, appeals to farmers not to fall for rumours

IANS | November 30, 2025 2:52 PM

Ahmedabad, Nov 30 (IANS) With the Rabi season underway, the Gujarat government has moved to reassure farmers that fertiliser supplies are stable and sufficient across the state. Officials said that a strong distribution plan is in place to ensure every farmer receives fertiliser on time and in adequate quantity, urging cultivators not to be influenced by misleading rumours.