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New Delhi: Country's largest paramilitary force CRPF has recorded a "significant" milestone with no operational fatality of its troops over the last one year, a development registered after 47 years, the force chief has said. CRPF Director General (DG) G P Singh said this Sunday...

Mumbai: India's markets regulator has recommended the government remove the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax imposed on foreign investors, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said, as India looks to galvanise its underperforming equity markets. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)...

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel Monday raised concerns over rising airfares during a meeting with senior officials of IndiGo and Air India, who told the members that surging jet fuel costs and Pakistan airspace closure were pushing their operational costs higher, according to a source....

Shillong: Churches and other faith-based organisations account for only around 6 per cent of the Rs 22,000 crore in foreign contributions received in the country, said Sanjay Jaiswal, chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill. The JPC was...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday granted the CBI two days of transit remand of Sourabh Chandrakar, alleged kingpin in the Rs 6,000-crore Mahadev online betting app case. Principal District and Sessions Judge Nikhil Chopra allowed the agency's plea seeking the transit remand to produce...

Indore: Three private schools and the Indore Mayor's office have received emails threatening bomb blasts in connection with Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh's planned concert in the city November 15, a police officer said Monday. However, preliminary investigations into the emails suggest the messages were hoaxes,...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Centre has notified three new Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs) in Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Kohima (Nagaland) and Agartala (Tripura) taking the total number of these offices to 20 in the country, a government statement said Monday. To cater to the increasing number of foreigners...

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has extended the relief for actor Imran Khan as it has continued interim protection to actor Imran Khan, keeping the FRRO’s ‘Leave India’ notice stayed until the next hearing December 7. The Court also directed Khan to tender an unconditional...

New Delhi: The number of voters across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur came down by up to 13.24 per cent after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list, data shows. The five states will go for assembly polls...

New Delhi: Days ahead of Diwali, the Supreme Court has allowed the bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) from 6 and 7 am and from 8 to 10 pm November 7 and 8. Diwali falls November 8 this year. A bench of...