Congress president Rahul Gandhi? on Saturday said if his party comes to power, it would impose one slab of Goods and Services Tax instead of […]
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Sensex plunges more than 500 points, Rupee falls below 72 mark, crash wipes out over Rs 1 lakh crore of investor wealth
After rallying for two sessions, the BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled over 505 points on Monday to slip below the 38,000-level as worries about global trade […]
Modi govt ‘Failing On All Fronts’, calls for an alternative narrative: Manmohan Singh
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of failure on all fronts, saying it had led to […]
Can’t take back chocolate from kid immediately: Sumitra Mahajan on SC/ST Act
Amid widespread anger, including calls of ‘Bharat bandh’, against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday […]
‘Rat fever’ kills 9 in flood battered Kerala, 37 more suspected
Following severe flooding, 196 leptospirosis (rat fever) cases and nine deaths have been confirmed in Kerala since August 15. Another 37 suspected deaths are awaiting […]
Rupee opens at 70.68 lifetime low, falls 18 paise against US dollar
The rupee continued its downward slide against the US dollar on Thursday, falling to a new record low in opening trade at 70.68 per US […]
Kerala floods damage 45000 ha of farm fields; Paddy, Banana, Spices among worst hit; Floods due to slaughtering of cows in open: BJP MLA
Floods in Kerala have damaged paddy, banana, spices and other crops in 45,000 hectare of farmland, agriculture secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said on Monday. The […]
Won’t allow Social Media to hurt India’s election process: Govt
India will make efforts to protect its citizens from influence campaigns on social media that could undermine the election process, Union information technology (IT) minister […]
Kerala floods trigger fuel, medicine shortage; more rain forecast
The Indian Air Force and Army relief and rescue teams on Friday started food packet distribution among marooned people in different places in Kerala as […]
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s condition critical, on life support: Delhi AIIMS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday evening after the health of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, […]