India

Pointing to increasing land fragmentation as a major problem that ails India's agriculture sector, former NABARD chairman Prakash Bakshi said that the government must push for agri-education to address the crisis.

A decision will be taken after September 17, following the hearing of a few petitions accusing the JNU EC of violating the Lyngdoh Committee rules.

As per the latest information, 11 tehsils in the district, except Bhamragad, are out of the flood situation. No casualties have been reported as yet though two persons are missing from Aramori and Chamorshi tehsils.

Officials said that the carcasses of the dogs were found strewn at various spots on Girda-Savaldabara Road in a forest area in the east Maharashtra district on Thursday evening.

State Judicial Academy's Director Rajeev Gupta said 108 Central Laws would be applicable for the two UTs while 164 state laws would be repealed and 166 state laws will continue to be applicable.

Mighty Krishna River and its tributaries Malaprabha, Ghataprabha, Vedganga, Doodhganga and Hiranyakeshi are in spate again after wreaking havoc in Belagavi, Bagalkot, Yadgir and Gadag districts of the state.

In the video, legislator Simranjit Singh Bains is seen shouting at Dy Commissioner Vipul Ujwal even as the officer tries to clear some confusion over the identity of a blast victim's body.

Senior lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said Ram Jethmalani, with whom he shared great camaraderie, will be missed.

KK Venugopal said Jethmalani was a very outspoken person and did not mince words even against the judiciary. He remembered him as a senior advocate who was there in most of the big criminal appeals and constitutional cases.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah were among the leaders who expressed grief over the demise of eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani.

The Colaba observatory for the island city has recorded a rainfall of 70 mm in the last 24 hours ended on Saturday morning, which is higher compared to the quantum of rains recorded by the Santa Cruz centre.

In the early hours of Saturday, ISRO’s plan to soft-land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the lunar surface did not go as per script.

Trinbago Knight Riders suffered a serious injury blow as all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was ruled out of the Caribbean Premier League due to a finger injury.

Ranjit Kumar said demolitions and rehabilitation plans will be good for everyone and they are being carried out after having discussions and negotiations with everyone.

CM K Chandrasekhar Rao in an official release said that he would miss the guidance of the latter who had seen the agitation for a separate Telangana and the formation of the new state.

Ajit Doval told a select group of journalists that there are Pakistani communications towers along a 20-km stretch of the border from where they are sending messages to terrorists.