New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on One Nation, One Election (ONOE), chaired by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary, Thursday heard detailed presentations from economists Arvind Panagariya and Surjit Bhalla, both of whom strongly argued in favour of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and...
Chandrapur: A 19-year-old student who scored in the 99.99 percentile in this year’s NEET exam died by su*cide in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on the day he was scheduled to leave for admission to a medical college, police said Monday. The victim, identified as Anurag Anil...
New Delhi: India, US talks are happening at different levels covering both trade and non-trade issues, an official said. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is in the US for trade talks. He is accompanied by senior officials of the ministry, including special secretary and...
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved the construction of the 4-lane Sahebganj-Areraj-Bettiah section of National Highway (NH) 139W in Bihar across a total project length of 78.942 km with an investment of Rs 3,822.31 crore....
Leh: Clashes erupted Wednesday between protesting youths and the police here as protestors called for hastening of talks between the Centre and the representatives of the Ladakh region, pertaining to the demand for inclusion in the 6th Schedule, statehood and protecting the fragile ecosystem of...
New Delhi: In a major festive season push, the Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) worth Rs 1,866 crore for railway employees, benefiting over 10.90 lakh staff across the country. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the bonus, equivalent to 78 days...
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved the doubling of the Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya single railway line section, stretching across a distance of 104 km in Bihar with a total investment of Rs 2,192 crore. The project...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved a comprehensive package of Rs 69,725 crore to revitalise India’s shipbuilding and maritime ecosystem. The overall package is expected to unlock 4.5 million Gross Tonnage of shipbuilding capacity, generate nearly 30 lakh...
New Delhi: Delhi Police has booked a self-styled godman, Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati alias Parth Sarthy, after several female students of a management institute here accused him of sexual harassment. Despite raids and surveillance, the accused remains on the run. The complaint was filed August 4...
Raipur: In a major breakthrough for peace and rehabilitation efforts in South Bastar, 71 Maoists, including 30 with bounties totalling Rs 64 lakh, Wednesday laid down arms and surrendered to authorities under the Chhattisgarh government's flagship initiatives - Lon Varratu (Come Back Home) and Puna...
The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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By Aakar Patel If you are normal, you have any number of parties you can support and vote for. There...
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