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Bill to replace NREGA tabled amid huge row

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- A row erupted in the Parliament on Tuesday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government sought to introduce a bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Empl... Read More


SC sets aside HP HC order on removal of orchards from forest land

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- In a relief to lakhs of apple growers in Himachal Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the order of the high court directing the removal of fruit-bearing orchards from... Read More


sc flags flaw in bid to remove hc judge vArma

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday flagged a procedural flaw in Parliament's move to remove Allahabad high court judge Yashwant Varma. His plea said an inquiry panel under the Judges (... Read More


NCP factions hold meet for local polls

India, Dec. 17 -- The two rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday held the first round of talks ahead of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections. According to pe... Read More


China extends full support to boost Sri Lanka's economy

Sri Lanka, Dec. 17 -- Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, Wang Dongming, stated that China would extend its full support to the... Read More


High-powered committee to overhaul bhog system at Banke Bihari temple

AGRA, Dec. 17 -- Raising concerns over widespread financial irregularities at the Banke Bihari temple flagged in an audit report by a chartered accountant, the High-Powered Management Committee appoin... Read More


Court denies cognisance of charge sheet on Gandhis

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- As a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) charge sheet against former Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, and leader of opposition ... Read More


One killed in explosion at fireworks factory

Meerut, Dec. 17 -- One worker was killed in an explosion at Shifa Fire Works factory in the Jalalabad area of Bijnor district on Tuesday morning, police said. The blast occurred around 10:30 am on the... Read More


R&D boost to nuclear energy

India, Dec. 17 -- The new nuclear energy Bill, presented in Parliament on Monday, comes at a time when India needs to deploy low-emission alternatives to coal-based thermal power. Growing power needs ... Read More


sc flags flaw in bid to remove hc judge vArma

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- The SC on Tuesday flagged a procedural flaw in Parliament's move to remove Allahabad HC judge Yashwant Varma. His plea said an inquiry panel under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 ... Read More