INDIA

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TMC MP Santanu Sen thanks BJP for suspending him

9:59 pm July 23, 2021

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen on Friday thanked the BJP-led government at the Centre for suspending him from Parliament in an unparliamentary way but asserted that his voice cannot be stifled by such tactics. Sen was on Friday suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining period of the Monsoon session for snatching and […]

Rashtrapati Bhavan to re-open for public from August 1

9:55 pm July 23, 2021

New Delhi: People will be able to visit Rashtrapati Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex, which have been closed since mid-April due to COVID-19 outbreak, from August 1, according to an official statement issued on Friday. The tour of Rashtrapati Bhavan will be available on Saturday and Sunday (except on gazetted holidays) in three pre-booked […]

Forex reserves zoom to record high of USD 612.73 bn

9:46 pm July 23, 2021

Mumbai: The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose by USD 835 million to touch a record high of USD 612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021, RBI data showed. In the previous week ended July 9, 2021, the reserves had surged by USD 1.883 billion to USD 611.895 billion. In the reporting week ended […]

Major fire at Bokaro Steel Plant;No casualty

9:42 pm July 23, 2021

Bokaro: A major fire that broke out at SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant Friday morning could be controlled without any casualty, a SAIL official said. The fire broke out at about 8.40 am, due to a leakage in the Torpedo Ladle in Blast Furnace 2, a Steel Authority of India Ltd. spokesperson said. The official said […]

Man beaten to death in Rajasthan’s Kota

9:37 pm July 23, 2021

Kota (Raj): A 35-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by three people, who later dumped the body in a drain, police said on Friday. The body was recovered from the drain near a factory in the industrial area under the Anantpura police station on Thursday morning. The dead has been identified as Raju Bairwa, […]