New Delhi, June 21 : India has increased customs duty on 29 products, including pulses and iron and steel products, imported from the US as a retaliatory action against the tariff hike by Washington.The duty hike would come into effect immediately for 28 products, while for artemia, a kind of shrimp, the rate hike would […]
Mandi, June 21 : At least 13 students were injured after a school van they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Mandi’s Sarkaghat on Thursday afternoon. Police said the van belonged to a private school at Dadwar in Sarkaghat area and was ferrying students towards their home after school. The injured were mostly […]
Lucknow, June 21 : A day after, Tanvi Seth, complained to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj accusing passport authorities in Lucknow of refusing her passport on the pretext of her “inter-caste marriage” to a Muslim man, the couple was on Thursday issued the passports after the couple took to social media highlighting their grievances.In her […]
Ropar, June 21 : Ropar’s AAP MLA Amarjit Singh Sandoa was on Thursday injured in an attack by mining mafia as he tried to stop illegal mining at Beihara village near here. Sandoa was hit by a stone on the chest and was admitted to an Anandpur Sahib hospital. According to information, the MLA, along with […]
Chandigarh : The government steps to make farmers plant early maturing and less water-consuming paddy varieties, either forcefully or by creating awareness, stand exposed as transplantation officially begins on Wednesday.It seems another year has been lost on saving groundwater, as a majority of farmers across the state have already transplanted water-guzzling varieties of paddy. This […]