LIVE: No offline exams in Delhi for students up to class 8 for 2020-21

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Narendra Modi Stadium, the world's largest cricket stadium, at Motera in Ahmedabad today. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

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Naresh Tikait calls Rajnath Singh a 'caged parrot', says not going to give up until farm laws repealed

BKU president Naresh Tikait calls Defence Minister Rajnath Singh a 'caged parrot', says farmers' issues can be resolved if he is given the freedom to talk with them. If the PM is not ready to repeal farm laws, we are also not going to backtrack, says BKU president Naresh Tikait in Barabanki, UP. (PTI reported)

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Uttarakhand disaster: Water being pumped out of Tapovan tunnel to carry out further operation

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Students of Nursery to class 2 to be promoted to next class in academic session 2021-22: Delhi govt

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No offline exams in Delhi for students up to class 8: Delhi govt

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Delhi govt issues assessment guidelines for classes 3 to 8

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Kargil Leh Highway to reopen for vehicular traffic from February 27

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Haryana govt to resume classes 1 and 2 from March

Harayana government decides to resume regular classes for students of Class 1 and Class 2, beginning March 1, the state government says, according to ANI.

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PM to visit Tamil Nadu, Puducherry on Feb 25 to dedicate various development projects

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Centre extends paramilitary deployment in Haryana till Feb 28

The Centre has extended period of paramilitary forces' deployment in Haryana till February 28 for law and order duties during farmers' agitation, according to ANI

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Arvind Kejriwal holds a roadshow in Shalimar Bagh ahead of bypolls

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Govt has to focus on welfare, amount from monetisation will be invested in development: PM

PM Modi speaking on the various reforms in the Budget 2021 said that the govt has to focus on development  projects. "When government engages in business it leads to losses. The govt is bound by rules and lack of courage to take bold commercial decisions", he said
 

PM Modi said the amount collected from monetisation and divestment will be used for funding development projects. Asset monetisation and privatisation decisions will help empower Indian citizens, he added.

Govt has no business to be in business; govt focus should be on public welfare, says Prime Minister at webinar on privatisation. Govt has many under-utilised, unutilised assets; 100 assets will be monetised to garner Rs 2.5 lakh crore, says Modi.

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Government has no business to be in business: PM

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Govt is going ahead with the mantra of 'Monetise & Modernise': PM

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Uttara Pradesh passes anti-conversion bill by voice vote

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Govt lifts embargo on grant of govt business to private banks

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Bird flu has been confirmed in Palghar, Maharashtra: Deputy Collector

Bird flu has been confirmed in Palghar, Maharashtra following the death of 45 chickens at a poultry farm. The district administration has ordered closure of all poultry farms & shops selling chicken for the next 21 days: Palghar Deputy Collector Kiran Mahajan

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Punjab Cabinet approves a new EWS Policy, to build 25,000 houses

Punjab Cabinet approves a new EWS Policy, paving the way for construction of more than 25000 houses for the economically weaker sections, with developers and authorities required to develop 5% of project area for EWS housing: State government

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Latest LIVE: NSE tech glitch resolved, trading resumes at 3.45 pm

The country's largest stock exchange NSE on Wednesday said trading resumed at 3.45 pm after activity came to a halt at 11.40 am due to connectivity issues.

 

Both NSE and BSE said their equity and derivatives markets will remain open till 5 pm.

 

"BSE equity and equity derivatives markets will remain open till 5 pm today as decided jointly between exchanges today. All other markets timings will remain as normal," BSE said in a statement.

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PLI-scheme for mobile phones and components created 22,500 jobs, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

The Production-Linked Incentive Scheme for mobile phone and components which was announced in April during the height of Covid-19 delivered production worth Rs 35,000 crore, created 22,500 jobs and brought around Rs 1,300 investment, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

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LIVE: Cabinet approves PLI Scheme for IT hardware, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Cabinet approves production-linked Incentive scheme for IT Hardware; scheme proposes incentive to boost domestic manufacturing and attract large investments in value chain of IT Hardware. Target segments include laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs and servers, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad