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India's efforts to privatise refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. could spill over into the next fiscal year, according to a government document and sources, hurting New Delhi's efforts to rein in a ballooning fiscal deficit.

The deceased, Ram Avatar Baitha, arrived in Mumbai for his stage 4 cancer treatment with his son and wife in December last year. He was taking chemotherapy sessions at the Tata Memorial Centre.

The AAP on Thursday claimed that the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has not paid Rs 2,137 crore to the city's north municipal corporation and sought the intervention of Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta in the matter. The Delhi BJP, in its response,...

Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma dropped four bogeys in seven holes on the back nine and ended with a modest 2-over 72 in the Irish Open here on Thursday. Sharma, who has been going through a rough patch, had three birdies on second, fourth and sevent...

A Delhi court Thursday dismissed a plea of a man, arrested in a case related to the death of Head Constable Ratan Lal during the February riots in north east Delhi, seeking interim bail for 11 days to perform post-death ceremonies of his father. Additio...

Accusing the private hospitals of indulging in "loot" during the COVID-19 pandemic, BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Thursday sought to know from his party-led government in Karnataka what it was doing to check it. The former Union Minister cited...

Andhra Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Ravishankar Ayyanar on Thursday reviewed the security systems in place at the Sri City Special Economic Zone at Satyavedu in Chittoor district. Accompanied by Chittoor district Su...

Scientists at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in Pusa have developed "decomposer capsules". Four capsules, some jiggery and chickpea flour are enough to prepare 25 litres of solution, which is sufficient to cover one hectare of land.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday expressed concernsover the rise in "bogus" or "blackmailing" kind of PILs and said nowadays everyone has become a "champion" of such pleas and were behaving like "super police commissioners". "Most PILs (nowadays) are bo...

Congress leader Siddaramaiah said people of the state have lost confidence in it as corruption was rampant, development stunted, and financial condition has deteriorated.

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An assistant engineer employed with the North Delhi Municipal Corporation died of COVID-19 at a private hospital here on Thursday, officials said. The employee (name withheld) was posed in the Building Department of the City-Sadar Paharganj Zone.

In a supplementary charge sheet filed recently by the Delhi Police in the February riot cases, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh and Delhi University professor Apoorvanand have been name...

The first Bhutanese to be at the helm of affairs of an I-League club, FC Sudeva head coach Chencho Dorji says it was his idea to have an all-Indian team in the upcoming season. Dorji was on Wednesday announced as the head of Delhi-based Sudeva FC which...

Peninsular (Malaysia) (AP) Jum's words tumble out over the phone, his voice growing ever more frantic. Between sobs, he says he's trapped on a Malaysian plantation run by government-owned Felda, one of the world's largest palm oil companies. His boss c...

The Delhi High Court has asked the Commissioner of Police to call for reports from all police stations in cases of honey trap' or extortion and issue standing orders for taking action. The high court said though acceptance of allurement is not justified...