Author: Indmedia
Retail sugar prices in Mumbai have seen a sharp increase of eight rupees per kilogram. MUMBAI: The retail price of sugar has risen by a shocking eight rupees per kg this week in parts of Mumbai.Sugar sold for Rs 50 per kilo around Aug 10 but has now soared to a record high of Rs 58. It is expected to rise further to Rs 61, say APMC traders.They say the sharp rise is driven by lower availability for domestic consumption, higher demand ahead of the festival season and diversion towards newer adaptive uses like ethanol fuel blending. Source link
The IMD has forecast isolated very heavy rainfall over East Madhya Pradesh, while heavy to very heavy rainfall is also likely over parts of UP NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across several parts of the country on Thursday, with heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places in parts of north, central, eastern and northeastern India.Heavy rain is likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, West and East Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Odisha, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and…
Legislative council chairman Saleem Ahmed with newly-elected deputy, Umashree Bengaluru: The govt Tuesday filled both vacant deputy presiding posts in the legislature, with former minister Mankal Vaidya being elected deputy speaker of the assembly and Umashree unanimously being chosen deputy chairperson of the council.Vaidya, MLA from Bhatkal, was elected unopposed through a voice vote after his name was proposed by chief minister DK Shivakumar and seconded by minister Laxman Savadi. Speaker GS Patil declared him elected. The post had fallen vacant after Rudrappa Lamani resigned following his recent induction into the Shivakumar cabinet.Vaidya’s election comes after a series of changes…
Woman dies after injection given for fever by RMP Hyderabad: A 30-year-old woman died after allegedly developing complications following an injection administered by an RMP doctor in Karwan Vaddera Basti early Tuesday, prompting the Ranga Reddy district medical and health officer (DMHO) to order an inquiry into the incident.Ranga Reddy DMHO Swaroopa told TOI that an inquiry team would examine the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death. “We are sending an inquiry team and asking for an explanation. A show-cause notice has been issued to the hospital and an expert team will examine the case,” she added.The deceased, Srilatha, a daily…
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced a milk procurement price hike. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday announced a Rs 3-per-litre hike in the procurement price of milk from producers supplying milk to cooperative societies, taking the total procurement price from Rs 38 to Rs 41 per litre.“The govt has decided to increase the procurement price by Rs 1 per litre through cooperative societies and the govt incentive from Rs 3 to Rs 5 per litre, taking the total procurement price from Rs 38 to Rs 41,” Vijay said in the assembly under Rule 110.The hike will benefit…
Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has ruled that a civil court cannot order civic authorities to provide alternative accommodation to tenants of a building that is to be razed for a road-widening project under a town planning scheme.HC said that a civil court cannot issue such directions on the basis of humanitarian considerations that eviction would cause hardship merely because the litigants occupied the premises for a long period.The case involved tenants of one Jariwala Chawl in Asarwa, who had been living there for over 60 years. They were opposing the eviction by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)…
District collector Jitendra Dudi and Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey address media after meeting on TuesdayDistrict collector Jitendra Dudi and Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey address media after meeting on TuesdayDistrict collector Jitendra Dudi and Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey address media after meeting on TuesdayDistrict collector Jitendra Dudi and Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey address media after meeting on TuesdayDistrict collector Jitendra Dudi and Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey address media after meeting on Tuesday Pune: Collector Jitendra Dudi on Tuesday admitted that Chakan’s infrastructure crisis stemmed from administrative…
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has said the state govt can save up to Rs 200 crore by reducing the sanctioned strength of IAS, IFS and IPS officers in the state.Although Sukhu has been advocating reduction of bureaucrats in the state since long, he has now announced plans to approach the Centre to reduce the sanctioned strength of IAS officers from the existing 153 to 130 and IFS officers from 118 to 83. The number of sanctioned IPS posts would also be reduced from the existing 96, he said while…
The museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG CityThe museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG CityThe museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG CityThe museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG CityThe museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG CityThe museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG CityThe museum has been set up near the Ekana stadium in CG City Lucknow: Get ready to explore the world of Indian Navy, be its weaponry, equipment or…
Jaipur: A bomb threat to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) triggered a security scare in Jaipur Tuesday, prompting a long search of the building by multiple security agencies before police arrested a 39-year-old man suspected of making the threatening call.The threat was received at the Jaipur police control room, after which security agencies were alerted and teams were rushed to the CMO.DCP (South) Rajarshi Raj Varma reached the spot and supervised the security response. A joint search operation involving the dog squad, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and other security personnel began around 10.30am.Teams searched the building…