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TMC MP snubs Centre over move to replace jute with plastic bags

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee has written to Union Textiles minister Giriraj Singh protesting the Centre's decision to allow large-scale use of high-den... Read More


India's fertilizer policy needs an end-to-end rethink: What we have today is something of a travesty

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- India's fertilizer imports are expected to go up from 10 million tonnes this year to 12 million in the next. This has led to heavy lobbying for incentives to raise domestic produc... Read More


Chandigarh private schools demand complete 25% reimbursement for EWS quota

Chandigarh, Jan. 7 -- Private schools in Chandigarh have once again demanded complete reimbursement for admissions made under the 25% Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota mandated by the Right to ... Read More


Given rRs.r2 lakh assistance to 18, says Indore collector in water contamination case

India, Jan. 7 -- The government has made an ex-gratia payment of Rs.2 lakh to the next-of-kin of 18 people who died in the Indore locality where hundreds of people have fallen ill due to contaminated ... Read More


ASHA workers stage stir, seek pay hike

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- A chaotic situation cropped up around Sasthya Bhavan in Salt Lake, Sector V, after Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers' deputation program demanding a minimum fixed sal... Read More


Murder of ex-AAG's wife in Mohali: Police make 2nd arrest

Mohali, Jan. 7 -- A week after the shocking murder of Ashok Goyal, the wife of former Punjab additional advocate general (AAG) KK Goyal, at their Phase 5 residence, police have arrested the second acc... Read More


JD Vance posts heartfelt birthday wish for wife Usha amid divorce rumors

India, Jan. 7 -- U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance took to social media to post a warm birthday message for his wife, Usha Vance, writing, "Happy Birthday to my darling Usha" alongside a picture of the t... Read More


Mamata, Abhishek pay homage to victims of Netai massacre

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and her party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee paid homage to the martyrs of the Netai incid... Read More


Can't impose election duty on co-op bank staff: Cal HC

Kolkata, Jan. 7 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that employees of an autonomous cooperative bank cannot be requisitioned for election-related duties or included in an election personnel database, ... Read More


Chennai fitness coach shares 5 not-so-common workout moves for 2026: Dead hang, tib raises and more

India, Jan. 7 -- The new year has just begun, and many of us have renewed our resolution to achieve our fitness goals this time around. However, repeating the same exercises can often become boring an... Read More