New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) romped home wresting the national capital from AAP's control on Saturday, decisively defeating the party that governed Delhi since 2013.  The BJP bagged 48 seats while the AAP managed to win 22 seats.   The resou

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the Budget 2025-26 on Saturday, introduced some key changes in basic customs duties (BCDs) that will impact the prices of various goods. The budget includes duty exemptions on essential medicines, electronic goods

New Delhi, Feb 1: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her eighth consecutive Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, offering significant tax relief for the middle class and announcing key measures across various sectors. One of the major highlights was the zero tax on income up to Rs

New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and various Muslim religious and community organisations have strongly opposed the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand, terming it deeply unfortunate, undemocratic, and an attack on constitutional rights. They

New Delhi: A Joint Parliamentary Committee on Monday cleared the Waqf Amendment Bill - which seeks to make 44 changes to the way Muslim charitable properties are managed in the country - with 14 alterations to the draft tabled in the House in August last year. Overall 66 had been proposed - 23 by M

India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a grand display of its military might that included elite marching contingents, missiles and indigenous weapon systems, with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gracing the occasion as the chief guest. In a first, a tri-services tableau, depict

The Uttarakhand government is slated to implement Uniform Civil Code on January 27 — becoming the first state in India to enforce the law. The law was notified earlier this week and contains ‘legal provisions for marital conditions and protection of individual rights and social harmony&r

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Thursday issued notices to cab aggregators Ola and Uber, seeking clarification on reports of alleged differential pricing based on the type of mobile device used to book rides. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) took action following reports that

The joint parliamentary committee of the Waqf Amendment Bill is set to begin clause-by-clause discussion on the proposed amendments on January 24-25, a communique from the Lok Sabha secretariat said, with the meetings expected to set the stage for tabling of the final report during the Budget sessio

Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS): As the new US President Donald Trump began his second innings with signing several executive orders along with sounding threats about impending trade tariffs on certain countries and BRICS nations, both Sensex and Nifty plunged on Tuesday. Trump’s remarks targeti

A big fire broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela on Sunday due to a cylinder blast, engulfing 18 tents in Sector 19, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, the government said in a statement. Kumbh Mela Chief Fire Officer Pramod Sharma said 15 fire tenders were pressed into service to

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that good Samaritans who help a person injured in a road accident will get a reward of Rs 25,000, which is five times more than the current reward of Rs 5,000. Speaking during an event on road safety in Nagpur with actor Anupam Kher, G

Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday embarked on a five-day visit to Saudi Arabia to sign a bilateral agreement for the Hajj pilgrimage of 2025, where India is seeking an additional quota for 10,000 pilgrims. Rijiju is scheduled to meet Saudi Arabian Minister Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabi

New Delhi, Jan 9: In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of India has directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to refund Rs 94,000 to a victim of cyber fraud from Assam. This judgment highlights the crucial responsibility of financial institutions to protect their customers' funds from onlin

Mysuru, Dec 31 (IANS): The management of IT giant, Infosys, has instructed employees working at its Mysuru campus in Karnataka to work from home after a leopard was spotted prowling on the premises on Tuesday. This decision follows directions from authorities. Forest department officers laun

Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday directed all banks to put in place a facility to enable a remitter to verify the beneficiary bank account name before initiating a transaction using the RTGS or NEFT system. "All banks who are direct members or sub-members

Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has died at the age of 92. Singh was one of India's longest-serving prime ministers and he was considered the architect of key liberalising economic reforms, as premier from 2004-2014 and before that as finance minister. He had been admitted to a

The Centre has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials. Following the amendment to the Right to Education Act (RTE) in 2019, at least 16 states and two Union