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New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached a house in Delhi's Jamia Nagar, agricultural land in Faridabad, and several bank deposits, worth more than Rs 39 crore, as part of a money laundering probe against Al-Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui and his charitable trust. Al-Falah University, based in Haryana's Faridabad, came under the scanner of probe agencies during an investigation into a 'white-collar' terror module linked to the November 10, 20 ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) Indian National Lok Dal patron Sampat Singh on Tuesday lashed out at the BJP government in Haryana alleging gross fiscal management by the present dispensation. Singh, a former Haryana finance minister, alleged gross fiscal mismanagement by the Nayab Singh Saini government and betrayal of the trust of the people of the state. "The BJP says one thing and does another. The government is merely engaging in event management," he said. "During his budget speech on March 2, ...Read More >
Vijayawada, April 7 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to fully utilise the State's vast potential in solar power generation, with a special focus on developing Rayalaseema region as a major renewable energy hub. Presiding the 16th State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) meeting at Secretariat at Amaravati near here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister emphasised the need to attract large-scale investments in solar energy projects, particularly in Rayalaseema d ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A man, who was accused of drowning his four-year-old twin daughters in a well in Karimnagar Rural's Jubilee Nagar, was arrested on Monday, April 6, along with his parents and brother. Holding a press conference, Karimnagar Commissioner of Police Gaush Alam stated that the accused, 28-year-old Kachu Srisailam, was prejudiced towards a male child and had pressured his wife to go through an abortion after scanning tests revealed that she was pregnant with the girl twins. The obsession ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], April 7 (ANI): India possesses vast nuclear energy resources, particularly thorium reserves, that can generate around 5,000 units of electricity per person per year for nearly 500 years, but greater public awareness is needed to address safety concerns and accelerate adoption. Speaking to ANI on India's advancing nuclear programme, Senior Scientist, Department of Atomic Energy, Neelam Goyal said that electricity remains the backbone of India's economy, supporting agricu ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has attached a house in Delhi's Jamia Nagar, agricultural land in Faridabad, and several bank deposits, worth more than Rs 39 crore all told, as part of a money laundering probe against Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, sources said on Tuesday. A provisional attachment order has been issued by the federal probe agency to freeze these properties under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The assets include a house in ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], April 7 (ANI): India possesses vast nuclear energy resources, particularly thorium reserves, that can generate around 5,000 units of electricity per person per year for nearly 500 years, but greater public awareness is needed to address safety concerns and accelerate adoption. Speaking to ANI on India's advancing nuclear programme, Senior Scientist, Department of Atomic Energy, Neelam Goyal said that electricity remains the backbone of India's economy, supporting agricu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate has attached a house in Delhi's Jamia Nagar, agricultural land in Faridabad, and several bank deposits, worth more than Rs 39 crore all told, as part of a money laundering probe against Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, sources said on Tuesday. A provisional attachment order has been issued by the federal probe agency to freeze these properties under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The assets includ ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Sarabjeet Singh (37), the man accused of breaching the high-security Delhi Assembly complex in a dramatic SUV intrusion, has been sent to eight-day police custody, as investigators piece together details of his background, movements, and motivations.A resident of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, Singh comes from a financially well-off family with extensive agricultural land holdings in the Tarai belt. Some of his relatives are involved in the transport business, while Singh himself has clai ...Read More >
Karimnagar: Driven by an aversion to having daughters and fear of passing on his property to them, led to the father killing his four-year-old twin girls in Jubilee Nagar in the district. Karimnagar Police Commissioner Gaush Alam revealed details of the case at a press conference held on Monday. He said that the accused, under the influence of his parents and with the involvement of his brother, Kachi Srisaila, carried out the murder. The victims, twins Geethamshi and Geethanvika, were alleged ...Read More >
The golden sands of the Thar Desert underwent a startling transformation on Friday, April 3, 2026, as a massive hailstorm turned parts of Rajasthan into a landscape resembling the snow-capped valleys of Kashmir. Residents in the Arjunsar and Rajiyasar areas of Bikaner district witnessed a rare atmospheric event that saw temperatures plummet and roads disappear under a thick layer of ice. While the visuals shared by IFS officer Parveen Kaswan looked like a winter wonderland, this was actually t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and presented a forward-looking vision for the next phase of Bastar's development. During the meeting, the Chief Minister expressed gratitude for the restoration of peace in the region following the decline of Naxalism, crediting the continued support and leadership of the Prime Minister. Also Read | Kerala Lottery Result Today 3 PM Live, Sthree Sakthi SS-514 Lottery Result ...Read More >
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday pitched a comprehensive "Bastar 2.0" development blueprint to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outlining an ambitious plan to transform the region through infrastructure, tourism, startups and innovation-led growth.During the meeting in New Delhi, the CM gave details of the roadmap focused on improving connectivity, expanding social infrastructure and boosting livelihoods. Under the plan, 228 new roads and 267 bridges are proposed, along ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and presented a forward-looking vision for the next phase of Bastar's development. During the meeting, the Chief Minister expressed gratitude for the restoration of peace in the region following the decline of Naxalism, crediting the continued support and leadership of the Prime Minister. He also shared a comprehensive blueprint aimed at driving holistic growth in Bastar, wi ...Read More >
Jaipur, Apr 7 (PTI) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said food security is of paramount importance and called for increasing productivity, reducing the cost of production and ensuring remunerative prices so that farmers earn reasonable profits. Addressing the Western Zonal Agriculture Conference here, Chouhan said India should not only meet its domestic needs but also contribute to global food requirements. "Food security is of paramount importance. In the present gl ...Read More >
TRICHY: AIADMK candidate Leema Rose Martin, wife of lottery baron Santiago Martin, contesting in Lalgudi assembly constituency in Trichy district has declared her total assets worth Rs 1,049.5 crores in the poll nomination papers. She is the richest candidate in Tamil Nadu election, outnumbering all chief minister candidates in the state. The 58-year-old female candidate with a pass in class VI as the education qualification from a govt higher secondary school at Thiruvadanai near Ramanathapuram ...Read More >
Jaipur, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday addressed the inaugural ceremony of the Western Regional Conference organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and outlined three key objectives. Speaking on the first objective, he stressed ensuring food security for citizens and maintaining a smooth supply of grains, fruits, milk, and other essentials. He emphasised that India should stay self-dependent in terms of food supply in lin ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: In a major environmental concern, 315 out of 697 lakes in Jammu and Kashmir have disappeared since 1967, resulting in the loss of 2,851.26 hectares of water area over nearly six decades, according to a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. The report states that Jammu and Kashmir originally had 697 lakes, including 367 in the Jammu region and 330 in the Kashmir Valley. Of these, 315 lakes, 259 in Jammu and 56 in Kashmir, have vanished, causing a loss of 1,537.0 ...Read More >
Kottayam (Keralam) [India], April 7 (ANI) A CPI supporter was found hanging at an Left Democratic Front election committee office in Thalayazham in Vaikom in Kottayam district of Keralam on Tuesday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Chellappan Pulikkaseri, a farmer He had reportedly alleged that CPI district leaders had destroyed his livelihood. Also Read | TRP Suspension Extended: Government Orders BARC To Withhold News Channel Ratings for 4 More Weeks Amid West Asia Conflict. ...Read More >
Kottayam (Keralam) [India], April 7 (ANI) A CPI supporter was found hanging at an Left Democratic Front election committee office in Thalayazham in Vaikom in Kottayam district of Keralam on Tuesday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Chellappan Pulikkaseri, a farmer He had reportedly alleged that CPI district leaders had destroyed his livelihood. Meanwhile, addressing a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, Congress MP and AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal cal ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 7 (ANI): Congress MP and General Secretary (Organisation), KC Venugopal, on Tuesday slammed the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Keralam, alleging that a farmer died by suicide in the Vaikom office of the Communist Party of India (CPI). Addressing a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, Venugopal asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to respond to the incident. Slamming the LDF, he claimed that the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) will come ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday asserted that Punjab's power sector has undergone a structural turnaround under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, with the once loss-making department now recording profits even while providing free electricity to 90% of households. He highlighted that the government not only ensured zero electricity bills for the majority of families through 600 units of free power, but also reversed the earlier trend of selling public assets b ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has reaffirmed the state government's commitment to constructing a world-class fruit market at Koheda in Rangareddy district, equipped with modern infrastructure and international standards. Speaking to the media at his residence on Monday, April 6, the minister said that a Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared for the project with an estimated cost of Rs 3,087 crore. He noted that the initiative is aimed at developing a ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, "The Farmer Registry is extremely important for ensuring that farmers in the state receive the benefits of various government schemes in an easy, transparent, and timely manner." He directed that the Farmer Registry be linked with all agriculture and departmental schemes so that registered farmers can receive priority benefits in wheat procurement, as well as in the purchase of pulses and oilseeds, and access to seeds, fertilizers, crop protection c ...Read More >
Launching a 100-day action plan for water conservation at Yadiki village in Tadipatri constituency of Anantapur district, the chief minister said his government was committed to making the state drought-free by taking up water conservation as a mission. The four-phase action plan includes identification of works from April 6 to 15, administrative approvals from April 16 to 20, execution of works from April 21 to July 9 and submission of completion reports from July 10-14. "In all, 5,697 villag ...Read More >
Yogi Adityanath on Monday stressed on farmer registry for ensuring that farmers in the state receive the benefits of various govt schemes in an easy, transparent and timely manner.He directed that the farmer registry be linked with all agriculture and departmental schemes so that registered farmers can receive priority benefits in wheat procurement, as well as in the purchase of pulses and oilseeds, and access to seeds, fertilisers, crop protection chemicals, agricultural equipment and other sch ...Read More >
KOCHI: With just hours left for the curtain to fall on open campaigning, political parties left no stone unturned to woo voters on Monday, with national heavyweights from all three fronts crisscrossing the state, trading sharp accusations and making ambitious promises. Kerala turned into a battleground of narratives, with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, BJP stalwarts Amit Shah and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Karnataka Congress leaders, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM ...Read More >
SHIVAMOGGA: Farmers will now need a farmer ID (FID) to buy urea fertiliser, Joint Director of Agriculture Kiran Kumar stated in a press release on Monday. The new rule takes effect from the 2026-27 kharif season. Kumar said that the measure is aimed at bringing transparency to fertiliser distribution and curbing black market sales. Under the system, fertiliser will be distributed through the K-Kisan software based on each farmer's landholding size and crop, ensuring that only the required quant ...Read More >
Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan on Monday attended the 8th convocation ceremony of Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology (DCRUST) at Murthal in Sonepat. Addressing the ceremony, the Vice-President said that he is happy after reaching the sacred land of 'Dharma Kshetra' Haryana. He paid rich tributes to Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram, describing him as a towering symbol of integrity, social justice, and visionary leadership. He said that Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram dedicated his life to up ...Read More >
India - Akali leaders Harsimrat, Majithia seek compensation for crop damage due to hailstorms Chandigarh, Senior SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged the Union agriculture minister to send a special team to Punjab to assess the damage caused to the standing wheat crop by hailstorms. He urged the Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to release a special compensation package to affected farmers. On the other hand, Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia demanded immedi ...Read More >
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