New Delhi

The Left party also claimed that the announcements of increases in governmental expenditures were in fact allocations.

Officials said that the names of former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are not in the list, which has mostly former legislators and former ministers from various political parties.

The plea was filed a day after Attorney General K K Venugopal granted consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Kamra, saying the tweets are in bad taste and it is time that people understand that attacking the apex court brazenly wi...

India's exports fell 5.12 per cent to $24.89 billion in October, after recording positive growth in September, on account of drop in shipments of petroleum products, gems and jewellery, leather and engineering goods.

The apex court has granted partial relief to the Telangana Fire Works Dealers Association (TFWDA) allowing the sale and bursting of green crackers for two hours during Diwali.

The Congress managed to win only 19 of the 70 seats it had contested, down from its previous tally of 27 seats out of 41 it had fought in the 2015 assembly elections in the state.

The output of mining and power segments grew at 1.4 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively. The IIP had contracted by 4.6 per cent in September 2019.

Elaborating on the decision, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the PLI scheme will provide great incentives for manufacturers and help the country move towards the objective of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' (Self-Reliant India).

The minister also said the city government had filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court after the Delhi high court did not allow reserving 80 per cent ICU beds for COVID-19 patients at many private hospitals here, and the apex court has a...

For four to five consecutive days, the air quality has been in the 'severe' to 'severe+' category as local pollution and smoke from paddy straw burning was trapped due to calm winds and heavy moisture content.

The Baroda assembly seat fell vacant in April following the death of Krishan Hooda, who had won it thrice in the 2009, 2014 and 2019 assembly polls.

The funds were sanctioned to Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Bhagini Nivedita College, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies and Dr BR Ambedkar College.

The employees of the Waqf Board have been protesting outside its office since November 5. Sultana had earlier threatened to immolate herself if the employees were not paid their salaries due since February.

"The Finance Minister supported the expansion of the membership of NDB and emphasised the importance of regional balance," an official statement issued after the meeting said.

Justice Navin Chawla issued notice to the newly impleaded Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Delhi government and police seeking their stand on the petition by Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Associationbefore the next date of hearing on January 12, 2021.

The neighbouring cities of Faridabad (462), Ghaziabad (483), Noida (476), Greater Noida (482), and Gurugram (475) also recorded severe air quality. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and...