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New Delhi: Key BJP allies -- TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar -- Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance with a message to balance regional aspirations and national interests....

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh Friday proposed Narendra Modi's name as the leader of the NDA Parliamentary Party and the proposal was seconded by his party colleagues Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari as well as top NDA leaders. At a meeting of the...

Calcutta/New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court has ordered the National Testing Agency (NTA) to file an affidavit within 10 days in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging various irregularities in the NEET (UG) 2024 examination. A division bench presided over by Justice Apurba...

Bengaluru: A court here Friday granted bail to senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Karnataka BJP MLC Keshav Prasad. Gandhi appeared before the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court. Former MP and Dy CM D.K. Shivakumar’s brother D.K. Suresh...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank has decided to set up a Digital Payments Intelligence Platform which will harness advanced technologies to reduce payment fraud risks, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said Friday. To take this initiative forward, the Reserve Bank has constituted a committee headed by A.P....

Mumbai: India's foreign exchange reserves have jumped to an all-time high of USD 651.5 billion as of May 31, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said Friday. This means the overall kitty has increased by USD 4.83 billion since the last reported number of USD 646.673...

Mumbai: Veteran star Anupam Kher Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for winning the Lok Sabha elections for the third time in a row and said it is inspiring to see the iconic leader's love and dedication towards the country. Anupam took to Instagram, where...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India Friday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the eighth time in a row, saying it will maintain a tight vigil on inflation. The rate increase cycle was paused in April last year after six consecutive rate hikes,...

Mumbai: The RBI has raised India’s GDP growth forecast from 7 per cent to 7.2 per cent for the current financial year (2024-25), as it expects the economy to continue on a high growth trajectory. However, it has decided to stick to its CPI inflation...

Mumbai: India equity indices were trading in the green Friday after a flat open. On Friday, the decisions of the ongoing Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to review interest rates will be announced by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das. At 9:40 a.m., Sensex...