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Thane: A rabid stray dog attacked and bit near ly 130 people within seven hours in an area in Kalyan (west) in Thane district of Maharashtra, necessitating hospitalisation for 25 victims and advanced medi cal care for a severely injured 11-year-old girl, civic health of...

New Delhi: The Parliament approved the Taxation and other Laws (Amendment) Bill Monday, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman making it clear that the legislation does not impose any tax or transaction charge on users making payments through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The Bill, which...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said the country is not interested in Amit Shah's speech in Parliament "on general topics" and asserted that the Union home minister must come clean on who authorised the firing of pellet guns on the protesting students. The...

New Delhi: Youth power and their contributions to national development as well as 150 years of 'Vande Mataram' will be the theme of this year's Independence Day celebrations August 15, the defence ministry said Monday. At the same time, Defence Secretary RK Singh said the...

New Delhi: The pace of joblessness as well as the ratio of workers' population in India stayed almost flat year-on-year during the April-June quarter of this fiscal, reflecting no sign of expansion or contraction in the country's job market. The rate of unemployment, which measures...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said the use of force against students protesting in Jharkhand is wrong and called on the state government to continue to hear the protesters out and resolve their issues immediately. Congress is part of the Hemant Soren government...

New Delhi: India's imports of Russian crude oil rose to a record for the second consecutive month in July, underscoring the country's continued reliance on discounted Russian supplies even as Western sanctions have tightened restrictions on Moscow's energy exports. Indian buyers imported Russian crude worth...

Ranchi: Police used water cannons, lobbed tear gas shells, and lathi-charged job aspirants as they breached barricades and closed in on Jharkhand Assembly premises, protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment exams. The Assembly was adjourned for the day in the afternoon. Mentionably, the Jharkhand CID Monday...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Monday passed a bill, which seeks to replace a British-era legislation, paving the way for inclusion of digital and virtual records as admissible evidence in the court of law, in sync with the digital dependence of the banking system. The Bankers'...

New Delhi: The Income Tax department is currently in the process of framing rules to implement the 2026-27 Budget provision that allows taxpayers to electronically apply for lower or nil TDS certificates electronically, Parliament was informed Monday. Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said...