The Jammu Development Authority has demolished a dozen shops belonging to displaced Kashmiri Pandits on its land in Jammu city, sparking protests from various sections that demanded action against the officials. The old shops were located on land belonging to the JDA, which had given a deadline to the Kashmiri Pandits to remove their shops on their own within three …
Akshaya Tritiya, an annual Jain and Hindu spring festival is being celebrated across Odisha today with farmers performing ‘Akhi Muthi Anukula’, the ceremonial act of sowing seeds in paddy fields after ploughing. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took part in a special programme organised by the Department of Agriculture at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology farm in Bhubaneswar and …
