India has taken over as the Chair of Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) with China's tenure coming to an end, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Friday.
Starting as a local councillor 54 years ago, Joseph Robinette Biden reached his lifelong ambition of becoming the leader of the most powerful country only to see his career melt in a pool of pathos, his mental and physical capabilities...
Out of the total 272 kilometers, a 255-kilometer stretch has been completed, and the remaining 17 km stretch is underway with anticipated completion soon.
Love triangle caper about a woman who bears twins by two different fathers gives disappointingly more life to its competing men This slightly racy Hindi-language romcom is mapped across a love triangle between two men and a woman, but...
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) linked to the recent terror attack in Kathua, where an Army vehicle was ambushed, resulting in the deaths of four soldiers and injuries to six others.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Monday said that the government will release guidelines for all malls and business establishments regarding attire to prevent incidents which recently took place with a farmer as he was...
India now has more than 1.4 lakh startups, as the government continues to nurture innovation and encourage investments in the ecosystem, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Jitin Prasada, informed on Friday.
Rajasthan has received a major industrial park in the first Budget of the BJP-led government at the Centre, with the state receiving Rs 7,000 crore more as a share of Central taxes this time.
Amid the growing chatter over the removal of indexation benefit in the long-term capital gain (LTCG) calculation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stressed that the move is not a "revenue-raising measure" and will not lead to a...
The Union Budget 2024-25 focuses on empowering youth, women, farmers, and the poor, with significant allocations for employment and skilling. Fiscal consolidation is strengthened, with a reduced fiscal deficit target and lower planned...
South Korean giant Samsung on Wednesday announced the sale of its sixth-generation foldable smartphones along with other new devices for consumers in India.
Pamela Cullen, who has died aged 100, was a trailblazer in her consular career and within the Indian film industry for more than 50 years, becoming one of Bafta’s oldest voters. In the 1940s, Pam worked as a journalist reviewing films....
Amid stagnant or falling yields producers across India and east Africa are being forced to adapt Tea is a British institution and 100m cups will be drunk today, but experts are warning that our beloved brew could get pricier as extreme...
Bringing an end to speculation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that she will be attending the NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi which will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday gave a rebuttal to every charge made against him in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land case while saying that 3.16 acres of land was originally purchased for...
The Union Budget 2024-25, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Tuesday, has hiked the allocation for the Department of Fisheries by 54 per cent to Rs 2,616.44 crore from Rs 1,701 crore (Revised Estimates)...
During a public rally, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced the revival of Village Defence Guards (VDGs) in Doda to combat terrorism. He sought support of all communities to counter terrorism.
An investigative report has revealed that negligence by the railway engineering section was the primary cause of the derailment of the 15904 Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district, sources have said.
Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday voiced strong criticism of the Union Budget 2024, presented by the NDA government in its third-consecutive term, and said, "India is paying taxes like England and receiving services like Somalia."
The Karnataka opposition BJP and JD(S) legislators, who were staging an overnight protest in both Houses of the Vidhana Soudha, went out for a morning stroll in the premises on Thursday.
Shares of state-run insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Friday touched a new lifetime high of Rs 1,178.60 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
The CCTV footage of the murder of a 24-year-old woman from Bihar, a private firm employee, emerged on Friday, showing the brutality of the attack and the unfortunate apathy of the hostel mates.
The Opposition staged walkouts, alleging bias against opposition-ruled states in the Union Budget, with Congress MP Manish Tewari criticizing new criminal laws. The government defended the Budget and new criminal laws, with Sitharaman...
The new tax regime aims to simplify computation for taxpayers and tax administration. The changes are part of the government's broader efforts to simplify the approach to taxation and encourage investment in the market.
A group of terrorists in early Monday morning attacked the house of a Shourya Chakra awardee VDG member in Rajouri district. Army soldiers in the nearby picket challenged the terrorists involved in the attack.
India's education landscape is transforming, with 26.52 crore students in schools and 4.33 crore in higher education, according to the Economic Survey 2023-24.The New Education Policy 2020 is driving this change, focusing on foundational...
Pointing toward the recent surge in terrorist activities in Jammu province, former Chief Minister and National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah criticized the authorities for their delayed response in gauging the gravity of the...
Taking on Google, Apple has announced to bring Maps on the web in public beta, allowing users around the world to access Maps directly from their browser.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, while presenting the Union Budget in Parliament, announced a slew of land-related reforms and action proposals, including assigning Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) to all...
The Economic Survey tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Monday projects India's GDP growth rate at 6.5 to 7 per cent for 2024-25 as it sees the economy on a strong wicket.
Indian equity indices opened in the green on Friday following positive global cues. At 9.43 a.m., Sensex was up 329 points or 0.41 per cent, at 80,373 and Nifty was up 118 points or 0.48 per cent, at 24,524.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed an allocation of Rs 2.2 lakh crore for urban housing, along with a Rs 10 lakh crore interest subsidy scheme in the flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme.
32,000 hectares of barren land in 76 Kandi villages of Jammu province will turn fertile after completion of this ambitious project situated on the river Ravi.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s women’s badminton doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa plan to treat triumph and disaster the same way at the Paris Olympics — albeit over a good meal. The two players...
Stock market experts on Wednesday said that investors should focus on buying stocks which can deliver superior returns after a marginal increase in long-term capital gains tax (LTCG) on equity becomes a reality.
Radhika Gupta, Edelweiss MD and CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management Company (AMC), said on Tuesday that the concept of indexation has gone away from mutual funds (MFs).
After Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced many schemes while presenting the Budget on Tuesday, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that he is glad to know that the Finance Minister has read the Congress manifesto...
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tightened rules for domestic money transfers, requiring banks to record the name and address of beneficiaries. Remitting banks must register the remitter with a verified cell phone number and an...
As India pays homage to its brave hearts on the occasion of 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas on Friday, former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal recalled an emotional moment from July 1999 when he visited the battle zone along...