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New Delhi: Brendan Lynch, the assistant US trade representative for South and Central Asia will pay a five-day visit to India beginning Tuesday to discuss issues relating to trade and tariffs between the two countries. Lynch's visit comes days ahead of coming into force of...

New Delhi: From April 1, Central government employees with at least 25 years of service will be eligible for a fixed pension equal to 50 per cent of their average basic salary from the last 12 months before retirement under the new Unified Pension Scheme...

Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to clarify to the court whether the woman doctor of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, was a victim of “rape” or “gang-rape”, and...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday withdrew judicial work from Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in the controversy surrounding the alleged discovery of a huge pile of burnt cash in the storeroom attached to his bungalow at the national capital after the fire...

New Delhi: India must transition from a service-based to a product-based industry model, said Dr. V. K. Saraswat, Member (Science & Technology), NITI Aayog. He said this at the national workshop organised recently at GIFT City in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar to strengthen India's innovation landscape. Highlighting...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar Monday held a meeting with Leader of the House J P Nadda and Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge for a structured discussion in the Upper House of Parliament on the issue of judicial accountability and the NJAC...

New Delhi: With repeated adjournments in the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday said the government seems to have made up its mind that it does not want the House to function and finds some excuse or the other to create a ruckus....

Kolkata: Intelligence agencies, both central and state, have been put on high alert in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, especially in the villages close to the international border, following inputs on fresh attempts by Bangladesh-based underground outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HUT) trying to infiltrate....

Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Monday said stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra should apologise for referring to Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as a “traitor” in his show. “Everyone has a right to perform stand-up comedy, but freedom should not be unrestrained behaviour. Kamra should immediately...

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha witnessed a heated exchange Monday as the BJP accused the Congress government in Karnataka of providing Muslim reservation, and also claimed that the Congress leaders were keen to amend the Constitution for this. The allegations, raised by Parliamentary Affairs Minister...