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Modi puts key man Rajiv Mehrishi in Rajnath Singh's fiefdom

Home Secretary LC Goyal's premature retirement draws parallels to the abrupt departure of former foreign secretary Sujatha Singh earlier this year

Things to know about Santhara, Jains' ritual of death

The community's lawyers argue that Santhara has been a spiritual practice since times immemorial and the courts must not interfere with it.

Won't renew ordinance on land acquisition: Modi

In his Mann Ki Baat address, he said 13 central acts will be included to extend benefits to those farmers whose land is acquired

China gets $9.4-bn central bank boost

Shanghai shares surge

President Mukherjee pays tribute to soldiers on 50th anniversary of 1965 war

The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India

Centre's stake sale not to impact IOC ratings: Fitch & Moody's

After the stake sale, govt will continue to hold a majority stake of 58.57% in IOC

8 killed as boat sinks after collision off Kochi

Around 20 passengers have been rescued so far

CMs' panel likely to explore law on skilling youth

The final meeting of the sub-group headed by Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal was held on Tuesday

Scanner on onion hoarders

Imports from Afghanistan reach North India, but shipments seem insufficient in West

Six persons including Congress MLA killed in train mishap in AP

Four bogies of the Nanded-bound train derailed as the truck broke the closed boom gate at Madakasira after "overlooking all safety warnings"

Indo-Pak NSA talks: Swaraj, Aziz to hold press meets

Talks are in jeopardy after both sides hardened their positions on the issue of Kashmiri separatists

India-Pak talks must go on: separatist leader Shabir Shah

Says separatists won't back out of talks, have been meeting Pak leaders for 25 years

5 things to know about Sri Lanka's new PM, Wickremesinghe

UNP won 106 seats, seven short of a majority in the 225-member parliament. President Sirisena's SLFP provided the numbers from his opposition group to Wickremesinghe's to set up the government.

Five FTII students arrested; Kejriwal offers 'temporary space' for classes in Delhi

He also suggest that the 'temporary space' could be converted into a full fledged institute at a later stage

Rupee continues to reel, breaches 65 level

RBI sells dollars to stem rupee's fall

Govt moves consumer panel; seeks Rs 640 crore in damages from Nestle

Adani Ports to replace NMDC in Nifty

The changes will be effective from September 28

July CPI inflation eases to 3.78%; June IIP improves to 3.8%

CPI food inflation for July also eased substantially to 2.15% versus 5.48% in June

Rupee slides to two-year low as yuan devaluation weighs

Weakens to as much as 64.95 on dollar demand from banks, importers

Govt's GST push stalled by Parliament chaos

Jaitley says economic growth will be affected if stalemate in Parliament continues