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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Brussels in December to formally sign the India-European Union free trade agreement in major step to strengthen economic ties between the two sides, European Council President Antonio Costa said. "Prime Minister Modi will come in December to...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre to incorporate measures for taking action against violations of its interim restrictions on the unauthorised extraction, dissemination and commercial exploitation of live-streamed court proceedings in the proposed policy framework. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya...

Dehradun: A helicopter on the way from Badrinath to Dehradun carrying six people crashed near Joshimath Friday afternoon, Uttarakhand disaster management officials said. Officials in Chamoli district said that teams have rushed to the spot to conduct rescue operations. One pilot and five passengers were...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday released the 24th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme, transferring over Rs 18,690 crore to the bank accounts of more than 9.34 crore farmers across the country, including 35.38 lakh in Odisha. The beneficiaries in Odisha received Rs 3,000 crore...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc's "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has been postponed to October 31 due to the rains in the city, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Friday. "By consensus we have decided to postpone today's programme to tomorrow at the same...

New Delhi: Amid the row over divestment of IDBI Bank, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday took on the Congress party and the previous UPA government, alleging they used banks and financial institutions as "personal entities" and pressured bank employees to extend loans at their whim,...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to decide two show-cause notices issued to grappler Vinesh Phogat in two weeks. Justice Amit Mahajan, in an order passed October 29 on Phogat's petition, said a sportsperson has to be...

Sonipat: Mumbai Police have arrested another accused from Haryana's Sonipat district in connection with the firing incident targeting Hindi film actor Tiger Shroff's car, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 12, including nine people from Sonipat. The latest accused, identified as...

Greater Noida: A 40-year-old man and his 11-year-old son died after falling from the 23rd floor of a residential tower at Mahagun Mywoods Society in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha district, Friday, while reportedly plucking flowers for a puja, police said. The incident...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc will hold a "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Friday, with former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar chairing the proceedings, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge moving the "motion" and former party chief Rahul Gandhi making the concluding remarks. INDIA bloc...