Tomato prices in most retail markets across the country have doubled to Rs. 80 per kg in last 15 days due to sluggish supply owing to crop damage. Earlier this month, prices of tomato — a key kitchen vegetable — were ruling in the range of Rs. 20-40 per kg, as per data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry. Among […]
» Read moreAlleging that there was an attempt to impose Sanskrit with the support of the ruling party at the Centre, DMK leader M. Karunanidhi on Monday threatened to launch an anti-Sanskrit protest on the lines of the anti-Hindi agitation. Addressing a gathering at the marriage of the daughter of former minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna, he said those who sought to impose […]
» Read moreAndhra Pradesh Minister for HRD Ganta Srinivasa Rao reviewing the performances of the schools here on Sunday said that 144 private schools in the district will be closed down for failing to obtain the mandated recognition from the government before reopening date ie., on Monday. The minister expressed displeasure as the schools do not have the required infrastructure such as […]
» Read moreA MiG-27 fighter aircraft crashed in a residential area close to the Jodhpur Air Base on Monday. The aircraft, which was on a routine training mission, went down about 5 km from the base and the pilot ejected safely, sources in the Air Force said. The pilot had reported a technical problem and sought priority landing. However, as the engine […]
» Read moreOmar Mateen, the Afghan-origin gunman who killed at least 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando in U.S.’ deadliest mass shooting incident, pledged allegiance to ISIS in a phone call to emergency number 911 during the attack. Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard who was born in New York to Afghan parents, called 911 after his initial assault on the […]
» Read moreThe ruling Bharatiya Janata Party maximised its gains in Saturday’s Rajya Sabha polls, winning 11 seats on its symbol, while ensuring that one more candidate, media baron Subhash Chandra, an Independent who was backed by the party, defeated a Congress-INLD backed Independent in Haryana. For the Congress, the news should have been good too, as four of the six seats […]
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