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New Delhi, Jun 6: Among the eight key Cabinet committees reconstituted by the Centre on Wednesday, Home minister Amit Shah finds representation in all of them while Prime Minister is on-board 6 committees barring Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs and Cabinet Committee on Accommodation. The lone Cabinet Committee having only Prime Minister Modi and home minister Shah on board is

Sitapur, Jun 5: BJP parliamentarian Sakshi Maharaj on Wednesday visited party colleague and lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is lodged in jail over charges of rape and murder. "He is lodged in the jail for a long time. Sengar is one of the most popular lawmakers so I came to thank him after the elections," the BJP leader told reporters. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its charge

New Delhi, Jun 5: A motorist rammed his car into devotees emerging from a mosque in Delhi's Khureji area on Wednesday but police said no one was injured, denying their own earlier claim that many suffered injuries. A Delhi Police statement said the claim that 17 people were injured was incorrect. "We have realised that the number of injured reported in the incident was not correct and the police

Kozhikode, Jun 5: The police on Wednesday took Badal, an inspector of the Central Excise, into custody, for threatening Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan. Badal is reported to have called the Calicut City Police Commissioner and expressed caution of life threat on the Union Minister. Police sources said the special branch of police is questioning the CE officer

New Delhi, Jun 5: The World Bank retained its forecast of India's growth rate at 7.5 per cent for the current financial year. In its Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank also said growth rate is expected to remain the same for the next two fiscals. "In India, growth is projected at 7.5 per cent in FY2019/20 (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020), unchanged from the previous forecast, and to

New Delhi, Jun 5: Finance ministry has indicated that it will retain the interim budget allocations made to ministries and departments, in the final budget for the current financial year, to presented in the Lok Sabha on July 5. In run-up the Lok Sabha elections, the finance ministry came up with an interim budget in February, authorising government expenditure for a limited period. With the new

Jun 5: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended their greetings and best wishes to Indian citizens and the Muslim community around the world on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims around the globe to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramzan. President Kovind said that the festival of Idu'l Fitr strengthens people's

New Delhi, Jun 5: Living in harmony with nature will lead to a better future, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday on the World Environment Day. "Our planet and environment is something we all cherish greatly. Today on #WorldEnvironmentDay, we reiterate our commitment to ensure a cleaner planet," the prime minister tweeted. माता भूमिः पुत्रोऽहं पृथिव्याः। Our Planet and Environment is

Srinagar, Jun 5: Militants shot dead a woman and injured a man Wednesday in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. "Terrorists fired upon a man and a woman at Singoo-Narbal in Pulwama district today. While the lady succumbed to injuries, the injured man has been rushed to a hospital," a police official said. He said the deceased woman has been identified as Nigeena Bano. Further

New Delhi, Jun 5: With Jammu and Kashmir high on agenda, the Narendra Modi government is reportedly toying with the idea of conducting the stalled delimitation exercise to redraw Assembly constituencies in the troubled state to address "regional disparity and anomalies". The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) may appoint a delimitation commission to carry out the exercise and it could end up in