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Sharad Pawar-PM Modi to meet in Parliament amid Maharashtra logjam

The meeting, scheduled for 12.30 pm, is likely to focus on several issues related to the state, especially the agrarian crisis.

19 days ago

Surrogacy bill 2019: Discussion in Rajya Sabha remains inconclusive

The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan moved the Bill in the House, saying the Bill aims to ban commercial surrogacy and allow altruistic surrogacy for Indian citizens.

19 days ago

Public Sector Banks report fraud of $13 billion in 6 months: Nirmala Sitharaman

State Bank of India reported fraud of Rs 25,400 crores followed by Punjab National Bank of Rs 10,800 crores and Bank of Baroda of Rs 8300 crores.

19 days ago

Breathing in Delhi-NCR 'huge risk' for healthy lungs: Experts

According to the study, it doesn't matter whether you are smoking or not, as everybody is equivalently smoking 15 to 20 cigarettes on a daily basis.

19 days ago

India's space missions: Will NewSpace India replace Antrix Corporation?

Since its incorporation in 1992, Antrix Corporation -the first commercial arm of ISRO - has handled third party satellite launch contracts.

19 days ago

15 foreign banks are looking to open branches in India, says RBI

As per RBI Data, 46 foreign banks are already operating in India, including two banks operating in wholly-owned subsidiary (WOS) mode.

20 days ago

JNU protest: Day after lathicharge, students say won't back down if demands not met

The students, who are demanding the resignation of JNU Vice-Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, have alleged that they are ready to undertake a march to Parliament "10 times" if their demands are not met.

20 days ago

Massive fire breaks out in paper godown in Delhi, 15 fire tenders rushed to spot

15 fire tenders were rushed to the spot after a call regarding the fire was received at around 1.41 pm, the fire department told a news agency.

20 days ago

Pune road mishap: 2 killed, 17 injured after earthmover runs into procession

The earthmover lost control due to a brake failure and crashed into the procession, returning from Pandharpur temple.

20 days ago

Deeply pained: Rajnath Singh on death of 6 in Siachen avalanche

The defence minister was apprised of the situation by Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Bipin Rawat.

20 days ago

Bengali actress-turned-MP Nusrat Jahan discharged from ICU, family dismisses 'drug overdose' rumours

Sources in the police reportedly hinted at medicinal overdose, referring to her medical records.

20 days ago

Maharashtra power play: NCP-Congress to meet again in 2 days after Pawar-Sonia meet

The meeting between Sharad Pawar and Sonia Gandhi took place amid no consensus of government formation by Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP.

20 days ago

Sardar Patel National Unity Award-2020 nominations open till November 30

The Ministry of Home Affairs said that nominations and recommendations for the Sardar Patel National Unity Award-2020 are still being received online by the MHA website.

20 days ago

To the brink & back: Vodafone-Idea jumps 18%

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday stated that the government doesn't want any telecom company to shut operations.

20 days ago

Alibaba Singles' Day sales logs 5.44 lakh orders per second

Alibaba Cloud,' the data intelligence backbone of the company, successfully handled peak order rate of 5.44 lakh per second during the 24-hour "11.11 global shopping festival" that recorded $38.4 billion gross merchandise volume.

20 days ago

'Where's Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti?' Opposition uproar in Parliament

Shashi Tharoor said that Farooq Abdullah has been put under house arrest through an executive order and government can revoke it whenever it wants.

21 days ago

Venice floods: Third exceptional high tide hits Italian city, threatens priceless artwork, architecture

Venice suffered another exceptional high tide with the water peaking at 150 cm (4.9 feet), marking the worst flood in 150 years.

21 days ago

JNU protest hijacked by politics? Students break barricades, stopped near Safdarjung Tomb

CPM leader Sitaram Yechury took to Twitter saying such a massive deployment of forces was not seen even during the Emergency.

21 days ago

Urban Naxals, anarchists & atheists are entering Sabarimala: V Muraleedharan

The Sabarimala temple opened on November 16 for the two-month-long festival season.

21 days ago

Parliament winter session begins: Citizenship Bill, economic slowdown among key bills to be discussed today

This year, the winter session of the parliament marks the 250th session of the Rajya Sabha and also the commencement of the second parliament session of the BJP-led NDA government. The session is scheduled to end on December 13.

21 days ago