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AAP 4, Cong 3: Parties set to seal poll pact for Delhi

AS PART OF THE DEAL, CONGRESS IS LIKELY TO OFFER TWO SEATS TO AAP IN GUJARAT AND ONE IN HARYANA

More unions join stir, up ante over farmer's death

The death of a 21-year-old protester at the Punjab-Haryana border appeared to galvanise disparate farm unions on Thursday as cultivator groups upped the ante of their two-week-long protests, demanding murder charges against the police, as well as the chief minister and home minister of Haryana, and announcing a slew of new joint programmes.

India, Greece Look To Firm Up Key Pact And Boost Ties

India and Greece on Wednesday agreed to bolster cooperation in areas ranging from defence manufacturing to trade and connectivity and to speedily finalise a migration and mobility pact as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his visiting Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Virushka name newborn son Akaay, social media goes aayein?

Naam hi kaafi hai proved to be pretty accurate when it came to cricketer Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma's second-born.

Indian junior girls create history with sprint team gold

India's women's junior cycling team gave a fabulous performance outpacing South Korea to win gold in the sprint event on the opening day of the Asian Track Cycling Championships at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here.

Direct spot shut, but route to Paris remains open for teams

Both table tennis teams lost in the Rd of 16 but rankings route could see them make it to the Games

Inter grab early edge; PSV hold Dortmund at home

Marko Arnautovic gave Inter Milan a single-goal advantage in their Champions League last-16 tie with Atletico Madrid after netting the only goal in Tuesday's hard-fought 1-0 win.

This year too, defending champions Mumbai Indians the team to beat

For Mumbai Indians, the second edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) is likely to present a greater challenge than what they faced in the first season.

Resting Bumrah: Rather now, than in Dharamsala

Mukesh Kumar is likely to partner Siraj, unless India prefer Akash Deep's extra pace, or even go with 4 spinners in Ranchi

'Failing to live up to my expectations was disappointing'

Shubman Gill is the second-highest run accumulator for India after Yashasvi Jaiswal on this tour. But there couldn't have been a more disparate narrative tracking the curve of India's two youngest Test batters. Jaiswal has been an accumulator par excellence, making scoring look ridiculously easy at times. Gill has struggled, even scratched around at times but scored nevertheless.

Fast-food chains bet on offers to boost dine-in

Fast-food chains are raining discounts by either slashing prices of existing meals or launching new value-meal combos to draw customers back into their outlets.

DGCA allows Redbird training academy to resume operations

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed Redbird Flight Training Academy, one of the country's largest flight training organisations (FTOS), to resume its operations in Baramati near Pune, almost four months after services were shut down across its five bases due to maintenance issues.

Centre ready to bear subsidy cost to protect farmers' interests

Union chemicals and fertilizer minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in an interview that the Centre is willing to spend as much on fertilizer subsidy as required to protect farmers' interests.

India for equitable trade deal with Europe: Goyal

Commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday proposed that European nations deepen their economic engagement with India so as to reduce their production costs, enhance supply-chain reliability, and gain access to a burgeoning market.

Pay hikes may dip, but top talent stand to gain

Cooling inflation to make 9.5% average hike more attractive than before

Chile court reopens probe into poet Pablo Neruda's death

The death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda days after Chile's 1973 military coup should be reinvestigated, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday, saying new steps could help clarify what killed the poet.

US lawyers urge court to reject Assange's appeal

Lawyers for the United States on Wednesday urged a UK court to block a last-ditch bid by Julian Assange to appeal his extradition there to face espionage charges.

Pak's PML-N, PPP reach a power-sharing agreement

Pakistan's two dynastic parties have reached a power-sharing agreement that will return Shehbaz Sharif to the premiership, leaving out politicians loyal to jailed former leader Imran Khan despite them winning the most seats in this month's vote.

'Can't allow reopening of plant straightaway'

{TN-VEDANTA CASE}'ALSO NEED TO PROTECT VOICELESS,' SAYS TOP COURT

Sela tunnel puts spotlight on border infra push

AMID INDIA-CHINA STANDOFF

'Security emerging as crucial element'

Security has emerged as a more important element in the European Union (EU)-India partnership in light of developments in the Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea and both sides are looking to work more closely on hybrid and maritime security, the EU's senior-most diplomat said on Wednesday.

Cabinet okays 8% hike in prices for sugarcane

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved a hike in prices for sugarcane, known as fair and remunerative price (FRP), payable by millers to cane growers for the fiscal year 2024-25.

RAJNATH TALKS ON PRESSING HURDLES IN WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said recent developments in the western Indian Ocean, where merchant vessels have faced a barrage of drone attacks and hijacking attempts, presented some \"extremely pressing challenges\" in the maritime domain.

'Alliance talks on for LS elections'

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday said discussions were on to form an alliance ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, asserting that his Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) will support any coalition that \"selflessly\" thinks about the nation.

Firms must display count of Kannadiga staff: K'taka min

Karnataka is considering making all multinational companies publicly display the number of Kannadigas employed in their offices and will frame the rules for this measure soon, a state minister said on Wednesday, sparking a controversy with industry bodies and opposition leaders calling it government overreach that will hurt the image of India's IT capital.

SP, Cong seal UP seat share pact

The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress on Wednesday announced a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections for Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, marking the first major breakthrough in contentious seat talks in the beleaguered Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

MP govt plans to roll out new 'birth to death' policy for cows

STATE TO MANDATE 'SCIENTIFIC', 'RESPECTFUL' DISPOSAL

Maratha activist announces fresh agitation from Feb 24

A day after the Maharashtra legislature passed a bill to give 10% quota to the Maratha community, activist Manoj Jarange-Patil on Wednesday threatened to launch a fresh round of statewide protests from February 24, if the state government failed to implement the draft notification on \"blood relatives\" of Kunbi Marathas within two days.

Uncertainty looms over fresh talks with Centre

The Centre on Wednesday sent out a fresh invitation to protesting farmers for a fifth round of talks, which looks imperiled after the death of a protester during a police crackdown in Khanauri, an area on the Punjab-Haryana border.

'Liveliest in the group': 21-yr-old farmer was lone breadwinner

Shubh Karan Singh, 21, a teenage protester during the 2020-21 farm protests, became the first farmer to die in the ongoing farmer agitation, died of injuries from what officials described as a \"bullet\", without clarifying if it was a rubber bullet or a normal bullet, with his death likely making it more difficult for the government and farmers to arrive at a settlement.