Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged farmers across the country to move away from monocropping and embrace intercropping and organic farming as the foundation for India’s agricultural future.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, on Wednesday participated in the fourth high-level task force meeting on milk, eggs, poultry, meat and fisheries chaired by the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu, with officials from Nagaland, the Department of Fisheries and representatives from all eight northeastern states in attendance.
Lucknow, Nov 19 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati laid out the party’s revised organisational strategy at a meeting of party leaders held here on Wednesday. She emphasised that strengthening the organisation across states is now the party’s topmost priority.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Researchers led by Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) have developed a method to reconstruct the Sun’s polar magnetic behaviour over the past century by analysing historical solar images from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KoSO), the government said on Wednesday.
Balaghat/Raipur, Nov 19 (IANS) In a tragic setback during an intensified anti-Naxal operation, Madhya Pradesh’s elite Hawk Force Inspector Ashish Sharma (40) was killed in a fierce encounter with Maoists on the Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border on Wednesday.
Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday participated in the birth centenary celebrations of Sri Sathya Sai Baba in Andhra Pradesh’s Puttaparthi, where he also offered prayers at the Mahasamadhi of the revered spiritual leader.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) More than Rs 3.70 lakh crore have been disbursed to over 11 crore farmer families in the country through 20 instalments under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme to date, an official statement said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) As the Congress criticised Shashi Tharoor for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ramnath Goenka Lecture, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday hit back, alleging that the Congress has become intolerant of any opinion that does not align with its leadership.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday lashed out at Congress MP Imran Masood for describing Delhi blast accused Dr Umar Muhammad as a "misguided youth", calling the remarks "unfortunate and concerning".
Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (IANS) As Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha (LoP) Rahul Gandhi raised objections to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, BJP leader Rohan Gupta on Wednesday criticised him, saying Gandhi has been engaging in negative politics by targeting the country’s constitutional institutions, a trend he described as dangerous.
