Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced enhanced state incentives for paddy and sugarcane, taking the procurement price to a record Rs 2,750 per quintal for fine variety paddy, Rs 2,600 for common variety and Rs 4,000 per tonne for sugarcane.Making the announcement under Rule 110 in the assembly, Vijay said the state…
New students at a induction and orientation programme at GEC, Buxar on Monday Buxar: The five-day induction and orientation programme for the 2026-27 academic session began at Govt Engineering College (GEC), Buxar, on Sunday, with around 275 newly admitted students participating on the opening day. The programme will continue till Aug 14.The programme began with…
The students have been protesting against alleged irregularities in JPSC and JSSC recruitment examinations. NEW DELHI: Police will examine CCTV footage to identify people they allege disrupted a largely peaceful student protest in Ranchi on Monday, as top officials defended the use of “mild” and “minimum” force to disperse job aspirants marching towards the Jharkhand…
On Monday the maximum temperature surged to 33.2°C, shooting past the normal mark after six days Kolkata: Northern parts of the city recorded heavy downpours ranging between 90 mm and 150 mm, with Belgachhia (150 mm) and Dum Dum (135 mm) bearing the brunt of the rain. In sharp contrast, southern pockets received significantly lighter…
Mumbai: One trains with his body. The other trains with her mind. Vir Gahrotra (17) spends hours working on strength, flexibility and choreography for aerial-silk routines performed nearly 30ft above the ground. His sister Viha (14) can spend eight hours at a bridge table, calculating bids, reading opponents and trying to work out what they…
The judge found the allegations “strikingly similar”, made at the same time and at a common place, indicating “prior meticulous planning”. NEW DELHI: A court, which last week acquitted former BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for lack of evidence, held that the sexual harassment allegations against him…
Domestic tractor sales stood at 77,482 units in July 2026 Chennai: Domestic tractor sales grew 20.5% year-on-year in July but declined sharply by 38.5% sequentially from June volumes. The month-on-month decline is considered a seasonal trend, with tractor sales typically moderating in July after peaking in June.Industry representatives and analysts, however, believe the underlying demand…
Patna: A BPSC teacher was shot dead allegedly by her husband in front of their 9-year-old son in K Hat police station area of Purnia on Sunday night. Her husband Rajkumar Yadav, who works at a cooperative bank, fled with his pistol after the incident.The deceased, Shalini, was posted as a high school teacher at…
Dhanbad: Health minister Irfan Ansari visited the subsidence-hit Chhatabad area under Katras police station and extended support to residents protesting against the alleged delay in relief, compensation and rehabilitation after the latest land subsidence incident.The August 6 incident, the second major subsidence in Chhatabad within a month, triggered panic after around 24 houses were reportedly…
Hazaribag: The Hazaribag Municipal Corporation (HMC) would install modern traffic signal systems at 10 key intersections at an estimated cost of Rs 2.68 crore in a bid to streamline traffic movement and ease congestion across the town.Municipal commissioner Om Prakash Gupta said, “The initiative was aimed at strengthening the city’s traffic management infrastructure and improving…
