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New rules mandate IST as single official time across India

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- The government has notified new rules making Indian Standard Time (IST) the single reference for legal, administrative, commercial and other official activities across the countr... Read More


SC to hear today plea against cash donations received by pol parties

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- The Supreme Court is set to hear on Monday a petition challenging a provision of the Income Tax Act, 1961, that permits political parties to accept anonymous cash donations of le... Read More


India emerges as key petrol supplier to Russia

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- India has become a major supplier of petrol to Russia as repeated Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries have disrupted domestic fuel production and pushed Moscow to seek ... Read More


GE expanded inspections after 2023 incident, DGCA tells CIC

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- The 2023 in-flight shutdown of an engine on an Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft prompted manufacturer GE Aerospace to expand borescope inspection requirements for affected engines... Read More


PM Modi, Suvendu pay tribute to Uttam Kumar

Kolkata, Aug. 30 -- Ahead of Bengali cinema icon Uttam Kumar's birth centenary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to the legendary actor in his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat'... Read More


PM Modi arrives in Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, Aug. 30 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday arrived in Kyrgyzstan, where he is scheduled to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and hold a series of bilateral meet... Read More


HS Semester III Exams: 7.2L Students to appear from Sep 21

Kolkata, Aug. 30 -- Around 7.2 lakh students are set to appear for the Higher Secondary Semester III examinations from September 21 to October 7, with the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Educa... Read More


'Charity' no excuse for child labour: HC sends couple to trial

Kolkata, Aug. 30 -- A 15-year-old girl was allegedly kept locked in a flat and made to work as a domestic help, but the Calcutta High Court has refused to let the couple escape trial on their claim th... Read More


RPF seizes 22.64 kg of ganja at Howrah station, one detained

Kolkata, Aug. 30 -- The Railway Protection Force (RPF) seized 22.64 kg of suspected cannabis (ganja) from a passenger at Howrah railway station and detained him while he was proceeding towards Platfor... Read More


BSF nabs woman with gold biscuits

Kolkata, Aug. 30 -- In a major breakthrough against cross-border smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF) detained a woman and seized a massive consignment of gold biscuits valued at nearly Rs 25 cr... Read More