Ajith Athrady

States may appoint nodal officers from water-sanitation and rural development departments, with matching district officers, for coordinated action.

Gadkari expressed confidence that India can become the world's largest automobile industry within five years, citing trained manpower, competitive costs and quality production.

Shivakumar speaks to one of the survivors on a video call from New Delhi.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan sought industry support for a mechanism ensuring reasonable farmer profits without burdening consumers and announced a team to develop such a system

The Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) said prices have corrected about 20 per cent from recent highs.

The chief minister met Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in the national capital for about half an hour and later met Karnataka in-charge general secretary Randeep Surjewala.

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has said more than 77 lakh silver jewellery and artefacts have been hallmarked with the six-digit Hallmark Unique Identification (HUID) number since September 2025.

Under the new system, mills must sell at least 40 per cent of their allocation in the first week and the balance in the following week.

The buffer release is expected to bring down retail onion prices in Delhi within a week.

Karnataka Congress: A group of legislators met Randeep Surjewala seeking priority for loyal senior leaders in boards and corporations appointments. The meeting followed D K Shivakumar's assurance that senior legislators would get first preference in the selection.