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India court rejects challenge to Dassault jet deal; win for Modi

NEW DELHI – India’s top court rejected petitions on Friday seeking an investigation of fighter jet deal worth about $8.7 billion with France’s Dassault Aviation (AVMD.PA), handing a political victory to the ruling party months before a general election. The ruling is a setback for the opposition Congress […]

13 young miners feared dead in India’s remote northeast

Rescuers work at the site of a coal mine that collapsed in Ksan, in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Thirteen young miners were missing and feared dead following the collapse of a shaft and flooding of a coal mine they were digging illegally in India’s remote northeast

India still in “middle class” in ease of doing biz: WEF chief

Mumbai, Dec 12:World Economic Forum (WEF) founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab Tuesday said India is still in the “middle class” in ease of doing business and the country should work towards creating the necessary ecosystem to boost entrepreneurship. Speaking to reporters here, he said most jobs in […]

Potential CM candidates in Rajasthan, MP arrive in Delhi to meet Congress chief

New Delhi, Dec 13: Amid hectic lobbying in the Congress for the top posts in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, party president Rahul Gandhi Thursday held deliberations with central observers and MLAs at his residence and said the names of the chief ministers would be declared soon. Gandhi met […]

Lok Sabha witnesses disruptions as members protest

New Delhi, Dec 13:The proceedings of the Lok Sabha Thursday were adjourned twice during Question Hour following protests by opposition parties over various issues, including alleged corruption in the Rafale deal and Cauvery river water. As soon as the Question Hour began after paying tributes to martyrs of […]

Taking inputs from party workers on CM candidates: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Dec 13: Amid hectic deliberations and lobbying for selection of chief ministers in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday that the party was taking inputs from MLAs and workers and the names will be declared soon.  Gandhi held hectic deliberations with Congress […]

SC issues notice to Maha CM on plea against his election

New Delhi, Dec 13: The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on a plea seeking annulment of his election to the state assembly for alleged non-disclosure of pending criminal cases against him in the nomination papers. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and […]

Assam panchayat polls: BJP ahead of Congress

Guwahati, Dec 13:The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won 50 per cent more seats than the opposition Congress in the results declared so far in the Assam panchayat polls, State Election Commission sources said on Thursday. The BJP has won 7,768 Gaon Panchayat Member (GPM) seats, 653 […]

Be job providers not job seekers: Sisodia tells students

New Delhi, Nov 13: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Thursday urged the students to be job providers and not job seekers. He was speaking at the fifth convocation of the Delhi Technological University here during which a total of 2099 degrees were conferred. Two Chancellors medals and 43 Vice […]

Man gets 7 years in jail for raping minor

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 13: A POCSO court here has convicted a man for raping an 11-year-old girl and sentenced him to seven years in prison. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the accused, Vedpal, after finding him guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 376 […]

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