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90% cattle vaccinated against lumpy skin disease in Punjab, says minister

Punjab's animal husbandry department is close to achieving 100 per cent vaccination of the 2.5 mn cattle in the state against lumpy skin disease (LSD) and has inoculated more than 2.2 mn of them

Rahul Gandhi to file appeal in Gujarat court on Monday against conviction

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Monday file an appeal before a court in Surat in Gujarat against his conviction in a criminal defamation case

Steel, power cos bag major slice of blocks auctioned in 6th coal auctions

Steel, power and cement companies have bagged a sizable number of blocks auctioned under the sixth round of commercial coal auctions

After PM's 'supari to dent my image' remark, Sibal says let us know names

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that some people have given 'supari (contract)' to dent his image, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal urged the PM to name them and said let us prosecute them

IBA makes a case for biogas plants in PPP mode at landfill sites in Delhi

Indian Biogas Association has urged the Delhi govt to set up biogas plants under the public-private-partnership model at landfill sites in the national capital

CCL registers record output at 76.09 mt in FY'23, logs 11% growth

Central Coalfields Limited, a Coal India subsidiary, has posted a record output of 76.09 million tonne (MT) in 2022-23 fiscal, registering 11 per cent growth over the previous fiscal's production

Cannot be like Savarkar even if he takes 10 births: Thakur slams Rahul

Training his guns at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remark on Veer Savarkar, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday said that the former cannot become like Savarkar even if he takes 10 births

Mamata is role model for how law and order situation worsens: Anurag Thakur

Hitting out at the West Bengal government over the death of a Bharatiya Janata Party worker in the state, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being biased

Tata Power, Adani raise electricity tariff for customers in Mumbai

The commission cited an increase in fuel cost, power purchase cost and shortfall in revenue due to the impact of Covid-19, and an increase in transmission system costs

EU's population projected to drop by 6% by 2100, shows Eurostat data

The European Union's population will decrease by 6 per cent between 1 January 2022 and 1 January 2100, equivalent to 27.3 million fewer people, according to the latest population projections

Ram Navami violence: Security beefed up in Nalanda, police say over 50 held

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday hit out at the Bihar and West Bengal governments over clashes in the states during the Ram Navami celebrations

Kane Williamson ruled out of IPL owing to injury, Gujarat Titans confirm

Kane Williamson, the Gujarat Titans batter, has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League owing to a knee injury, the franchise said on Sunday

Shah speaks to Bihar Guv on communal violence, additional forces to be sent

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed concern over incidents of communal violence in Bihar, and spoke to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to take stock of the situation, sources said

Kia India expects 40% of sales to accrue from iMT trims amid rising demand

Automaker Kia India aims to garner 40 per cent of its overall sales this year from cars with an intelligent manual transmission (iMT) as demand for automatic vehicles continues to grow in the market

Isro successfully conducts autonomous landing of Reusable Launch Vehicle

Indian Space Research Organization informed that it successfully conducted the autonomous test landing mission of the Reusable Launch Vehicle at the Aeronautical Test Range in Karnataka's Chitradurga

RBI decision, global cues to drive mkts in holiday-shortened week: Analysts

RBI's interest rate decision, macroeconomic data and global trends would dictate terms in the equity market in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said

India records 3,824 Covid-19 cases, biggest single-day rise in six months

India on Sunday recorded a single-day jump of 3,824 Covid-19 infections, the biggest in 184 days, while the number of active cases increased to 18,389, according to Union health ministry data

Cong should set its house in order for role in Oppn unity, says Deve Gowda

Amid the buzz around forging opposition unity ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda said that the Congress should set its house in order first

PM Modi hails SAIL for its best ever annual production in 2022-2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for its best ever annual production in the 2022-23 fiscal

Par panel asks CAT to dispose of cases pending for over 10 yrs on priority

Citing 1,350 cases pending disposal for more than 10 years, a Parliamentary committee has asked the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to decide them on a priority basis