NEW DELHI – As New Delhi remained shrouded in toxic smog on Wednesday, India’s top court censured the central government for its inaction and sought remedial action. Cooler temperatures and lighter wind trapped heavy smog over the Indian capital, pushing pollution to “severe” levels in many places with […]
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – India’s retail inflation breached the central bank’s medium-term target of 4% in October for the first time in 15 months, on the back of higher food prices. Most economists, however, expect the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to look past the inflation […]
Mumbai, Nov 13: A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping an eight-year-old girl inside a public toilet in suburban Walada here, police said on Wednesday. Chand Babu Sheikh lured two eight-year-old girls from Kamala Nagar on the pretext of showing them an ‘Eid E Milad’ procession […]
Basirhat (WB), Nov 13: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after conducting an aerial survey of cyclone ‘Bulbul’-hit areas in North 24 Parganas, said on Wednesday that the loss incurred by the state due to the natural calamity might go up to Rs 50,000 crore. Banerjee handed over a […]
Mumbai, Nov 12: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s refusal to grant more time to the party to submit the required letters of support to form the next government on Monday night, a party leader said on Tuesday. The Sena, […]
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New Delhi, Nov 12: The Supreme Court will pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on petitions challenging the Delhi High Court decision bringing the office of the chief justice of India (CJI) under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice […]
New Delhi, Nov 12: Gurupurab was celebrated with a religious fervour in the national capital on Tuesday as devotees thronged gurdwaras to pay obeisance to Guru Nank Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, on his 550th birth anniversary. People from different faiths offered early morning prayers at the shrines […]
New Delhi, Nov 11: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu pitched on Monday for political empowerment of women by providing adequate reservation for them in Parliament and state legislatures. At the third convocation ceremony of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), he expressed happiness over the fact that women constitute 51 per cent […]
New Delhi, Nov 11: Shouting slogans and raising banners, thousands of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students clashed with police on Monday as their protest over steep fee hike escalated, leaving HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ stranded for over six hours at the venue of the varsity’s convocation. The students […]
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