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New Delhi: Elated for her son's silver medal, Neeraj Chopra's mother Saroj Devi also expressed happiness for Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who broke the Olympic record to beat the Indian defending champion in Paris, saying that the latter is also like her "child". Chopra clinched the...

Wayanad: Search operations for the missing 152 people continued Friday, the 11th day of Kerala’s worst-ever natural calamity in Waynand in which 413 casualties have taken place so far. The search operations were taking place in the Mundakayil and Punchirimatom areas. State Tourism Minister P.A....

New Delhi: Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pranay Verma attended the oath-taking ceremony of Muhammad Yunus as the head of interim government of Bangladesh. Nobel laureate Yunus, 84, was administered the oath of office by Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin at a ceremony at the presidential...

Paris: Defending champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals with a silver in men's javelin throw but the night belonged to Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who destroyed competition by setting a new Olympic record for his country's maiden...

New Delhi: Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Thursday introduced The Waqf (Amendment) Bill and proposed sending it to a joint parliamentary committee after opposition parties objected to its provision. He also introduced The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2024. Home Minister Amit Shah said since...

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested an assistant director of the ED for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a Mumbai-based jeweller, officials said Thursday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had conducted searches at the jeweller's premises August 3 and 4, following which...

New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju moved the Waqf Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in the Lok Sabha Thursday, sparking disruptions by the Congress. The Bill seeks to amend the Waqf Act of 1995 and repeal the Mussalman Waqf Act of 1923. Congress leader...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank has decided to enhance the limit for tax payments through UPI from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh per transaction, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced Thursday. “UPI has become the most preferred mode of payment, due to its seamless features....

Mumbai: The RBI aims to reduce the clearing time required for bank cheques to a few hours as part of a major step to facilitate the ease of doing business in the country, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said Thursday. At present, cheque clearing through the...

New Delhi: India’s domestic economic activity continues to sustain its momentum on the strength of investment demand, steady urban consumption and rising rural consumption, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said Thursday. Taking all the factors into consideration the country’s real GDP growth for 2024-25 is projected...