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The assault on ED officers in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday sparked a political slugfest, with the BJP and Congress calling for the imposition of President’s rule, even as the ruling TMC accused the central agency sleuths of inciting locals. ED officers were assaulted and their vehicles damaged allegedly by supporters of […]

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A case for allegedly hurting religious feelings was registered here on Friday against NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad over his remark that Lord Ram was a non-vegetarian. Based on a complaint filed by city BJP chief Dhiraj Ghate, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against Awhad, a former Maharashtra minister, under Indian Penal Code section […]

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Stirring controversy regarding the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Janata Dal (United) MP Kaushalendra Kumar on Friday questioned the invitations extended to various political leaders and guests to attend the consecration ceremony. Mocking the invitations, the JD(U) leader said, “Kisi ke bete ka vivah hai, jo nauta de rahe hai. Kya kissi ke […]

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Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday said there has been no seat-sharing talks with the Aam Aadmi Party in Haryana and it will happen only after some criteria are set. Asked whether the Congress was willing to share seats with AAP in the parliamentary elections, Hooda evaded the query by calling it […]

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Arrested Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji cannot be removed without the consent of the Chief Minister, the Supreme Court said and dismissed a request by a social activist for his removal. The Supreme Court’s judgment agreed with the Madras High Court’s verdict that said the Chief Minister can decide whether Balaji, a minister from […]

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NEW DELHI: NHPC has inked an initial pact to invest Rs 4,000 crore in 750 MW Kuppa Pumped Hydro Storage Project at Chhota Udaipur in Gujarat. Taking a step towards clean and green energy, NHPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat Power Corporation (GPCL) for investment in Kuppa Pumped Hydro Storage Project (750 […]

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NEW DELHI: The government will focus on the existing PLI schemes for 14 sectors and for the time being is not considering to include new sectors like toys in the programme, a top official said on Thursday. Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Rajesh Kumar Singh said the Production-Linked […]

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NEW DELHI: Expectations are muted over big big-ticket announcements or high-budget schemes being announced in the interim Budget on February 1, but the run-up to the Parliament elections could still feature some such. FE has reviewed the schemes and government programmes rolled out in FY24 budget, and found that while these did not entail huge […]

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NEW DELHI: India is likely to project higher economic growth estimates of around 7% for the 2023/24 fiscal year ending in March, compared with earlier government forecasts when the National Statistical Office releases its first advance GDP estimates on Friday. An increased estimate of annual gross domestic product is widely expected after the Reserve Bank […]

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Economic growth is set to be a driving force in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region in 2024, particularly in emerging markets (EMs), providing a favourable backdrop for various sectors, reported Fitch Ratings. According to Fitch Ratings, while strong real GDP expansion is anticipated in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, challenges from slower Chinese growth, subdued […]

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NEW DELHI: Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated a tur dal procurement portal through which farmers can register and sell their produce to NAFED and NCCF at a minimum support price or market price. A similar facility will be launched in future for urad and masoor farmers as well as maize farmers, he said. […]

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By Arun Srivastava The RSS leadership is happy that its electoral strategy has paid rich dividend in three states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in just concluded assembly elections Now the RSS chief is concentrating on Bihar, Bengal and Odisha taking in view the coming Lok Sabha polls. Apart it is the threat perception […]

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By Sushil Kutty Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister Y S Sharmila is not what her name suggests—shy, placid… She has been a rebel after a cause, and so has done what she had set out to do, become a part of the Congress—which was her father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s […]

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By Rahil Nora Chopra Since Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took over the reins of the party, the Mahagathbandhan alliance partners are wondering whether the decision was deliberately engineered to create a conducive atmosphere for Kumar to switch over, once again to the NDA, or put pressure on the INDIA bloc, or just to hog the […]

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Getting into poll mode, the Congress on Thursday initiated discussions on the party’s strategy, manifesto and seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha elections while also finalising the route map for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, a hybrid version of the earlier foot march. As the top leadership of the party got into a huddle at the […]

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar deserved to be the prime ministerial candidate, and not merely the convenor of INDIA coalition, a couple of the JD(U) president’s close aides asserted here on Thursday. The averment came from ministers Madan Sahni and Ratnesh Sada, both of whom had visited the JD(U)’s Bihar headquarters here for “Jan Sunwai”, […]

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The speculation on whether Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Sonia Gandhi will attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony continued with the party on Thursday saying that their decision would be conveyed at the “right time”. Asked whether Kharge and Gandhi will attend the ceremony, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh, at […]

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using a five-point agenda to promote “Hindutva fascism” in the country and said the political situation is not good for the saffron outfit ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Addressing party workers in the temple town of Shirdi in […]

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NEW DELHI: The Centre may aim for a modest disinvestment target of around Rs 30,000 crore in 2024-25, 40% lower than the target of Rs 51,000 crore for the current financial year, which is set to be missed by 60%, official sources said. This would represent a progressive lowering of the ambition on this front […]

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NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will soon notify rules around leasing of spectrum to captive private networks, a move that will open another revenue stream for telecom operators, particularly for 5G monetisation. Telcos that have bought spectrum through auctions will be able to lease airwaves to captive non-public networks or private networks and […]

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MUMBAI: In line with the global funding winter, deal-making involving domestic firms hit a three-year low after falling 51 per cent to $83.8 billion in 2023, saved by the mega-merger of HDFC twins — the biggest deal in India Inc’s history till date, according to an industry report. Excluding the $60.4-billion HDFC Bank-HDFC merger, year-on-year […]

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