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United States President Donald Trump has said that his administration will 'soon' impose reciprocal tariffs on countries such as India and China, reiterating what he had said during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the US capital.Trump was speaking at the swearing-in of Commerce...
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The first session of the eighth Legislative assembly of Delhi will begin on Monday with newly elected members taking oath at 11 am, said a bulletin issued by the House secretariat.The three-day session will see the election of the House speaker and deputy speaker as well as the tabling of the 14...
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A class 8 student of a private school died by suicide on Saturday by jumping from the school building after being 'reprimanded' and 'slapped' by a teacher, police said.The incident occurred at around 9.30 am when the Physical Education Teacher allegedly rebuked the 14-year-old boy in front of...
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday said an unprecedented 60 crore devotees at the Maha Kumbh Mela have taken a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam.The Kumbh Mela which started on January 13 will continue till February 26 on the occasion of Maha Shivratri.Over half of India's 110 crore Sanatan...
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A Muslim man and his 21-year-old pregnant Hindu companion who had gone to a court in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district to get their marriage registered were assaulted allegedly by a group of lawyers, following which a case was registered against unidentified persons, a police official said on...
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After his earlier call of the Gaza Strip being depopulated and subsequently taken over by Israel drew a lot of flak globally, especially from the Arab nations, United States President Donald Trump asserted that his plan was only a 'recommendation' and not an 'enforcement', The Jerusalem Post...
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Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das was on Saturday appointed the second principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.P K Mishra, a retired IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, is currently serving as the Principal Secretary to the prime minister.According to an official...
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A day after a six-year-old boy, who was trapped between an elevator shaft and a wall in an apartment complex and later shifted to a hospital, died while undergoing treatment at a state-run hospital, police said on Saturday.The boy slipped into the gap between the lift door and the wall in the...
17:04
The United States embassy in Israel has issued a 'security alert' urging its employees and their family members to avoid using public transport across the country for two weeks.'Following the February 20 explosions on public buses, and out of an abundance of caution, the US Embassy is temporarily...
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Signboards at Akbar Road and Humayun Road were blackened and posters of Chhatrapati Shivaji were pasted over them, police sources said on Saturday.They said the incident occurred after a group of people watched the Vicky Kaushal-starrer Hindi film Chhava, a period drama on Maratha warrior king...
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Four people have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a conductor of the state-owned transport corporation bus for not replying to a passenger in Marathi, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred on Friday on the outskirts of the district headquarters town of Belagavi bordering...
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Punjab cabinet minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was told he is left with only NRI Affairs portfolio as the administrative reforms department he was holding for the past nearly 21 months did not exist, according to a government notification. No staff was given to the minister for the...
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A criminal complaint has been lodged against filmmaker Farah Khan for allegedly terming Holi as a festival of 'chhapris' (uncultured), a Mumbai Police official said on Saturday.Police have not registered a first information report on the complaint submitted by social media influencer Vikas Jayram...
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Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi has sought a meeting of AAP MLAs with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to discuss the Rs 2,500 monthly aid to women promised by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party earlier during the assembly poll campaign.In a letter to Gupta on Saturday, Atishi questioned why a...
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Security forces on Saturday launched anti-terror operations at nearly three dozen places across Jammu region, security officials said.The operations were launched over suspicious movements in some parts and as part of an area domination exercise in other places.No contact has been established...
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A fresh round of talks between protesting farmers and the Centre will be held here on Saturday evening centred around the legal guarantee of minimum support price on crops, among other demands.The meeting between the central team and farmer leaders will take place at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute...
11:21
Israel has claimed that the Bibas brothers, whose corpses were returned by Hamas, were killed with bare hands by Hamas days after they were held captive in the Gaza Strip. Citing forensic reports, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) alleged that after killing the two babies in 'cold-blood',...
11:20
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has taken proactive steps to address the root cause behind the surge in mutual fund scheme launches, its Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch said on Friday.Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi), Buch emphasised...
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The first fortnight of February witnessed significant selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to the tune of Rs 21,273 crore. This selloff was primarily driven by changes in US trade policy, which rattled global markets.According to data compiled by Prime Infobase, financial services stocks...
10:38
A prisoner from Dausa's Salawas jail on Friday night allegedly threatened to kill Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, police said. Police said that 29-year-old Rinku, serving life sentence in a rape case, called the Jaipur police control room and threatened to kill the chief...
10:28
The Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) has announced three new initiatives on Friday aimed at expanding the mutual fund investor base.These initiatives include the 'sachetisation' of MFs, Tarun Yojana, and MITRA Mutual Fund Investment Tracing and Retrieval Assistant.Under the...
10:25
The government can look at bringing its stake down in State-owned banks as the economy is on a growth path and there will be a requirement of capital to fund this growth, Rajneesh Karnatak, MD & CEO Bank of India, said on Friday.He was responding to a query on the government's stake dilution...
10:02
Former RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao said there is a need for central and state governments to collaborate and formulate a code of conduct on freebies to determine a limit for such schemes.Although some people live at subsistence levels and the government must provide certain safeguards, there...
09:49
Activist Anna Hazare has said AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was doing a good job as Delhi Chief Minister, but he started opening liquor vends and faced the people's wrath as a result.A woman, Rekha Gupta, becoming the new chief minister of the national capital was a matter of pride, he told...
09:44
The RBI on Friday announced a $10 billion buy/sell swap for a tenure of three years. The auction will be conducted on February 28.In order to meet the durable liquidity needs of the system, the Reserve Bank has decided to inject Rupee liquidity for longer duration through long-term USD/INR...
09:26
Head Digital Works, which operates A23 Rummy and A23 Poker, will acquire Deltatech Gaming, the company behind the online poker platform Adda52, for Rs 491 crore.The A23-operator will acquire 51 per cent of Deltatech, followed by a merger of the company into Head Digital Works. DeltaCorp will hold...
09:10
United States President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.I want to thank General Charles CQ' Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a fine gentleman and an...
08:54
In its ongoing crackdown against Chinese loan apps, the Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested two suspects from Kerala and claimed that they arranged about 500 mule bank accounts and used them to launder about Rs 719 crore of victims' money.Sayid Muhammad and Varghese TG, who have been...
08:36
Indian-American Kash Patel was officially sworn in as the ninth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday, taking the oath on the Bhagavad Gita. Patel's girlfriend and family stood beside him as he recited the oath, and other family members were seated in the front...
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The Thalassery police on Friday registered a case against over 50 Communist Party of India-Marxist workers for allegedly locking up police officers and releasing an accused individual from custody on Thursday. The accused, a CPI-M worker, was wanted in connection with an assault on...
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The Centre's emissary for Naga talks, AK Mishra, on Friday held a closed-door deliberation on Naga talk with the NSCN-IM, sources said. Mishra, who is also the advisor for Northeast in the ministry of...
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