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New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday called upon public sector banks to undertake a focused, month-long campaign, commencing from October 2, for youth above 16 years, coordinated through the Indian Banks' Association (IBA), to strengthen...
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Expelled Trinamool Congress legislator Ritabrata Banerjee will continue to be the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly for the time being, as a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday referred back...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) In fresh trouble for former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, the Goa government has moved the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of his current punishment of 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in the 2013 sexual assault case involving...
Sangli, Aug 18 (IANS) In a shocking incident reported from Maharashtra's Sangli, a woman and her husband lost their lives after being attacked by a neighbour following dispute over dumping of garbage at the doorstep, police said on Tuesday.According to...
Guwahati, Aug 18 (IANS) Hundreds of residents living around Assam's Kaziranga National Park took to the streets in Kaliabor on Tuesday, backing the state government's proposal to reduce the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around the national park from the default 10-km...
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Indian banks have stepped up their efforts to attract FCNR(B) deposits by offering higher interest rates after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) suddenly cut short the deadline for its dollar-rupee swap window to August 31,...
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) After the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) flagged the presence of E. coli bacteria and other contaminants in drinking water samples collected from eight railway stations across the country in 2022–23 and 2023–24, Eastern Railway (ER)...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Assembly elections held after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) have witnessed a significant spike in the percentage turnout of voters in the respective...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut after the latter compared senior Congress leaders with Pakistan over the 'Vande Mataram' row, asking the BJP...
Kozhikode, Aug 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday widened its probe into the "monthly payment" case related to former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan, carrying out searches at the residences and offices of four persons described as...
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) In a major move to curb deaths and disabilities caused by snakebites, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday declared snakebite a "Notified Disease" across the state. Under this new mandate issued by the state government, all public...
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The electoral data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) shows a clear long-term rise in voter turnout and the number of votes polled across several states since the first elections after Independence. In...
