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Panchamshali Quota: Seers Demand Karnataka CM Yediyurappa’s Resignation
Lingayat leaders asked BS Yediyurappa to quit his post if he cannot provide relevant reservation for his own community.
Delhi Police Says 2 Deceased, Another Died by Suicide During Farmers' Protest: Agri Minister Tomar
However, Delhi Police has informed about death of two persons and one suicide during the farmers' protest," Tomar said in a written reply to the House. To a separate query whether the government has any data on total number of farmers' deaths and cases of...
Centre Held Consultations with States and Farmers Before Bringing in Agri Laws, Tomar Tells Parliament
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha said due procedure had been followed while formulating the Ordinances/Bills.
Sensex, Nifty End Higher To Clock Best Week Since April; RBI Holds Rates
Indian shares ended higher on Friday and notched their best weekly gain since April as State Bank of India advanced, while bond yields surged after the central bank kept interest rates unchanged.
Govt's Aim is to Bring Down Defence Imports by USD 2 Billion by Next Year: Rajnath Singh
Speaking at the Aero India2021, he also said the aerospace sector has an important role to play if India has to reach its targets of domestic defence production of USD 25 billion and exports of USD five billion by 2025.
Abbas Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front Stitches Alliance with Congress-Left Ditching Owaisi in Bengal Polls
But any significant division in the Muslim vote share, deciding factor in nearly 90 assembly segments out of 294 assembly seats in West Bengal, could jeopardise Mamata Banerjee’s chances in the assembly polls.
Rihanna Paid $2.5 million by PR Firm with Khalistani Links to Tweet in Support of Farmers: Report
Mo Dhaliwal, the founder of the Canada-based Poetic Justice Foundation (PJF) that also created the controversial ‘toolkit’ tweeted by Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, is one of the Directors of the PR firm in question - Skyrocket.
Let There Not Be Any Doubt, RBI Will Manage High Govt Borrowing in FY22 Non-disruptively: Das
The governor said the extraordinary event of the pandemic has resulted in deviation from the fiscal consolidation road map.
Couple Suspects Kin of Practising Black Magic, Kills Their Son
A married couple allegedly killed a sixyearold boy on suspicion that "black magic" performed by his family led to the death of their buffalo in a village in Beed district of Maharashtra, police said on Friday. The gruesome incident took place on Wednesd...
Union Budget Reflects PM Modi's Vision for Minimum Govt, Maximum Governance, Says Jitendra Singh
Enumerating a few among them, he mentioned the decision to allow self-attestation of certificates without attestation of a gazetted officer or anyone else, which was taken immediately after the Modi government came to power in 2014, the statement said.
FIR Against Farmers' Family for Insulting National Flag
The mother and brother of a farmer, who died in a road accident near the Ghazipur protest site, have been booked along with another person for allegedly insulting the national flag after a video of his last rites here showed the body draped in the Tricolo...
Comedian Munawar Faruqui Granted Bail from SC in Case Filed for 'Insulting Hindu Gods'
Munawar Faruqui, who was in jail for over a month without concrete evidence on passing allegedly objectionably remarks about Hindu deities during a show as claimed by the police, challenged the Madhya Pradesh High Court order denying him bail.
India Joins 80 Other Countries to Take on EU for Export Curbs on Covid-19 Vaccine
The EU has introduced export controls on Covid-19 vaccines made in the region under a transparency mechanism that gives its member countries powers to deny vaccine exports if the company making them has not honoured its existing contracts with the bloc.
President Competent Authority to Decide on Release of Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict, SC Told
In September 2018, the Supreme Court had asked the Tamil Nadu Governor to decide the pardon plea as he “deemed fit”. The Tamil Nadu Cabinet had then recommended to the Governor to remit Perarivalan’s sentence and release him forthwith but the Governor has...
Samajwadi Party Worker Shot Dead by Assailants in UP's Etawah
Raj Kumar Yadav alias Bablu (30) was called speaking to a couple of people outside his house in Bhadvan village under Basrehar police station area when they opened fire on him, SSP Akash Tomar said.
'Preposterous': SC Slaps Rs 1 Lakh Fine Against Centre for 6,616 Day Delay in Appeal
The bench also unleashed a no holds barred criticism on government officers responsible for such delays and warned them of consequences.