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Mumbai, August 29 Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Monday announced a Rs 2 lakh crore investment in deploying fifth-generation or 5G telephony with rollout in metro cities by Diwali. Jio, the nation’s largest telecom operator, has deployed standalone 5G stack rather than upgrading the existing 4G network, to…

New Delhi, August 29 Reliance Jio has earmarked Rs 2 lakh crore investment for 5G network and plans to launch the high-speed services in key cities by Diwali, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Monday. While speaking at Reliance Industries’ 45th annual general meeting, Ambani said Jio will roll out…

New Delhi, August 29 The Congress on Monday slammed Ghulam Nabi Azad for his latest attack on its top leadership, saying he had been tasked to “slander” the party and by doing so he diminished himself further. Launching a fresh attack on the Congress three days after he quit the…

New Delhi, August 29 *’Ailing’ Congress taking medicine from compounder, not from doctor: Ex-Cong leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. *Congress leadership has no time for setting things right; its state leaders making party members leave instead of uniting: Ghulam Nabi Azad. *Congress foundation weak, party can fall anytime: Ghulam Nabi…

New Delhi, August 29 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday tabled a confidence motion in the Delhi Assembly, saying it was meant to prove that ‘Operation Lotus’ could have been successful in other states but failed here as all AAP MLAs were “hardcore honest”. Maintaining that the BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’…

Kulwinder Sandhu Moga, August 29 A youth hailing from Gholia Khurd village in this district died in a road accident in Golden area of British Columbia in Canada on Sunday. Jagsir Singh Gill, 28, was a truck-trailer driver. He, along with wife and two children, lived in Calgary. A truck…

New Delhi, August 29 The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Karnataka government on pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutes of the state. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia issued notice to the state…

New Delhi, August 29 The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Karnataka government on pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutes of the state. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia issued notice to the state…

New Delhi, August 29 The BJP on Monday alleged a scam in Delhi’s education department, saying the city government increased the budget for the construction of classrooms in its existing schools ignoring the guidelines of the Central Public Works Department. Citing a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report sent to the…

New Delhi, August 29 The BJP on Monday alleged a scam in the Delhi education department, saying the city government increased the budget for the construction of classrooms in its existing schools, ignoring the Central Public Works Department’s guidelines. Citing a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report sent to the Delhi…

Mumbai, August 29 The rupee depreciated 31 paise to an all-time low of 80.15 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday tracking the strength of the American currency and firm crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 80.10 against the dollar, then lost…

Ranchi, August 29 As the suspense over whether Hemant Soren can remain the Jharkhand chief minister continues, the UPA charged the governor with encouraging political horse-trading by “deliberately delaying” announcing a decision on the CM’s membership of the legislature. After a series of meetings, coalition partners JMM, Congress and RJD…

Washington, August 29An Indian-American family has installed a life size statue of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan at their home in the Edison City of New Jersey.Some 600 people gathered outside the house of Rinku and Gopi Seth in Edison, often called Little India for being home to a significantly large…

Detroit, August 29 Four people were shot, three fatally, by a man who appeared to be firing at people randomly over a roughly 2 1/2-hour period on Sunday morning in Detroit, police said. Police arrested the unidentified suspect Sunday evening after and hourslong manhunt with help from the FBI, Department…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, August 28The post of Congress president has seen only a handful of contests in the party’s 137-year history with consensus dominating the selection process.The older practice involved inviting a motivator, a leader, to preside over the annual session. The invitee would hold the Congress president’s office till…