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New Delhi(ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the implementation of the Shahpurkandi Dam Project, Punjab on river Ravi. For this, central assistance of Rs. 485.38 crore (for irrigation component) would be provided over five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23, the Centre said on Thursday. It is believed that implementation of this ...

New Delhi (PTI) India is the fourth highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting for 7 per cent of global emissions in 2017, a study said Wednesday. The top four emitters in 2017, which covered 58 per cent of global emissions, were China (27 per cent), the US (15 per ...

New Delhi(ANI): Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, said that he offered to pay back the full amount of the principal loan he owed to multiple banks and asserted that all the allegations against him are false. Mallya took to twitter and wrote, “Politicians and Media are constantly talking loudly about my being a defaulter who has ...

New Delhi (PTI) The Supreme Court Wednesday approved the Centre’s draft witness protection scheme and asked all the states to implement it till the Parliament comes out with a legislation. A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said that they have made some changes in the scheme. The issue of witness protection ...

New Delhi/Berne, Dec 2 (PTI) As Switzerland continues to shed its image as a safe haven for alleged black money, the Alpine nation has agreed to share with Indian authorities the details about two companies and three individuals who are facing multiple probes back in India. One of the two Indian companies ...

Sriharikota (AP) (PTI) Adding another feather to its cap, ISRO’s workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 Thursday successfully injected into orbit India’s earth observation satellite HysIS. The 30 other co-passenger international satellites including those from the United States of America and Australia among others, will soon be placed into orbit. The rocket lifted off majestically ...

Uttan (Maha) (PTI) – A top RSS leader Friday said the Supreme Court’s decision to defer hearing on the Ayodhya issue on the grounds that it was not a priority for it was an “insult” to Hindu sentiments. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said the organisation expected the apex ...

New Delhi (PTI) – Fraud-hit Punjab National Bank Friday posted a staggering loss of Rs 4,532.35 crore for the second quarter ended September 2018 on rising bad loans. The state-owned bank had a net profit of Rs 561 crore in the July-September quarter of last fiscal 2017-18. Its total income during ...

New Delhi- Within a day of the one-off excise duty cut and PSUs subsidising fuel, petrol and diesel prices are on the rise again and have hit a three week high.  Petrol and diesel prices were cut by a minimum Rs 2.50 on October 5 when the government’s only second cut in ...

Mumbai(PTI) – The rupee recovered 6 paise to 73.52 against the US dollar at the forex market Friday ahead of the RBI’s monetary policy outcome amid fresh selling by exporters as the government stepped in to reduce oil prices. Dealers said besides fresh selling of the US dollar by exporters, the ...