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Guwahati: Assam's Cachar district administration has imposed prohibitory measures along sensitive areas of the Indo-Bangladesh border to prevent illegal movement and maintain law and order, officials said on Tuesday. District Magistrate Mridul Yadav, under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), ordered restrictions on the movement of people from sunset to sunrise within a one-kilometre zone along the international border in Cachar. The move comes amid concerns over unaut ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the state has emerged as the commercial capital of eastern and northeastern India, driven by strong MSME-led growth and its strategic geographic location. Addressing a programme of the Confederation of West Bengal Traders Association here, Banerjee rejected what she termed "ignorant" allegations that the state's debt has mounted to nearly Rs 7 lakh crore. She, however, did not reveal the exact amount th ...Read More >
India's exports to the US in November rose 22% on-year to $6.98 billion, despite the 50% tariff that Washington levies on imports from India since August. This is faster than the 19.38% growth in India's total outbound shipments in November and 2.62% in April-November. New Delhi: Led by engineering goods, chemicals and farm products, India's merchandise exports to the US rose 11.38% on-year in April-November FY26 at $59.04 billion, reflecting strong momentum in India-US trade ties, data release ...Read More >
Seasonal crop fires across northern India are increasingly ignited later daily, satellite scientists warn, complicating monitoring and air quality assessments during the October to December stubble-burning season, NASA said on 2025-12-16. For decades, smoke corridors have stretched across the Indo-Gangetic Plain each autumn. Farmers traditionally burned rice residue soon after harvest completion. In 2025, the season's overall spread appeared broadly familiar. Yet scientists observed a clear shi ...Read More >
Guwahati, Dec 17: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Wednesday, met the families of 20 victims at Gelapukhuri Tea Estate in Tinsukia, who lost their lives in a tragic road accident in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh earlier this month. During the visit, Sarma handed over cheques of Rs 5 lakh each to the bereaved families as ex-gratia assistance from the Assam Government. Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. He also announced that the victims' families would receive an additional Rs ...Read More >
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): The district administration has taken strict action against farmers involved in stubble burning after the paddy harvest on Wednesday. A total of 17 farmers have been fined ₹42,000 after satellite images confirmed that crop residue was set on fire in their fields. Watch the video below : Officials said the move is part of ongoing efforts to control air pollution and discourage the harmful practice of stubble burning. According to the administration, incidents of stu ...Read More >
Delhi continued to reel under hazardous air conditions on Tuesday as the city's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 378 at around 8 am, placing it in the 'very poor' category, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). As Delhi and its adjoining areas reel under severe air pollution, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday categorically refuted claims that the current air crisis in NCR is due to the existing conditions in the Punjab. The chief minister also a ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Irrigation and civil supplies minister Uttam Kumar Reddy has urged Union minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution Prahlad Joshi to enhance paddy procurement for the kharif season 2025-26 from 54 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) to 80 LMT in order to protect Telangana farmers from distress sales.'Allot extra rakes'In a letter to the Union minister, Uttam also requested the release of a pending subsidy of 1,468 crore, enhancement of storage capacity in the state, and the allo ...Read More >
Leader of Opposition Hooda alleges that the party robbed votes to gain power Ahead of the Winter Session of the Haryana Assembly, the Congress on Tuesday said it will bring a no-confidence motion against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Assembly session is slated to begin on December 18. The decision was taken at the Congress Legislative Party meeting held here, which was chaired by former Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda. "The BJP formed the government i ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A delegation led by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday met Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi, urging the Centre to raise Odisha's parboiled rice evacuation quota under the Central Pool from 20 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) to 25 LMT. In a formal letter submitted to Joshi, Pradhan expressed gratitude to the Centre for enhancing Odisha's paddy procurement target from 50 LMT to 58 LMT for the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024- ...Read More >
Hyderabad: State Agriculture Director, Dr B Gopi, announced a major technological initiative aimed at streamlining urea distribution across Telangana. Addressing the media on Tuesday, he stressed that science and technology must support agriculture and revealed that a special mobile application developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) will soon be launched to ensure a transparent and efficient supply of urea to farmers. Dr Gopi explained that the app will be managed under the supervis ...Read More >
Ranchi: Paddy procurement in Jharkhand has picked up pace, with the state government purchasing 55,766.11 quintals of paddy within the first two days of the procurement drive, against a total target of 60 lakh quintals for the season. Procurement at ₹2,450 Per Quintal Across 801 Centres The procurement drive began on December 15, and by Tuesday evening, paddy had been purchased at a rate of ₹2,450 per quintal, up from ₹2,400 last year. A total of 2,51,935 farmers have registered under the sche ...Read More >
In a move to bolster agricultural productivity, the Deputy Commissioner of Bokaro has announced a streamlined paddy procurement initiative set to kick off this Monday. With seventeen centers primed for operation, the focus will be on the efficient handling of farmer registrations, accurate weighing, and stringent quality assessments. Bokaro: With paddy procurement set to begin statewide from Monday, deputy commissioner Ajay Nath Jha on Sunday asked senior district officials and their counterpar ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday inspected the desilting of Sunehri Pul and the progress on Barapullah Bridge Phase-3, reiterating the government's commitment to finding permanent solutions to legacy problems like waterlogging and pollution. Talking to reporters, she said, "The previous government inflicted pain on the city through their apathy and failure, and our efforts are a salve to the wounded capital." "What we are doing today should have be ...Read More >
India and the US are nearing a framework trade deal. Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal stated that further formal discussions may not be needed. Negotiations with the European Union on a free trade agreement have entered a difficult phase. India and the EU are working to resolve differences, including the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. India and the US on the cusp of clinching a framework trade deal and both sides may not require further rounds of formal discussions, commerce secretary Raj ...Read More >
PADAMPUR: Hundreds of farmers on Monday staged protest in front of the Padampur sub-collector's office in Bargarh district, alleging gross mismanagement in paddy procurement including delay in issuance of tokens during the ongoing kharif season. The agitating farmers claimed harvested paddy is lying in the open due to the mismanagement, forcing them to guard their produce as tokens are yet to be issued. Even those who received tokens and deposited their produce at mandis alleged that lifting of ...Read More >
Sambalpur: Alleging severe irregularities in the paddy procurement process, Paschim Odisha Krushak Sangathan Samanwaya Samiti (POKSSS) Monday threatened a shutdown in Sambalpur district December 19. The outfit accused the administration of indifference towards 'mounting losses of farmers' during the kharif procurement process. It is alleged that lapses in token generation have left vehicles loaded with paddy stranded for days near mandis, leading to quality deterioration and rising transport e ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Monday said there will be no increase in paddy procurement limit during the current kharif marketing season 2025-26. The statement of the minister came at a time when western Odisha farmers have raised a banner of revolt protesting delay in issuance of tokens and non-operationalisation of mandis. Admitting that there were issues with token distribution for paddy procurement, the minister told mediapersons here th ...Read More >
CUTTACK: The alleged delay in opening of procurement centres and issuance of tokens to paddy farmers in Cuttack district has forced them to opt for distress sale of their produce to local traders. Sources said, the district-level paddy procurement committee meeting has decided to begin paddy purchase from December 26 in Athagarh and from January 7 from other blocks. However, farmers who had cultivated short-term, high-yielding varieties of paddy have already completed harvesting their produce ...Read More >
New Delhi: Union Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Monday that India is "very close" to concluding an interim trade deal with the US to bring down tariffs but stopped short of fixing any timeline on the issue. "We are very close on closing the initial framework deal, but I don't want to put a timeline to it," the Commerce Secretary told journalists here. "We have done six rounds of talks with the US, where we have discussed both the BTA (bilateral trade agreement) as well as an interim ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's exports grew at their fastest pace in over three years, rising 19.4% to $38.1 billion in Nov on the back of a jump in shipments to the US and China. With imports falling 2% to $62.7 billion, the trade deficit narrowed to $24.6 billion, the lowest level since June.India's exports to the US are estimated to have increased 22.6% to $7 billion in Nov despite the impact of 50% additional tariffs, while the value of consignments going to China rose 90% to $2.2 billion. In fact, in N ...Read More >
Sambalpur, Dec 15 (PTI) Alleging severe irregularities in the paddy procurement process, a farmers' outfit on Monday threatened a shutdown in Odisha's Sambalpur district on December 19. Paschim Odisha Krushak Sangathan Samanwaya Samiti (POKSSS) accused the administration of indifference towards "mounting losses of farmers" during the kharif procurement process. It alleged that lapses in token generation have left vehicles loaded with paddy stranded for days near mandis, leading to quality dete ...Read More >
Jamtara, Dec 15 (UNI) The Jharkhand government formally launched the Paddy Procurement Scheme for the Kharif Marketing Season 2025-26 through an online platform on Monday. The statewide procurement drive was inaugurated by Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Minister Dr. Irfan Ansari during a district-level programme held at the SGSY Training Building auditorium in Jamtara. With this launch, paddy procurement activities commenced simultaneously across all districts of the state. Add ...Read More >
Ranchi, Dec 15 (PTI) Jharkhand minister Irfan Ansari on Monday virtually launched the state's paddy procurement exercise during a programme in Jamtara district. Addressing farmers at the inaugural function, Ansari said the government would procure paddy at Rs 2,450 per quintal and has set a target of purchasing 7 lakh metric tonnes during the current season. "This is not merely a scheme but an initiative to restore the trust of farmers," the food, public distribution and consumer affairs minis ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) India's exports rebounded by 19.37 per cent to USD 38.13 billion in November after contracting in October, driven by higher shipments of engineering and electronics goods that helped bring down the trade deficit to a five-month low of USD 24.53 billion. According to government data released on Monday, the country's imports dipped by 1.88 per cent to USD 62.66 billion due to a fall in the inbound shipments of gold, crude oil, coal, and coke during the month under review. ...Read More >
Ranchi, Dec 15 (PTI) Jharkhand minister Irfan Ansari on Monday launched the state's paddy procurement exercise during a programme in Jamtara district. Addressing farmers at the inaugural function, Ansari said the government would procure paddy at Rs 2,450 per quintal and has set a target of purchasing 7 lakh metric tonnes during the current season. "This is not merely a scheme but an initiative to restore the trust of farmers," the food, public distribution and consumer affairs minister said. ...Read More >
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government launched its paddy procurement drive on Monday, recording the purchase of 18,786.09 quintals of paddy on the very first day, as the state targets a total procurement of 60 lakh quintals this season. State Sets Ambitious Procurement Target The government has fixed a procurement target of 60 lakh quintals of paddy for the current season. A total of 2,51,182 farmers have registered under the scheme so far, and 3,366 farmers have already received SMS notifications ...Read More >
Senior Congress leader Charandas Mahant on Friday (December 12, 2025) announced that the party's legislators will boycott the proceedings of the inaugural day of the upcoming Winter session of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Mr. Mahant, who is also the leader of the Opposition in the 90-member House, stated that the boycott was in protest against the government's move to discuss Vision 2047, the State's own roadmap for contributing to the Central government's vision to transform the coun ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed her concerns over the "structurally unsound" Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in the state. In a letter written to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on November 20, Chief Minister Banerjee claimed that the "critical gaps in training, lack of clarity on mandatory documentation and the near-impossibility of meeting voters in the midst of their ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's unemployment rate for people aged 15 and above held steady at 5.2% in October, unchanged from September, according to the latest government data released on Monday. An easing in rural joblessness, down from 4.6% to 4.4%, was offset by a modest uptick in urban unemployment, which inched up from 6.8% to 7%, leaving the overall unemployment rate broadly stable from the previous month, showed the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) data released by the ministry of statistics & pr ...Read More >
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