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London: Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would not back any contender in the Conservative leadership race during the waning weeks of his tenure. "There's a contest underway and it's happened, and I wouldn't want…

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday introduced an international trade settlement mechanism in Indian rupee (INR) to promote exports from the country and support the increasing interest of the global trading community in Indian…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sentenced fugitive businessman liquor baron Vijay Mallya to four months of imprisonment and fined him Rs 2,000 for contempt of court. The court asked Mallya to deposit back $40 million with rate of…

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday once again launched an attack at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of being silent on the India-China border situation. In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, "Some truths of…

The monsoon session of the state assembly begins today.

New Delhi: The recent decision of the GST Council to levy 5 per cent GST on pre-packed and pre-labelled foodgrains, curd, butter milk etc has come under severe criticism from the business community of the country and the foodgrain…

Panaji: Though Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) preaches nationalism, its patriotism is on a shaky ground, All India Congress Committee (AICC) Spokesperson and Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee Working President Charanjit Singh Sapra alleged on…

Kochi: Reacting to the RSS notice on his remarks against RSS leader Guruji Golwalkar, Opposition leader in Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan on Saturday said he is ignoring the legal notice with the contempt it deserves. Talking to newspersons…

Guntur: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy was elected as the lifetime president of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on the second and final day of the party plenary on Saturday. While addressing almost 4.5 lakh…

London: Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday that he was in the running to replace Boris Johnson after the latter announced that he would stand down as prime minister, Khaleej Times reported. “Someone has to grip this…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that by declaring Draupadi Murmu as the presidential candidate Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a big message to the society that here politics of dynasty and…

Mathura: A local court on Thursday fixed July 11 as the next date of hearing after listening to the arguments of both the sides in a case related to Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi dispute in Mathura, here on Thursday. The next date was fixed…

Mumbai: Shiv Sena President, Uddhav Thackeray received another jolt on Thursday, as 66 Shiv Sena corporators of Thane Municipal Corporation joined Chief minister Eknath Shinde group. As many as 66 Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC)…

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader from Delhi Tarvinder Singh Marwah on Wednesday joined BJP at party headquarters in New Delhi. Marwah was a member of the Delhi Assembly for three terms from 1998-2013 and also served as parliamentary…

New Delhi: Bhartiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi on Wednesday said Indians were buying the most expensive cooking gas in the world, as the price of LPG cylinders was raised by Rs 50 and reached Rs 1050 per cylinder. "Domestic cylinders…

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday accepted the resignations of Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh from the Union Council of Ministers. As per the statement issued by…

Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday alleged that the CPI(M) had never believed in Indian Constitution. The former Opposition leader in Kerala Assembly said this while reacting to State Fisheries and…

Toronto: Amid widespread criticism over a poster of the documentary film ‘Kaali’, the Toronto-based Aga Khan Museum on Tuesday issued a statement saying that they deeply regret the offence caused to the members of the Hindu and other faith…

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Raj Bhavan on Tuesday sought more details about Kerala State Fisheries and Culture Minister Saji Cheriyan's remarks against the Indian Constitution. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also sought an…