Ahmedabad: Terming farm loan waiver a "short-term solution", Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel Wednesday hinted that the BJP government in the state did not have any immediate plans to write off farmers' debts.
Jaipur: Two days after taking oath, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday announced waiver of short-term loans taken by farmers from cooperative banks and loans of up to Rs 2 lakh from other banks.
The Governor had dissolved the Legislative Assembly last month after regional parties, including the PDP and Sajad Lone's People's Conference, staked claim to form the government in the state
Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP Unit Wednesday accused the Congress of failing to keep up its poll manifesto promise of waiving farmers' loans even after the lapse of six months since its coalition government with JDS was formed.
Belagavi: SL Dharme Gowda of JDS was unanimously elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council on Wednesday.
Mumbai: Some people in the BJP need to speak less, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said here Wednesday.
Bengaluru: Police arrested a local seer Wednesday in connection with the poisoning of prasad at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district that killed 15 people.
Kochi: The Kerala High Court Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by noted Malayalam actor Dileep, an accused in the case of abduction and sexual assault of an actress in February 2017, seeking a CBI probe into the case.
Kolara: A student died when the school toilet building collapsed on her at Guniguntepalya near Mulabagilu in the district on Wednesday.
UP police have arrested three more men on the charge of cow slaughter on Tuesday, in addition to two men accused of killing inspector Subodh Kumar Singh.
