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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Emmanuel Bonne, French President Macron’s diplomatic advisor, reinforcing the robust India-France strategic partnership. Discussions entailed collaboration in innovation, technology, and education, with both nations marking the India-France Year of Innovation. The leaders also exchanged views on significant regional and global matters, anticipating President Macron’s upcoming visit to India. NEW…

NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed seed funds of Rs 10,000 each to over 53,000 women under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Udyamita Abhiyan (MMUA) during an event in Barak Valley on Sunday. Calling it a Sankranti-eve gesture, Sarma said the initiative aims to bolster women’s entrepreneurship and pave the way for an “atmanirbhar…

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday justified his decision to align with Sharad Pawar’s faction of the NCP ahead of the upcoming local body polls in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.In an interview with news agency ANI, Pawar said a joint election strategy was decided after it was learnt that votes would split…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pronounced a split verdict on the constitutional validity of Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act that barred the agencies from probing corruption charges against government officials without the Centre’s permission.A bench of Justices KV Vishwanathan and BVNagarathna differed on the decision with the former judge observing that…

Coinciding with the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday distributed scholarships worth Rs 25.25 crore to 1,709 meritorious students from economically weaker sections under the Delhi Higher and Technical Education Assistance Scheme. Addressing the scholarship distribution programme at Thyagaraj Stadium, Gupta said providing financial assistance to students was the…

LUCKNOW: Residents of Parsa village in Kushinagar who rushed out after hearing screams were met with a scene of horror Monday – a man clobbering his wife and mother to death on the roof of their house, smashing their heads with a brick, and cannibalising them, reports Pathikrit Chakraborty. Sikandar Gupta, 30, was arrested at…

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The discovery of several Aadhaar, PAN, and voter identity cards in a garbage heap at Savarkar Chowk in Jalna city Sunday, barely three days ahead of the municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra, has raised concerns, reports Mohammed Akhef. Officials said the model code of conduct cell received a complaint, stating that 17 Aadhaar…

NEW DELHI: Retail inflation inched up to a three-month high in Dec, led by narrowing deflation in some food prices and fading favourable base effect, but remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) tolerance level for the fourth month in a row.Data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday showed retail inflation,…

INDORE: A 64-year-old resident of Bhagirathpura area in Indore, which has been in the eye of a storm over the water contamination fatalities, died at a private hospital on Monday. However, local authorities did not attribute the death to the diarrhoea outbreak in the locality. Hospital sources said Bhagwandas died of multi-organ failure after a…

BENGALURU: Any space agency will tell you that every rocket launch comes with anxious moments, no matter what the record is. Yet, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) failing twice in consecutive attempts won’t be easy for Isro to digest given its workhorse’s record. PSLV has had 64 missions, of which four, including Monday’s PSLV-C62,…