The Uttar Pradesh government plans to promote the cultivation and consumption of millets by organizing a three-day workshop and food festival. The event, called ‘Shri Anna Mahotsav’, aims to revive millet farming and showcase millet-based recipes. It will feature competitions among hoteliers and Farmers’ Producer Organisations from across 75 districts. The festival will take...
Read MoreThe Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government over a petition filed by activist Teesta Setalvad seeking the quashing of an FIR against her for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame PM Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 riots conspiracy. Justice J C Doshi directed the investigating officer to...
Read MoreRadheyshyam Kakodia, a candidate from the Gondwana Gantantra Party, will be contesting the upcoming election from jail against sitting MLA Meena Singh in the Manpur constituency in Umaria district. Kakodia was arrested along with 40 others after a protest turned violent. Party leaders are working towards his release, but if he remains in jail,...
Read MoreMadhya Pradesh Congress on Wednesday changed candidates for four assembly seats following protests and what party sources called “strong feedback from the grassroots”. Two of them are MLAs – Ajab Singh Kushwaha and Murli Morwal – who had been dropped, apparently as a result of internal surveys. These four constituencies are Sumawali, Pipariya (SC),...
Read MoreThree draft reports on the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill have been circulated to standing committee members for consideration and adoption. The committee has recommended deleting the seven-year punishment for murder by mobs based on caste/community, arguing that it is an aggravated form of...
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