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Speaking on Women Farmers' Day, the Agriculture Minister also laid foundation stones for 46 rural roads and announced a livelihood pilot for Raisen and Vidisha.
The US Secretary of State visits India from 17 to 22 October with energy on the agenda, but will not come to Delhi. The MEA says leaders have often been hosted outside the capital.
Jayapal said she was deeply concerned about what she called a purge of 130 million voters. India's ambassador in Washington called it unacceptable interference.
The onion train is due on 18 October. The Centre is releasing buffer stock in the Northeast to keep prices in check before the festive season.
Five ITI clusters, each with a hub and four spokes and an industry partner, were approved under PM-SETU. Total approvals under the scheme now reach ₹3,687 crore.
The 14th Joint Working Group looked at training, exercises and cyber security. Indian officials visited the cyber training centre set up with Indian help.
The Home Minister cited the shooting of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa and a father's suicide in Dirba, and asked who was responsible for Punjab's safety.
Built by L&T at Kattupalli with over 75% indigenous content, Samarthak is the first major warship built by a private yard to join the Navy.
At the Development Committee in Bangkok, the Finance Minister also asked for a full review of the World Bank's governance indicators, which India has long disputed.
Sukhna becomes Chandigarh's first wetland of international importance. Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced both additions on Thursday evening.
A ban first ordered for Ganeshotsav now covers public streets, lanes and footpaths across Maharashtra all year. Sale and manufacture are not affected.
The Home Minister praised Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the state police for the 12 October operation, which also covered 703 drug hotspots.
The full YES Bank judgment faults the regulator, the bank and the 2020 administrator, and says the ₹8,415 crore write-down was ordered by someone with no power to order it.
The consignment was declared as PU tubes. Officers at the IGI air cargo complex broke open 120 spools to find the cannabis, valued at about ₹52 crore.
A compilation filed in an insolvency appeal contained judgments the other side said do not exist. The court dropped costs only because the lead appellant had died.
The National Strategic Trade Command Centre puts DGFT schemes, licences and pending applications on interactive dashboards. The minister wants weekly meetings to clear the SCOMET licence backlog.
NHAI's new policy covers big river bridges, viaducts and spans of 40 metres or more on all new highway projects, and on those where design checks have not yet begun.
The interim order takes all fuel-powered boats off Srinagar's best-known lake until further orders, and asks the administration to look at solar and electric engines.
The MEA said the case adds to growing concern over racist hostility and anti-India hate in the US, and asked American authorities to bring those responsible to justice.
The court dismissed Tamil Nadu's appeal and upheld the Madras High Court's ruling striking down a 2024 order that let converts claim Backward Class Muslim certificates.
Policymakers, military officers and researchers from India and all 11 ASEAN countries met at MP-IDSA for two days to talk maritime security, defence technology and joint production.
The external affairs minister said India and China still have no agreed border, while Piyush Goyal said India is open to doing business with Beijing on fair terms.
The Centre has approved accession to SIOFA, which would let Indian-flagged vessels fish for squid, toothfish and alfonsino on the high seas under the agreement's rules.
Companies working on new chemicals, petrochemicals and materials can now seek long-term funding from the Research, Development and Innovation scheme.
Students and researchers from 19 NLUs will study pending criminal cases in the districts with the heaviest load and propose ways to clear them.
Speaking at the launch of the institute's $1 billion fundraising drive, the defence minister urged the forces, DRDO, academia and start-ups to work together on home-grown technology.
Canada's foreign minister met the Prime Minister and S. Jaishankar on Wednesday. Both sides said they wanted to turn a year of thawing ties into concrete results, starting with a trade pact.
The government and LIC will sell control of the bank to a Fairfax unit at ₹81 a share. The Centre calls it the largest foreign investment yet in India's financial sector.
Police had sought three months of account data from before an alleged road-rage incident. The court called it excessive and barred any use of what was collected.
The committee will look at calls for a higher cane price and a higher minimum selling price for sugar, and at how mills weigh cane and measure recovery.
The committee set up by the Home Ministry in May is asking governments, institutions and individuals to send data on population shifts and settlement patterns.
The two prime ministers spoke on Tuesday as Canada's foreign minister Anita Anand arrived in New Delhi, with a trade agreement targeted for the end of the year.
Opening the North East Bankers' Conclave in Aizawl, the DoNER minister called for state-wise credit targets and a credit-risk framework suited to community-owned land.
The blocks, covering 1,632 sq km, hold polymetallic nodules and crusts with nickel, cobalt, copper and manganese. Bids are due by 28 December.
On a visit to the NCPCR, the Women and Child Development Minister also asked the commission to finalise social media guidelines for tech companies and clear all pending files by 31 December.
ADR says Section 16 of the 2023 law puts the CEC and election commissioners beyond the reach of courts for life. It was added late and passed without debate, the petition says.
At its first meeting as a statutory body, the Maritime State Development Council asked coastal states to draw up master plans for their smaller ports and notify new rules within three months.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Bhupender Yadav told state agriculture ministers that machines must work in fields, not on paper, as most of the paddy harvest is still to come.
At the bloc's first meeting of home ministers, chaired by Amit Shah, the seven members approved a convention against human trafficking and plans on drugs, illicit money and disasters.
The year-round centre in Lahaul and Spiti will study how thin air and extreme cold affect soldiers and the people who live in the Himalaya.
The Cochin Shipyard-built craft, with over 80% indigenous content, is designed to hunt submarines in coastal and shallow waters.
At the first trade committee meeting since the India-UK trade agreement took effect, the two governments agreed to track how much business actually uses it.
The Chief Justice said the court would not hurt religious sentiments and favoured awareness over bans. Suggestions go to the air quality commission and the case returns on 15 October.
Prices could fall by 20% to 70%, the government says. The bench pressed it on why the cap stops at cancer medicines when stents and saline lines carry huge mark-ups too.
A public interest petition says people can write any caste on the census form. The bench wants the Solicitor General to explain the procedure and whether certificates are verified.
The lawyers had sought a CBI probe, alleging they were beaten at the Bar Council of India's office. The court asked for a team led by a DCP-rank officer instead.
The Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority will draw up a national transport master plan and vet every central infrastructure project of ₹500 crore or more.
New regulations replace the 2018 framework. Wrongful gains will be recovered separately from the settlement amount, and firms get 90 days instead of 60 to apply after a show-cause notice.
The Ministry of Steel's draft would replace the 2017 policy. It plans for nearly three times today's capacity, triple the coking coal and a 39% cut in emissions per tonne.
House listing was scheduled to wrap up by September. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa and most of Uttarakhand will be counted from 1 December, ahead of the rest of India.
The second phase of India's data protection rules begins next month. The regulator meant to oversee it still has no chairperson or members, five months after the government invited applications.
Ten states have final rules and the rest have drafts, the Labour Secretary says. Nearly 11 months after the codes took effect, many of their provisions still depend on state rules.
Wheat's support price moves to ₹2,610, a rise of under 1%. Pulses and oilseeds get larger increases, which the Centre says will encourage crop diversification.
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