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New Delhi: The government has slashed windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to Rs 5,700 per tonne, from Rs 8,400 per tonne, with effect from Thursday. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). The SAED on the export...

Mumbai: Two more bodies were recovered here from the debris at the site of the giant hoarding crash of May 13, taking the toll to 16, the BMC Disaster Control said here Thursday. The bodies of a male and a female were found in a...

Serampore (WB): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday referred to protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said "PoK is part of India and we will take it". Addressing a rally in West Bengal's Serampore, Shah said while peace has returned to once trouble-torn Kashmir after the...

Ranchi: The Birsa Zoo here in the Jharkhand capital is under the shroud of a gloom after four tiger cubs born to Gauri died within hours in a freak accident. The tigress which was relocated six years back from Chhattisgarh, crushed her newborns under her...

New Delhi: Southwest Monsoon is likely to arrive over Kerala around May 31, setting the stage for the four-month rainfall season crucial for India's farm-based economy. "This year, the Southwest Monsoon is likely to set over Kerala May 31 with a model error of four...

Pic- Newschecker Claim Image shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi serving food from an empty bucket. Fact The bucket, and ladle were not empty. A video of the same event shows the Prime Minister placing food on the plates. A photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

New Delhi: Zamir Kabulov, the Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan, held talks with JP Singh, Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran in the Ministry of External Affairs, here Wednesday. Kabulov is the Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan and also the Director of the...

Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday arrested Congress leader and Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam in a money laundering case, official sources said. The 70-year-old was taken into custody at the agency's zonal office here under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act...

New Delhi: The first set of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was issued Wednesday here to 14 people, nearly two months after rules under the contentious law were notified to grant Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from three neighbouring countries. Union Home...

New Delhi: Annu Mishra kept her modest food stall shut as temperatures in Odisha's Bhubaneswar remained above 40 degrees Celsius for 17 consecutive days in April. This streak was the longest since 1969, severely impacting health and livelihoods. "The crippling heat made it extremely difficult...