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SC calls for speedy trials in bank loan fraud cases

New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday called for expeditious adjudication of matters relating to banks' decisions to classify loan accounts as "fraudulent", underlining that prolonged pen... Read More


TN parties likely to conclude seat-sharing pacts this week

Chennai, Feb. 25 -- Tamil Nadu's two major political alliances - the the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress, and the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)-Bharatiya Janata Party (... Read More


16-yr-old murdered by group of minors in K'taka, 7 detained

BENGALURU, Feb. 25 -- Security was heightened in Karnataka's Urugadur area near Shivamogga on Tuesday after a 16-year-old student died following an assault by a group of minors outside a government sc... Read More


Indo-Myanmar border fencing hit by militants

New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Militants have disrupted fence construction along the Indo-Myanmar border through improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted at sites, cut fences and stolen equipment over the p... Read More


ludhiana varsity vc resigns after row over ramzan meal demand

Ludhiana/Srinagar, Feb. 25 -- The vice chancellor (VC) of a Ludhiana-based private university resigned on Tuesday after Kashmiri students accused him of hurling abuses during an argument over meal arr... Read More


Girl, with lover's help, kills mother, brother

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 25 -- A 45-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son were killed in Odisha's Koraput district allegedly by the woman's minor daughter and her boyfriend after the two opposed their relat... Read More


6K poultry birds to be culled in patna amid H5N1 spread: officials

PATNA, Feb. 25 -- Around 6,000 poultry birds will be culled in Patna on Wednesday after the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, spread from crows to poultry for the first... Read More


Cabinet clears railway projects worth Rs.9Kcr

New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved three Railway ministry projects with a total cost of approximately Rs.9,072 crore, aim... Read More


metro stretch to guj gift city to be extended

New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the extension of the North-South corridor of the Gujarat Metro from GIFT City to Shahpur. The deci... Read More


HPV vaccination drive for girls aged 14 soon

New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- The central government will launch a special nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign this month for girls aged 14 years to combat cervical cancer, according to... Read More