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A farmer in Telangana’s Medak district has literally hit the jackpot by earning a whopping Rs 2 crore by selling tomatoes during the last one month while another crop worth Rs 1 crore is ready for harvest.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, General (Retd.) V.K. Singh, said that Go First has submitted its resumption plan to DGCA for operating 150 flights daily with 26 aircraft.

Isolated very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall activity likely to continue over the west coast till July 26 and over Telangana and Andhra Pradesh during July 25 and 27, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Monday.

Supreme Court’s latest remarks questioning the skewed priorities of the Delhi government have shed light on the mismanagement of funds and raised concerns over the condition of roads, garbage disposal, and infrastructure development in the national capital.

To address the challenges posed by the escalating prices and disruptions in the tomato supply chain due to quality concerns, Subway outlets have taken the decision to temporarily suspend the use of tomatoes in their sandwiches and salads.

In a major multi-state operation, the Maharashtra Forest Department has nabbed 11 persons, including 5 women, and detained 5 minors allegedly involved in a multi-state tiger poaching racket, officials said on Monday.

The Delhi government on Monday agreed to make budgetary provisions towards fulfillment of its share for construction of the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project after the Supreme Court earlier raised eyebrows on its expenditure on advertisements.

The arrested persons have been taken to Jaint police station, where they are being interrogated. During interrogation, these people could not show any valid document. They revealed that they were used to buy garbage from hotels and sell it.

For investors, the market is buys on dips with a strict stop loss of 19500, and if the Nifty closes below the indicated level, we can expect more profit booking, says Deven Mehata, Equity Research Analyst, Choice Broking.

The Board of Directors of ITC Limited at its meeting held on Monday evaluated and discussed various alternative structures for the hotels business towards crafting the next horizon of growth as also enhancing value creation for all stakeholders.

Sacked Rajasthan Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha on Monday teared into the Ashok Gehlot government after he was marshalled out of the Assembly following a ruckus and scuffle with state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal.

A girl student of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has alleged that she was sexually harassed and thrashed by a group of male students inside cyber library in the campus.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh was on Monday suspended for remaining of the Monsoon Session of Parliament for his "unruly behaviour" while protesting over the Centre's response on the Manipur violence.

Sacked minister Rajendra Singh Gudha was on Monday marshalled out of the Rajasthan Assembly after he created a ruckus and engaged in a scuffle with state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal.

A student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad has gone missing, police said. Karthik, a B. Tech second year student, left the campus on July 17, but did not return causing concern to the authorities and the family.

The Supreme Court on Monday again extended the interim bail granted to former Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain for five weeks on medical grounds in a money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Police said that the victim worked as a security guard and lived in a rented house in Ejipura locality. The accused, a divorcee and single mother, worked as a domestic help at a daycare centre in Jigani on the outskirts of Bengaluru.

At a time when Seema Haidar from Pakistan is making news for crossing boundaries and barriers to reach India to meet her love, Rajasthan's Anju Rafael, a married mother of two, has also crossed the border to meet her Facebook friend.

Ahead of the third day of Parliament's Monsoon session, the Congress on Monday once again demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on Manipur situation in both the Houses saying no "5D" drama that he does to escape responsibility in such situations.

Talking about the alliance name coined by 26 opposition parties -- 'I.N.D.I.A', Trivedi said that just because of the similarity with the country's name, their character would not alter. 

Some foreign universities have become breeding grounds to set afloat anti-India narrative on untenable grounds, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said while cautioning that "such institutions also use our students and faculty members for their narrow agenda".

"During the course of questioning, all the accused persons disclosed that they were working with this call centre for the last three months. They used to dupe innocent, unemployed people on the pretext of providing jobs," the official said. 

More significantly, a huge majority wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene in the matter. To the question: should Prime Minister Modi personally intervene to stop the violence in Manipur, overall 80 per cent of the respondents answered in the affirmative.

An exclusive survey conducted by India's leading poll agency CVoter reveals that an overwhelming majority of Indians want culprits like the ones who paraded women naked in public and gang-raped them in public in Manipur should be given the death penalty.

An exclusive survey conducted by India's leading poll agency CVoter reveals that a majority of Indians are of the opinion that the "double engine" government of the NDA has failed in Manipur.