Taslima told PTI that the story of the serial, which was earlier scheduled to be broadcast from Thursday night on the newly launched 'Aakash Aath'' channel, is about a Hindu family settled in the city.

The emotive issue of domestic violence and the different ways in which it is tackled in the US and India was discussed at length when an NGO invited a US police chief over recently.

L and LR department confirmed not receiving any requisition for land; Partha-headed IT dept''s performance too not at par

The party has called a Lalbazaar Chalo march on Tuesday.

A Bharat Sevasharam monk was arrested and remanded in police custody for allegedly abusing minor boys in the ashram premises at Sahapur.

Bodies of six persons of a family a couple and their four daughters aged 1, 5, 8 and 10 were recovered from a guesthouse room at Tarapith in Birbhum on Thursday.

A central committee member of the Kamtapur People''s Party (KPP), which is spearheading demand for a separate Kamtapur state, has been arrested from Cooch Behar in connection with the bicycle bomb blast here that claimed six lives.

Victim's father alleged that police asked him to leave Kolkata and return to Bihar with his daughter's body.

India's financial sector faces certain challenges that hold it back from becoming a preferred destination for global investors even though reforms have made domestic capital market more vibrant and transparent, the Economic Survey said today.

Government should work towards easing "regulatory and bureaucratic impediments" to improve investment climate in the country, suggested the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

The Economic Survey for 2012-13 has captured the significant changes in the composition of domestic savings over the years and has outlined the required measures to shift investments in gold to other areas.

Investors have put in more than Rs 1.2 lakh crore in various mutual funds in first nine months of the ongoing financial year compared to cumulative net outflow of nearly Rs 80,000 crore in last two financial years.

The Survey clearly indicates fiscal consolidation will be on the back of reduced oil subsidies

In real estate, India ranks 182nd in construction permission processes, the Survey says, citing a World Bank report

Even as the government is beginning to bestow the much-needed attention on the farm sector to boost its growth...

Even as the debate over health effects of pesticides continues to rage, a study conducted by the Punjabi University...

There is a shortage of food across the world and experts are trying to come up with ways in which the shortfall in supplies can be made up.

The early onset of monsoon and heavy downpour have brought good news for West Bengal farmers...

Earlier, sanitation of the field by removal and destruction of affected papaya plants was the only way adopted by the farmers to reduce the spread of the papaya mosaic virus disease. In some cases, losses were minimised by controlling the population of aphids.

"These machines have become all the more significant with the government declaring support price on the basis of parameters like staple length and micronaire value"

Even as Punjab struggles to shrug off the tag of a state with the highest use of pesticides in the country, it is faced with another problem...

Call it the paradox of timing clear skies when the farmers looked up for rains and it poured when they wanted the sun....

With the high price of potato becoming another issue in the hands of the Opposition to beat the beleaguered Left Front government with...

In a minor revolution in the agrarian history of the Kashmir Valley, the farmers in the region harvested the legendary Basmati rice for the first time this autumn.

With elections in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana around the corner here''s a look at how the prominent political parties in the states are wooing the powerful farmer lobby.

Despite the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee giving its nod to the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal last week....

Since the seeds were first sown in their lands four years ago, farmers of Katpur village in Amravati district have been patiently waiting each season for wonders to happen.

What was once an arid land, now wears a bright orange hue. From Punjab''s belt bordering Rajasthan Abohar in Ferozepur, Muktsar and Bhatinda...

Even as recent media reports caution that most fruits and vegetables are largely unfit for human consumption due to their high chemical content, pesticides continue to be used recklessly in the fields of Punjab....

A lone farmer rids a vast 200 acres of farm land of all pests with the use of ancient Indian science of Ayurveda.

Govt may concede to the EPFO proposal for an extra 1% interest rate hike on retirement savings.

Experts say that even if the weather turns unfavourable, the state may lose only 1 to 1.5 per cent of the crop and still be the highest wheat producing state this year

But low procurement, no publicity result in marginal benefits for tribals.

With subsidy from govt, sugar factories have placed orders for harvesters from abroad.

Farmers in Assam, who have traditionally remained content with a single crop per year, now have reasons to go for two or more crops beginning the current rabi season

After celebrating a record wheat production, Punjab is lagging behind in paddy cultivation. According to the Department of Agriculture, the deficit is 33 per cent as of now almost two lakh hectares less than last year

Inflammable pine needles that caused forest fires are now being used as bio fuel, giving Himachal Pradesh villages a source of income

Punjab farmers warm up to agro-forestry, which not only pays well but also helps drive govt''s green mission.

Guar in demand in international gas industry, Gujarat farmers go for the easy, profitable option.

Injudicious use telling on soil, crops and public health, Punjab pushes alternatives. There have been few takers.

The Gurugram Police registered an FIR against an unknown youth for allegedly molesting a girl in Huda City Centre metro station on Tuesday.

Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has quit as reports of a domestic violence incident from nearly nine years ago surfaced marring his chances for confirmation even as Washington readies for a possible confrontation with Iran.

Cricket fans on Tuesday were busy talking about star Afghanistan player Rashid Khan, who broke an ugly record against England by becoming the most expensive bowler in the World Cup history.

Two drug dealers were arrested with 275 grams of brown sugar here, a Kolkata Police officer said on Wednesday.

Provisioning costs higher than expected; FY21 EPS estimated to decline by 2-4 per cent

According to the International Monetary Fund, the pandemic is expected to cause the biggest recession since the Great Depression

The tea industry, hit by rising costs, falling prices and political unrest in the North Bengal plantations, is especially vulnerable to the Covid-19 lockdown

Asian Paints, Berger Paints India, Kansai Nerolac Paints and Akzo Nobel India slipped in the range of 2 per cent and 5 per cent on the BSE.

An anaesthetist in the city said he had to postpone two surgeries on Friday as he couldn’t prescribe Covid-19 tests after the BMC order late on Thursday barring tests except when approved by the civic health officer. “Testing on a private doctor’s prescription is currently not permitted,” said a message from one of the private labs to a doctor. “If physicians, surgeons cannot advise a test, what is the point of coercing us to open clinics and hospitals?” said a Goregaon-based doctor.

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