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New Delhi, Aug 23: The Union Cabinet has increased the creamy layer ceiling for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category to ₹8 lakh per annum from the existing ₹6 lakh for Central government jobs, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in New Delh on Wednesday. Briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the Union Cabinet, he said those in the OBC category earning up to ₹8 lakh per annum would

Bengaluru, Aug 23: The Karnataka government today said it will come out with an "Electric vehicle and energy storage policy" soon with an intention to make the state the electric vehicle capital of the country. "We will soon be coming out with an electric vehicle and energy storage policy. Today in many countries electric vehicles have come, it is going to be the future, but because of the battery

New Delhi, Aug 23: Railways minister Suresh Prabhu indicated on Wednesday that he's offered to resign after taking "moral responsibility" for two recent train accidents, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked "me to wait". Prabhu said he's "extremely pained" by the two train derailments in Uttar Pradesh, one on Tuesday and the other last week. In Tuesday's Kafiyat Express derailment, 70-plus

Los Angeles, Aug 23: A jury in United States has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalised woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene. The verdict in the lawsuit brought by the California woman, Eva Echeverria, marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum

New Delhi, Aug 23: Representatives of the All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and the All India Shia Personal Law Board have hailed the Supreme Court judgement on instant triple talaq as a victory for Islam and Muslim Personal Law in the country. In a statement issued here the AIMPLB said that the verdict was a also victory for the Board as the judgment "accorded protection to the

Bengaluru, Aug 23: The imminent entry of seven ticket-monger rebel JD(S) MLAs into the Congress has created a sense of insecurity among several Congress leaders in Karnataka. Senior leaders in the ruling party have commenced lobbying for ticket for their loyalists and kin for the 2018 Assembly elections. The JD(S) rebel legislators will officially join the Congress soon and they have been

Washington, Aug 23: India is emerging as a very important regional strategic partner for the US that can help modernise Afghanistan both politically and economically, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today. Tillerson's remarks came after President Donald Trump unveiled the US strategy in Afghanistan which included expanded authorities to target terrorists. "India is emerging as a very

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Centre is unlikely to rush into getting Parliament to pass a legislation following the Supreme Court's verdict declaring Islamic instant divorce law as arbitrary and unconstitutional. Rather, the government will send an advisory to all States to ensure the compliance of the Supreme Court order on 'triple talaq', officials said. As the law ministry officials put it, the SC's

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Centre is unlikely to rush into getting Parliament to pass a legislation following the Supreme Court's verdict declaring Islamic instant divorce law as arbitrary and unconstitutional. Rather, the government will send an advisory to all States to ensure the compliance of the Supreme Court order on 'triple talaq', officials said. As the law ministry officials put it, the SC's

Bengaluru, Aug 22: The state BJP leaders on Monday complained to Governor Vajubhai Vala against the state government for “misusing” the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) to target its leaders and urged him to order a high-level enquiry into the issue. Besides, the party urged the Governor to direct the government to immediately suspend Director General of Police (ACB) M N Reddi and remove adviser to