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Unemployment rate dips to 5.2% in July: Govt survey

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The rate of unemployment in the country declined to 5.2 per cent in July from 5.6 per cent in June, a government survey said on Monday. The unemployment rate (UR) in May was als... Read More


'Centre, States equal stakeholder in GST, revenues shared equally'

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Amid concerns about the revenue impact of the Centre's pro-middle-class 'Next Gen GST' with a proposed two-slab structure, government sources clarified that the Centre is an equa... Read More


Sensex jumps 676 pts, Nifty rises 1% as GST reform bid sparks rally

Mumbai, Aug. 18 -- Stock markets rose sharply on Monday, with Sensex closing higher by 676 points and Nifty climbing 1 per cent on heavy buying in auto and consumer durables stocks, buoyed by plans fo... Read More


Capital gets rain in afternoon, many places waterlogged

NEW DELHI, Aug. 17 -- Rain lashed parts of the national capital on Sunday afternoon, sending the city traffic into a disarray with many places witnessing waterlogging and traffic jams. Dhaula Kuan, N... Read More


CM hails Dwarka Expressway and UER-II as PM Modi's 'historic gift'

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday hailed the inauguration of the Delhi section of the Rs.11,000 crore Dwarka Expressway and Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) as a "historic gif... Read More


Delhi to SC: 'Uphaar fine used for trauma units in 3 hospitals'

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Delhi government has told the Supreme Court that the Rs.60 crore penalty deposited by real estate barons Gopal and Sushil Ansal following the Uphaar cinema fire case has alre... Read More


TN Guv doing 'cheap politics' than Oppn: CM

Dharmapuri, Aug. 17 -- Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday mounted a scathing attack on Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, accusing him of doing "cheap politics" than the Opposition and charged him with sp... Read More


Chandigarh lawyer, aide held for seeking bribe to influence case

CHANDIGARH, Aug. 17 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Chandigarh-based advocate and his associate on charges of bribery, following accusations that they demanded Rs 30 lakh t... Read More


SC takes suo motu note of plight of cadets suffering disability

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of difficulties faced by cadets, who were medically discharged from military institutes on account of disabilities suffered during... Read More


Gujarat: Eight people charred to death in car-SUV collision

Surendranagar, Aug. 17 -- Eight persons, including five women and two children, were charred to death after the car carrying them collided with an SUV, landed in a roadside ditch, and burst into flame... Read More