December 12, 2019

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Facing flak over skyrocketing onion prices, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar blamed the rate hike on shortage created by low production this season. Tomar was speaking during a discussion on "Crop loss and its impact on farmers" in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.Talking about shortage, the Minister said, states put the expected onion production at 69.9 lakh tonnes in November. But the actual onion production was likely to be 53.73 lakh tonnes, he said. To deal with the problem,…

Srinagar, Dec 12 (IANS) In order to maintain law and order in Northeast, 12 additional companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were moved to Kashmir on Thursday, sources told IANS.The sources also said that 40 companies have so far been moved from Kashmir to the Northeast after the region boiled over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019. More than 100 companies of CRPF were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir before the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. The thinning of security forces from Kashmir has…

Mumbai, Dec 12: Star India opener Rohit Sharma on Thursday praised the Indian Super League's (ISL) contribution towards Indian football over the last five years while speaking at a La Liga event here where he was announced as the India brand ambassador for the Spanish League.The 'Hitman' is an ardent football fan who grew up idolising current Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, and attributed part of his skills and passion to the sport. The swashbuckling opener likened the ISL to the Indian Premier League…

Mumbai, Dec 12: The U-17 women's football tournament will kick-off at the Mumbai Football Arena on Friday as India take on Sweden. The match will mark India U-17 head coach Thomas Dennerby's debut on the touchline since his appointment in November. Ahead of the opener, he spoke about his expectations from the encounter and the tournament as a whole. "This will be the first match-experience against another country for the team since my arrival. I am hoping to see that the players can produce on the…

Guangzhou (China), Dec 12: Ace India shuttler P.V. Sindhu suffered her second consecutive defeat in her second Group 'A' match at the BWF Tour Finals here on Thursday. After losing to world No. 2 Chen Yu Fei, Sindhu is now all but out of contention in the tournament.China's Yu Fei clinched the contest 20-22, 21-16, 21-12 in the 72 minute affair. Yu Fei took an early 8-4 lead in the first game and was all set to win it before Sindhu bagged five straight points to narrowly take it 22-20 in her favour in 24…