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New Delhi: India will grant quota-based duty concessions in the automobile sector, while access to alcoholic beverages has been offered under tariff reduction and minimum import price-based formulations under the trade pact with the US, the government said Monday. It also said that under the...

New Delhi: India's approach on crude oil purchases has been to maintain multiple sources of supply and diversify them to ensure stability in the energy flow, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said Monday amid a swirling controversy over Washington's claim that New Delhi has agreed to...

New Delhi: A comprehensive set of rail infrastructure projects has been approved aimed at eliminating congestion, enhancing line capacity, improving safety systems and enabling faster, more reliable passenger and freight movement across the country, the Railway Ministry said Monday. A press statement from the ministry...

New Delhi: A joint platform of 10 central trade unions Monday said that the call for a nationwide general strike on February 12 is on, and not less than 30 crore workers across the country are expected to join the protest. The group of unions...

Punjab: A student allegedly shot his female classmate inside a classroom at a law college in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district Monday morning before turning the gun on himself, triggering panic on the campus, police said. The woman, identified as Sandeep Kaur, died on the spot...

Bengaluru: The Chandrayaan-4 Mission is at least two years away, but the ISRO has identified a location in the South Polar region of Moon to land its lander. The union government has approved the Chandrayaan-4 mission, designed as a lunar sample-return mission and it will...

New Delhi: The Centre Monday informed the Supreme Court that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was in a "perfectly good" condition and was getting the best of the treatment from AIIMS, Jodhpur while in custody. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale was...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked the Delhi High Court to accord an out-of-turn hearing to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar's plea challenging his conviction in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor's father, and said it should be decided within...

Madhepura: Over 70 children fell ill after allegedly consuming mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Madhepura district, officials said Monday. The incident took place at the Upgraded Middle School in Karu Tola, Madhepura Sadar block, Saturday, they added. "An investigation has been initiated,...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday described the siphoning of over Rs 54,000 crore by digital frauds as absolute "robbery or dacoity" and asked the Centre to draft a standard operating procedure in consultation with stakeholders like the RBI, banks and the Department of Telecommunications to...