Chandigarh, Nov 8: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered the state’s agriculture department to work out the modalities for immediate implementation of the Supreme Court orders on providing financial assistance to small and marginal farmers who had not burnt any paddy straw. The chief minister also ordered […]
Mumbai, Nov 8: Devendra Fadnavis on Friday resigned as Maharashtra chief minister, five years and a week after he assumed the state’s top job, as an aggressive Shiv Sena rebuffed all attempts to form an alliance government. Fadnavis, 49, drove to Raj Bhavan and handed over his resignation to […]
BENGALURU – A slowing domestic economy will prevent India’s rupee from recouping this year’s losses against the dollar in 2020, with optimism around an easing in the U.S.-China trade dispute not enough to give it a further boost, a Reuters poll showed. After falling nearly 9% in 2018, […]
New Delhi, Nov 7: After a brief relief, the national capital’s air quality plunged to the “very poor” category again on Thursday because of high humidity following light rain, officials said. Delhi had been breathing relatively less polluted air for three days after a bright sun and improved wind […]
New Delhi, Nov 7: The Delhi government has demanded more onions from the Centre for distribution in the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday after a sudden rise in the vegetable’s price. The retail price of onions has risen by 45 per cent in the past […]
Raipur, Nov 7: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable was killed on Thursday in an accidental firing during an exercise at his unit’s camp in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, a police official said. The constable, Nilu Dala Behra, suffered injuries in the incident and later died, he said. […]
Two former Twitter employees and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court Wednesday with spying on Twitter users critical of the Saudi royal family, the US Justice Department announced. The two Saudis and one US citizen allegedly worked together to unmask the ownership details behind […]
Mexico alleged Wednesday that a drug cartel called “La Linea” massacred nine Mormon women and children in a case of mistaken identity, but devastated relatives insisted their loved ones were deliberately targeted. The three women and six children, who had dual US-Mexican citizenship, were killed in a hail […]
China has imposed a curfew to limit the time spent by children playing games online, in the latest part of a government crackdown on youth gaming addiction. The regulations will mean those under 18 cannot play games online between 10pm and 8am, and for only ninety minutes at […]
China on Thursday jailed nine people for selling fentanyl to Americans, the result of a landmark joint probe, and pledged further co-operation following President Donald Trump’s fury at Beijing’s perceived inaction against Chinese suppliers fuelling the deadly US opioid crisis. Despite Trump’s criticism earlier this year that Beijing […]
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