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Our strategic oil reserve can last up to 74 days: Puri

NEW DELHI: Union petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday India’s strategic petroleum reserve can last up to 74 days to meet demand caused by any global crisis. Read More

EC allegations on SIR: SC asks Bengal DGP to file affidavit

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday asked the West Bengal police chief to file a personal affidavit responding to Election Commission’s allegation that governing party TMC functionaries were making systematic, deliberate and conc Read More

India okays $175m package for Seychelles, inks 7 agreements

NEW DELHI: India announced a special economic package worth $175 million for Seychelles as PM Narendra Modi hosted President Patrick Herminie for a bilateral meeting, reiterating India’s continued support and assistance to the I Read More

Labour codes to enhance ease of living and doing business: Survey

NEW DELHI: Nearly two-thirds of workers believe that working conditions will improve with enhanced rest periods and leave practices, and foresee improvement in income security due to wage transparency, once the four new labour codes a Read More

PSLV-C62 Mishap: Failure analysis committee to be formed soon

BENGALURU: Isro, which has been analysing the data from the failed PSLV-C62 from Jan 12, is expected to formally constitute a Failure Analysis Committee (FAC) to investigate the causes for the mishap and recommend corrective measures Read More

SC upholds HC order banning animal sacrifice on TN hilltop

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday refused to interfere with the Madras high court’s decision prohibiting animal sacrifice and granting Muslim devotees limited rights to pray on the Thiruparankundram hills in Tamil Nadu’s Ma Read More

Two decades of sat data show gradual dip in Uttarakhand hills green cover

BENGALURU: Satellites watching the sweep of the Himalayas have begun to read the mountains like a slow-moving diary. Read More

PM Modi’s safety faced a threat from oppn MPs in Lok Sabha, reiterates Speaker

Om Birla NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has doubled down on his charge that PM Modi’s safety faced a threat from opposition MPs in LS if he were to reply on Feb 4 to the motion of thanks on the President’s address Read More

DMK MP moves privilege notice against Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal NEW DELHI: DMK MP Tiruchi Siva Monday said he had submitted a breach of privilege notice against commerce minister Piyush Goyal for sharing details of an interim trade deal between India and the US at a presser while t Read More

PM’s Lok Sabha absence not due to any threat from us: Women Congress MPs to Birla

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra NEW DELHI: Women MPs belonging to Congress told Speaker Om Birla Monday that under pressure from the govt, he made “false, baseless and defamatory allegations” that PM Modi faced potential threat fr Read More

Sharad Pawar hospitalised due to congestion, condition stable

Sharad Pawar PUNE: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar was Monday evening admitted to a private hospital with complaints of chest congestion. Doctors said his condition is stable. Read More

Lok Sabha stalemate continues, oppn stalls House for 6th straight day

Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha discussion on the Budget continued to be mired in the standoff between govt and the opposition, with LoP Rahul Gandhi’s insistence on being allowed to raise a few issues and govt’s Read More