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Courts should stay bail orders in rare cases: SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said courts should stay bail orders only in exceptional circumstances. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and...

Digital public infra, national cooperation policy: Measures for agriculture in Budget 2024-25

NEW DELHI: Union Budget 2024-25 has announced several measures for the agriculture sector including thrust on research, promotion of natural farming and national cooperation...

FM announces exemption of 3 more cancer medicines from customs duties

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced exemption of three more medicines from custom duties to provide relief to the patients suffering...

Govt slashes import duty on mobile phones, chargers, some components

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday proposed slashing import duty on mobile phones, chargers and some components that are used for manufacturing of handsets...

Union Budget 2024: FM announces education loans of up to Rs 10 lakh

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced education loans of up to Rs 10 lakh for students pursuing higher education in domestic...

Navy chief reviews damage to warship INS Brahmaputra in Mumbai dockyard

MUMBAI: Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi on Tuesday reviewed the damage to frigate INS Brahmaputra at Mumbai naval dockyard, two days after a fire...

Monsoon Session: Opp demands Edu Min’s resignation over NEET, stages walk-out

NEW DELHI: As Parliament commenced its monsoon session on Monday, the Opposition clashed with the government on the NEET examination paper leak issue in...

Cong hails SC’s stay order on displaying names of shop owners along Kanwar Yatra route

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s stay on directives of the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to display names of...

Let’s uphold principles of ‘dialogue’, ‘discussion’, ‘debate’: Dhankhar to RS members

NEW DELHI: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday expressed confidence that the Upper House of Parliament will expectedly lead the...

Centre lifts ban on govt employees joining RSS

NEW DELHI: The Centre has lifted a ban on government employees taking part in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities. The ban imposed in November 1966...

Harassment charges by man against his own family not cruelty under IPC section 498A: HC

MUMBAI: Allegations of ill-treatment by a man against his own family members do not fall under the ambit of cruelty against a woman in...

Higher edu witnesses uptick, need to prioritise new skills: Economic Survey

NEW DELHI: The Economic Survey on Monday highlighted that the higher education sector has witnessed acceleration in total enrolment coupled with rising ‘enrolment equity’...

India had its own prime meridian passing through Ujjain: New NCERT textbook

NEW DELHI: India had a prime meridian of its own much ahead of the Greenwich meridian and it was called "madhya rekha", which passed...

If helpless people knock on Bengal’s door, we’ll shelter them: Mamata on Bangladesh

CALCUTTA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that in the wake of the escalating violence in Bangladesh, she would keep the...

Braj Mandal Yatra: Internet, SMS suspended for 24 hrs in Haryana’s Nuh; security stepped up

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Sunday ordered suspension of mobile internet and the bulk SMS services in Nuh district for 24 hours ahead of...

BJP slams Jairam for ‘live-tweeting’ issues raised at all-party meeting

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday criticised Congress leader Jairam Ramesh for apparently "live-tweeting" some of the issues raised by different parties at an...

Economic Survey to be tabled in Parliament on July 22

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will give to the nation a detailed account of the country’s economy when she tables the Economic Survey...

MPs reminded of no ‘Vande Mataram’, ‘Jai Hind’ slogans in or outside Parl

NEW DELHI: Rulings given by the chair should not be criticised directly or indirectly in or outside the House and members should not raise...

Kanwar Yatra order aimed at communal polarization, must be withdrawn: CPI(M)

NEW DELHI: The BJP government orders in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand directing eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of owners...

Plea in SC seeks direction to Centre, states for steps to eradicate superstition, sorcery

NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and states for taking appropriate steps to eradicate...

Shed paternalistic approach towards junior lawyers, pay them dignified sum: CJI

MADURAI (TAMIL NADU): Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Saturday asked the advocates to shed away paternalistic approach towards junior lawyers and...

Chirag backs caste census but says if made public, data will create divide in society

NEW DELHI: Union minister and LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan has pitched for a nationwide caste census but warned against making the figures...

Climate change: Humanity is cliff hanging, says VP

New Delhi: The Vice-President, Jagdeep Dhankhar today cautioned that climate change is a ticking time bomb an existential crisis for mankind. “Our planet, once...

Trump incident sparks safety debate for PM Modi amid growing ‘political hostility’

NEW DELHI: Analysts are now evaluating the ramifications of the recent assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump. There is a growing perception that...

UP govt extends order to display names of shop owners along Kanwar Path in entire state

LUCKNOW: Undeterred over criticism by the opposition and even NDA partners, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday ordered displaying names of owners of shops...

Atishi demands Rs 10,000 cr for Delhi, claims no return on Rs 2 lakh cr tax contribution

NEW DELHI: Delhi Finance Minister Atishi on Friday demanded Rs 10,000 crore from the Centre for infrastructure development, claiming the city government got nothing...

Scientists discover gut protein that helps protect brain cells from Parkinson’s

NEW DELHI: Scientists have identified a gut protein that can prevent the development of Parkinson’s disease (PD) by protecting against brain damage. This disease...

Opp questions UP govt’s move to ask proprietors’ names of eateries along Kanwar route in Muzaffarnagar

LUCKNOW: Opposition leaders were up in arms over a directive by Muzaffarnagar police asking all the roadside eateries on the Kanwar yatra route to...

Bring 100 MLAs, form govt: Akhilesh’s ‘monsoon offer’ amid BJP rift speculation

LUCKNOW: Amid speculation of a rift in the Uttar Pradesh BJP, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday, in a cryptic post on X,...

K’taka: BJP warns Cong to be prepared for people’s wrath for holding back job reservation bill

NEW DELHI: The Opposition BJP in Karnataka on Thursday warned the Congress government in the state to be prepared for the wrath of the...

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