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New Delhi: The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were adjourned for the day Friday as the opposition demanded a discussion on the alleged irregularities in the conduct of the medical entrance exam NEET. When the House reassembled at 12 noon, opposition members continued with their...

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Friday announced a 10-21 per cent hike in prepaid and postpaid mobile tariffs, a day after larger rival Reliance Jio announced an increase in rates. The move assumes significance, as it marks the first major increase in tariffs by the telecom...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a "respectful" and good discussion in Parliament on the issue of alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET exam as it concerns the country's youth...

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court Friday granted bail to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to land scam. The high court had June 13 reserved its decision on Soren's bail plea. "Bail has been granted to Soren. The court has...

Colombo: At least 60 Indian nationals part of a group engaged in online financial scams have been arrested by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department. They were arrested Thursday from the Colombo suburbs of Madiwela and Battaramulla and from the western coastal town of Negombo. According...

Haveri, (Karnataka): At least 13 people were killed, including eight women and two children, after a tempo traveller rammed into a parked truck in Haveri district of Karnataka Friday. The incident took place near Gundenahalli Cross on the Bengaluru-Pune National Highway. The deceased were identified...

New Delhi: The Delhi airport roof collapse was a "very serious incident" and DGCA will look into the matter thoroughly, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said Friday. Following the canopy collapse at Terminal-1 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport Friday, the Union...

Mumbai: Indian equity indices opened in green Friday following buying in largecap stocks. Sensex and Nifty made a new all-time high of 79,671 and 24,174 respectively. At 10 a.m., Sensex was at 79,558, up 314 points or 0.40 per cent and Nifty was up 93...

Kota: A 17-year-old medical aspirant allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his rented accommodation here, police said Thursday. This is the twelfth case of suspected suicide by a coaching student in Kota since January. The number of student suicides in...

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold a protest across the country June 29 against the arrest of party national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the CBI. A meeting of senior AAP leaders at its headquarters here decided to take...