Kolkata: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait, accompanied by three other farmer leaders, will meet West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on June 9. Sources said they would formally invite Mamata Banerjee to the farmers’ protest site on the outskirts of Delhi to address the agitators there. tns

Govt: Appoint officers to help kin of deceased

New Delhi: The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has asked all Central ministries and departments to appoint nodal officers to help deceased employees’ kin get their monetary and other entitlements as quickly as possible. Details of the nodal officer may be displayed on the official websites of offices at different levels. TNS

Delhi’s doorstep ration delivery plan ‘blocked’

New Delhi: The Centre has stopped Delhi Government’s doorstep delivery of ration scheme, scheduled for rollout next week, for not seeking prior approval, said sources. — PTI