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IOC, BPCL to HPCL: OMC stocks erase up to 5% gains, trade lower despite excise duty cut. What's behind the U-turn?

New Delhi, March 27 -- Shares of oil marketing companies (OMCs) reversed morning gains to trade in the red in the morning session on Friday, March 27, as the elevated crude oil prices outweighed the e... Read More


Review: India-Pakistan Relations: A Saga of Unending Disputes by Satish Chandra

India, March 27 -- India-Pakistan Relations by Satish Chandra, aptly subtitled A Saga of Unending Disputes, is very timely. Its 18 chapters cover all the key issues that have bedevilled bilateral rela... Read More


5 women, 3 kids killed as vehicle carrying devotees rams into truck in UP's Kaushambi

Kaushambi, March 27 -- Eight people, including five women and three children, were killed after a pickup truck carrying devotees rammed into a stationary trailer truck on a national highway here on Fr... Read More


Piyush Goyal calls for WTO reforms keeping 'development' at core

New Delhi, March 27 -- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has emphasised that necessary reform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) should be carried out through a transparent, inclusive and... Read More


West Asia crisis: PM chairs video conference with CMs; Telangana CM briefs steps to ensure supply

Hyderabad, March 27 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level video conference with Chief Ministers of all States to review preparedness in the wake of prevailing tensions in West... Read More


India cuts fuel taxes as West Asia conflict continues to drive oil prices higher

India, March 27 -- India has cut fuel taxes as global oil prices continue to surge amid the West Asia conflict Crude prices have risen sharply, raising concerns over inflation and economic slowdown ... Read More


'Lockdown in India rumours completely false': Govt breaks silence amid speculation

India, March 27 -- Rumours of a lockdown in India are completely false, said Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday, "clearly stating" that there is no such proposal under consideration by the ... Read More


UP: Elderly's death in Hardoi accident sparks violence, two youths lynched

LUCKNOW, March 27 -- A road accident in Surasa police station limits of Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district escalated into a violent clash, leaving three people dead on Friday, police said. According to s... Read More


Indian Agriculture Research Institute asks some students to leave campus, shift to online classes amid 'energy crisis'

New Delhi, March 27 -- The Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) in Delhi asked some of its students to leave the campus and shift to online classes. Students of undergraduate batches, master's... Read More


From flunking math to advising bizmen: Rise and fall of rape-accused 'godman'

India, March 27 -- There is a striking paradox at the heart of the Ashok Kharat story. The 67-year-old self-styled 'astrologer-godman' from Nashik now being probed by the Fadnavis government for rape ... Read More