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Rajasthan polls: Over 20 per cent voter turnout in first three hours of voting

Jaipur, Dec 7: Over 20 per cent of over 4.74 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling in Rajasthan Friday amid reports of EVMs malfunctioning at some polling booths The polling began at 8 am and the voting turn out was 20.9 per cent […]

India to import Iranian oil using rupee payment mechanism: source

NEW DELHI – India will import crude oil from Iran using a rupee-based payment mechanism, an industry source involved in discussions told Reuters on Thursday, adding that 50 percent of those payments will be used for exporting items to Tehran. India’s state-owned UCO Bank is expected to announce […]

Two Kashmiri `stone-pelters’ held in Gujarat

Bhuj(Guj), Dec 6: Two residents of Jammu and Kashmir including a minor, allegedly involved in pelting stones at security forces, have been detained in Kutch district of Gujarat, police said Thursday. Altaf Najar(23) and a 16-year-old boy were allegedly involved in attacking security forces, and three FIRs have been […]

Bulandshahr violence: UPSTF to assist SIT in probe

Lucknow, Dec 6: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) will assist the Special Investigating Team probing the Bulandshahr violence in which two people, including a police officer, were killed on Monday. The STF is assisting the SIT constituted by the government to probe the incident of cow slaughter […]

Cal HC says can’t give permission for BJP rally at this stage, after WB govt refuses to allow event

Kolkata, Dec 6: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said it cannot give permission at this stage for the BJP rally in Coochbehar, scheduled to be flagged off by party president Amit Shah on Friday, after the West Bengal government refused to allow the event on the grounds that […]

‘Adityanath busy renaming cities, ignoring his state’

Mumbai, Dec 6: The Shiv Sena Thursday hit out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over violence in Bulandshahr, saying he is busy renaming cities but has failed to address the basic issues in his state. Soldiers and policemen do not have any religion. Similarly, those in power […]

Mamata asks people to uphold the secular fabric of the country

Kolkata, Dec 6: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said that India is incomplete without all communities, religions, castes, creed and gender and asked the people to uphold the secular fabric of the country. She compared the country with the human body and said that December 6 is […]

Christian Michel sent to 5-day CBI custody by court in VVIP chopper case

New Delhi, Dec 5:  Christian Michel, the alleged middleman who has been chargesheeted in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, was Wednesday produced before a Delhi court which allowed his five-day custodial interrogation by the CBI. He will again be produced in the court on December 10. Michel, […]

RBI chief draws veil over rift with Modi government

MUMBAI  – The Reserve Bank of India chief on Wednesday drew a veil over a public spat with the government, refusing to answer questions on a matter which had raised concerns that the central bank’s independence could be undermined. Announcing policymakers’ decision to leave the central bank’s interest […]

ONGC gets $32 million payment from Venezuela’s PDVSA

NEW DELHI – India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp has received a payment of $32 million from Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) as part of a settlement of outstanding dividend payments and said it now hopes that Venezuela’s state oil firm will be regular in making further payments, a […]

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