Spread the love       Jaipur: The numbers are stark — 535 dead farmers in just two years, Rs 5.1 crore in compensation and 189 substandard pesticide samples. Together, records tabled in Rajasthan assembly sketch a lethal underside of chemical-intensive farming and cast a harsh spotlight on safety failures and weak enforcement.The farmers died due to pesticide exposure while working in the...

Spread the love       CBSE students demand grace marks, fee waiver over evaluation errors Pune: Several CBSE Std XII students across the country have launched a coordinated demand for grace marks and a complete waiver of verification and re-evaluation fees, claiming that technical problems linked to the board’s new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system led to unusually low scores, unchecked answers and...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting on Monday, CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby, in a sharply worded letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, has raised the allegations by Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders during the Kerala polls that CPI(M) and the BJP had struck a deal and their call for ED action against then...

Spread the love       Police are investigating the murder of Delhi University professor Debosmita Paul, with her estranged husband claiming an alibi in Pune. NEW DELHI: The estranged husband of Delhi University assistant professor Debosmita Paul has claimed before police that he was in Pune at the time of her murder. The angle of revenge killing and the role of contract...

Spread the love       JAMMU: Cracking down on lapses in the handling of crimes against children, the SSP of J&K’s Samba district suspended the SHO of Ramgarh police station, a sub-inspector, two ASIs, and a munshi over allegations of facilitating a compromise in a Pocso case. They have been attached to police lines pending an investigation into the charges.“This development comes...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Domestic LPG prices have been increased by Rs 29 per 14.2kg cylinder, marking the second hike in the last three months. With the latest revision, the price of a 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder in Delhi has gone up to Rs 942 from Rs 913. The revised rates came into effect on June 7, news agency...

Spread the love       Domestic cooking gas (LPG) prices climbed sharply today as the government raised the price of a standard 14.2‑kg cylinder by Rs 29, PTI sources reported. The upward revision takes effect nationwide, though the final retail price will vary from city to city because of differing local taxes and transportation charges.The increase applies to both subsidised and non‑subsidised...

Spread the love       The demolished houses in the Nashir Nagar area of Katargam SURAT: In a bizarre incident, more than 100 houses were allegedly demolished in the Nashir Nagar area of Katargam, but no one knows who razed them!.A major controversy has been triggered after the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) denied issuing any demolition orders and claimed it had no...

Spread the love       Police have arrested a chef whose alleged actions, they suspect, contributed to a higher death toll in the Hauz Rani B&B fire that claimed 21 lives. New Delhi: Police have arrested a chef whose alleged actions, they suspect, contributed to a higher death toll in the Hauz Rani B&B fire that claimed 21 lives.Keshav Negi, a 65-year-old...

Spread the love       TOI Correspondent from Washington:Sriram Krishnan, the Indian-born technology investor who helped shape the Trump administration’s artificial intelligence strategy and became one of the most influential Silicon Valley voices inside the White House, announced Saturday that he will leave his post at the end of the month.Krishnan’s departure marks the end of an unusual chapter that saw a...