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New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening received a phone call from his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, during which both leaders not only reviewed progress on various aspects of the India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership, but...
Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) In a major push to accelerate industrial development in Bihar, the state government on Thursday signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) worth around Rs 51,600 crore with several leading industrial groups from across the country. The agreements...
Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) In the wake of its poor performance in the Bankipur Assembly by-election, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has dissolved all of its organisational units across Bihar with immediate effect. The decision was announced through an office...
Hyderabad, Aug 6 (IANS) Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and social activist Madhavi Latha has called for teaching English and compulsory singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Jana Gana Mana’ in madrasas. She told IANS on Thursday that there was...
Guwahati, Aug 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested proclaimed offender Arup Das, alias Bapi Das, from Guwahati in connection with the murder of Avijit Sarkar during the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal, officials said....
Kochi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday cast doubts over the judgment of the Wayanad Principal Sessions Court convicting tribal leader M. Geethanandan and three others in the 2003 Muthanga agitation case, observing that the trial court's...
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) India's Medium Range Ballistic Missile 'Agni-4' was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha's Chandipur on Thursday, a Ministry of Defence official said."The launch validated all operational and technical parameters. The test was...
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) India and Singapore reviewed the progress in bilateral cooperation during the 19th round of India-Singapore Foreign Office Consultations held in New Delhi on Thursday."The 19th round of India-Singapore Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) was held on...
Chennai, Aug 6 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will spend Rs 34.72 crore from its own resources to continue subsidising the production and distribution of certified paddy seeds in 2026-27, stepping in after the Centre discontinued financial assistance for the...
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday described Gen Z and Gen Alpha as more honest than previous generations, saying that this honesty is essential for nation-building and patriotism. Expressing solidarity with the...
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Parliament has passed the Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2026, which seeks to authorise expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India towards excess spending incurred during the financial year ended on March 31, 2023, with...
Jaipur, Aug 6 (IANS) Thousands of Grade-III teachers from across Rajasthan continued their protest at the Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur on Thursday, demanding the implementation of a long-pending transfer policy, the resignation of Education Minister Madan Dilawar, and direct talks...