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Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, July 19 The exclusion of Punjab institutions and state government representatives from the Central government’s Committee on Agriculture issues and making Minimum Support Price more effective has raised the hackles in Punjab. The Committee was constituted last week, but its notification was issued on Monday. While…

New Delhi, July 17The government has called an all-party meeting over the Sri Lankan crisis on Tuesday which will be addressed by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in seven decades, with a severe foreign exchange shortage hampering the import of essentials, including food,…

New Delhi, July 19 The Congress will hold a protest on Tuesday on the Parliament premises on the issue of GST, price rise and Agnipath scheme. The protest will be held near the Gandhi statue. On Monday, both the Houses could not function amid the demand for discussion on price…

London, July 19 Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Monday topped the latest round of voting among the Conservative Party members of Parliament as the race to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister narrowed down to four, with Tom Tugendhat out of the contest after receiving the lowest votes. The British…

New Delhi, July 18The monsoon session of Parliament today began on a stormy note with Opposition parties, led by the Congress, creating a din and forcing adjournment of both Houses without transacting any substantial business over issues ranging from price rise, hike in the GST rates to the Agnipath scheme.CAG:…

New Delhi, July 18 The monsoon session of Parliament today began on a stormy note with Opposition parties, led by the Congress, creating a din and forcing adjournment of both Houses without transacting any substantial business over issues ranging from price rise, hike in the GST rates to the…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, July 18 The ruling NDA candidate, Droupadi Murmu, is all set for an easy win over Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha in the 16th presidential election that concluded here today with 99.12 per cent overall turnout and 100 per cent voting in 11 states, including Himachal…

Mumbai, July 18 Renowned ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh, known for crooning classics like “Naam Gum Jayega” and “Dil Dhoondta Hai”, died on Monday due to suspected colon cancer and COVID-19-related complications at a city hospital, his wife Mitali Singh said. He was 82. During his decades-long journey in the film…

Ajay Banerjee New Delhi, July 18 India and China have not been able to come up with a resolution to end the military stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh. The 16th round of military talks ndash; lasted 12 hours ndash; and ended last night at…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, July 18 The Union Government has set up a committee to look into issues related to agriculture, including making the Minimum Support Price more effective and transparent, crop diversification and natural farming. A notification issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare stated that as…

New Delhi, July 18 The CBI has arrested eight people, including the suspected mastermind and paper solvers, allegedly impersonating real candidates to help them in the NEET examination for undergraduate medical courses, officials said. The agency received inputs that several people had entered into a criminal conspiracy to arrange solvers…

New Delhi, July 18 The anti-graft central probe agency CBI today said it has arrested eight accused persons, including mastermind and solvers of questions, in a case related to mass rigging in the NEET UG-2022 examination conducted yesterday. The competitive examination was conducted by NTA under the Ministry of Education…

New Delhi, July 18Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia held one-on-one meetings with chiefs of Indian carriers on Monday, asking them to ramp up safety oversight, sources said.There have been multiple technical malfunction incidents in Indian carriers’ planes during the last one month. Scindia told each airline to take all necessary steps…

New Delhi, July 18 Former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking revival of her withdrawn plea and expunction of adverse remarks by a vacation bench on July 1 while hearing her petition for clubbing of FIRs lodged over her remarks on Prophet in a TV show….

New Delhi, July 18 Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol was among eight MPs who did not cast their vote in the Presidential election on Monday. Office of the returning officer, the Rajya Sabha Secretary General, said among absentees were two MPs each of the BJP and Shiv Sena and one…