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Rice procurement estimates for Kharif marketing season (KMS) 2023-24 (Kharif crop) are 521.27 LMT out of which 20.76 per cent (108.23 LMT) has already been procured of which major contributors are Punjab (66.42 LMT), Haryana (36.11 LMT), and Tamil Nadu (3.26 LMT), it said. –IANS ans/vd

The woman has not been identified yet though she is said to be around 28 years of age.According to the police, after getting information from the villagers, a half-burnt body of a woman was recovered from inside an abandoned trolley bag in the cremation ground of Sisana village under Kotwali Baghpat police station. Baghpat Senior Superintendent of Police, Arpit Vijayvargiya, said that on receiving the information, the local police team along with the forensic team reached the spot to collect evidence for further investigation. Meanwhile, the body has been sent for post-mortem.He said: “It appears that the woman was murdered…

He was disqualified on October 4.The Secretariat, in a notification on Thursday, restored his membership to Lok Sabha.The Supreme Court on October 9 stayed a recent Kerala High Court order that rejected the MP’s plea for suspending his conviction in an attempt to murder case. Following the Kerala HC order, Faizal faced disqualification as an MP for the second time. After the apex court’s stay, he can now continue as an MP. The bench, comprising Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Sanjay Karol, while staying the High Court’s order, also said that the benefit of suspension of conviction from the August…

Congress state spokesman Lalremruata Renthlei on Thursday said that due to “unavoidable reasons”, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s visit to Mizoram stands cancelled. The Congress leader was scheduled to address a gathering of people near Raj Bhavan in Aizawl, followed by a public meeting at Kawrtethawveng in Mamit district. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited Mizoram for two days on October 16 and 17 and addressed several election rallies while Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in a video message on Wednesday urged the Mizoram voters to vote for the Congress candidates.The Congress, which has governed the state for many years, has fielded…

The stylish Indian batter completed this milestone during the 2023 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.Kohli has now scored more than 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year eight times, overtaking the legendary Tendulkar’s erstwhile record of seven.Kohli’s brilliance in ODI cricket came back in 2017 when he scored 1460 runs in 26 innings. With 1000+ runs in four consecutive years 2011, 20212, 2013, and 2014, Kohli managed to equal Tendulkar’s record after 2017, 2018, and 2019 phenomenal performance with the bat.After struggling with the bat in the year 2020, 2021, and 2022 Kohli…

The Taliban government on its part said that Pakistan must show “Islamic brotherhood” and “magnanimity” while dealing with Afghan refugees who have been in Pakistan for decades.Petitioners challenged the caretakers’ mandate to formulate such a policy against “illegal residents and asylum seekers” living in the country for decades. “It is a reversal of Pakistan’s 40-year-old policy,” they said, claiming that no provision of law permits such mass deportation.On Wednesday as the announced deadline expired, Pakistan formally began to deport Afghans through “holding centres” established at Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock. Thousands of refugees, including their families, women folk and children, were…

Kochi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Congress and its students’ wing Kerala Students Union (KSU)are up in arms after what they allege was a planned back door operation that played spoilsport for its visually challenged chairman candidate at the Kerala Varma College in Trissur. He was declared the winner first, but later he found himself on the losing side as the SFI candidate was announced the winner.Late on Wednesday after the votes was counted the KSU candidate S. Sreekuttan, a visually challenged student, was declared elected by a margin of one vote.But as the KSU began celebrating as it was winning…

After the famous 1983 World Cup, it was the 2011 World Cup when the Dhoni-led Indian team lifted the World Cup on home soil after 28 years and the joy was quite vivid all over the country.Sunil Gavaskar, who was in the commentary box, jumped with tears in his eyes witnessing the historic moment.“I was so happy at that moment, we were jumping and shouting with joy in the commentary box, and later when the presentation was done, I went on the field to see the Indian team celebrating, and I smeared the soil off the pitch on my forehead…

Be it as the Rajput nobleman Sangram Singh in “Pukar” (1931) set in the times of Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Raja Porus in “Sikandar” (1941), in the title role of the Parmar king in “Prithvi Vallabh” (1943), as the Rajguru of Rani Lakkshmibai in “Jhansi ki Rani” (1952), or the bitter persecuted Jew Ezra in “Yahudi” (1958), Sohrab Modi strode the silver screen with his imposing presence, boundless histrionic abilities, and thunderous voice.He delivered a trailblasing performance as a kind and rational man turned domestic tyrant – and twice over- in “Jailor”, made first in 1938 and remade in 1958, with…

Lucknow, Nov 2 (IANS) Friday’s clash in the Men’s ODI World Cup will be the final game to be played at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium. Both Afghanistan and Netherlands, squaring off in the clash on Friday, will be keen to take two points and push more for a semi-final berth.For Netherlands, according to its all-rounder Colin Ackermann, countering the Afghanistan spin threat featuring Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, along with Noor Ahmed at the bench, will be the key if they are to spring another surprise in the tournament.“They’ve obviously got three very good spinners that…