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New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday permitted Delhi government authorities to take coercive action against old vehicles that do not meet Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) emission standards. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi modified the August 12 order...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday that the proposed India-Oman free trade agreement (FTA) would open significant opportunities across sectors, including textiles, food processing, automobiles, gems and jewellery, agrochemicals, renewable energy and auto components. Addressing the India-Oman Business Forum in...

Raipur: In a major breakthrough under the ‘Poona Margam: Rehabilitation to Rejuvenation’ initiative, 11 Maoist cadres, including six males and five females, surrendered before Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Robinson Gudiya (IPS) on Wednesday, marking a significant blow to left-wing extremism in the Bastar region. The...

Kolkata: One more person has been arrested in connection with the vandalism during Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake Stadium December 13, taking the number of those arrested to six, the Bidhannagar police said Wednesday. Meanwhile, a Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by the West...

New Delhi: Indian Railways has achieved a major milestone in clean energy use, and by November this year, it will have commissioned 898 MW of solar power for its operations. This is a sharp increase from just 3.68 MW in 2014 and marks an expansion...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Tuesday passed a bill to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent, with a view to providing insurance to all by 2047. Replying to a debate on the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill,...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Tuesday passed a Bill for repealing or amending 71 obsolete and outdated laws, with Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal asserting that the progressive legislation would contribute to ease of living for citizens. Replying to a brief discussion on the Repealing and...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will file a fresh charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi apart from others as it has taken cognisance of the latest Delhi Police FIR filed in the National Herald money laundering case, officials said Tuesday. Earlier...

Hyderabad: Sajid Akram, one of the two armed men involved in Sunday’s mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left 16 people dead, originally hails from Hyderabad but had limited contact with the family after migrating to Australia in 1998, police said Tuesday. Telangana Director...

Kolkata:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accepted Aroop Biswas's resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event recently, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said. Biswas, who had written to...