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Advani to receive Bharat Ratna honour, says PM

Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday, adding that the award was being bestowed on the Bharatiya Janata Party veteran for his \"monumental\" contribution to India's development.

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Effective England bowlers get the job done on Day 1

Six wickets in a day usually doesn't go in the win column after a day's play. England would disagree though.

Mohun Bagan hope for reset versus recharged East Bengal

They are fifth and eighth in the standings which are uneven because all other teams have played more. Neither has a win in their last three games of the Indian Super League. But a change in name notwithstanding, Mohun Bagan Super Giant are ISL champions and East Bengal have won the Super Cup. Few clubs in Asia are as old, none in India has won as much so an ordinary 2023-24 ISL can be on the margins of a conversation on the Kolkata derby. Especially, if it is the league's first.

This Indo-Pak Davis Cup tie is more than just tennis

Ever since India were drawn to play Pakistan last September, this Davis Cup tie has been under heightened spotlight.

Plan for 1,000 modern resting facilities for truck, cab drivers: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a new scheme to build 1,000 modern resting facilities for truck and cab drivers on national highways in line with the government's ease of living policy.

CBDT notifies I-T return forms for assessment year 2024-25

The Income Tax department on Friday said it has notified income tax return (ITR) forms 2, 3 and 5 for filing tax returns for assessment year 2024-25.

'Quick growth is the solution for debt position'

Finance Secretary TV Somanathan-the top bureaucrat in the Union finance ministry who also holds the portfolio of expenditure is sure about India's fiscal health getting stronger with the robustness of its economic growth.

Faking compliance, bad KYC trigger RBI action

The banking regulator cracked the whip on Paytm Payments Bank after it failed to shape up despite repeated warnings on falsified compliances, irregularities in KYC norms and related party transactions, a person aware of the development said.

Eggplants, bottles, beds: Politicians reclaim poll symbols

Aamir Mughal brandishes an eggplant before a gaggle of voters, rallying support behind the Pakistani staple during an election campaign he says is being undermined by bizarre symbols assigned to candidates.

Huge gas explosion in Kenya leaves three dead, 280 injured

A truck laden with gas canisters exploded in a densely populated residential area of the Kenyan capital, setting off a devastating blaze that killed three people and injured 280, officials said Friday.

Israel to focus attack on Rafah, as Hamas weighs ceasefire plan

Fighting raged Friday in Gaza with scores reported killed overnight, after mediator Qatar said Hamas had given its \"initial\" support to a hostage-prisoner exchange deal that would pause its war with Israel.

A Ranchi window to Indian politics

Champai Soren as CM has his task cut out. But the events in Jharkhand have resonance beyond the state borders and the future of JMM

How a law has turned the tables on interfaith couples

Shortly after Uttar Pradesh (UP) passed the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020, the Allahabad High Court (HC) decided to make its position clear.

JIND SEXUAL ABUSE CASE: GIRLS REFUSE TO APPEAR BEFORE PROBE COMMITTEE

At least 136 girls who levelled charges of sexual harassment against the then school principal in Jind, Haryana, have now refused to appear before a committee carrying out detailed probe amid fears of social ostracization, officials familiar with the matter said.

IAF set to flex muscle during large-scale Rajasthan exercise

THE EXERCISE WILL BE CONDUCTED ON FEB 17 AT THE POKHRAN AIR-TOGROUND RANGE NEAR JAISALMER

Navy thwarts another piracy bid, rescues Iranian vessel

The Indian Navy on Friday said that it thwarted another piracy attempt off the Somali coast and rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel (FV) and its crew of 11 Iranians and eight Pakistanis.

Gujarat govt presents 23.32 lakh-cr budget

Gujarat finance minister KanubhaiDesai on Friday presented a ₹3.32 lakh crore state budget with no new taxes imposed on people. Presenting the 2024-25 budget, Desai said that the total budget outlay of ₹3,32,465 crore for 2024-25 showed an increase of ₹31,444 crore, or 10.44%, over the previous fiscal (2023-24 budget estimate).

India, Maldives agree on 'workable solutions' for operating 3 aircraft

A STATEMENT RELEASED BY MEA WAS SILENT ON THE ISSUE OF WITHDRAWING INDIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM THE MALDIVES

People gave BJP mandate to implement UCC: Dhami

The people of Uttarakhand gave the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) the mandate to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and the proposed legislation will not target any group or community, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Friday.

Govt to sell subsidised rice under Bharat brand

Union government will sell packaged subsidised rice for the general public under its Bharat brand of commodities from next week even as all traders dealing in the cereal have been asked to declare stocks of the staple held by them in fresh steps to tame high cereal inflation, an official said on Friday.

TMC is only force that can fight BJP: Mamata

Prospects of the INDIA grouping of opposition parties reaching an agreement on seat sharing in West Bengal dimmed further on Friday with chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee asking whether the Congress could win 40 seats at the national level, and seeming to refer to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a migratory bird. While the Congress continued to maintain that it will work out a deal with the TMC, the CPI(M), also part of the bloc and a traditional rival of the latter, claimed Banerjee had already struck a deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

CBI holds raids in Delhi, books Harsh Mander

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday carried out raids at the residence and office of retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and activist, Harsh Mander, as part of a probe into alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) by a nongovernment organisation run by him, people familiar with the development said.

BJP, Oppn spar as J'khand crisis spills over into House

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday dubbed the Opposition's alliance as a cricket team with 11 captains refusing to accommodate others and said INDIA bloc leaders are switching sides as the country is witnessing all-round development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, even as Opposition members attempted to use the political crisis in Jharkhand to corner the government.

3 of family shot dead by relatives over land row in Lucknow: Cops

Three members of a family, including a minor, were shot dead by their relatives over a land dispute in Lucknow on Friday, police officials said.

SC declines Soren plea on ED arrest, asks him to move HC

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Hemant Soren, challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on money laundering allegations minutes after he resigned as chief minister of the state on Wednesday.

Top court agrees to list AAP plea on mayor poll

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) request of urgent listing of a petition against a Punjab and Haryana high court order that refused to set aside the controversial Chandigarh mayoral election and conduct a fresh poll.

LG grants nod to anti-corruption body to register case against PWD official

Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Friday accorded permission to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Delhi government, for registration of case against an executive engineer of public works department (PWD), for allegedly misusing the official position in hatching criminal conspiracy with other officers of the department, a contractor of his firm for pecuniary gains in a road construction project, officials aware of the matter said.

Protests over summons to Kejriwal clog traffic arteries in central and south Delhi

Traffic in entire central Delhi was forced to crawl as the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party held protests against each other near their respective headquarters - both situated 800 metres away on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Margon Friday, choking movement of motorists on the crucial ITO intersection and major road arteries which meets at the junction.