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New Delhi: India has the capacity to support food security in many other countries, but the full potential of the food processing sector is yet to be tapped, Food Processing Minister Chirag Paswan said on Friday, stressing the need to take the sector deeper into rural India.Paswan said India has scope in the food processing…

New Delhi: The Election Commission On Friday appointed former IPS officer NK Mishra and former IRS officer Pratap Singh as special observers for West Bengal and Tamil Nadu respectively, tasked with overseeing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as well as preparation and conduct of the upcoming assembly elections in the two…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said that telecom companies cannot claim ownership over spectrum allocated to them by the government and that natural resources cannot be subject to insolvency and winding-up proceedings of an insolvent telecom company.A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar rejected the plea of ​​the banks, which submitted…

CHANDIGARH: In a landmark judgment affecting thousands of ex-armed personnel, the Supreme Court (SC) has said that eligible ex-servicemen (ESM) are entitled to full arrears of disability pension from the applicable cut-off date, either January 1, 1996 or January 1, 2006 without a limit of three years. The SC further clarified that “disability pension is…

New Delhi: Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday launched the second round of auctions for exploration licenses covering 11 important and deep-seated mineral blocks across eight states. The licenses will allow rare earth mineral exploration in Telangana, Rajasthan and Odisha along with diamonds, vanadium, titanium and other minerals in additional states.The minister…

Arundhati Roy (file photo) New Delhi: Author Arundhati Ray announced that he will not attend the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin), where a film he wrote nearly four decades ago is scheduled to be screened in the festival’s Classics section. Roy’s screenplay In which Annie gives it to those O’sWritten 38 years ago, it was…

Hoshiarpur: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged protests outside district Congress committee offices across Punjab on Friday, reacting to Leader of Opposition Pratap Singh Bajwa’s alleged comments against the state minister. Harbhajan Singh.Led by party leaders including ministers and MLAs, AAP members staged protests and raised slogans condemning Bajwa’s comments. Protests were also held outside…

New Delhi: The death of a 37-year-old man at the Tamilga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) chief’s victory rally in Salem on Friday triggered an intense political exchange, with rival groups attacking the party over the security of the crowd.The man, identified as Maharashtra native Suraj, who was living in Salem, fainted after complaining of chest pain…

New Delhi: Senior Dr Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Friday said the party’s immediate focus was to consolidate its organization and rally behind Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, who is set to take over as NCP national president in the coming fortnight after the death of Ajit Pawar.Patel said Sunetra Pawar…

Auli witnessed the opening of Shitalkin Winter Carnival and National Skiing Championship on Friday.Uttarakhand Minister Satpal Maharaj inaugurated the Games by lighting the ceremonial lamp. A total of 17 teams are participating in the world famous Auli Winter Carnival and National Skiing Championships.More than 300 athletes are participating in this winter’s carnival and national skiing…