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IndiGo ties up with global travel aggregator

6:20 pm August 2, 2019

New Delhi: IndiGo announced on Friday that it had entered into a partnership with a global travel aggregator that will allow the latter’s users to book tickets of the budget carrier’s flights. The partnership with Skyscanner, one of the world’s? leading travel search engine, will not only enhance access to Indian destinations but also place […]

President arrives in Odisha on a 3-day visit

President gives assent to triple talaq bill

1:28 pm August 1, 2019

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the triple talaq bill passed by Parliament, turning it into a law which makes the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a punishable offence, a government notification said. The gazette notification, published Wednesday, says the president has given assent to the bill passed by Parliament. […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

LS passes consumer protection bill

7:07 pm July 30, 2019

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which seeks to strengthen rights of consumers and provides a mechanism for redressal of complaints regarding defects in goods and deficiency in services. The Consumer Protection Bill 2018 provides for protection of interests of consumers and setting up of authorities for timely and effective administration and […]

School teacher shot at in Delhi’s Kanjhawala

9:00 pm July 29, 2019

New Delhi: A 50-year-old school teacher was shot at while he was playing cards in Rohini’s Kanjhawala area, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday evening when Mahavir Singh, the teacher, was playing cards along with four others, S D Mishra, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) said. Singh suffered a bullet injury […]

MP to reopen national parks, tiger reserves from June 1

PM releases tiger census report, their population doubles since 2006

3:26 pm July 29, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 and said the country has emerged as of one of the biggest and safest habitats for tigers in the world. The tiger population in the country has grown from 1,411 in 2006 to 2,967 in 2019, according to the […]