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At rallies in Bihar, Rajnath touches upon Gilgit-Baltistan

BJP will win more seats than in 2014: Rajnath Singh

2:35 pm May 14, 2019

New Delhi: Expressing confidence that the BJP will win more seats that it did in 2014, senior party leader Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said a two-thirds majority for the NDA cannot be ruled out. The Union Home minister said the opposition should reveal who is their prime ministerial candidate and also took on the Congress […]

Team co-led by Indian scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of how malaria affects brain

Nine dengue cases in Delhi

10:22 pm May 13, 2019

New Delhi: At least nine dengue cases have been reported in Delhi this year, even though the vector-borne disease is usually reported between July and November, according to a municipal report released Monday. Last year, 2,798 dengue cases and four deaths were recorded by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which tabulates data on vector-borne […]

Iranian Foreign Minister arrives in Delhi on Tuesday

9:58 pm May 13, 2019

New Delhi: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will arrive here on Tuesday to hold talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj primarily on impact of the US ending waivers on import of oil from Iran, and ways to deal with it, official sources said. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Zarif will arrive […]

EVMs absolutely robust and tamper-proof: EC

EVM glitches reported in several areas in Delhi

3:34 pm May 12, 2019

New Delhi: Complaints about malfunctioning EVMs poured in from several places of the national capital on Sunday where voting is underway. Adarsh Gupta, a resident of Matia Mahal area, claimed that at polling booths 84, 85 and 86, electronic voting machines were not working in the morning. Aam Aadmi Party’s Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti […]

FinMin reworking strategic sale procedure for CPSEs

10:57 am May 12, 2019

New Delhi: The finance ministry is reworking strategic sale procedure to ensure outright sale of CPSEs within 4 months of issuance of documents to potential investors, a move aimed at ensuring speedier conclusion of the entire process, an official said. However, for CPSEs like Air India, which are relatively bigger in size, the timeline for […]