Mumbai : The six-day budget session of the Maharashtra Legislature will begin on February 25 and is expected to be a heated one as it would be the last before the Lok Sabha elections. It was initially planned for three weeks starting February 18 but had to be curtailed […]
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that efforts are on to introduce an “inhuman” religion in the country on the basis of divisive politics. In an apparent attack on the BJP on Thursday, Banerjee accused the saffron party of trying to impose its choice of […]
Srinagar : An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Sopore township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday morning, police said. Acting on specific input, the security personnel launched a cordon and search operation in the Warpora area of Sopore, they said. A senior official […]
New Delhi : A man was arrested while he was trying to get away on a motorcycle after robbing two businessmen of around Rs 40 lakh in east Delhi Thursday, while three of his accomplices managed to escape, police said. Ashok and Narendar, businessmen from Ghazipur, were travelling in […]
Mumbai : The rupee inched up 2 paise to 71.22 against the US dollar in early trade Friday amid a dip in crude oil prices and fresh foreign fund inflows. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the local unit opened almost flat at 71.23 and stayed in a […]
Muzaffarnagar : A 23-year-old man, who was missing for the past four days, was found dead at Hathi Karonda village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said Friday. The deceased, Deepak, went missing on February 18 and his body was found in the village on Thursday evening, Station House […]
Mumbai : Benchmark indices started on a negative note Friday as investors turned cautious after the release of the minutes of RBI’s last policy meet, in which governor Shaktikanta Das argued the need to look at growth concerns. Besides, subdued cues from other Asian markets too weighed on investor […]
Muzaffarnagar : Police have seized 550 cartons of liquor which were being allegedly smuggled from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh and arrested two persons, an official said Friday. The liquor, worth lakhs of rupees, was seized at Miranpur town here on Thursday, Station House Officer (SHO) Pankej Tyagi said. He […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth. The award was presented to him by the Seoul Peace Prize Foundation at a grand ceremony here. A short film on the life […]
Seoul : Primer Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in held constructive talks on Friday on enhancing bilateral cooperation in key areas including trade, investment, defence and security. Modi, who is on a two-day visit to South Korea to strengthen India’s strategic ties with the country, was […]
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