"I'm grateful to the central government for this decision. This price has been given for the A-grade onions, but the farmers have B-grade and C-grade quality onions as well. They should think about it too," one of the farmers, Sunil Haribabu More said on Tuesday.
The accused government official allegedly sexually harassed his friend's minor daughter for several months and impregnated her. His wife Seema Rani, who was also arrested by the Delhi Police in the same case, has also been sent to further one-day judicial custody.
The state government has decided to ban internet service in Bagaha sub-division of West Champaran district. The state headquarters issued this order after miscreants went on a rampage in Bagaha. Net services have been banned as per the instructions of the Home Department.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday asked the Karnataka Government to let politics take it's own route after the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, D K Shivakumar, decided to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) in the state.
"Guru Ramdas has shared how his sect and other religious leaders were humiliated. If the guru is humiliated, people will teach them a lesson," Raman Singh said.
Aam Aadmi Party leader and minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Tuesday came down heavily on Delhi Police for not allowing Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal to meet the minor, who was allegedly subjected to repeated sexual assaults by a senior government official, at a hospital.
Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan has said that the government is thinking to increase the loan amount given to meritorious minority students from three lakh to five lakh rupees.
According to the order of the Kerala High Court, the court again heard the government's plea to withdraw the ivory case and that there is no public interest, the court accepted the plea of the petitioners that the government cannot take a decision only on behalf of an individual.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal continued her sit-in on Tuesday at a hospital after she was stopped from meeting the minor, who was allegedly raped by a senior official of the Delhi government.
The Odisha government on Monday approved nine industrial projects worth Rs 873.57 crore which will create employment opportunities for 2,51600 people in the state.