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10:27 PM

Centre spent Rs 10 trillion to provide affordable fertilisers to farmers: PM Modi

The Centre has spent approximately Rs 10 lakh crore during the last eight years to see that farmers in the country are not burdened by the high global prices of fertilisers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.

 

Modi, who was speaking after laying foundation stones and dedicating to the nation multiple projects worth over Rs 9,500 crore at Ramagundam in Telangana, said the Union government would spend more than Rs 2.5 lakh crore this year to make fertilisers available to the farmers at affordable rates.

 

He also said his government has transferred more than Rs 2 lakh crore to the bank accounts of farmers under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme.

10:25 PM

Congress releases fourth list of 9 candidates for Gujarat Assembly polls

10:24 PM

22 killed as minibus falls into canal in Egypt

22 killed as minibus falls into canal in Egypt, reports news agency ANI.

10:19 PM

2,467 stubble burning incidents in Punjab in a day, tally rises to 43,144

Punjab saw 2,467 stubble burning incidents on Saturday with Bathinda registering the maximum 358 farm fires.

 

With these, the cumulative farm fire cases between September 15 and November 12 jumped to 43,144, according to the Ludhiana-based Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data. READ MORE

10:08 PM

Delhi MCD elections: BJP releases first list of 232 candidates

10:05 PM

Shah Rukh Khan stopped at Mumbai airport for hours over luxury watches

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and five members of his team were stopped for an hour at the Mumbai airport by Customs officials for not paying Customs duty for six luxury watches as the payment facility was not operational in the early hours of Saturday, an official said.

 

The incident occurred at 12.30 AM after Khan landed at the airport from Dubai in a chartered flight, the official said and added that the payment counter at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) was not operational in the early hours.

 

During the screening of the baggage of Khan and his team members, officials found six expensive watches in one of the bags, he said.

9:45 PM

Thankful to people of Tamil Nadu: Rajiv Gandhi case convict Nalini Sriharan after release

Nalini Sriharan, one of the six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who was released on Saturday told ANI, "I am thankful to the people of Tamil Nadu who supported me for the last 32 years."

 

The country's longest serving woman prisoner serving a life sentence, Nalini was released from the Vellore jail following an order from the Supreme Court on friday, freeing all six convicts, including Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran, in the case.

 

After coming out of the Vellore Jail, Nalini said, "I thank both the State and Union governments (for her release)."

9:38 PM

Hundreds of activists protest for climate action at UN summit

Hundreds of activists called on industrialised nations to pay for the impact of climate change and to speed up the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy on Saturday in the largest protest yet at the UN climate summit in Egypt.

9:01 PM

2 killed, 30 injured as bus collides with truck in Ranchi

Two persons were killed and over 30 people were injured as a bus collided with a truck and overturned on the outskirts of Ranchi on Saturday, police said. The accident happened on the Ring Road in Tupudana police station area, they said.

 

The impact of the collision was such that the bus, which was on the way to Khunti from Ranchi, overturned, they added.

 

''One person died on the spot, while another person died during the treatment,'' Superintendent of Police (Ranchi-Rural) Naushad Alam told PTI.

 

The injured persons were admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Ranchi, he said.

 

The bus driver fled after the accident, while the truck driver was undergoing treatment, said Meera Singh, the officer-in-charge of Tupudana police station.

8:07 PM

Earthquake tremors felt in Delhi, neighbouring areas, second time this week

7:57 PM

India announces additional contribution of USD 5 million to ASEAN-India science and technology fund

7:34 PM

Maharashtra sees 146 Covid-19 cases, no death

Maharashtra reported 146 Covid-19 cases, which took the state's infection count to 8,134,150, while the death toll remained unchanged at 148,400, a health official said. The addition to the tally was a slight dip from the 169 cases witnessed a day earlier, when two deaths were also reported, he pointed out. Mumbai circle led with 78 new cases, followed by 54 in Pune circle, 17 in Akola circle, six in Nagpur circle, five in Aurangabad circle, three each in Kolhapur, Nashik and Latur circles, he said.

7:16 PM

Jaishankar discusses grain initiative, nuclear concerns with Ukrainian FM Kuleba

6:42 PM

Delhi Pollution: Over 5,800 vehicles challaned

Delhi Traffic Police on Saturday said that they have issued more than 5,800 challans to vehicles as part of restrictions on BS III petrol and BS IV diesel vehicles to fight pollution in the Capital.

 

6:39 PM

Delhi-NCR pollution: Stubble burning happening due to failure of 4 state govts, says NHRC

NHRC hears chief secretaries of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on air pollution. It says that farmers can not be blamed and stubble burning is happening due to failure of four state governments.