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New Delhi, Sep 2: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today mockingly dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "Mr Reliance" after his photo appeared in the company's advertisements and accused him of "openly endorsing" its latest Jio services. Kejriwal's caustic jibe at Modi, including an advice to him to "keep modelling for Reliance", came on a day the Mukesh Ambandi-led group splashed advertisements

New Delhi, Sep 2: Normal life in various parts of the country was partly affected today by the one-day nationwide strike by trade unions with banking, transport and coal mining being among the most impacted, while hundreds of workers were detained in Haryana, Jharkhand and West Bengal. While some states like Kerala and Telangana were badly hit by the strike, the impact was partial in Punjab

New Delhi, Sep 2: Essential services such as banking and transport are likely to be hit today as 10 central trade unions go on one-day nationwide strike, protesting against "anti-worker" changes in labour laws and the Centre's "indifference" to their demands for better wages. "The strike is on. We are getting good response. More information will pour in after sometime. Around 90 per cent workers

New Delhi, Sep 2: As many as 18 crore workers affiliated with the 10 central trade unions (CTUs) will go on one-day nationwide strike on Friday to pressurise the government over their demands. Essential services such as banking, public transport and telecom are expected to be worst hit during the 'Bharath Bandh'. The CTUs have accused the government of apathy towards their 12-point charter of

Chennai, Sep 1: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said maternity leave for women government employees will be increased from the present six months to nine, fulfilling her party's electoral promise. Unveiling healthcare initiatives worth over Rs 1,400 crore, Jayalalithaa recalled that she had increased the maternity leave to six months after she assumed office as Chief Minister in

New Delhi, Sep 1: Essential services such as banking, public transport and telecom may be hit tomorrow as 10 central trade unions (CTUs) will go on one-day nationwide strike against government's "indifference" towards their demands and effecting "anti-worker" changes in labour laws. The unions have claimed that this year's strike will be bigger as the number of striking workers is expected to

New Delhi, Sep 1: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today told Supreme Court that he stood by every word of his statement against RSS for the killing of Mahatma Gandhi and was ready to face trial before a Maharashtra court which had issued a summons to him as an accused in the case. "I stand by each and every word. I will never take my words back. I stood by it yesterday, I stand by it today and I will

New Delhi, Sep 1: Former Women and Child Development Minister Sandeep Kumar, who was sacked yesterday over a CD expose showing him in objectionable position with at least six women, said on Thursday that it is a conspiracy and he is being targeted because he's dalit. He claimed that he resigned not because he's 'guilty' but to ensure that a fair probe is done. "I am targeting for taking up Dalit

New Delhi, Sep 1: An alleged sex scandal rocked the Arvind Kejriwal government on Wednesday evening as the chief minister sacked his Social Welfare Minister Sandeep Kumar over a CD expose showing him in objectionable position with at least six women. The incident sparked a political storm with the rival parties accusing Kejriwal of being aware of the CD for two weeks but sitting over it till a TV

New Delhi, Sep 1: Price of petrol was Wednesday hiked by Rs 3.38 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.67 per litre, the first increase in rates since July. Petrol will now cost Rs 63.47 a litre in Delhi from Thursday as compared to Rs 60.09 a litre currently, said Indian Oil Corp (IOC). The price of diesel will cost Rs 52.94 per litre as against Rs 50.27. Rates were last cut by Rs 1 per litre in case of