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Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced that Indian multinational conglomerate Essar Group will build "the largest steel plant" in American history in Iowa, at an investment of USD 15 billion. Trump made the announcement Monday in the Oval Office with Essar Group co-founder Ravi...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium Monday recommended the elevation of Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal, Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, and Telangana High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh as judges of the apex court. "The Supreme Court Collegium...

Agra/Lucknow: Two Congress leaders were arrested Monday for allegedly defacing the wall and the main gate of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's home in Agra with the words "Gyanesh Gaddar, Gyanesh Chor" (Gyanesh traitor, Gyanesh thief), police said. The incident unfolded during the Congress workers'...

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...