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Farmers are into Kuruvai cultivation in an area of 3.60 lakh acres and are dependent purely on water from Mettur dam.Manikandan, a Kuruvai farmer while speaking to IANS said, “When the Mettur water was released on the customary date of June 12 by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, farmers were happy. However, now we are worried as the water table in Mettur dam has come down.”According to farmers, 100 TMC water is required for a successful Kuruvai farming and the farmers are worried as at present the current storage level in Mettur dam is only 46 TMC.Agriculture experts also…

On Sunday, Zelensky and Duda stood in front of the church to exchange greetings and share an embrace in a televised event.In a tweet, the Polish leader said: “Together we pay tribute to all the innocent victims of Volhynia! Memory connects us! Together we are stronger.”Lutsk is in the far west of Ukraine, close to the border with Poland.After the church visit, the two leaders also held a meeting.“Andrzej Duda and I had a brief but very substantive discussion about the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius. We agreed to work together to get the best possible result for Ukraine,” Zelensky…

The Congress said the Prime Minister loses no chance to claim Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy but at the same time he sees it fit to destroy Gandhian institutions built by people like Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash NarayanTaking a swipe at the Prime Minister, Congress General secretary Jairam Ramesh in a tweet said, “Prime Minister Modi’s adopted village stood up against him when his government threatened to demolish buildings belonging to the Gandhian institute, Sarva Sewa Sangh.”He said that this is the second time the residents of Nagepur have protested against the Prime Minister, a few weeks ago they sat on dharna…

The accused has been identified as 37-year-old Syed Mohammad Anwar from Maharashtra.According to police, the accused was raising donations for madrassas from the mosques.After collecting the donation from the Azam mosque near Russell Market in Shivajinagar locality of Bengaluru, he had sought permission to stay back the night which was denied.An upset Anwar then boarded the bus to Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh. Upon crossing Devanahalli, he had made a phone call to the emergency helpline number 122 stating that terrorists had planted a bomb in the mosque.The incident had taken place late at night on July 5.Ithad created panic and…

According to the data given by the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale occurred at 5.38 a.m.The epicentre of the first tremor was in Doda region of J&K and it occurred at a depth of 10 Kms inside the earth.The second earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale occurred at 5.43 a.m. with an epicentre again in Doda region. It occurred 8 Kms inside the earth.Seismologically, Kashmir is situated in a highly sensitive region where earthquakes have wrought havoc in the past.An earthquake measuring 7.6 occurred on October 8, 2005 in which…

Listing 12 Ukrainian achievements since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, Maliar posted on Telegram: “273 days ago, (we) launched the first strike on the Crimean bridge to disrupt Russian logistics.”Her post also mentioned the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva (451 days ago) and the liberation of Snake Island (373 days ago), CNN reported.The Ukrainian government however, has not responded on the Minister’s claim.The attack on the Kerch bridge, which disrupted major transport links between mainland Russia and the annexed Crimean Peninsula, not only struck a blow against Russia’s military effort in Ukraine but also represented…

“Traffic on the rail line has been suspended on Monday and Tuesday due to slides, water logging and debris on the tracks. Work on clearing the muck is on,” a senior railway official told IANS.Landslides were also reported at several places along the tracks in Solan district, some 65 km from the state capital.Toy trains, as they are popularly called, run on the century-old Kalka-Shimla rail line. Each train has seven coaches and can accommodate nearly 200 passengers.The 96-km-long narrow gauge railroad, originally built to ferry Europeans to Shimla, the then summer capital of British India, was chosen by the…

Cummins’ side picked up their first defeat of the new ICC World Test Championship cycle when falling to a three-wicket loss to their old foe at Headingley on Sunday, but now have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong ahead of the next Test of an absorbing series at Old Trafford from July 19.The visitors expect to have all-rounder Cameron Green and experienced seamer Josh Hazlewood available for selection after they missed the third Test, while a re-shuffle at the top of the batting order could also be on the cards as Australia attempt to add to their 2-1…

Mukesh Bharti was manning the crossing under the supervision of a trafficsub-inspector (TSI) and had allowed vehicles coming from Husadiya crossing to pass through.A few furlongs away at Hahnemann crossing, a SUV had got stuck in the middle of vehicles and had blocked the road.The TSI sent Mukesh to ask the driver to clear the passage for vehicles behind him.“On being asked to clear the road, the SUV driver lost his cool and hurled abuses at me. The TSI issued a challan by clicking a photo,” Mukesh said.“This irked the man on the driving seat of the SUV and he…

“Requisition received from the Deputy Commissioners of Patiala and Ropar for assistance due to breach in river and canal,” a spokesperson for the Army told IANS.Recce teams have left to assess the situation along with two columns. The Deputy Commissioner has been requisitioned for closing breach and assisting in evacuation, said the spokesperson.A party has been dispatched to assess the situation in Ropar where again a breach has taken place in a canal leading to inundation of villages. The column will move based on assessment.The spokesperson said columns at Rajpura town in Patiala district have started evacuation from an old-age…