-The Telegraph Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay asked central agency to file an FIR The high court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into recruitment of teachers in government-aided primary schools by the state’s primary education board. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay asked the central agency to file an FIR to initiate an investigation into alleged illegal recruitment of teachers by the board based on the teachers’ eligibility test in 2014. The judge asked 269 teachers, identified as...

-Down to Earth Low returns and high risks from alternative crops among reasons past efforts failed, says report The Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices (CACP) has recommended promotion of crop diversification, favouring oilseed crops amid the global inflation in oilseeds and vegetable oils prices. Global inflation creates a structural risk as vegetable oils account for about half of India’s agricultural import, subsequently raising the country’s agri-import bill, the commission wrote in its...

-The Telegraph Customs accused of blocking grain’s movement on premise of export bar Malda/ Cooch Behar: Hundreds of trucks laden with around four lakh tonnes of wheat meant for export to Bangladesh have been stuck at land ports in Bengal for at least three weeks as customs authorities are allegedly refusing their onward journey. The exporters are worried that delay in the transportation of the wheat will cause them losses of crores of...

-ThePrint.in The matter allegedly came to light when some of the accused were seen outside a Delhi hospital, offering money to homeless people. The hospital then informed the Hauz Khas police. New Delhi: The Delhi Police have busted a gang that was allegedly running a kidney transplant racket from Haryana’s Sonipat, targeting poor and homeless people in the national capital. Ten people, including a doctor, have been arrested so far. The arrests were...

-TheNewsMinute.com Telangana is among four states that have recorded the highest inflation in terms of Consumer Price Index, as per data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO). In April, when the country’s retail inflation surged to an eight-year-high of 7.79%, state-wise data showed that Telangana had one of the highest inflation rate in the country: 9.02%. It was behind two other states—West Bengal which had 9.12% and Madhya Pradesh with 9.10%....