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India-Oman FTA signed as New Delhi seeks to de-risk exports amid tariff war

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- India signed a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Oman on Thursday, adding another pillar to New Delhi's expanding trade and strategic engagement with the Gulf, following a similar ... Read More


Threat to judge: SC stays remission in 2008 kidnap case

India, Dec. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Haryana government and the Punjab and Haryana High Court from releasing on remission the convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2... Read More


New Delhi: SC brings back ELV ban on BS-III vehicles

India, Dec. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ended protections granted to end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) that are not compliant with BS-IV or higher emission standards in the Delhi-National Capital R... Read More


'Is this what Bapu wanted?' BJP tears into Opposition after 'G Ram G' Bill torn in Lok Sabha

India, Dec. 18 -- The Lok Sabha was adjourned on a stormy note on Thursday after the lower house cleared the VB-G RAM G Bill, which seeks to replace the UPA-era MGNREGA. The Bill got Lok Sabha nod ami... Read More


Samajwadi Party leader RK Chaudhary calls 'burning of bodies' as cause of air pollution, BJP hits back

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Samajwadi Party leader RK Chaudhary, in a peculiar remark on Thursday, claimed burning of dead bodies as a cause of air pollution. Speaking to ANI, Chuadhary also cited the burn... Read More


Samajwadi Party leader RK Chaudhary calls 'bruning of bodies' as cause of air pollution, BJP hits back

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Samajwadi Party leader RK Chaudhary, in a peculiar remark on Thursday, claimed burning of dead bodies as a cause of air pollution. Speaking to ANI, Chuadhary also cited the burn... Read More


Raise honorarium for J&K anganwadi workers: Tarigami

JAMMU, Dec. 18 -- CPI(M) leader and MLA Kulgam M Y Tarigami, on Wednesday, urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to substantially raise the state share of honorarium for anganwadi workers and helpers... Read More


SC refuses to stay Delhi govt's decision to hold online classes

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the Delhi government's decision to shift students up to Class V from a hybrid system to fully online classes, citing the ... Read More


SC refuses to stay Delhi govt's decision to hold online classes

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the Delhi government's decision to shift students up to Class V from a hybrid system to fully online classes, citing the ... Read More


From sedition to UAPA: Policing dissent in India

India, Dec. 18 -- Few laws reveal the Indian State's unease with dissent as starkly as sedition. Drafted in 1870 to protect the British Crown from political unrest and infamously wielded against figur... Read More