In MP’s Shahdol, Shubham Tiwari develops millet-based enterprise with help from PMFME scheme

IANS | May 3, 2026 7:09 PM

Bhopal, May 3 (IANS) Shubham Tiwari, a young and ambitious individual from Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh, has become a popular name not just in his neighbourhood but also in adjoining districts. The reason behind his rise from oblivion to prominence is his millet-based enterprise – ‘Granoxy’, which has become a household name, and its products are also being shipped outside the country.

Pakistan: Workers in Balochistan demand fair wages, improved working conditions

IANS | May 3, 2026 7:09 PM

Quetta, May 3 (IANS) Rallies, demonstrations, and awareness campaigns were held in several parts of Pakistan's Balochistan province to mark the International Labour Day, with workers carrying banners and placards highlighting their demands for fair wages, improved working conditions, job security, and access to social protection systems, local media reported.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf condemns 1,000 days of Imran Khan's incarceration

IANS | May 3, 2026 6:36 PM

Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has condemned the detention of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, which has completed 1,000 days, terming it a blatant act of political victimisation, total denial of constitutional and legal justification and calling for his immediate release, according to a report.

FairPoint: Mamata Banerjee’s ‘Key’ - the poem that now questions her

Deepika Bhan | May 3, 2026 4:17 PM

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) In February 2019, Mamata Banerjee wrote an 18-line poem titled 'Key', lamenting what she saw as a 'shrinking' democratic space under the regime at the Centre. The poem spoke of voices being stifled, of lips metaphorically locked, and of a reckoning that would one day confront those in power. It was a political message wrapped in verse -- sharp, accusatory, and unambiguous in its intent.