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New Delhi: The Congress Monday took to the streets against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, holding protests across the country and burning his effigies amid the SIR row, and said the groundswell against him will only increase till he is removed. Congress workers protested outside...

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal Monday said the Cockroach Janta Party's movement should now be for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resignation. Kejriwal at Pratidin Time Conclave said, "First, you demanded the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan. Now you are demanding the resignation...

Mumbai: India and the UAE Monday agreed to take steps for the timely implementation of initiatives relating to settlement of trade in local currencies, integration of payment and messaging systems, and central-bank digital currencies, as both sides aim to increase the two-way commerce to USD...

Mumbai: Tata Trusts, which own 66 per cent of Tata Sons, have proposed merging two operating companies with the Tata Group's holding company in a restructuring that would allow it to shed its classification as a non-banking financial company and a core investment company, helping...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday noted that states and Union territories have a massive outstanding balance of Rs 20,000 crore to recover towards unpaid traffic e-challans and suggested linking such challans to electricity bills to recover the amount. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit the US this week to attend the G20 Trade Ministers' meeting in Milwaukee and hold deliberations with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the bilateral trade agreement, an official statement said Monday. "Goyal will also...

Jalandhar: Lovely Professional University (LPU) Monday blamed the entry of outsiders for the violence on its campus near Jalandhar in Punjab, which witnessed protests, vandalism and arson amid unrest among students. The university said that it was taking steps to strengthen security and maintain peace...

New Delhi:  Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider extending to the current Class-VI students the exemption from the three-language framework that has been granted to students of Class-VII. On September 17, the top court had...

New Delhi: India's industrial output increased by 8 per cent in August from 7.4 per cent in the preceding month, mainly due to a good show by the manufacturing sector, according to the latest government data released Monday. This is the fifth monthly Index of...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission to decide the dispute between the two rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress over the party name and "flowers and grass" election symbol. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi...