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St Petersburg (Russia), Jun 2: India is committed to protecting the climate, irrespective the Paris agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here today but avoided a direct reference to the US withdrawing from the international deal. Addressing the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) here in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said India has traditionally been

New Delhi, Jun 2: The Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) today informed a Delhi court that it has lodged three separate FIRs on a criminal complaint filed against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in an alleged PWD scam. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra also directed the Assistant Commissioner of ACB to assess the threat perception on the complainant Rahul Sharma once again after he

Chennai, Jun 2: Tamil poet S. Abdul Rahman, popularly known as 'Kavikko,' passed away here in the early hours of Friday after a brief illness. He was 79. He is survived by his son and daughter. The funeral will take place tomorrow, according a family member. Born in Madurai on November 9, 1937, Abdul Rahman did post-graduation in Tamil before joining the Islamiah College in Vaniyambadi, Vellore

Balasore, Jun 2: India today successfully test-fired its indigenous developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from a test range in Odisha as part of a user trial by the Army. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at around 9.50 am

New Delhi, Jun 2: BJP chief Amit Shah will undertake a three-day tour of Kerala from today as part of his efforts to strengthen the party and make it a potent force in the state by 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He is scheduled to chair several party meetings and interact with bishops as part of his efforts to win over a section of Christians. He will also meet intellectuals and community leaders. Mr

New Delhi, Jun 2: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.0 on Richter Scale today hit Haryana, tremors of which were felt in Delhi and other parts of northern India. The epicentre of the quake was Rohtak district in Haryana, according to the Meteorological department. The depth of the quake was 22 km and it occurred at 4:25 AM, a Met report said. There were no immediate reports of any loss of

New Delhi, Jun 1: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Centre's ban on sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter has nothing to do with state legislations on animal slaughtering. The animal markets are meant for farmers and not for traders, he said, adding that "this is the only effect of the notification". Last week the Environment Ministry notified the stringent

Mumbai, Jun 1: Amruta Fadnavis, the banker wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has demanded exemption from levying the GST on sanitary napkins prepared by Self Help Groups (SHGs). There is a raging debate about making sanitary napkins tax free, which are set to be taxed at 12 per cent under the upcoming tax regime. Recently, the women's wing of the NCP launched a signature

New Delhi, Jun 1: Several factors including the global situation were responsible for decline in GDP growth to 6.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016-17, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today, dismissing suggestions that it was on account of demonetisation. The minister further said some slowdown was visible even prior to demonetisation of Rs 500/1000 currency notes announced by the

Chandigarh, Jun 1: Going by the recent controversial auction of sand mines in Punjab, a truckload of sand in the state may cost around Rs 3 lakh. That's the arithmetic if successful bidders have to break-even to recover the high price they have paid to bag these sand mines. Consider this: Bidders of the controversial sand mining site in Saidpur pledged a fortune, after which it went down under the