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Rs 450-crore ethanol plant to exit Rajasthan amid farmer stir

JAIPUR: The Rs 450-crore ethanol project being developed by a private company in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district is likely to wind up operations in the state once procedural formalities for relocating the project to Madhya Prad Read More

Crop damages fraud: 9 bankers, 3 insurance staff, 32 tillers booked

Representational image KANPUR: Nine bank managers, three crop insurance staffers, and 32 farmers – 14 of them landless – have been booked after Rs 68 lakh was fraudulently transferred to 35 “landless” farmers Read More

NCP factions join hands for Pune civic polls

PUNE: After several flip flops and a series of meetings with different parties, both NCP groups finally on Monday announced their tie-up for Pune municipal corporation and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporation polls scheduled for Jan Read More

SC highlights Sengar’s dominant position, Pocso offence; upholds stringent provisions

Kuldeep Sengar (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a week-old Delhi high court order granting bail to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, convicted of raping a minor in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, during pe Read More

Road min to do away with arbitration for disputes in NH sector which are over 10cr

NEW DELHI: Seeking to end alleged malpractices in high-value arbitration cases, including concerns over undue influence to obtain favourable rulings, the road transport ministry will do away with the provision of arbitration for dispu Read More

No hearing for 1.3 lakh Bengal voters unmapped due to tech errors: EC

KOLKATA: The Election Commission on Monday issued a fresh notification to the DEOs and DMs in West Bengal directing that over 1. Read More

Elderly deaths, distress reported amid SIR hearings across Bengal

SIR hearings underway in Bengal KOLKATA: An 82-year-old jumped on the railway tracks hours before his scheduled appearance at a hearing for the special intensive revision of electoral rolls at Para in Bengal’s Purulia Monday. Read More

DAC approvs Rs 1,600-cr lease of 2 more ‘Predator’ drones

NEW DELHI: From French and Israeli-origin missiles to ‘Make in India’ kamikaze drones and counter-drone systems as well as range extension of existing missiles and artillery rockets, the defence ministry on Monday gave the Read More

4 Chennai teens detained for migrant labour attack

Chennai, Sep 1 (IANS ) The Chennai City Police have issued orders prohibiting the flying of drones in the city ahead of President Droupadi Murmu’s two-day visit to Tamil Nadu, citing security reasons. Read More

Racial abuse of NE people: PIL filed in Supreme Court; TOI report cited

Angel Chakma, a Tripura student who allegedly died following a racist attack in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Read More

Killing of Anjel in Dehradun horrific ‘hate crime’: Rahul

Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Expressing horror at the “hate crime” murder of Anjel Chakma in Dehradun, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday blamed the “hate spewing” leadership of BJP for normalisi Read More

Son’s wedding invite lands man in cops net 13 yrs after fleeing custody

Lucknow, Dec 19 (IANS) A cleric in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district was arrested by the police for sexually assaulting a madrassa student and threatening her with life if she approached cops or disclosed it to anyone. Read More