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New Delhi: Monsoon session of Parliament is likely to commence from July 20 and is expected to go on for three weeks, officials said Tuesday. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) is yet to take a final decision. Usually, Monsoon and Winter sessions have...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the country’s 20% ethanol blending programme in petrol is still an ongoing experiment and the impact of the policy would become clearer by next year. The remarks come amid a wider debate and concerns over...

Haldia/Kolkata: One person died, and more than 20 others were injured after a major fire broke out in a naphtha-carrying pipeline of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. The fire continued to burn...

Shillong: Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) Tuesday said its inspection of an ethanol and distillery unit at Byrnihat found no violation of prescribed emission standards. The probe followed public concern triggered by social media posts alleging pollution emanating from the unit in Byrnihat which...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday launched a revamped online portal for regulating foreign contributions and the e-OCI Card, initiatives which would simplify compliance, improve public services and strengthen national security through greater use of technology. In his address, Home Minister said that...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday extended nil customs duty on the import of 40 critical petrochemical products by 15 days till July 15 to ensure continuity of supply stability amid the West Asia crisis. The full customs duty waiver on such products provided on April...

Ayodhya (UP): Ram Temple Trust is likely to meet July 6 in Ayodhya to discuss its next course of action following the resignation of its two senior members in the wake of the donation theft row. VHP chief Alok Kumar had previously told PTI that...

New Delhi: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal Tuesday met senior journalist R Rajagopal in Kolkata whose passport renewal was allegedly denied after his name was deleted from the electoral rolls during the SIR in West Bengal. "This is pure vendetta politics, and he is being...

New Delhi: Congress leader KC Venugopal Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding that privilege proceedings be initiated against Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for "misleading" Parliament by saying that no Indian soldier was martyred post the Pahalgam terror attack last year. In his...

New Delhi: The monthly average rainfall over India is expected to be below normal during July, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday in its monthly forecast. The weather department stated that July is most likely to see 94 per cent of the long-period average rainfall...