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Aizawl: Mizoram govt has incurred a loss of over Rs 128.38 crore in ginger procurement during 2025, agriculture minister PC Vanlalruata informed the state legislature on Wednesday.The loss arose from purchases made through primary collection centres (PCCs) and secondary collection centres (SCCs) across the state, and subsequent sales to empanelled buyers.Replying to a question from BJP member K Beichhua, the minister said the govt spent Rs 1,41,16,84,410.5 on ginger procurement at support prices last year, while revenue from empanelled buyers amounted to only Rs 12,78,07,290.Responding to queries from opposition members, Vanlalruata clarified that no fund was lost due to malpractice.…
Belagavi: A man, his wife, and their young daughter were killed on the spot, after their motorcycle was hit head-on by a truck on the Jamkhandi-Miraj state highway near Alakhanur village in Raibag taluk on Wednesday morning.The deceased are Gireppa Kundrali, 31, his wife Manjula, 27, and their daughter Aaradhya, 7.AI Summit 2026 Extended, Rajya Sabha Biennial Elections, Galgotias University Row And MoreAccording to police, the family was travelling from Miraj in Maharashtra towards Jamkhandi, when the accident occurred. The truck, coming from the opposite direction, collided with the 2-wheeler with great force, leaving no chance of survival for the…
Kanpur: A40-year-old saree businessman, Sanal Kapoor, attempted suicide by shooting himself at his home here late on Tuesday. Police said Kapoor is undergoing treatmen and his condition is stated to be crtitical. Kapoor lived on the third floor of an apartment in Aryanagar and ran a saree shop in Nayaganj. His wife and daughters were in another room when Kapoor took the extreme step. Family members rushed him to Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital and later he was shifted to a private hospital. Kohna police station in-charge Prateek Singh said, “The bullet has passed through the head. A probe is…
Ludhiana: Around a fortnight after a person went missing, his body was found in the forest area along Sirhind canal on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Karanvir Singh of Samrala.Amritpal Kaur, mother of the deceased, had filed a missing persons report with the police after her son Karanvir had gone missing since Feb 5.Local sources said after filing the report, the police and family members were searching for the missing youth. They added that from the locations of his mobile phone and CCTV footage, it was found that Karanvir had gone to Khamano with his friends, after which…
Noida: Pitted with potholes, broken edges and rough patches that have slowed traffic and raised safety concerns, Noida’s road network is set for a major overhaul with Noida Authority approving a Rs 250-crore plan to resurface about 150km of road network across the city. The Authority has set an April deadline for completing the repairs.Officials said tenders would be floated circle-wise, and work would begin once the bidding process was completed and agencies finalised. To meet the tight deadline, resurfacing would be carried out simultaneously in multiple work circles.This will be the first major road repair exercise since the Authority’s…
Overcrowding at shivneri fort leaves 3 injured during Shivaji Maharaj celebrations PUNE: Three people were injured in a crowd-related incident at Shivneri Fort in Pune district in the early hours of Thursday, as thousands thronged the historic site to mark the birth anniversary of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, police officials said. The incident took place at around 3.30 am near the Meena Darwaja area of the fort in Junnar tehsil. According to police, a group carrying a ceremonial torch was making its way down the fort when the mishap occurred. “A group was coming down the fort carrying a…
Masked figures, scaring children and adults alike, roamed the narrow lanes of Divar Island as the three-day Potekar Festival ended on Tuesday with drums, laughter and playful chaos. Rooted in old Catholic preLenten traditions, masked Potekars — from the Konkani word poti , meaning sack — warn children of being taken away in a sack, while keeping the centuries-old ritual alive.One masked participant, keeping his identity hidden, shared, “The masks give us the freedom to playfully scare everyone. It’s a way of keeping our old traditions alive, and every year the excitement grows as both children and adults join the…
Chandigarh: The Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Punjab govt has declared 13 wildlife sanctuaries across the state as plastic-free zones .The move is expected to curb plastic waste in ecologically sensitive areas and promote responsible tourism. Forest and wildlife preservation minister Lal Chand Kataruchak said sustained conservation efforts and public awareness campaigns have yielded encouraging results. “Our govt consistently worked to sensitise people about the need to nurture and protect wildlife. The response from the public has been extremely positive,” he said. Kataruchak said five prominent wetlands of Punjab — Harike, Ropar, Kanjhli, Keshopur and Nangal — were included among 100 identified…
LUCKNOW: Rejecting allegations of large‑scale voter deletions across Uttar Pradesh, chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa on Wednesday said that only 4,336 names have been removed from the draft electoral roll on the basis of Form‑7 applications filed by third parties that is, applications submitted by an individual seeking deletion of another person’s name — during the claims and objections window under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026.Addressing what he termed misinformation around deletions, Rinwa presented a granular breakdown of Form‑7 inflows and outcomes. Between Jan 6 and Feb 17, 2026, election authorities received 1.40 lak Form‑7 applications — 55,752…
Patna: The Congress has expelled two senior functionaries, Chhatrapati Yadav and Anand Madhav, from primary membership for six years for allegedly undermining the party’s basic principles, discipline and organisational dignity.Yadav is a former MLA, while Madhav served as former chairman of the research wing and also as a party spokesman. Both had publicly criticised AICC incharge for state affairs Krishna Allavaru and state chief Rajesh Ram, among others, over the party’s poor performance in the 2025 assembly elections.In the 2025 polls, the Congress contested 65 seats but won only six. In the previous Assembly elections, it had secured 19 seats…