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Jharkhand BJP faces flak for inducting murder accused in party

Currently on bail, Shashi Bhushan Mehta, who was in JMM, joined the BJP recently with fanfare.   NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party is in the...

Blowback for Turkey and Malaysia for following Pak PM Niazi

NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Office appears to have taken a strong stand on the matter of Turkey joining hands with Pakistan in condemning...

Citizenship Amendment Bill all set to be reintroduced in Parliament

NEW DELHI: The Centre will reintroduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the coming session of Parliament, expected in December. The Bill, when passed, seeks...

Captain Modi outplayed Imran at UNGA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged as a leader with a vision not only for India but the entire world, while Pakistan PM Imran Khan...

JSW to increase capacity in Ohio, Texas plants

Donald Trump has said that JSW Steel’s investment is the perfect example of strong business ties between India and the US.     New Delhi: Indian steel...

BJP, Shiv Sena close to announcing a poll deal

Sources said that as per the agreement, the BJP would continue to be the ‘elder brother’ in Maharashtra.     New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party and...

India-bound foreign students rose 20% in last five years

New Delhi: There has been a 20% increase in the number of foreign students coming to India for higher studies in the last five...

An ‘immersive journey’ to let foreigners know more about Indian culture

New Delhi: In a novel move to sensitise youths from across the world about Indian culture and heritage, cultural organisation “IGen Plus” has designed...

Chidambaram lost India a million jobs: Jignesh Shah

Once FTIL started giving competition to NSE, Jignesh Shah and FTIL became the target of the then Finance Minister, Chidambaram, and his network of...

Delhi polls may be advanced, clubbed with Jharkhand

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) is likely to hold the Assembly elections in Delhi and Jharkhand simultaneously in December, said highly placed sources....

‘Ground realities in J&K expose Western media’s fake news blitzkrieg’

New Delhi: More than 4 lakh patients have been attended to for various ailments, 35,000 patients admitted to hospitals and 11,000 surgeries performed in...

SAIL will shut down two subsidiaries in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand

NEW DELHI: State-run steel major Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) is going to shut down two of its subsidiaries in Uttar Pradesh and...

Centre pushes for cultural education in schools

NEW DELHI: The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), an autonomus organisation under the Ministry of Culture, is collaborating with the Central Board...

Ahead of polls, Nitish plays tribal card in Jharkhand

JDU will be contesting the state Assembly elections alone wherein it will field its candidates in all 81 seats.   NEW DELHI: The Nitish Kumar-led Janata...

‘5G set to transform communication in India’

TRAI chairman R.S. Sharma says that as productivity of things improves, there will be an overall boom in the economy.   The Department of Telecommunications has...

BJP membership set to touch 16cr mark

The party is still in the process of compiling details from different parts of the country.     New Delhi: With the membership drive coming to an...

‘India-U.S. defence relationship crucial for fate of freedom in entire Indo-Pacific’

Kenneth R. Weinstein, President and CEO of Hudson Institute, says India should seriously rethink the S-400 purchase deal with Russia.   Kenneth R. Weinstein is President...

‘Law Commission will discuss Uniform Civil Code’

New Delhi: The issue of framing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be placed for consideration before the 22nd Law Commission after it is...

Facing leadership crisis, RJD starts wooing JDU

However, the JDU does not appear to be in a mood to oblige, as of now.   New Delhi: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which is...

Many population control bills since ’47

New Delhi: As many as 36 private members’ bills for population control have been introduced in Parliament since Independence, of which maximum, 15, were...

BECA: India set to ink third foundational military pact with US

New Delhi: Decks have been cleared for India to sign the pending third foundational military pact with the United States. The pact is expected...

NCP, TMC, CPI face the risk of losing national party status

The Election Commission has issued the parties show-cause notices after their poor performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections.     New Delhi: The sword of losing...

Sonia Gandhi will be Congress interim president

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday decided to appoint Sonia Gandhi once again as the interim president. The decision to this effect was taken...

Trade bodies seek to make Srinagar investors’ meet a grand success

Soon after revoking of Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir, trade bodies and corporate sector have swung into action to make the first ever...

Several attempts made in past to resolve Ayodhya through mediation, all failed

New Delhi: The failure of the mediation panel constituted by the Supreme Court to resolve the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhumi title case was “not unexpected”...

Government mulls breaking up Coal India into five entities

New Delhi: The Centre is mulling a proposal to divide the state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) into five different entities in a bid to...

Telecom dept issues 5G implementation guidelines

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has set the ball rolling for implementation of  5G services by issuing guidelines for the trials across...

Jharkhand Congress feud reaches Delhi

Alliance talks with JMM , RJD and JVM have virtually stopped.     New Delhi: The feud in Jharkhand Congress over the issue of removal of state...

Big brother BJP will follow Maharashtra Model in Bihar

Just like in Maharashtra, BJP is seeking to be the primary force in Bihar.     New Delhi: As the distance between the JDU and BJP grows,...

‘President should not sign RTI Bill’

Activists plan an indefinite protest at Jantar Mantar against the Centre’s decision to amend the RTI Act.     New Delhi: Right to Information (RTI) activists are...

Steel sector staring at a crisis

New Delhi: The steel sector may face a crisis-like situation as the licences of more than 300 non-captive iron ore mines are expiring on...

Rising demand for alternative systems of medicine

New Delhi: Traditional alternative systems of medicine—Ayush—are becoming popular across the country as people find them more natural, with low cost and less chances...

Nitish distances self from Bihar police snooping on RSS

The police officer who issued the circular may face action.     New delhi: The issue of Bihar Police’s Special Branch seeking information about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh...

Sugar mills go for ethanol production

New delhi: Indian sugar mills are gradually shifting towards ethanol production in the wake of surplus sugar production in the last few years. Ethanol is...

Trade unions blocking auction of commercial coal mining

New Delhi: Trade unions are blocking the Central government’s landmark decision to auction commercial mining of coal in order to ramp up production in...

Centre examines proposal to raise age limit of Atal pension plan

There is also a plan to add slabs to make the scheme more attractive.   New Delhi: The Centre is “examining” the proposal of the Pension...

Engineering seats unlikely to be increased

Panel appointed by AICTE cited low capacity utilisation, especially in traditional engineering areas.   New Delhi: A committee appointed by the All India Council for Technical...

BJP ahead of Opposition in preparing for polls

Opposition parties have not recovered from the shock defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.   New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which got a landslide...

Bihar BJP unit to hold mega NRI meet in October

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the star attraction of the event.   New Delhi: With Bihar going for Assembly elections next year, the state BJP...

India gears up for rollout of 5G services

The Centre has invited proposals from major global Original Equipment Manufacturers for technology trials in India.   New Delhi: India is gearing up for the rollout...

Drop in train accidents in last five years

This has been mainly due to safety measures taken by the Indian Railways.   New Delhi: The number of train accidents has decreased in the last...

Implement OROP in letter and spirit: Ex-servicemen

‘The full OROP granted by the National Democratic Alliance government in 2015 has not been implemented so far’.   New Delhi: Ex-servicemen are raising the pitch...

‘Open assault on Hindus continues unabated in Bangladesh’

Dr Richard Benkin, an American human rights activist, says that he will never be silent and never stop fighting for the rights of Bangladesh’s...

BJP organisational poll process to start in July

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will start the process for organisational elections next month, following which a full time president will be...

Acute shortage of doctors in regional AIIMS

New Delhi: The regional AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), set up all over the country with an objective to provide best tertiary...

Consumer protection bill to be tabled in RS

The bill, passed by LS, had lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha.   New Delhi: The government is likely to introduce the Consumer...

MBBS seats set to rise by over 4,500

New Delhi: The number of MBBS seats is all set to increase by over 4,500 from this academic year. This will help bridge the...

Imports from Pakistan slip by 92% in a year

New Delhi: Imports from Pakistan declined by 92% to $2.84 million in the one-year period till March this year, following imposition of 200% customs...

RPF arrests 387 touts from 205 cities

The operation was launched to weed out the prevalent  corruption in the railway ticketing network.   New Delhi: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has arrested 387...

Bills that got lapsed set to be reintroduced

New Delhi: The government has set in motion the process to re-introduce some of the 46 bills that got lapsed with the dissolution of...

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