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New Delhi: Delhi government has banned private BS III petrol and BS IV diesel vehicles, prohibited the entry of interstate non-electric-CNG buses, certain categories of construction activities, and staggered government office timings, as the city choked under 'severe' category of air pollution Friday morning. The...

New Delhi: Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) Friday extended support to Odisha farmers who are boycotting prepaid smart metres and the privatisation of electricity distribution that has been handed over to Tata Power. The organisation said Tata Power was installing prepaid smart metres against the agreement...

New Delhi: India Friday said unilateral trade measures in the name of climate action are "discriminatory, harm multilateral cooperation" and go against the principles of the UN climate change convention. Making an intervention in the presidential consultations on 'unilateral measures' at COP29 in Baku, India...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to explain the rationale behind a provision which entitles only those women, who adopt a child below the age of three months, to seek maternity leave benefits. The apex court was hearing a plea challenging the...

New Delhi: A joint operation by anti-narcotics agencies led to the seizure of about 700 kg of drugs and the arrest of eight Iranian nationals from Indian territorial waters off the Gujarat coast around Porbandar Friday. The street value of the seized Methamphetamine, a synthetic...

Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was stranded in Jharkhand's Deoghar airport for nearly two hours Friday after his special IAF aircraft developed a snag, flew back to Delhi in another plane, officials said. Modi was supposed to return to New Delhi on the IAF...

New Delhi: Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced that the chowk outside Sarai Kale Khan ISBT in New Delhi has been renamed after tribal icon and freedom fighter Birsa Munda. The announcement, coming ahead of the Delhi Assembly...

New Delhi: Indian economy is in a sweet spot, with a mix of solid growth and moderating inflation, Moody's Ratings said, forecasting a 7.2 per cent GDP growth in the 2024 calendar year and 6.6 per cent in the next. In its Global Macro Outlook...

New Delhi: Delhi woke up to GRAP Stage III restrictions Friday, as the city's air quality remained in the “severe” category for the third consecutive day, prompting strict measures to curb pollution levels. According to the Sameer aap , the Air Quality Index at 9...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday hailed tribal icon Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary and said he sacrificed everything to protect the honour and glory of the motherland. Born in 1875 in present-day Jharkhand, Munda had challenged British rule and is credited with...