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BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra also said Rahul Gandhi must apologise for blaming ‘Indian Culture’ for crimes against women. Read More »

The five-day hajj pilgrimage represents one of the world’s biggest gatherings every year. “We are very blessed by Allah to be in this place, and we pray to Allah to make the Islamic nations from the West to the East in a better situation,” said Essam-Eddin Afifi, a pilgrim from ... Read More »

The 30-share index dropped 207.03 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 37,644.97. The gauge had gained 207.10 points in the previous session on Tuesday. Financial markets were shut yesterday on account of Independence Day. The NSE Nifty fell below the 11,400-mark, shedding 58.15 points, or 0.50 per cent, to 11,376.95. ... Read More »

Bird communities in the Mojave Desert straddling the California/Nevada border have collapsed over the past 100 years, most likely because of lower rainfall due to climate change, according to a new University of California, Berkeley, study. A three-year survey of the area, which is larger than the state of New ... Read More »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the feeling of ownership among 125 crore Indians towards the Swachh Bharat Mission has led to India making remarkable progress in cleanliness and sanitation.       The Prime Minister said this while sharing a letter of a citizen from Saharanpur on Twitter on Sunday ... Read More »

The repo rate, at which the central bank lends to other banks, now stands at 6.5 per cent. Moreover, fall in Asian stocks on renewed US-China trade war concerns influenced the sentiment here, brokers said. The 30-share index dropped 248.42 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 37,273.20. The gauge had ... Read More »

After a smooth first half of the session, the upper House was adjourned minutes after it reconvened after lunch break. A short duration discussion on farmers issues and MSP was to be held. Before the discussion could begin,  Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad requested for a reply by the ... Read More »

While addressing the gathering, Nirmala Seetharaman said that the country aims to produce all its defence hardware indigenously. The Defence Minister congratulated the EFA staff for achieving indigenization in both design and manufacture of these engines.   Read More »

The engines were developed at the Engine Factory Avadi, Chennai, a unit of Ordnance Factory Board under the Department of Defence Production. The engines have been fully indigenised for the first time under the Make-in-India Programme. Speaking on the occasion, the Defence Minister said that the country aims to produce ... Read More »

The 30-share index spurted 159.95 points, or 0.42 per cent, to an all-time high of 37,496.80. The gauge had gained 840.48 points in the previous five record-setting sessions and closed at an all-time high of 37,336.85 points in Friday’s session. The broader NSE Nifty too hit a new high by ... Read More »

The amount has been released towards reimbursement of 1st tranche of housing support to 42,086 Govt of India supported beneficiaries in Nuwakot and Gorkha districts. As part of India’s commitment towards Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction, both the countries had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for US$ 100 million grant to ... Read More »

The government announced its plans last month to raise the retirement age, for men from 60 to 65 and for women from 55 to 63, to ease pressure on state coffers from an ageing population and weak economic growth made worse by the impact of sanctions. “I do not want ... Read More »

Terming the existing data protection framework as inadequate, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in a set of recommendations to DoT said that companies should not use meta-data to identify users and should disclose any data breaches. Stating that each user owns his/her personal data and information submitted to ... Read More »

The diplomatic missions based in Colombo wrote a letter to Sri Lankan President Maithri­pala Sirisena yesterday that they fully oppose the recent statement by him that he will reinstate the death penalty. The missions said that they were writing to verify the worrying information in the public domain about the ... Read More »

At a Kremlin ceremony, Putin handed an official World Cup soccer ball to FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, who then handed it on to Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. Putin said Russia was proud of its achievements in hosting the World Cup, and would share its experience with Qatar. The ... Read More »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gifted his constituency Varanasi with developmental projects worth over Rs 900 crore.  He highlighted the efforts made by both the state and central governments to transform Kashi. A city that till four years ago struggled with inadequate infrastructure is today morphing into a Smart ... Read More »

By virtue of this win, England have levelled the series 1-1 after India had won the first ODI by eight wickets at Nottingham. The series-deciding final ODI will be played at Leeds on July 17. England captain Eoin Morgan was bang on target with the toss as he decided to ... Read More »

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Colonel Rajyavardhan Rathore said that Constitution is a religious book for the government and BJP. While BJP demanded an apology from Congress President Rahul Gandhi for Tharoor’s remarks. Taking a jibe at Tharoor, the Minister said that he is hallucinating and showing withdrawal symptoms of ... Read More »

 Udaipur : Tension prevailed in Kharsan village under Kheroda  police station in Udaipur district on Friday after a youth was killed by his paternal cousins reportedly over some property dispute between their families, a day ago. Villagers took the body to the accused’s home and set it ablaze. The villagers also burnt the ... Read More »

WhatsApp has also been asked to immediately contain the spread of such messages through application of technology, even as law and order machinery takes steps to apprehend the culprits.Noting that miscreants were repeatedly circulating provocative messages triggering a spate of violence, the government on Tuesday said it has “conveyed in ... Read More »