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Farmers seek spl allocation for MSP guarantee in Union budget

Patiala, Feb. 1 -- A day before the Union budget, protesting farmer unions have demanded a special budgetary allocation to implement a legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP). The farmer ... Read More


No weekly fruits for students in mid-day meals amid fund crunch

Bathinda, Feb. 1 -- A year after launching its initiative with much fanfare, the Punjab Mid-Day Meal Society (PMMS) is grappling with financial constraints, making it difficult to continue serving sea... Read More


FSL director gets show-cause notice

Chandigarh, Feb. 1 -- The officer whose statement about fund crunch coming in way of upgrade of forensic labs prompted the Punjab and Haryana high court to seek details of government spending on adver... Read More


2 terrorists gunned down as army foils intrusion bid

Jammu, Feb. 1 -- The army foiled an infiltration bid by a group of heavily armed terrorists and gunned down two of them along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Khari Karmara area of Poonch sector on Fr... Read More


Chillai Kalan ends amid 75% rain, snow deficit

Srinagar, Feb. 1 -- Some parts of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed mild rains in plains and snowfall over mountains on Friday as the Valley's harshest winter period - Chillai Kalan - ended, recording just ... Read More


HP doesn't need more IAS, IPS officers: CM

Shimla, Feb. 1 -- The Himachal government has decided to reduce the cadre strength of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) as well as the Indian Forest Service (IFS) of... Read More


Induct new leaders, but don't forget old ones: Ex-CM Shanta

Shimla, Feb. 1 -- Hinting at a brewing resentment in Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state unit, former chief minister Shanta Kumar, in an X post on Friday, wrote that new people should be welcomed, bu... Read More


Mehbooba writes to Andhra, Bihar CMs against Waqf bill

Srinagar, Feb. 1 -- Claiming that the Waqf Amendment Bill is against religious and constitutional rights of Muslims, former J&K chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday wrote to Bihar... Read More


Glanders detected in Mandi, equine movement restricted

Dharamshala, Feb. 1 -- After a mule tested positive for the deadly glanders disease in Himachal's Mandi, the animal husbandry department has issued an advisory restricting the movement of equine anima... Read More


EC hounding me over Yamuna row: Kejriwal

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged he was being "hounded" by the top leadership of the Election Commission of India (ECI) over a complaint l... Read More