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New Delhi: The Lakshadweep administration plans to acquire Bitra Island of the Union Territory for transfer to relevant defence and strategic agencies of the Government of India. "The initiative is necessitated by the strategic location of the island, its national security relevance, and the inherent logistical and administrative challenges associated with civilian habitation," a notification issued by Lakshadweep's department of revenue on July 11 said. Bitra is an island covering around 91,7 ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Hailing from a community of palm climbers, Kannan has witnessed the cutting down of palm trees since his childhood. However, a major turning point occurred in 2021 when he questioned a landowner about why 30 trees had been cut. "They said there were no palm climbers to tap neera or harvest ice apples, so the fruits ripen on the tree. When these fruits fall, forest pigs come to eat them, and these pigs damage the cultivation land when they pass through," says Kannan, founder of Palm Era. ...Read More >
Cochin Oil Merchants Association (COMA) has approached the Centre with a request to remove the statutory barriers for importing copra and coconuts considering its shortage being faced by the industry. In a letter to the Prime Minister and Commerce Minister, COMA said that the business is facing a severe setback due to the dearth of coconut and copra in the wake of declining production. The government should lift the control imposed on imports from countries such as Indonesia, Philippines etc w ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The servitors of Jagannath temple on Monday conducted a significant ritual called 'Adhara Pana' before the holy siblings - Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra - seated on their chariots near the 12th century shrine at Puri. The significant ritual related to the annual Rath Yatra began at 4.30 pm and continued till 9 pm on Monday. Traditionally, this ritual takes place after Suna Besha of the deities. Thousands of devotees gathered at the holy city to witness the divine ...Read More >
Maharashtra Language Row: As Maharashtra's language war intensifies, prominent investor Sushil Kedia has found himself at the centre of a storm after a bold social media post challenging MNS chief Raj Thackeray over the Marathi language issue. The episode has triggered sharp political reactions, vandalism at his office, and a public apology, all amid rising street tensions across the state. Sushil Kedia, founder and CEO of Kedianomics, a SEBI-registered investment advisory firm, expressed frust ...Read More >
Tirumala: Responding to concerns raised over the lack of digital payment facilities at sales counters in Tirumala, TTD executive officer J Syamala Rao conducted a surprise inspection on Monday evening to assess the situation firsthand. The visit came shortly after'The Hans India'published a report titled 'TTD counters remain cash-only despite digital push,' which highlighted the difficulties faced by pilgrims due to the unavailability of UPI-based payment options. Devotees have reportedly stru ...Read More >
Nellore: Minister Nara Lokesh has made it clear that "only those who work for the party will be given positions," and there's no room for compromise on this norm. Addressing a TD leaders' meeting in Nellore, he emphasized the need for strengthening the cadres and ensuring regular outreach to the public every four months. Lokesh acknowledged past mistakes and promised to correct them, adding, "Even Chandrababu is willing to listen -- leadership means being accountable." He vowed to complete the ...Read More >
Nellore: Education minister Nara Lokesh officially inaugurated the renovated VR (Venkatagiri Raja's) Municipal High School in Nellore city on Monday. The minister received a grand welcome from local leaders, the school staff and students. Established in 1875 on a 12-acre campus in the heart of Nellore, VR School has a rich legacy, with many prominent personalities being among its alumni. It however faced closure some time ago. The school has been given a new lease of life with a Rs.15 crore mo ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The servitors of Jagannath Temple on Monday conducted a significant ritual called 'Adharapana' before the holy siblings - Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra - seated on their chariots near the 12th century shrine at Puri. The significant ritual related to the annual Rath Yatra began at 4.30 pm and continued till 9 pm on Monday. Traditionally, this ritual takes place after the Suna Besha of the deities. Thousands of devotees gathered at the hol ...Read More >
Pune, Jul 7 (PTI) A 35-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh, suspected to be mentally unstable, allegedly tried to desecrate Mahatma Gandhi's statue installed in Pune railway station premises, police said on Monday. Some people in the area caught hold of the man after the incident late Sunday night and handed him over to police, who placed him under arrest, they said. Local Congress workers on Monday staged a protest near the statue, installed opposite the main exit and entrance area of the busy st ...Read More >
Following threats over his refusal to learn Marathi, investor Sushil Kedia's Worli office in Mumbai was vandalized on Saturday by unidentified individuals. The attackers, who raised slogans supporting MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Marathi pride, pelted stones at Kedia's office. Kedia had earlier challenged Thackeray and vowed not to learn Marathi in response to alleged misconduct.Unidentified persons raised slogans supporting MNS chief Raj Thackeray and vandalised the office of investor Sushil Ked ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Tired of seeing the word 'organic' on almost every label but rarely finding anything truly natural, an IT couple working in Bengaluru quit their corporate jobs and returned to their hometown Puttur in Dakshina Kannada, to start a chocolate brand. They wanted to put Puttur on the 'Made in India' chocolate map, using cocoa grown on their family farmland. What started as small experiments with homegrown cocoa and natural sweeteners like dates and jaggery, has now grown into a full-fledg ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 5 (PTI) Five Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supporters were arrested on Saturday for the attack on investor Sushil Kedia's office in Worli here over the latter's social media post about not learning Marathi and his "kya karna hai bol" dare to Raj Thackeray. Hours after the attack, Kedia apologised for the social post claiming he had overreacted and also professed admiration for Thackeray. Kedia said he had uploaded the post in a wrong state of mind under duress and stress and wished to ...Read More >
Mumbai: Days after a video surfaced on social media showing Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers scuffling with a shop owner for not speaking in Marathi, the controversy appears far from over. New tensions have flared up in Mumbai after MNS workers vandalised the office of share market trader and entrepreneur Sushil Kedia on Friday, following his controversial remarks 'Won't Learn Marathi'. Incident In Detail Amid the Marathi-speaking row, Kedia posted on social media that despite having ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 5 (PTI) Five Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supporters were detained on Saturday for the attack on investor Sushil Kedia's office in Worli here over the latter's social media post about not learning Marathi and his "kya karna hai bol" dare to Raj Thackeray. Hours after the attack, Kedia apologised for the social post claiming he had overreacted and also professed admiration for Thackeray. Kedia said he had uploaded the post in a wrong state of mind under duress and stress and wished to ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 5 (PTI) Five Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supporters were detained on Saturday for the attack on investor Sushil Kedia's office in Worli here over the latter's social media post about not learning Marathi and his "kya karna hai bol" dare to Raj Thackeray. In response, MNS supporters, shouting slogans in support of Thackeray and Marathi, had thrown coconuts at the glass door entrance of Kedia's office this morning, with videos of the attack going viral on social media immediately. In ...Read More >
Mysore/Mysuru: Amid speculations over Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) acceding to the party high command's diktat over his claim for Chief Minister, Shivakumar and his wife Usha visited Chamundi Hill Temple here on the second Ashada Friday today. Shivakumar, clad in silk dhoti and shirt, paid his obeisance to the Goddess, continuing with the tradition he has been following for the past several years. He also broke coconuts outside the Temple, as part of the tradition. To a media qu ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 2 (PTI) What began last month as an emergency landing by a British Royal Navy F-35B Lightning fighter jet at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has unexpectedly turned into a marketing gift for Kerala Tourism. The jet, part of the UK's most advanced stealth fleet, is awaiting repairs. Now, that brief military issue is being reimagined -- not in air bases or defence circles, but in the world of travel and tourism. A new poster posted by Kerala Tourism on its 'X' h ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The prices of vegetables at Chennai's Koyambedu wholesale market remained largely unchanged on July 2 (Wednesday), with a few exceptions. According to traders, prices of Ooty carrots, beans, and peas have gone up by Rs 40 per kg. On June 22, Ooty carrots were sold at Rs 30, and today they are being sold at Rs 70. Beans were priced at Rs 50 on June 22 and have now increased to Rs 90. Peas have risen from Rs 150 to Rs 180 per kg. Tomato prices have also surged, increasing by Rs 28 per k ...Read More >
Madikeri: Virajpet MLA AS Ponnanna instructed forest department officials to take immediate action to control the wild elephant problem in Kodagu. He assured that the forest minister would be invited to the district to address this issue.Following concerns raised by B Shettigeri gram panchayat president Kollira Bopanna about the increased elephant problem near the panchayat in South Kodagu, Ponnanna conducted an urgent meeting with senior forest officials to discuss solutions. The govt has alloc ...Read More >
Belagavi: Gangadhar Kulkarni, state president of Sri Ram Sene, alleged that Belagavi police, including SP Bhimashankar Guled, are protecting the accused in Ingali village of Hukkeri taluk who assaulted the Sri Ram Sene activists by tying them to a coconut tree. He claimed that SP Guled is giving false statements about the case, and they will launch an 'Ingali Chalo' protest march on July 3.Speaking to media at Kannada Sahitya Bhavan on Tuesday, Kulkarni said that an Ingali Chalo programme has be ...Read More >
Tiruppur: A shocking case of alleged dowry harassment and suicide has emerged from Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district, where a 27-year-old woman died by suicide on Saturday, 29 June -- just 78 days after her wedding. Rithanya, daughter of Annadurai, a real estate businessman, was married on 11 April 2025 to Kavin Kumar (28), the grandson of a senior Congress leader in Tiruppur. The wedding was a grand celebration, with the bride's family gifting 300 sovereigns of gold and a Volvo SUV worth ₹70 lak ...Read More >
Belagavi (Karnataka), Jun 30 (PTI) Four people have been arrested for allegedly "assaulting" five members of the Sri Ram Sene by tying them to a tree in Ingali village, police said on Monday. A video of the incident, which took place in Hukkeri taluk on June 28, has gone viral on social media, prompting police to register a case on their own. Also Read | Government Job Alert: Indian Navy 10+2 BTech Cadet Entry Scheme Goes Live on joinindiannavy.gov.in; Know Eligibility Criteria, Steps To Apply ...Read More >
Belagavi (Karnataka), Jun 30 (PTI) Four people have been arrested for allegedly "assaulting" five members of the Sri Ram Sene by tying them to a tree in Ingali village, police said on Monday. A video of the incident, which took place in Hukkeri taluk on June 28, has gone viral on social media, prompting police to register a case on their own. The video shows five men tied to a coconut tree and being "thrashed" by a group of villagers. Sri Ram Sene members claimed they were attacked for stoppin ...Read More >
Chennai, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Coconut prices have surged sharply across Chennai, with retail rates touching as high as Rs 80 per kg, driven by dwindling supplies and high demand. In the wholesale market, coconuts are selling for Rs 58-60 per kg, while semi-wholesale rates range between Rs 65-70 per kg, according to Koyambedu Semi-Wholesalers Association President S.S. Muthukumar. Much of Chennai's coconut supply comes from Pollachi, Cuddalore, Puducherry, Thanjavur, and Udumalpet. However ...Read More >
Sogane (Shivamogga) The residents of Sogane village near Shivamogga are proud of the fact that Shivamogga airport is located in their village. But this sentiment shifts during the rainy season when a majority of their plantations are flooded. During the construction of the airport, four tanks in the area were filled up. As a result, rainwater that used to collect in those tanks is released to the left bank canal of the Bhadra Reservoir Project, that passes close to the airport compound wall. W ...Read More >
KOCHI: It seems the coconut farming sector in South India has been hit by what can be termed as a paradox of prosperity. While the price of coconut has skyrocketed, a shroud of melancholy has enveloped the sector in Kerala -- with farmers in distress over a steep decline in production. The price of coconut has touched Rs 80 per kg in the local market while coconut oil is selling for over Rs 400 a litre. Mill owners and manufacturers are in crisis due to scarcity of nuts and exporters have taken ...Read More >
Jalpaiguri: The matter of trouble over a coconut tree leaning over a neighbour's house landed in the Calcutta High Court. Due to that, a retired agricultural officer is fearing for his life in case the tree falls. Despite repeated requests, the neighbour did not cut down the coconut tree. And so he filed a case in the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court for a resolution on the matter. The incident took place in Pandapara of the Jalpaiguri district. It is learnt that in the conte ...Read More >
New Delhi: On the occasion of World Environment Day, the Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), a non-profit uplifting the cause of millions of farmers and farm workers involved in commercial crop cultivation in states such as Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka, organised a national seminar on the theme "Supplementing Farmer Income through Sustainable Farming Practices" at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi. The seminar outlined a ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Vegetable prices at the Koyambedu Wholesale Market in Chennai recorded moderate fluctuations on June 7 (Saturday), with several items registering notable increases. According to traders, the price of carrots and bitter gourd rose by Rs 20. Carrots, which were priced at Rs 30 per kg on June 1, are now selling at Rs 50. Bitter gourd, earlier sold at Rs 25, is currently priced at Rs 40. Brinjal also recorded a sharp rise of Rs 15 per kg, increasing from Rs 25 to Rs 40. Additionally, the ...Read More >
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