In a bid to enhance coastal security, the Centre is going to provide 3.5 lakh free-of-cost two-way communication transponders to fishermen which will help in tracking them and also promote their business.
"An ex-gratia of Rs 2.5 lakhs will be given to the next of kin of those who died in the firecracker factory blast in Egra and a home guard job will be given to one of the family members," she said while addressing a people East Medinipur.
The arrested persons were allegedly en route to deposit the Rs 2,000 notes in the bank. RBI had recently decided to withdraw Rs 2000 currency notes from circulation, however, they will continue to remain as legal tender.
Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department has seized 1202.55 grams of gold worth approximately Rs 60 lakh from two Sri Lankan nationals at Kochi airport in Kerala, an official statement said on Friday.
The ministry's data showed that the sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower.
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Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], May 26: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has witnessed an overwhelming response, with over 20,000 applications received for the IET India Scholarship Award. This prestigious scholarship program, recognized as India's largest for undergradu
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The internal Security wing of Punjab Police in association with the Department of Telecom (DoT) has begun an aggressive crackdown against distributors/agents involved in selling SIM cards on fake identities as the majority of cyber-crimes and anti-national acts are being carried out using mo