New Delhi: Tata Group-owned Air India has placed an order for 840 planes with Airbus and Boeing, including the option to acquire 370 aircraft, with a senior airline official Thursday saying the order is a "landmark moment" in Indian aviation history. The announcement by Air...
New Delhi: Aiming to strengthen the cooperative sector, the Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the setting up of two lakh new multipurpose primary agricultural credit societies (PACS) in panchayats across the country in the next five years. Under this, dairy and fishery cooperatives would be set...
New Delhi: Opposition parties Tuesday slammed the government over the IT surveys at BBC offices as "heights of dictatorship" and "intimidation tactics", while the BJP put up a staunch defence of the probe, alleging the British broadcaster is "most corrupt" and has unleashed "venomous" propaganda...
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department Tuesday conducted a survey operation at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, officials said. The surprise action comes weeks after the broadcaster aired a two-part documentary, "India: The Modi...
New Delhi: The Centre has no objection to a proposal for setting up a panel of domain experts to look into strengthening the regulatory mechanisms for the stock market, the Supreme Court was told Monday while it was hearing pleas relating to the Adani stocks...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea challenging the government's decision to constitute the delimitation commission for redrawing the legislative assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and A S...
New Delhi: In an apparent swipe at the Congress after it questioned the appointment of a retired Supreme Court judge as a governor, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the "whole ecosystem" is once again in "full swing" over the issue. They should better understand...
New Delhi: The government Sunday appointed six new faces as governors, including retired Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer, who was part of the historic 2019 Ayodhya verdict, and four BJP leaders, besides carrying out a rejig of the gubernatorial posts in seven states. According...
New Delhi: A Delhi court judge, who recently discharged student activists Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha along with nine others in the 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case, has recused himself from hearing a similar matter citing "personal reasons". Additional Sessions Judge Arul Varma was...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said the new tax regime will benefit the middle class as it will leave more money in their hands. Talking to reporters after the customary post-Budget address to the central board of RBI, she said it is not...
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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