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Maharashtra cuts interest rate for delayed land acquisition compensation

MUMBAI, Aug. 12 -- The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a new formula for calculating interest on delayed land acquisition compensation payable to farmers and other affected landowners, effectively r... Read More


No update on Hasina's extradition yet: Jaiswal

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- India on Tuesday said that Bangladesh's request for the extradition of former premier Sheikh Hasina, who has lived in the country in self-exile since August 2024, is being examin... Read More


K'taka students' bus vandalised by goons

PUNE, Aug. 12 -- A group of 11 college students from Karnataka had a harrowing experience when the tempo traveller they were travelling in was chased and vandalised by a group of local youths in the G... Read More


A third of skilling scheme trainees remain unplaced

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Since the Union government launched its flagship rural skilling programme in 2014, more than 1.8 million rural youth have been trained under it, but nearly one in three did not s... Read More


Jharkhand Bandh affects normal life

RANCHI, Aug. 12 -- Majority of schools and business establishments in Ranchi remained closed and vehicular movement on roads was limited during the BJP-sponsored statewide bandh called to protest Mond... Read More


Soren says BJP tried to hijack students' protest

Ranchi, Aug. 12 -- Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren said on Tuesday that the saffron party tried to hijack the students' protest to regain lost po... Read More


Manjhi sparks prohibition law debate with review call

PATNA, Aug. 12 -- Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) leader and Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has again brought the liquor prohibition issue in focus of political discourse in Bihar. Speaking to the m... Read More


LoP Tejashwi Yadav urges CM to check 'anomalies' in transfer of Urdu teachers

PATNA, Aug. 12 -- Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday demanded from CM Samrat Choudhary to ensure that teachers of Urdu, Arabic and Persian language in government schools were no... Read More


Five killed, 8 injured in Banka lightning strike

PATNA, Aug. 12 -- Lightning strikes killed five people and injured eight others in Banka district on Tuesday, police said. Sudden adverse weather conditions caught victims in open fields, triggering w... Read More


Min questions oppn 'double standard' over J'khand protests

PATNA, Aug. 12 -- Minister Nitish Mishra on Monday criticised police action against students protesting over JPSC (Jharkhand Public Service Commission) and JSSC (Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission) ... Read More