Hyderabad: Eleven workers from Bihar were charred to death in a major fire that broke out at a timber and scrap shop in Secunderabad here early Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred at a shop in IDH Colony of Bhoiguda area in Secunderabad around 4...
New Delhi: The common man is likely to suffer more with the rising prices of commodities. The most recent blow that the common man has been dealt with is the rise in the price of the domestic cooking gas cylinder (LPG). The cylinder got dearer...
Bhubaneswar: The Centre has released Rs 817 crore to the Odisha government for establishment of seven new medical colleges, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar informed Tuesday in the Rajya Sabha. Pawar was replying to a query of...
New Delhi: Days after meeting Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress president Sonia Gandhi met Tuesday some more leaders of the G-23 group at her residence. Among those Sonia Gandhi met were Anand Sharma and Manish Tewari. Sonia held discussions on resolving internal party issues. It is...
New Delhi: Blaming criminals allegedly affiliated to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal for the deaths of at least eight people in a fire incident in Birbhum district, the BJP demanded a CBI probe into the matter Tuesday. A delegation of BJP leaders...
Rampurhat/Kolkata: Eight persons died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses caught fire at Rampurhat in Birbhum district, police said. The incident took place within an hour after the alleged murder of Trinamool Congress (TMC) panchayat leader Bhadu Sheikh Monday. This information was...
New Delhi: State-owned oil marketing companies (OMC) Tuesday raised petrol and diesel prices after more than four months of stable rates. Accordingly, the increase in selling price, which includes state levies, central excise and cess amongst other factors, came days after an astronomical rise in...
Mumbai: Reserve Bank Governor (RBI) Shaktikanta Das said Monday that with the country’s foreign exchange reserves at USD 677 billion, it is comfortably placed to deal with any spillover effects and for financing of the current account deficit. Over the last three years, India’s foreign...
Beijing: A Chinese airliner with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi Monday, state media has reported. Broadcaster CCTV said the accident involving a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 and occurred near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. Media said...
Washington: The signs are abundant of how Ukraine frustrated Vladimir Putin's hopes for a swift victory and how Russia's military proved far from ready for the fight. A truck carrying Russian troops crashes, its doors blown open by a rocket-propelled grenade. Foreign-supplied drones target Russian...
By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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By Aakar Patel The three democratic tools available to us are the vote, the court and protest. The only one...
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