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New Delhi, Jun 6: Bharti Airtel today said the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposed merger of Telenor India with the company. Last week, Bharti Airtel and Telenor India also filed a joint application before National Company Law Tribunal for approval of their merger following nod from the market regulator Sebi and stock exchanges -- BSE and NSE. "We wish to inform you

Lucknow, Jun 6: The Uttar Pradesh Police today issued a terse warning that those involved in cow slaughter and illegal transport of milch animals will be booked under the stringent National Security Act and Gangsters Act. The directive has been conveyed to all district police chiefs by the state Director General of Police Sulkhan Singh. A Government Order to ban cow slaughter and illegal transport

New Delhi, Jun 6: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that US President Donald Trump's statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement had come as a shock for India but he was sure America would rethink its decision. Inaugurating a two-day national level conference on 'Capacity Building of State Disaster Response Force-2017', Singh said it was cause of concern for India and the world

Tura (meghalaya), Jun 6: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Meghalaya suffered yet another major political setback when one more senior party member quit over the Centre's new cattle trade and slaughter rules. Bachu Marak, the district president of the BJP in North Garo Hills, alleged that BJP leaders were “attempting to impose its non-secular ideology on the indigenous people in Meghalaya”

Chennai, Jun 6: Both Prime minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists for the successful launch of GSLV – MkIII D1/GSAT-19 mission. The country's heaviest rocket the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) MarkIII D1 carrying communication satellite GSAT-19 lifted off from Sriharikota at 5.28 pm on

Lucknow, Jun 5: For the patients of the otherwise chaotic and filthy Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad town, the air-coolers on Sunday, when the mercury touched 48 degrees, were no less than a blessing. They, however, had little idea that the blessing was going to be short-lived. The patients did not know that the air-coolers had been installed in the wards not for them but

New Delhi, Jun 5: India today said Pakistan cannot take Kashmir to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and asserted that the issue must be resolved bilaterally. India wants to settle all issues with Pakistan through dialogue, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, but also made it amply clear that talks and terror cannot go together. Swaraj was addressing a press conference on

Agra, Jun 5: Environmentalists today said the Taj Mahal and other historical monuments in Agra remain at risk from pollution even twenty-three years after the Supreme Court announced a set of measures to protect them. Speakers at a day-long dharna here, organised on the occasion of World Environment Day, said environmental conditions in the city had worsened due to the increased number of vehicles

Jaipur, Jun 5: Five Pakistani nationals were detained in Barmer district of Rajasthan for violating visa norms. Khojo Bhil (60), Chandu Bhil (75), his wife Dhai Bai Bhil (70), and two minors - Naresh Bhil (10) and Dharmi Bai (12) - had a visa for Jodhpur but travelled to Barmer. They were detained from Gadra road railway station in the district when they were waiting for a train to Jodhpur on

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 5: Kerala joined the nation in observing World Environment Day today with the government taking lead by distributing one crore saplings for planting across the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his Environment Day message sought the support and cooperation of all sections of the society in the government's efforts of tree plantation. Known Malayalam actor Mohanlal