India
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Over 3.38 lakh perform Amaranth Yatra in 18 days
Jammu: Over 3.38 lakh devotees have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra so far as another group of 3,740 pilgrims left for Kashmir on Wednesday amid tight security. Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB)…
- India
15 Union minister, including from NDA part of reconstituted NITI Aayog
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi-led NDA government on Tuesday reconstituted the NITI Aayog, with four full-time members and 15 union ministers, including from BJP allies, as either ex-officio members or special invitees.…
- India
UGC launches project to develop 22,000 books in Indian languages
New Delhi: The Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) launched a project on Tuesday to develop 22,000 books in Indian languages in the next five years. The project, titled…
- India
UK crime agency busts drugs gang with Indian-origin operatives
London: An organised criminal gang involving Indian-origin operatives has been busted after a two-year investigation by the UK’s crime agency, which said it will continue probing their links to “politically exposed individuals…
- Business
IMF raises India’s GDP growth forecast to 7 pc for 2024-25
New Delhi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday raised India’s GDP growth forecast for 2024-25 to 7 per cent from 6.8 per cent projected earlier on the back of “improving private…
- India
Respiratory disease as leading health issue in India: Study
New Delhi: SMSRC & Group (Medclin Research and Synaegis), one of India’s leading healthcare research, intelligence, and consulting organizations, has published findings on major disease trends prevailing in India and how they…
- India
Puja Khedkar obtained locomotor disability certificate in 2022: doctor
Pune: Probationary IAS officer Dr Puja Khedkar had obtained a partial “locomotor disability” certificate from a hospital at Pimpri in Pune district in August 2022, a senior official said on Tuesday, July…
- India
NEET-UG paper leak: Key accused among 2 more arrested by CBI
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested two individuals, including a key accused in the NEET-UG paper leak case, who allegedly stole the paper from a National Testing Agency’s trunk in Hazaribagh in…
- India
Govt convenes all-party meet on July 21 ahead of Monsoon Session, TMC to skip meeting
New Delhi: The government has convened an all-party meeting on July 21 ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which will start next Monday, the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said. The meeting, which…
- India
Preventive detention orders should be passed with extreme care: HC
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has urged authorities to pass preventive detention orders with extreme care and caution as a casual approach may deprive a person of his “most precious” fundamental right,…
- India
Kharge demands strict action against those involved in murder of VIP chief’s father
New Delhi: Condemning the brutal murder of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani’s father, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday demanded strict action against the culprits at the earliest and justice…
- Opinions
By-poll results: BJP on backfoot
The “Pappu” has not only become the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, but his India bloc has made the BJP lose many seats in the recently held by-polls. The fact that the…
- India
TN farmers, Left parties stage protest demanding release of Cauvery water
Tiruvarur: Scores of farmers besides members of the Left parties staged a rail-roko agitation at Thiruthuraipoondi in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvarur district on Tuesday demanding that neighbouring Karnataka release Cauvery water and help…
- News
Singapore’s Temasek eyes $10 bn investment in resilient India
New Delhi: As the Indian economy remains resilient on its way to become the world’s third-largest one sooner than expected, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek is aiming to invest an additional over…
- India
Two judges appointed to Supreme Court; top court to regain full strength
New Delhi: Justices N Kotiswar Singh and R Mahadevan were on Tuesday elevated as judges of the Supreme Court. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments on X. Once they take…