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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25: The launch of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Kerala on Sunday became embroiled in controversy as it was done at two separate places: one by the state government and the other one by Union Minister K.J. Alphons. PM-KISAN, announced by Union Minister Piyush Goyal during the Interim Budget, is a scheme in which 120 million small and marginal

New Delhi, Feb 25: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Union government to constitute a commission headed by a retired top court Judge along with the army, intelligence and local administration, to conduct an enquiry in the Uri and Pulwama attacks. "We are not inclined to entertain the petition," a bench presided over by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told advocate J

New Delhi, Feb 24: As India awaits the hearing on Article 35A with bated breath, Jammu and Kashmir Police and security forces continued to crack down on Kashmiri separatists in the Valley, with as many as 150 of them being detained till Saturday, media reports said. In the meantime, security forces kept on conducting nocturnal raids for the second consecutive day in Kashmir and people actively

Jammu, Feb 24: In a bid to end the simmering 'war hysteria' in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in the valley, g overnor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday appealed that people should remain calm and not believe in rumours "circulating widely" to vitiate the atmosphere. He also clarified that the induction of paramilitary forces should only be seen in the context of conducting elections and should not be

Mumbai, Feb 24: The Pulwama attack on February 14 continues to have multiple repercussions across political, economic and social dimensions. The latest one being the massive outflow of foreign funds following the same. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) -- which profoundly influence investor sentiments at the bourses given its substantial sum -- pulled out over Rs 3,000 crore in just three

New Delhi, Feb 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the Rs 75,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, by transferring the first instalment of Rs 2,000 each to over one crore farmers. Another one crore farmers will be covered in the next 2-3 days. In the interim Budget 2019-20, the central government had announced the PM-KISAN scheme

New Delhi, Feb 24: With the government set to transfer the first instalment of Rs 2,000 to about 2 crore farmers over the next few days, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday termed it as a “bribe for votes” and said the “greater shame” is that the Election Commission is unable to stop it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will launch the Rs 75,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman

New Delhi, Feb 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday made a strong re-election pitch to corporate India as he drew contrasts between the governance styles of Congress and his party, saying competition for corruption in the previous regime had been replaced by highest growth rate and lowest inflation of post-liberalisation era. Addressing the Economic Times' Global Business Summit here, Modi

Tindivanam, Feb 23: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MP S Rajendran, died in a car accident on Saturday morning near Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu. The accident took place when Rajendran, 62, who represented Villupuram parliamentary constituency, was on his way to Tindivanam and his car hit the road divider. Severely injured Rajendran died on the spot, police said. The injured driver was

Aligarh, Feb 22: The police have dropped sedition charges slapped against 14 Aligarh Muslim University after the recent protests on the campus, citing lack of evidence . The students were booked for sedition after Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) district president Mukesh Lodhi alleged he was assaulted by some students who chanted pro-Pakistan slogans, police said. Senior Superintendent of