Govt withdraws Banking Regulation Bill

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Monday withdrew the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on first day of the Monsoon Session.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved a proposal in the Lok Sabha to withdraw the Bill saying she came with…

Lockdown prevented up to 29 lakh Covid-19 cases: Vardhan

New Delhi (IANS) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday told the Lok Sabha that the nationwide lockdown had helped prevent up to 29 lakh coronavirus cases and 78,000 deaths in the country.

"The nationwide lockdown, a bold decision by…

Centre to SC: No removal of 48,000 jhuggis along rail tracks for now

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that for the time being there will be no removal of 48,000 slums along the railway tracks in Delhi.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing Centre, submitted before a bench…

BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi, Hegde among 17 MPs to test positive for Coronavirus

New Delhi (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant Kumar Hegde and Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma are among 17 Member of Parliament (MPs) who have tested positive for coronavirus in the mandatory tests conducted before the Monsoon…

Weeks after discharge, Amit Shah re-admitted to AIIMS

New Delhi (IANS) Two weeks after his discharge, Home Minister Amit Shah has been re-admitted to All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after complaining breathing issue on Saturday, multiple sources told IANS.

However, the hospital…

Bihar's past, Bihari aspirations dominate PM's petro projects event

New Delhi (IANS) Bihar and Bihari aspirations were the dominating talking points with intermittent references to Bihar's past as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three petro projects for the state, ahead of the Assembly polls.

"There…

Six months into Covid, 75.8% endorse PM Modi's handling of the pandemic

New Delhi (IANS) As the IANS C Voter Covid-19 Tracker completes six months of tracking, it is clear that India's faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the situation remains rock solid with 75.8 per cent of the people endorsing…

24 candidates score 100 percentile in JEE Mains

New Delhi (IANS) A total of 24 candidates have scored 100 percentile score in the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) Mains 2020 examination.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday late night declared the results JEE Mains. Over 8.67 lakh…

Jaguar scandal resurfaces after 40 years in diplomat's memoirs

London (IANS) What was rumoured more than 40 years ago has resurfaced. An eye-witness account in an about-to-be published autobiography of Ambassador Alan Nazareth "A Ringside Seat to History" gives credence to the long-held suspicion that Kanti Desai,…

China to hand over 5 Arunachal youths on Saturday: Rijiju

Itanagar (IANS) Five youths from Arunachal Pradesh, who went missing on September 2 and were later found to be in Chinese territory, would be handed over to Indian authorities on Saturday, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Friday.

Rijiju,…