Give priority to duty, not rights: PM

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed on giving priority to "duty" and not the "rights".

Modi's remarks came while addressing the recipients of Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2020. "We should give priority to our duty.…

US-Iran tensions may aid Pak get off grey list

New Delhi (IANS) Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global watchdog for terror funding may remove Pakistan from the punitive "grey list" in its upcoming review meeting.

Sources told IANS that the FATF is "satisfied" with Pakistan's…

Hyderabad police foil Shaheen Bagh-like protest

Hyderabad (IANS) The attempt by a group of women to stage Shaheen Bagh-like protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was foiled by the Hyderabad Police in the…

Household income nosedived after mining ban: Report

New Delhi (IANS) A new report on Thursday showed that household incomes depleted by more than half after the mining ban in states like Goa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Karnataka.

According to the report by Forum for Integrated Development…

Dhoni, J'khand CM inaugurate new facilities at JSCA

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and former India captain M.S. Dhoni have inaugurated new facilities at the Jharkhand Cricket Association Stadium (JSCA).

On Wednesday evening, Dhoni and Soren inaugurated the solar power system,…

Common man suffered most in Mangluru stir: Panel

Bengaluru (IANS) A fact-finding commission investigating police firings in Mangalore in the recent anti-CAA unrest found that greater harm was caused to civilians and innocent people not connected to the protests.

"Greater harm was caused to…

'J&K accession irreversible; secessionist arguments can't be permitted'

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the accession of Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian Union is "irreversible".

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, replying on the batch of petitions filed challenging the revocation…

Govt to sell 15% stake in Bharat Dynamics via OFS

New Delhi (IANS) The Department of Investment and public Asset Management (DIPAM) will put 15 per cent of government stake on sale in Defence PSU Bharat Dynamics Ltd under the Offer for Sale (OFS) route and has invited merchant bankers to bid for…

Cos to get extended tax withholding on ECB interest payout

New Delhi (IANS) Indian companies seeking foreign debt may continue to see its cost of capital fall amidst a rise in overseas investor interest with government looking to extend a concessional 5 per cent withholding tax on these overseas papers.

Allahabad HC upholds ban on loudspeakers in mosques

Prayagraj (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash an administrative order that banned the use of loudspeakers for 'azaan' at two mosques in Baddopur and Shahganj villages of Jaunpur district in Uttara Pradesh.

The court…