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Amid major row over property tycoon Niranjan Hiranandani’s son Darshan “uploading question for Mahua Moitra to raise in Parliament”, the Lok Sabha has reportedly blocked access of MPs’ aides to the Digital Sansad portal and apps. This won’t let others, except the lawmakers, to submit travel bills, access MPs’ official email or file notices for […]

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Union minister Giriraj Singh has written to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying halal business is a “treason” in a secular democracy like India and advocating a ban on production, storage, distribution and sale of food products with halal certification in Bihar like in Uttar Pradesh. In the letter to the Bihar CM, the BJP MP […]

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday asserted that the Congress will lose from every corner of Rajasthan and the BJP will form the next government in the state. Accusing the Congress government in the state of doing politics of appeasement, he said the public is very troubled by this. At a press conference in […]

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The Congress which came to power in Himachal Pradesh in 2022 by promising “Ten Guarantees” failed to implement them even after one-year of its rule, former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur alleged on Thursday. He also said the BRS led by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao runs the family-led dispensation in the state […]

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said the government is positive towards addressing demands raised by Marathas and efforts are underway to give reservation to the community. A delegation of the Maratha community met Fadnavis in Pandharpur town of Solapur district where the deputy CM and his wife performed puja at the temple […]

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MUMBAI: Hit by a dearth of big-ticket deals, India’s merger and acquisition (M&A) activities fell 6.24 times to $14.58 billion in calendar year 2023 (YTD), its lowest in the past 12 years. While geopolitical developments have played their part, the deal-making scenario continues to be restrained for the rest of the year. In comparison, the

By Arun Srivastava Trying to arouse the sub regional feeling, exploit the sensibilities of the local people towards Sachin Pilot and more than this to feast on the factional differences at the top in Rajasthan Congress, Vishwaguru Narendra Modi came up with the most nonsensical lie. A master of manipulation and half-truths, Modi claimed that […]

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By Binoy Viswam The greed of the capital along with its market-controlled path of development is making the lives of people more and more miserable. The people are being denied even their basic rights of safe air, water, and landmass. The capitalistic rulers everywhere are doing only lip service to the safety of the people. […]

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MUMBAI: Concentrated borrowing linkages between non-bank financiers and mainstream lenders may pose contagion risks, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das said, pointing to potential sectoral fault lines a week after a concerned regulator sought to restrain the recent runaway growth in unsecured advances and safeguard the broader financial system. “NBFCs (non-banking financial companies) […]

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NEW DELHI: Members of the Government Employees National Confederation (GENC) on Wednesday staged a protest, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demanding scrapping of the National Pension System (NPS) and restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). The protest by GENC — affiliated to the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), a trade union backed by the […]

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NEW DELHI: The growth in the country’s NBFC sector is expected to be moderately lower than 16-18 per cent in the current fiscal because of relatively slower expansion on unsecured retail loans due to the recent regulatory measures issued by the RBI, CRISIL Ratings said on Wednesday. Assets Under Management (AUM) of Non-Banking Financial Companies

NEW DELHI: The review of Asean-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITGA) will start with discussions on making the Rules of Origin (ROO) more comprehensive and detailed, as New Delhi is keen to remove the scope for exporters from third countries to exploit the preferential tariffs, a senior official said. “It is an agreement on trade […]

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By Sushil Kutty Headlines like ‘People ready to defeat BRS’ do not reveal the whole truth. There is a media narrative against Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and the man is media-meat. If the media pronouncements are taken at face value, the BRS has been scalped and laid out to dry. Everybody

By P. Sudhir It has become a crime in New India to observe Children’s Day by remembering the Palestinian children killed in Israel’s war on Gaza. This is what happened on November 14 in Mumbai when a few score people, including minor girls, held a silent prayer in Juhu beach. 17 of them were

NEW DELHI: Lenders have asked the government for access to income tax returns through National Securities Depository (NSDL) to help validate declarations made during loan applications, people familiar with the development told ET. Banks speak of multiple instances when applicants have declared inflated or fake income details with forged documents. That has led to fraud, […]

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The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’s (IPEF) Supply Chain Resilience Agreement (Pillar 2) is probably the fastest-concluded plurilateral economic cooperation agreement, which Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal signed on November 14. India along with 13 other countries (Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam) are […]

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NEW DELHI: Foreign direct equity investments into India fell by 24 per cent to $20.5 billion during the first six months of the financial year 2023-24 in comparison to a year earlier, according to data released by the industry department on Tuesday. While the government did not officially cite any reason for a sustained contraction

NEW DELHI: Despite the ban on wheat and restrictions on rice exports, India’s overall food exports are still going strong on the back of strong pick-up in shipments of fruits and vegetables. The government is developing protocols for transport of these products through sea to grab a larger share of the market, a senior official […]

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NEW DELHI: The government is looking at easing lending norms for new coal-fired power stations as it doubles down on the most-polluting fuel to meet a sharp uptick in electricity demand, amid reports that France and the US are preparing to propose a ban on private funding for coal at the forthcoming COP-28 climate meet. […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Direction in which politics in India is moving, we may witness much more surprises than the one which Enforcement Directorate’s seizure action worth Rs 752 crore property on November 21 has brought. The properties are linked to years old National Herald case which is already in court under a judicial process. […]

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By Arun Srivastava Senior RSS leaders have conveyed their annoyance in no uncertain terms to their chief Mohan Bhagwat about the functioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to look for a replacement in the greater interest of the BJP and the philosophical and political mission of the organisation. For long, these leaders […]

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By Sushil Kutty Mohammad All Jinnah got his wish and Pakistan was created at the expense of India, which lost territory. Jinnah won Pakistan on the back of the two-nation theory. But the trifurcation of India did not put an end to the two-nations within India. The point is, India remains two nations even 76

By Satyaki Chakraborty The Latin American politics is once again witnessing a big turmoil with the left wing resurgence in 2021 and 2022 getting a big setback at the fag end of 2023 as two countries Argentina and Ecuador elected right wing Presidents as against the strong left candidates. For Left, the defeat in

Stooping to a new low, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said “PM means Panauti Modi”, insinuating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi brings bad luck. His comments infuriated the Bharatiya Janata Party that called his statement “shameful and disgraceful” and demanded an apology. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Balotra on Tuesday, ahead of the November 25 assembly […]

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e row As the Winter Session of Parliament inches closer, all eyes are on the future of Mahua Moitra. The ethics committee report recommending Moitra’s disqualification as MP and further investigation into allegations of compromising national security by sharing her Parliament account log-in has been shared with the Speaker. Sources say the Speaker is unlikely […]

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Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that after 2024 Lok Sabha polls there will be a “big change” in the country and ‘samajwadis’ will play an important role in it. “After 2024, there will be a different kind of change in the country and samajwadis will play an important role in it. […]

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The BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress of putting out advertisements in the form a news or opinion piece about a wave in its support in the Rajasthan assembly polls and demanded action from the Election Commission against the state’s ruling party. A BJP delegation, which included Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya and former minister Ravi […]

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Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day truce that would see the Palestinian group release dozens of hostages taken on October 7, both sides announced Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved the accord after a near-all-night meeting, in which he told reticent ministers this was a “difficult decision but it’s a right decision.” […]

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The Congress party has released a manifesto for the upcoming high-octane Rajasthan polls scheduled to happen later this week. The manifesto was released by Congress chief Kharge alongside Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and other top Congress leaders. One of the most important highlights in the manifesto is the Rajasthan government’s pledge to undertake a […]

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Nine months ago, a warm handshake in the old Parliament building made heads turn. A bearded Rahul Gandhi smilingly asked CPIM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, “How are you, sir?” The CPIM boss gently patted his hand to counter the question, “How are you, boss?” The two shook hands that day like many teenagers do to […]

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Alleging that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar is ”number one in corruption” in the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the BJP would conduct a probe into the BRS government’s ”corrupt deals” if it comes to power in the state and put those who indulged in corruption behind bars. Addressing a poll […]

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Vijayapura (K’taka): Accusing the central government of not releasing funds for drought relief to Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said his letters to the union government seeking assistance and enhancement of employment days for those affected have gone unanswered. The Karnataka government has declared 223 out of the total 236 taluks in the state […]

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NEW DELHI: Finalising the rules of origin for the medical devices sector remains a sticking-point in the proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK and the talks are on to iron out the differences, an official said. Huge potential is there in the medical devices sector in India, as it imports about 80 […]

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NEW DELHI: Net contribution of India’s foreign trade to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) may have been positive in July-September FY24 quarter, despite merchandise exports shrinking in the period on a year on year basis, economists said. While in Q4F23 net exports helped boost the GDP, it dragged it down in the first quarter