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Patna: Bihar is moving from ‘Vocal for Local’ to ‘Local to Global’, BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi said on Saturday as 18 metric tonnes of GI-tagged Mithila makhana was exported to Australia for the first time via sea route.Union minister Piyush Goyal said the consignment, procured directly from Darbhanga, had provided farmers nearly 18% more profit than the market price. Bihar agriculture minister Vijay Kumar Sinha had flagged off the consignment from Bihta Dry Port on Friday.Bihar accounts for nearly 85% of India’s makhana production. A separate HS Code for makhana came into effect in July 2025 under the Finance…
Nagpur: City Congress president Praful Gudadhe on Saturday questioned the sharp increase in voters in constituencies such as South-West Nagpur and Kamptee despite several voters from Nagpur allegedly being shifted to electoral rolls of constituencies elsewhere in Maharashtra before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Addressing a press conference, Gudadhe said the issue was not merely about the ongoing SIR but about what happened to the city’s voters during successive revisions of electoral rolls. He claimed that voters from Nagpur had been shifted to constituencies in Pune, Palghar and other parts of Maharashtra, while the electorate in some Nagpur constituencies continued…
Student leader Devendra Nath Mahto is facing a critical decline in health as he continues his hunger strike to advocate for essential reforms in Jharkhand’s recruitment examination system RANCHI: Amid the ongoing agitation for reforms in Jharkhand’s recruitment system, student leader Devendra Nath Mahto’s health has deteriorated after 15 days of an indefinite hunger strike.Mahto, who has been protesting at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium in Ranchi, said the prolonged fast had severely affected his health.Speaking to the media, Mahto said, “I am facing significant difficulty in speaking. The doctor said my blood sugar and blood pressure are low, and my…
Kolkata: While “deviations” can’t be completely wiped out, BJP will have zero tolerance towards indiscipline, said party state president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday. This comes a day after BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal held a series of meetings with party workers, functionaries and the state brass on issues of extortion and other “anti-party activities”.“There is no political party which is free from deviations. Party is taking steps wherever there is a deviation. CM Suvendu Adhikari, from the first day in office, has tried to control this,” Bhattacharya said.“If anyone from the party is involved in extortion syndicates, immediate action…
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Goa now allows property documents to be registered at any Sub-Registrar Office within the district, easing the process for buyers and sellers. Property buyers and sellers in Goa can now register property-related documents at any Sub-Registrar Office within the district where the property is located, instead of being restricted to a particular registration office.The facility, called ‘Anywhere Registration within the District’, has been introduced under the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS). Goa is the third state in the country to implement the reform.The initiative was launched by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on July 29. Goa has two districts, North…
Police said the minor wanted to act in the popular TV show, ‘Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma.’ (File Photo) MUMBAI: A 16-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh left home on the pretext of going to school and changed multiple trains to travel to Mumbai in pursuit of his acting dream.Police said the minor wanted to act in the popular TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.Aarey Police have informed his parents about his whereabouts and are keeping him safe at the police station until his father reaches the city.The boy hails from Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. On August 6, he left…
Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar will head to New Delhi Sunday to discuss portfolio allocation and a possible cabinet rejig with the Congress high command, amid growing demands from disgruntled functionaries and efforts to ensure social and regional balance in the expanded ministry. If everything goes according to plan, the portfolio distribution to new ministers may take place early next week.KPCC president BK Hariprasad is also expected to accompany Shivakumar. The talks come ahead of the monsoon session of the state legislature, beginning Aug 13, with Shivakumar keen to settle the issues before the House meets.The state leadership is weighing…
Hyderabad; Alleging that that the Congress govt was attempting to hand over valuable industrial land in Hyderabad to private interests through the HILTP policy, BRS working president KT Rama Rao said the BRS govt would scrap the HILT policy after returning to power. He said around 10,000 acres of valuable land in Hyderabad, with an estimated value of nearly ₹5 lakh crore, was being put at risk. He said the BRS would launch a campaign to educate people and industrial organizations about what he described as the adverse implications of the policy.Speaking to reporters at his residence on Saturday, KTR…
BJP MP Dharmendra Pradhan interacts with students during a tree plantation drive under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign at Rairakhol in Sambalpur district on SaturdayFormer Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan at Rairakhol on SaturdayBJP MP Dharmendra Pradhan interacts with students during a tree plantation drive under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign at Rairakhol in Sambalpur district on SaturdayFormer Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan at Rairakhol on SaturdayBJP MP Dharmendra Pradhan interacts with students during a tree plantation drive under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign at Rairakhol in Sambalpur district on Saturday Bhubaneswar: Sambalpur MP and former…