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New Delhi: The economic growth projection for the next fiscal is revised upwards by 20 basis points to 7-7.4 per cent following the release of new GDP series, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said Friday. The Economic Survey presented in Parliament in January had...

New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleging that they hatched a conspiracy to finish the Aam Aadmi Party through a "fake" excise policy case. Earlier in the day, a...

Kochi: In a dramatic turn within 24 hours of a judicial setback, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court Friday lifted the interim stay on the release of The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond, paving the way for the film’s screening. The Division...

New Delhi: India's GDP growth estimate has been raised to 7.6 per cent for the current fiscal from 7.4 per cent after the government revised the calculation methodology, including change in base year and adding data from GST and e-Vahan portal, to better reflect economic...

New Delhi: A class VIII NCERT textbook, which carried a chapter about 'judicial corruption', is at the centre of controversy with the Supreme Court imposing a "complete blanket ban" on the book, saying it contains "offensive" contents. Here is an explainer on how the NCERT...

New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Friday said India is watching developments following the US Supreme Court's verdict against tariffs, pointing out that the joint statement on the proposed interim trade deal provides for a rebalancing of the pact "should circumstances change". The minister's remarks...

New Delhi: Supreme Court collegium has taken a "policy decision" that a judge, who is proposed to take over the high court as its chief justice, may be transferred well in advance, preferably two months before the vacancy arises. The collegium, headed by Chief Justice...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday urged the Indian industry to step up investment and innovation, saying the government has laid the groundwork through aggressive capital spending and by creating a conducive policy environment in successive Budgets, and that it is now time for...

New Delhi: Supreme Court said Friday that it knows its judicial officers and they will not be "influenced by anything", after the West Bengal government submitted that the Election Commission had issued a training module for judicial officers deployed in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...

Kolkata: Tremors were felt in Kolkata and adjacent districts of West Bengal Friday afternoon, after an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted parts of Bangladesh, officials said. The quake was felt at around 1.22 pm, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said....