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9:43 PM

Two rescued from debris at site of collapse of an under-construction building in Delhi's Dakshinpuri: NDRF

8:50 PM

Reserve Bank of India appoints P Vasudevan as Executive Director

8:04 PM

Are those who arrived here week ago also being categorised as 'homeless'? Asks Omar Abdullah

7:35 PM

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee discharged from Kolkata's SSKM hospital

7:11 PM

Gadkari approves draft notification for installation of air-conditioning systems in cabins of N2 and N3 trucks

6:37 PM

Earthquake of magnitude 3.7 hits Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh

6:27 PM

No agreement signed yet with NASA, discussion happened at highest level: ISRO Chairman

5:48 PM

Now, whatever we need to say, we will say it before the Election Commission of India: Sharad Pawar

5:23 PM

Chandrayaan-3 will be launched on July 14, at 2:35 pm IST from SDSC, Sriharikota: ISRO

5:18 PM

Diplomatic Adviser to French President Emmanuel Bonne meets NSA Ajit Doval

4:58 PM

BRICS members have agreed that there should be criterion for getting new members

4:33 PM

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi speaks on PM Modi's upcoming visit

4:31 PM

We are very happy that for first time, Vande Bharat train will run from Gorakhpur: Public

3:54 PM

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde speaks on Ajit Pawar joining hands with BJP in the state

3:18 PM

13 NCP leaders, including PC Chacko, Jitendra Awhad, Fauzia Khan arrive at Sharad Pawar's residence

2:33 PM

Oppn members walk out from Parliament panel meet after demand to discuss Manipur denied

Opposition members of the parliamentary standing committee on Home walked out of a meeting on Thursday after their demand to discuss the situation in Manipur was denied by the panel chief, sources said. At the meeting to discuss prison reforms in Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, TMC's Derek O'Brien, and Congress' Digvijaya Singh and Pradip Bhattacharya submitted a joint letter to panel chairman Brijlal, saying as committee members they cannot ignore the situation in Manipur, the sources said.

 

2:13 PM

Modi taking revenge for Karnataka defeat by depriving it of foodgrains: Congress

The Congress on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Centre's discontinuing the sale of foodgrains from its pool to state governments, calling it a revenge on Karnataka. The party said that the discontinuation was a "political decision" taken by Modi as a revenge on the people of Karnataka for rejecting the BJP in the assembly polls.

 

2:02 PM

Adani Green Energy weighs raising $1.5 bn to fund expansion, say reports

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s renewable energy unit is considering raising about 123 billion rupees ($1.5 billion) to fund his coal-dependent conglomerate’s green diversification, people familiar with the matter said, following the fallout from a damaging short-seller broadside. 

 

1:43 PM

Will travel to Bengaluru for meeting of opposition parties: Lalu Prasad Yadav

RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday said he will travel to Bengaluru for the meeting of the opposition parties on July 17-18. Speaking to reporters at the Patna airport before leaving for Delhi, he said he will go to Bengaluru for preparing the ground for ousting the Narendra Modi government from the Centre in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

 

1:33 PM

Google accuses CCI of ordering changes to biz model to protect Amazon

Google has accused India's antitrust body of ordering changes to its business model "only to protect" rival Amazon, which complained about its struggles to develop a modified version of the Android system due to Google's restrictions, legal papers show. Google has approached India's Supreme Court to quash the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) October order asking the company to make 10 changes to its business model after the CCI found it abused its dominant position in the market with its Android operating system, which powers 97% of India's smartphones.

 

1:18 PM

GoM on online gaming, casinos broadly agrees on 28% GST, Goa differs

The GoM on online gaming, horse racing and casinos had a broad agreement that a 28 per cent GST should be levied on all the three supplies, but a consensus eluded on taxability of online games, as Goa suggested an 18 per cent tax on platform fees, sources said. A final view on taxation rate as well as whether tax is to be levied on gross gaming revenue (GGR) or fees charged by the platform; or on the full face value of bets put in by players of online gaming, horse racing and casinos would be taken by the GST Council on July 11.

 

1:03 PM

SC collegium recommends names for appointment as chief justice of seven HCs

The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of seven judges for appointment as chief justice of seven high courts, including that of Bombay and Gujarat. The three-member collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, made the recommendations on Wednesday and its resolutions were uploaded on the apex court website.

 

12:38 PM

Ajit Pawar's close associates acquired assets at throwaway prices: Court on MSBC money laundering case

Assets of a sugar cooperative were acquired by close associates of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at throwaway prices, a special court here has said while taking cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the ED in a money laundering case pertaining to the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB).

12:17 PM

We made move after consulting legal experts to avoid disqualification: Chhagan Bhujbal

Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Thursday said the recent developments in the party, culminating in Ajit Pawar taking oath as deputy CM, happened after legal experts were consulted to escape disqualification. Addressing a news conference here, Bhujbal also said that Ajit Pawar and other leaders will decide on whether to use photos of Sharad Pawar on posters

11:55 AM

Central Government calls an all-party meeting on 19th July

Central Government calls an all-party meeting on 19th July, ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

11:48 AM

Sharad Pawar leaves for Delhi to attend NCP National Executive meeting

Amid Maharashtra political crisis, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday left for Delhi where he has called a National Executive meeting. Meanwhile, posters saying "In the fight of truth and lie, the entire country is with Sharad Pawar" and "India's history is such that it has never forgiven those who have betrayed" come up outside NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence in Delhi. However, later it was removed by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).

 

11:04 AM

Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets Dashmat Rawat, washes his feet at CM House in Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets Dashmat Rawat and washes his feet at CM House in Bhopal. In a viral video from Sidhi, accused Pravesh Shukla was seen urinating on Rawat. CM tells him, "...I was pained to see that video. I apologise to you. People are like a God to me...."

10:24 AM

BJP leaders from eastern states including Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and WB to meet ahead of 2024 LS elections

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 12 eastern states including Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal will hold a meeting in Guwahati on Thursday to hold a serious discussion about the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Assam BJP president, Bhabesh Kalita, said, "A meeting of 12 eastern states including Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal will be held in Guwahati on July 6."

9:44 AM

IIT to set up first international campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania

The first IIT campus to be set up outside India will be in Zanzibar, Tanzania. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up of campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar- Tanzania was signed between the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, IIT Madras and Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) Zanzibar- Tanzania on 5 July in the presence of Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar, tweeted ANI

9:07 AM

Chhattisgarh liquor scam generated Rs 2,161 crore of corruption money, syndicate involved politicians: ED

The Enforcement Directorate has claimed Rs 2,161 crore of corruption money was generated in the alleged "liquor scam" which began in 2019 in Chhattisgarh with a syndicate comprising senior bureaucrats of the state, politicians, their associates and excise department officials. In its 'prosecution complaint' filed on Tuesday before a special court here in a money laundering case linked to alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh, the central agency said this amount of Rs 2,161 crore should have gone to the state exchequer.