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New Delhi: Sugar industry's apex body ISMA Monday asserted that there is no shortage of sugar in the country and prices in the retail market are expected to come down. Addressing a press conference, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) President Niraj Shirgaokar said the prices...

New Delhi: The government has amended the export policy for several wheat products and shifted from the prohibited to the free category, according to a notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)Monday. Under the revised policy, exports of wheat or meslin flour...

New Delhi: At least 15 flights were diverted at the Delhi airport Monday due to inclement weather conditions, according to an official. Scores of flights were delayed and some were cancelled at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital due to the...

Kolkata: At least 25 people, including women and children, fell ill after suspected ammonia gas leaked from an ice factory in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said Monday. The incident occurred around 9.30 pm Sunday at Shapukur area in Basirhat, triggering panic among...

Imphal/Senapati: A CRPF jawan was injured in a gunfight between two groups and several houses were burnt in Manipur's Senapati district Monday, triggering road blockades by locals, police said. Miscreants torched a house in Taphou Kuki village in Kangpokpi district around 2.30 am, a senior...

Tokyo: India is in negotiations with at least 8-9 more groups of countries and individual nations that together account for another USD 15 trillion of GDP, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday. He added that the country's free trade agreements would eventually cover...

New Delhi: Supreme Court has agreed to hear Tuesday a plea of a journalist, who flagged alleged irregularities in the handling of donations at Ayodhya's Ram temple, challenging an FIR lodged against him by the Ghaziabad police in an alleged road rage case. The fresh...

Tokyo: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Monday began his official visit to Japan with meeting some of the leading CEOs and business leaders and strengthen the India-Japan economic partnership. Goyal is visiting Japan from August 24-27, travelling to Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka while leading...

Lucknow: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Lucknow Zonal Office, Monday conducted searches at nine premises spread across Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar and Ghaziabad and Haryana's Faridabad in connection with an alleged money laundering case involving the fraudulent availment and passing of bogus Input Tax Credit (ITC),...

Raipur: A speeding SUV collided with Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap’s convoy near Junwani near the Jagdalpur-Kondagaon border Sunday, leaving at least six people, including four policemen, injured, officials said. However, the minister remained safe and did not suffer any serious injuries. A woman personal...