15+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1408+ words) It is around 11 a.m. and the downpour is intensifying. Mahesh Saini, 40, with a sack slung over his left shoulder and a stick in his right hand, reaches the Nehru Nagar Atal Canteen, an initiative of the Delhi government to provide meals…...

1+ day, 23+ min ago   (340+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 08:57 pm IST - Bengaluru After almost a two-year wait, grape growing farmers in Vijayapura, Bagalkot and Belagavi districts will be able to access raisin processing and a cold storage unit at Thoravi village in Vijayapura from November. Funded by…...

1+ day, 2+ min ago   (280+ words) Acting on a tip-off, Food and Civil Supplies department officials, with the assistance of the police, searched a locked house in Karali, Parassala, and recovered the grains, allegedly meant for sale on the black market The Food and Civil Supplies…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (159+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 06:41 pm IST - Virudhunagar Department of Agriculture has planned to increase the production of cooking oil seeds through the National Cooking Oil Mission by setting up value-addition clusters and demonstration plots in Virudhunagar district. In a statement, Virudhunagar Collector…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (191+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 07:00 am IST - IDUKKI Pulikkathadam, a sleepy hamlet in the Arakkulam panchayat of Idukki known for its distinctive Malabar tamarind (Kudampuli), is on track to secure a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the fruit. Renowned in local markets for…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (268+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 04:04 pm IST - New Delhi 80% of Indians are non-vegetarian, and Indian non-vegetarian food is delicious, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday (September 13, 2026), a day after an all-vegetarian spread was served at a BRICS Summit gala dinner. Prime Minister…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (260+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 03:39 pm IST Yemen, in the present times, may be known for the cultivation of khat, a plant infamous for its psychoactive properties. But once, the land was redolent with the aroma of coffee, long before produce from India…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (487+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 06:30 am IST - MYSURU The surge in sugar prices ahead of the festive season — starting with Gowri-Ganesha and continuing through Dasara and Deepavali — amid reports of sugarcane being diverted for ethanol production has renewed farmers’ demand for permission to…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (295+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 01:11 am IST - New Delhi 'Paneer lababdar', 'gucchi marmik', 'millet pulao', and 'shahtoot phirni' for desserts were among the Indian delicacies served to the leaders and delegates of the BRICS Summit at a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (523+ words) Published - September 12, 2026 10:11 pm IST - Bhubaneswar Odisha’s Koraput coffee was given to delegates and journalists at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, putting the tribal farmers-grown Arabica brand in the international spotlight, officials said on Saturday (September 12, 2026). Tiger Bright, a brand…...