The federal government will import sugar at an inflated price of PKR 220 per kilogram, and the burden will be passed on to the population, which is already suffering from inflation and will be forced to pay exorbitant prices, the Geo News said.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Senior Leader and Politburo member Brinda Karat on Wednesday wrote a letter to Union Minister for Rural Development Giriraj Singh and draw attention to the negative impact of several policy decisions taken by the govt regarding MGNREGA.
Congress-ruled Karnataka government on Wednesday rolled out the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme one among five poll promises made by the Congress during its election campaign.
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Wednesday took a jibe at the central government over the reduction in the prices of domestic cooking gas on the eve of Raksha Bandhan.
Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Tuesday said that he is grateful to the Central government for the price reduction of the cooking gas cylinders.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that his government has the political will to implement five guarantees that were promised to the people in the state by Congress.
The development comes as the Pakistan caretaker government continues to hold talks for the third consecutive day in a bid to find ways to give relief to the protesting people.
The Assam government has taken an initiative aimed at planting over 1 crore commercially viable saplings across the state by individuals from various walks of life on September 17, and as part of the exercise, the state government will also attempt to make nine Guinness World Records.
On China releasing a new 'standard map' which shows Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region as its part, Tenzin Lekshay, Spokesperson and Additional Secretary, DIIR, Central Tibetan Administration said that China has been showing such distorted maps since many years, showing Arunachal