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People voted for stability: PM Modi tells biz leaders at investors' summit
DEHRADUN: As he pitched Uttarakhand as a prime destination for investment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said people hav...

"All money goes to the Gandhi family": BJP's Gaurav Bhatia after recovery of Rs 100 crores from Congress MP's Jharkhand residence
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gaurav Bhatia on Friday took a swipe at the Congress over the recovery o...

No coach can create an artist like Mohammed Shami: Paras Mhambrey
NEW DELHI: Mohammed Shami possesses a rare ability of landing the ball in an upright seam position every single time an...

Odisha I-T raids: Rs 200 crore in cash recovered as counting on
BHUBANESWAR: "Unaccounted" cash amounting to around Rs 250 crore is expected to be recovered through searches being con...

Over 2.9 lakh vacancies filled up in Indian Railways in last five years till September 30
NEW DELHI: The occurrence and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process for railways">Indian Railways considering...

Corruption and nepotism replaced by growth and development in last 10 years: Amit Shah
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said a golden future awaits the country's youths as corruption, nepo...

Parliament Winter Session 2023: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra was on Friday expelled from the Lok Sabha after a discussion on the report of the ...

6 crore hospital admissions costing Rs 77,298 cr authorised under AB PM-JAY till November 30: Govt to Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI: Approximately six crore hospital admissions entailing an expenditure of Rs 77,298 crore have been authorised...

"I am an organic product of Vidyarthi Parishad": Amit Shah at 69th National Convention of ABVP
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad for its journey and said that I ...

Modi's guarantee that every penny 'looted' from people will have to be returned: PM
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took a swipe at the opposition on the issue of corruption, asserting ...

Upward revision in RBI's GDP growth forecast very well placed: Economic Affairs Secretary
NEW DELHI: The upward revision in GDP growth forecast by the RBI is "very well placed" with high frequency indicators i...

Arms and ammunition recovered during searches in Rajouri
RAJOURI: Security forces in Friday recovered arms and ammunition in Naushera area of Rajouri district.

No plans to loosen rates, inflation top priority: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said there is no plan to loosen interest rates as inflation con...

DSEJ announces winter vacation in phased manner from Dec-11
JAMMU: Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) Friday announced winter vacations in winter zones in a phased manne...

Lok Sabha takes up discussion on ethics panel report recommending Mahua Moitra's expulsion
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Friday took up for discussion a report of the Ethics Committee recommending the expulsion o...

India records 180 coronavirus cases; active cases rise to 744
NEW DELHI: India has logged 180 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 744, according to ...

PM Modi asks investors to explore limitless potential of Uttarakhand
DEHRADUN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked investors to explore Uttarakhand's limitless potential in variou...

"Vocal for local and Local for Global": PM Modi at Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit
DEHRADUN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi while inaugurating the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit on Thursday said that...

From now, police to ensure strict compliance of SoPs to avoid Eidgah, Srinagar like attacks: ADGP Law & Order Vijay Kumar
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday said all the officers and other ranks have been directed to follow Standard O...

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Global Investors Summit in Dehradun
DEHRADUN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit 2023 at the Forest...

Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust releases photos showing the current status of construction work
AYODHYA: Ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath ...

India’s forex reserves surpasses USD 600 bn mark after nearly four months
MUMBAI: India's foreign exchange reserves increased to USD 604 billion as on December 1, surpassing the USD 600 billion...

Five arrested with weapons in separate incidents in Samba
SAMBA: Five people were arrested with weapons in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Friday.

I am servant of law and Constitution: CJI D Y Chandrachud
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday said that as a judge, he is a ''servant'' of the law and th...

US State Department names Indian social activist Nikhil Dey as International Anti-Corruption Champion
Indian social activist Nikhil Dey has been named an International Anti-Corruption Champion by the US State Department.

AAP has pushed Punjab into unprecedented crisis: BJP's Tarun Chugh
CHANDIGARH: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Friday alleged the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led governmen...

Zoram People's Movement leader Lalduhoma sworn in as Chief Minister of Mizoram
AIZAWL: Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) leader Lalduhoma was sworn in as the chief minister of Mizoram on Friday.

IT department asks tax payers to return ‘wrongly-claimed’ refunds to avoid penalty
SRINAGAR: Taking note of the fraudulent and bogus deductions, the Income Tax department has urged all tax payers to ret...

UPI payment limit to hospitals, educational institutes raised to Rs 5 lakh: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das
MUMBAI: In a major decision, the RBI on Friday announced to raise the UPI payment limit to hospitals and educational in...

Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon amid uproar over listing of ethics panel report on Mahua Moitra
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon as opposition MPs created an uproar over the listing of the ethics pane...

At UN, India calls out state complicity in "suppressing activities of transnational criminal groups"
India has emphasised the need to address growing state complicity in suppressing the activities of transnational crimin...

Vikshit Bharat Sankalp Yatra reaches remote villages of Rajouri
RAJOURI: The Vikshit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, a nationwide initiative to inform and empower citizens a...

India bans onion exports till March next year
NEW DELHI: The government has banned exports of onion till March next year with a view to increase domestic availabilit...

Congress chief slams govt over rising crimes against Dalits, tribals
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday targeted the Modi government over the rising crimes against ...

Cold conditions tighten grip in Kashmir, Pahalgam coldest at minus 4.8 degree Celsius
SRINAGAR: The cold conditions have tightened grip in Kashmir as the mercury continued to settled below freezing point a...

RBI ups GDP growth projection to 7% for FY24 on buoyant domestic demand
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday raised the GDP growth projection for the current fiscal to 7 per cent from ...

Delhi records minimum temperature of 9.4 deg C; air quality in 'very poor' category
NEW DELHI: The air quality in the national capital was in the "very poor" category on Friday morning while the minimum ...

Ethics Panel report on TMC MP Mahua Moitra to be tabled in Lok Sabha, Post Office Bill to be taken for consideration and passage
NEW DELHI: As the Parliament convenes on Day 5 of the ongoing Winter Session on Friday, the report of the Ethics Commit...

RBI retains repo rate at 6.5% for fifth time in a row
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the fifth tim...

'When boss...': Smriti Irani quips as PM Modi and her father meet
Union Minister Smriti Irani and her father on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP leader shared a photo ...

India poised to be active contributor in AI evolution: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit 2023 will begin on December 12 here in the national...

BSF, Punjab police recover Pak drone in Amritsar
AMRITSAR: The Border Security Force, in a joint operation with the Punjab Police, recovered a Pakistani drone in the Am...

Earthquake of 3.8 magnitude hits parts of Meghalaya
SHILLONG: An earthquake of 3.8 magnitude hit the Meghalaya capital Shillong and adjoining areas on Friday morning, an o...

Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees to lay reports in Rajya Sabha on Day 5 of Winter Session
NEW DELHI: The fifth day of the Winter Session is expected to see the laying of reports of the Department-related Parli...

3.9-magnitude earthquake jolts Gujarat's Rajkot
GUJARAT: An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 on the Richter Scale hit the Rajkot district of Gujarat on Friday at 9 am, said...

India achieved in a few years with technology what took others a generation: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said India is looking to take a giant leap in Artificial Intelligence to...

Those behind assassination plot of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun need to be held accountable: White House
India is a strategic partner for the United States, the White House has said as it urged New Delhi to hold accountable ...

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate 2-day Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit today
NEW DELHI: The two-day Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit-2023 will commence today at the Forest Research Institute in...

Veteran actor Junior Mehmood passes away after long battle with stage four cancer
MUMBAI: Veteran actor Junior Mehmood, who was battling with stage four cancer passed away in Mumbai on Friday.

Supreme Court to deliver verdict on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 on December 11
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on December 11 on pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370...

"Only elected govt should have power to nominate assembly members": Omar Abdullah
PULWAMA: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the government should not make amendmen...

Samba Police files charge-sheet against four 'interstate heroin smugglers'
SAMBA: District Samba Police on Thursday said that it has filed a charge-sheet in the court of law against four Punjab ...

CBI arrests Military Engineer Services official in Rs 1 lakh bribe case
NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested an official of Military Engineer Services (MES) for allegedly takin...

Supreme Court asks Centre to provide data on grant of Indian citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants in Assam
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Centre to provide data on the number of Bangladeshi immigrants grant...

Four feared dead in road accident at Zojila Pass
SRINAGAR: Atleast four persons are feared dead after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident near Zojila...

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval addresses security conclave in Mauritius
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday underlined the importance of regional grouping Colombo Security Concla...

ISRO lines up an LVM3, six PSLV, three GSLV launches in 2024
NEW DELHI: ISRO has lined up six missions of PSLV, three GSLV launches and one commercial mission of Launch Vehicle Mar...

Cyclone Michaung relief: Centre release Rs 450 cr second instalment to Tamil Nadu, says Rajnath Singh
CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the Union Home Ministry to release Rs 450 crore, the second instalme...

NIA attaches properties of LeT operatives involved in 2015 Udhampur attack on BSF convoy
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached the properties of two key Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)...

PM Narendra Modi to address second edition of Infinity Forum
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the second edition of Infinity Forum, a global thought leadership ...

Probe panel constituted on US inputs as these have bearing on our national security: EAM S Jaishankar
NEW DELHI: India has constituted an inquiry committee to look into the inputs received from the US as these have a bear...

India pacer Mohammed Shami among nominees for ICC Player of Month for November
India pacer Mohammed Shami, who ended the recently concluded ICC World Cup as the leading wicket-taker of the tournamen...

Altaf Bukhari to contest from north Kashmir parliamentary seat for Apni Party
BANDIPORA: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Altaf Bukhari will contest the parliamentary election from nor...

DGP RR Swain's grievance redressal programme scheduled for 9th December postponed
JAMMU: Director General of Police Rashmi Ranjan Swain's office has postponed the grievance redressal programme schedule...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh appeals people to contribute to Armed Forces Flag Day Fund
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh appealed to the people to wholeheartedly donate to the Armed Forces Flag Day ...

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan writes to Odisha CM, urges to implement Centre's scheme on higher education
BHUBANESWAR: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan wrote to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, urging him to i...

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate first Indian Art, Architecture and Design Biennale at Red Fort
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday inaugurate the first Indian Art, Architecture and Design Biennal...

Policeman injured in terrorist attack in Srinagar on October 29 dies at AIIMS-Delhi
NEW DELHI: An inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, who was critically injured in a terrorist attack in October, d...

India is a labour-rich country with enough institutional maturity, can get to 8% growth: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery
NEW DELHI: India has potential to grow at 8 per cent as the country is labour-rich with enough institutional maturity o...

Bengal desperately needs governance but Mamata 'mocking, insulting' poor people, claims BJP
NEW DELHI: West Bengal is in desperate need of governance but Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is "mocking and insulting"...

Cyclone Michaung: Centre releases Rs 493.60 cr disaster relief for Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu gets Rs 450 cr
NEW DELHI: The Central government has released in advance its share of the second instalment of the State Disaster Reli...

Live-in relationship 'dangerous disease', should be law against it: BJP MP in Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI: A BJP MP from Haryana on Thursday termed live-in relationships a "dangerous disease" that needs to be eradic...

Need for developing futuristic technologies to deal with possible security challenges: CDS
NEW DELHI: Teaming up of manned and unmanned military assets will be a major aspect in new-generation avionics to prepa...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conducts aerial survey of flood-hit Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday undertook an aerial survey of flood hit northern Tamil Nadu and hel...

No 'spectacular announcement' likely in February 1 budget, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the budget to be presented on February 1, 2024 would no...

Levying border adjustment tax to meet green commitments morally wrong: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said any move on imposition of cross-border adjustment tax b...

Two houses in Pulwama attached under anti-terror law
PULWAMA: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached two properties in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama dis...

Victory in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh polls due to hard work, team spirit: PM Modi tells BJP MPs
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the recent win of the BJP in Assembly polls in three stat...

ED files first charge sheet against Chinese smartphone maker vivo-India, others
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate filed its first charge sheet in connection with its money laundering probe again...

DM, SSP Kulgam urge netizens to report misuse of social media
KULGAM: District Magistrate Kulgam has urged the netizens to refrain from all sorts of misuse of social media platforms.

6 shops, 2 rooms damaged in Zampa Kadal blaze
SRINAGAR: At least six shops and two residential rooms were damaged in a fire incident that broke out at Zampa Kadal, S...

Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 strikes Guwahati
GUWAHATI: An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter Scale hit Assam's Guwahati on Thursday morning, according to th...

PM Narendra Modi given standing ovation at BJP Parliamentary Party meeting for assembly poll success
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a standing ovation at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting on Thursday...

Congress take swipe at BJP for not announcing CMs in three states yet
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday took a swipe at the BJP over it not announcing the chief ministers in the three sta...

NIA may take up Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun issue during FBI chief's visit to India next week
NEW DELHI: With Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray expected to visit India next week, sour...

"Modi ji ka swagat hai...": PM Modi gets rousing welcome at BJP's meeting after win in 3 states
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a rousing welcome on Thursday from BJP MPs at the Parliamentary Party meeti...

BJP Parliamentary meeting begins amid suspense over Chief Ministers in states
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers S Jaishankar, Amit Shah and Ashwani Vaishanaw were among ot...

Srinagar records coldest night of season at minus 2.6 degree Celsius
SRINAGAR: The night temperature has plummeted further in Kashmir parts with Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and K...

NSA Ajit Doval arrives in Mauritius, to attend 6th NSA-level meeting of Colombo Security Conclave
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval arrived in Mauritius on Wednesday to participate in the 6th NSA-level meetin...

Per-acre expenditure cost of wheat, rice should be reduced: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday that we need to reduce the per-acre expenditure cost to get b...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to move Bills on J&K in Rajya Sabha, discussion on country's economic situation to continue
NEW DELHI: As the Parliament convenes on Day 4 of the ongoing Winter Session on Thursday Union Home Minister Amit Shah ...

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slams 'merciless bombing' of Gaza, says India must stand up for what's right
NEW DELHI: Noting that the "merciless bombing" of Gaza continues with even more "savagery" than before the truce, Congr...

J&K Govt warns social media users: ‘Think Twice Before You Post’
JAMMU: In response to the Director General of Police (DGP) RR Swain's recent caution on the legal repercussions of post...

Udhampur attack plotter LeT terrorist Hanzla Adnan shot dead in Karachi
Amid a series of attacks on the terrorists who had once attacked India, another most wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terro...

"There was no other way rather to take up Kashmir issue to UN...": Farooq Abdullah on Amit Shah's remark on Nehru
NEW DELHI: Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah defended the first PM of the country Jawaharlal N...

Indian Army reviews HR policy, to implement new promotion policy from January 1
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army is coming out with a comprehensive promotion policy which will be implemented from January 1...

"PoK Hamara Hai": Amit Shah in Parliament
NEW DELHI: Twenty four seats have been reserved in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir as ...

'Animal': Bobby Deol's entry song 'Jamal Kudu' out now
MUMBAI: Actor Bobby Deol's entry song 'Jamal Kudu' from the recently released action thriller film 'Animal' has gone vi...

RBI's MPC meet begins amid expectations of status quo on interest rate
MUMBAI: The RBI's high-powered rate setting panel on Wednesday began its 3-day brainstorming on the next set of bi-mont...

BJP president J P Nadda holds talks with Kenyan President William S Ruto
NEW DELHI: BJP president J P Nadda met Kenyan President William S Ruto, who is also the leader of his country's ruling ...