New Delhi: The rate of unemployment in the country declined to 5.2 per cent in July from 5.6 per cent in June, a government survey said Monday. The unemployment rate (UR) in May was also 5.6 per cent, said the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it wants defence forces to have "braveheart cadets" who should not be deterred by injuries or disabilities suffered during training and directed the Centre to explore the possibility of providing them with insurance covers for such exigencies. A...
New Delhi: Accusing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of acting like a BJP spokesperson, Opposition parties Monday said he failed to answer their questions on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and issues related to voter list irregularities. Addressing a joint press conference...
Mumbai: Stock markets rose sharply Monday, with Sensex closing higher by 676 points and Nifty climbing 1 per cent on heavy buying in auto and consumer durables stocks, buoyed by plans for big bang reforms in the GST regime by Diwali. The 30-share BSE Sensex...
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress Monday filed a petition with a single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court against the Election Commission of India (ECI), challenging its decision to seek details of booth-level agents (BLAs) from individual political parties a year before the Assembly elections...
Beirut: The US special envoy to Lebanon said Monday that his team would discuss the long-term cessation of hostilities with Israel, after Beirut endorsed a US-backed plan for the Hezbollah militant group to disarm. Tom Barrack, following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, also...
Patna: The Election Commission (EC) Monday came out with the names of 65 lakh people who were removed from the draft electoral rolls published as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, officials said. The development came after the Supreme Court directed the EC...
Mumbai: Mumbaikars woke up to very heavy rainfall Monday, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a ‘red' alert, forecasting extremely heavy rains at isolated places in the city and adjoining areas, prompting the civic body to declare a holiday for schools and colleges, officials...
New York: Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed that the United States and its European allies could extend NATO-style security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a potential deal to end the war, a US official said Sunday following his summit with President Donald Trump....
Washington: Ukraine's future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting Monday at the White House as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky brings with him an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to show US President Donald Trump a united front against Russia. The European political heavy-hitters were...
By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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By Aakar Patel The three democratic tools available to us are the vote, the court and protest. The only one...
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