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New Delhi: For the first time, the Indian Air Force is set to train pilots of the UK's Royal Air Force under a new initiative. The decision was taken at the 19th UK-India Air Staff Talks held Thursday in New Delhi. "Under the latest agreement,...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday asserted that the government can file cases or a privilege motion against him but he will stand strongly with farmers as he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "anti-farmer" and "selling" the country through the India-US interim...

New Delhi: Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undertake a five-day visit to India beginning February 18 to hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and participate in the AI Impact summit. The state visit of President Lula will provide an opportunity...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Thursday came out with draft rules governing banks' engagement of loan recovery systems, mandating training for agents and also recordings of all calls. A bank must ensure that all phone calls made to a borrower by an agent are recorded, the...

Mumbai:  UK-based businessman and alleged financial defaulter Vijay Mallya, Thursday, got one last chance from the Bombay High Court to return to the country and submit to its jurisdiction if he wants Indian authorities to drop his "fugitive economic offender" tag. A bench led by...

Kanpur: Shivam Mishra, son of local tobacco baron K K Mishra, got bail from a court Thursday, just a few hours after his arrest in connection with the high-profile Lamborghini crash that left several people injured on VIP Road earlier this week. After his arrest,...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the central government to consider and decide within six months a plea seeking exemption of adult diapers from the levy of GST. A bench of Justices Nitin W Sambre and Ajay Digpaul passed the order on a...

Mumbai: Actor Rajpal Yadav’s manager, Bhaskar Upadhyay has said that half the amount in the financial insolvency case of the actor has been paid off. The manager has said that they had sought adjournment of the hearing Thursday because the bail they have filed is...

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry Thursday approved the Rs 3.25 lakh crore proposal to buy 114 Rafale fighter jets from France for the Indian Air Force, according to reliable sources. The clearance was granted by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath...

New Delhi: The joint committee of Parliament set up to examine the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill was Thursday granted time by the Lok Sabha Thursday to submit its report till the last week of the Monsoon session. The 31-member panel with members from...