Meat shops to remain shut on Tuesdays
The Hindu
The meat shops in the city would remain shut on Tuesdays. The decision to this effect was taken at the meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram on Thursday. The licence fee for the meat shops has also been doubled.
In a general meeting, the MCG House decided to hike the licence fee for the meat shops from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000. Among other decisions, it hiked the fine for illegal meat shops from ₹500 to ₹5,000.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.