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In a statement, it alleged that increased barricading, including digging trenches, fixing nails on roads, setting up barbed-wire fences, closing internal roads, stopping Internet services and "orchestrating protests through BJP-RSS workers" are part of "a...

Telangana has become the first state to do so. The new rules came into effect from Monday (February 1) in the state.

Tamil film "Oh My Kadavule" is set to get a Hindi adaptation which will be written and creatively produced by "102 Not Out" director Umesh Shukla, the makers announced on Tuesday. Shukla, Endemol Shine India and Mumbai Talkeez have acquired the rights t...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama shares quotes and words of wisdom to deal with the new realities of the panic-stricken world along with how to combat rising extremism, polarity and climate change besides his views on Tibet in his new book. "The...

The police said that almost half a dozen shooters riddled SP leader Bala Yadav with bullets and fled the scene.

After unveiling the keenly-watched Union Budget 2021, the Finance Minister said the government did not want to burden the consumer, and that tax increase was not on the table.

Bengal FM Amit Mitra said only clarity in Budget 2021 lies in how to sell off government resources, while also hitting out at the Centre for not releasing funds to states.

The gains in Sensex and Nifty after the Union Budget 2021 speech by Nirmala Sitharaman were mainly led by banking, financial, and auto stocks.

According to the budget documents, the highest assistance goes to Bhutan; Rs 2884.65 crore will be given to the country - Rs 2052.37 crore in form of grant and Rs 832.28 crore in form of loan.

The broader Nifty soared 646.60 points or 4.74 per cent to finish at 14,281.20. On the Sensex chart, IndusInd Bank was the top gainer, rallying over 14 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finserv, SBI, L&T and HDFC.

It pointed out that the government announced under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat mission a special economic and comprehensive package of Rs 20 lakh crore – equivalent to 10 per cent of India's GDP to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Nirmala Sitharaman said that National Infrastructure Pipeline has now been expanded to 7,400 projects and around 217 projects worth Rs 1.10 lakh crore under some key infrastructure ministries have been completed.

In Sikkim, a festival named Sonam Losar will be celebrated on February 12, therefore the banks in the state will remain closed on this day.

Accidental death cases have been registered in both incidents, police said.

Spectators might be allowed in the second India-England Test in Chennai after the central government's fresh COVID-19 guidelines permitted crowd attendance at fifty per cent of capacity at sporting venues.

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