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Employees not to be paid 11.04 lakh hectares (lh), from 6.14 lh officers have been given Manipur and
for extra post covered during this period last year, 54 personnel have got Tripura cadre,
while going up more than five times in an official order said. A total of 42 of-
Employees facing disciplinary proceed- the case of oilseeds (from 5.29 to ficers of Indian Forest Service (IFS)
ings or having an adverse annual con- 27.89 lh). have been given Manipur and 54 have
fidential report against them would been allocated Tripura cadre, it added.
not be entitled for additional charge of The main pulses-growing states -
any government post, the Centre said. Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Major Blaze in Mum
Pradesh (MP) - have reported substan- highrise leaves 7 dead, 18
Employees are also not entitled to be tial jump in sowing of arhar (toor or injured
paid extra for holding additional charge pigeon-pea), moong (green gram) and
of posts in public sector undertakings urad (black gram) this time. Seven persons, including a woman,
or autonomous bodies, it said. died and 28 others were injured in a
Likewise, there has been a huge jump major blaze on the 14th floor of a 21-
As rain gods smile, farmers in acreages under soyabean in MP storey upscale Powai highrise report.
plant more pulses, oilseeds (from practically zero at this time last
year to 15.82 lh) and groundnut in The fire broke out around 4.15pm in
The recent announcement by the Met Gujarat (from 0.64 lh to 3.71 lh) and the Lake Lucerne building of Lake
department that the south-west mon- Andhra Pradesh (from 0.48 lh to 0.91 Homes complex in Powai. The society
soon has now covered the entire coun- lh), thanks to monsoon's timely arrival. is located between Hiranandani Gar-
try and the season's overall rainfall has dens and Raheja Vihar, and its going
so far been nearly 27 per cent higher Division of cadres for realty rate is around Rs 22,000 square
than the normal average for this pe- Tripura & Manipur foot.
riod has brought a sign of relief from
increasing dal and edible oil prices. The The Centre has created separate IAS, The fire was finally brought under con-
farmers are significantly stepping up IPS and IFS cadres for Manipur and trol around 8.30pm, after which a cool-
and sowing of pulses and oilseeds on Tripura and re-allocated officers of the ing operation was started and firemen
the back of bountiful monsoon rain. joint Manipur-Tripura cadre. Manipur began to search the building for more
and Tripura have been allocated 87 victims, 18 of the injured were
The good spell of rains in June across and 73 Indian Administrative Service admitted to Hiranandani Hospital at
central, western and southern India (IAS) officers respectively. Powai.
has led to the progressive area planted
under kharif pulses nearly doubling to Likewise, 70 Indian Police Service (IPS) Firemen and the police came up with
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
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