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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Budget 2019: Parliament echoes with urdu couplet, quote from...

Breaking the tradition of carrying briefcase to the Parliament for presenting Budget, she posed outside the House with...

5 July 2019 12:01 PM IST

We will work to make a platform for listing social enterprises and voluntary organisations to raise capital as equity, debt or units like mutual funds, said Sitharaman. (Photo: ANI)

Union Budget 2019: India to strengthen corporate bond market, says...

There is also a proposal to increase minimum public shareholding in companies from 25 per cent to 35 per cent.

5 July 2019 11:55 AM IST

One more body was recovered this morning. A total of 19 bodies have been recovered so far. We are doing a continuous search operation, NDRF Inspector Mahesh Kumar said. (Photo: ANI)

Tiware Dam Breach: Death toll reaches 19, search op to trace missing...

The Tiware dam developed a breach on July 3 due to heavy rains whch caused a flood-like situation in seven downstream...

5 July 2019 11:44 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

12 accused convicted by SC for killing ex-Gujarat home minister Haren...

The trial court had awarded punishment ranging from five years to life imprisonment to the convicts.

5 July 2019 11:37 AM IST

Voting for the two seats will take place today as they were left vacant by Shah and Smriti Irani who were elected to the Lok Sabha and subsequently resigned from the Upper House. (Photo: ANI)

Congress MLAs leave for Gujarat's Gandhinagar for Rajya Sabha polls

The party had earlier planned to shift the legislators to Mount Abu in Rajasthan, but the plan was changed.

5 July 2019 11:32 AM IST

MDMK leader Vaiko and scores of his supporters were on Friday arrested after BJP and MDMK volunteers clashed in Kavalkinaru area on the border of Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts, police said. (Photo: File)

Veteran political leader Vaiko convicted for sedition charges

Vaiko was expected to file his nomination for Rajya Sabha on Saturday.

5 July 2019 11:18 AM IST

Bihar Cabinet-led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has approved a proposal to punish sons and daughters who abandon their elderly parents with a jail term. (Photo: ANI)

Death toll rises to 140 in Encephalitis in Muzaffarpur

The state has been battling with the vector-borne disease since the last few weeks.

5 July 2019 11:15 AM IST

Police stated that a dispute over the land has been going on for the last four years between Swamys father and another person Sangareddy. (Photo: Screengrab)

Telangana: Father of army personnel, who posted video on land...

After the video was posted, police conducted an internal inquiry, during which it was revealed that the land didn't...

5 July 2019 11:14 AM IST

According to the election officials, three MLAs will not be able to cast their votes in the bypolls as they were disqualified for various reasons in the recent past. (Photo: ANI)

Bypolls for two Rajya Sabha seats underway in Gujarat; BJP fields EAM...

Bypolls for the two seats from Gujarat were necessitated after Union ministers Amit Shah and Smriti Irani resigned as...

5 July 2019 10:35 AM IST

Sitharaman will be presenting her maiden budget of Friday. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Budget 2019: Breaking tradition, Sitharaman leaves office without...

For years, finance minister and their deep maroon or brown briefcases holding budget were a common sight.

5 July 2019 10:13 AM IST

The Tiware dam in Chiplun taluka of Ratnagiri district breached late on Tuesday night. (Photo: File)

Crabs caused dam breach in Ratnagiri: Maharashtra Water Minister

NDRF has recovered 18 dead bodies so far from the dam, which breached in Ratnagiri district, creating a flood-like...

5 July 2019 9:56 AM IST

The SpiceJet Boeing 737 aircraft, which was stuck between the main runway and grass area after skidding off on arrival at the airport here Monday late night, has been pulled back to the runway Thursday, paving the way for full-fledged operations at the aerodrome, officials said. (Photo: ANI)

SpiceJet plane stranded on Mumbai runway pulled out after days

The Runway End Surface Area (RESA) is an extended area at the end of the runway to limit an aircraft in eventuality a...

5 July 2019 9:53 AM IST