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Following a report in a Kannada daily, the Bengaluru South MP shot off a letter to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (city corporation) Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad saying only Muslim names were chosen for christening the roads.

In order to be eligible for the posts of Male Constable – General Duty, Female Constable – General Duty and Female Constable – Group C, the candidate must make sure that he or she is between the age of 18 years to 25 years.

India will need about 1,000 crore litre of ethanol for doping in petrol by 2030 with a view to cut dependency on imports for meeting oil needs, he said adding that the nation currently has a capacity of 684 crore litres.

His lawyer said Dasgupta was CEO of BARC, but there was a board of directors and a disciplinary committee above him, adding that he could not have manipulated the rating system.

In some districts of the country, a night curfew has been implemented to control the spread of the coronavirus. Different protocols have been put in place by the different state governments, depending on the situation of Covid-19 in the particular city.

Police said Jha, a B.Com graduate, has so far targeted over 100 women using similar modus operandi. He was previously arrested by the police in Chhattisgarh and Noida in 2018. According to police, the woman, a manager with a private bank who lives in Malv...

Grand Lake (US), Dec 29 (AP) Most couples might have wondered whether the forces of nature were against them after moving their wedding three times because of the pandemic and two hurricanes that hit almost the exact same spot within weeks of one another....

While male members take part in cleaning the village on Wednesdays, the women do it on Saturdays. The strong and dedicated work force has helped in maintaining Rangsapara as "the cleanest village" in the state.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said a variant of the coronavirus, which could be up to 70% more transmissible, is spreading rapidly in Britain. A separate variant, first found in South Africa, is also causing concern.

Yadav attacked the government in tweets and at a press conference after Urdu poet Munnawar Rana's daughter Somaiyya Rana, Bahujan Samaj Party's Masood Alam and former MLA Ramesh Gautam joined his party.

India on Tuesday sought public comment on a proposal to make airbags mandatory for the front passenger in all cars from next year, in a move that could raise costs for automakers slowly seeing a revival in demand.

The prime minister also inaugurated the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor's (EDFC) operation control centre at Prayagraj.

Covid-19 has killed nearly 1.8 million people around the world, out of over 80 million infected.

Johannesburg, Dec 28 (AP) With a new surge pushing South Africa's cumulative virus cases above 1 million, the country's doctors are urging the government to return to tighter restrictions on social gatherings and the sales of alcohol to slow the spread of...

Under the current dispensation, the RBI has been mandated by the government to maintain retail inflation at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side.

The National Recruitment Agency will be a multi-agency body which will conduct the common test to screen and shortlist candidates for Group-B and C (non-technical) posts.