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Strong wheat acreage points to plentiful output

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- Farmers have planted wheat, the winter staple, on 33.4 million hectares aided by favourable weather conditions, which is 7% higher than the five-year average, figures released by... Read More


Centre weighs scaling up MSME Champions Scheme outlay ninefold to Rs.10,000 crore

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The Centre is planning a steep increase in the financial outlay of its MSME Champions Scheme to around Rs.10,000 crore for the next five years, according to two officials aware o... Read More


Stuck in Muscat, Muktsar woman seeks Centre's help to return for son's last rites

Jalandhar, Jan. 20 -- The family of a 35-year-old woman, who is stuck in Muscat, urged the central government to facilitate her return to India so that she could attend the last rites of her eight-yea... Read More


Thousands march in Palghar against Vadhavan Port, submit letter to collector

India, Jan. 20 -- Thousands of fisherfolk, farmers and residents of Vadhavan, Dahanu and neighbouring villages marched for four kilometres to the Palghar district collector's office on Monday morning ... Read More


Mann blames Cong, SAD, BJP for youth exodus from Punjab

Amritsar, Jan. 20 -- Laying the foundation stone of a Rs.15-crore Government Degree College in Ajnala, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday once again batted for reverse migration among Punja... Read More


Internal sector roads dominate Gurugram dust-control repair plan

India, Jan. 20 -- Majority of the road network proposed to be redeveloped this year to curb dust pollution in Gurugram will comprise internal sector roads, according to the city's clean air action pla... Read More


Gurugram: Man beaten to death for resisting phone snatching; 3 arrested

India, Jan. 20 -- Three suspects were arrested from Nathupur in DLF Phase-III on Monday for beating a man to death after he resisted a mobile phone snatching attempt by chasing them, police said. The... Read More


Woman drugged, raped at spa in Gurugram; 2 absconding accused booked

India, Jan. 20 -- Two men were booked on Monday after a 29-year-old woman -- girlfriend of one of the accused -- alleged that they spiked her food and raped her inside a spa centre in Sector 45. A ca... Read More


MCG plans to link 140 more Gurugram parks with treated STP water

India, Jan. 20 -- The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) is working to connect 140 more parks under their jurisdiction with sewage treatment plants (STPs), officials said at the HT's Gurugram Fir... Read More


Mumbra police busts MD factory in MP, seizes drugs worth rRs.r27.21 Cr

India, Jan. 20 -- Mumbra police have busted a major drug trafficking racket and uncovered a manufacturing unit in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, seizing 13.62 kg of mephedrone (MD) worth about Rs.... Read More