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The AAP government on Thursday accused the Delhi Chief Secretary for bypassing the Chief Minister and sending official files to the office of the LG, without due permission from the former.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider listing the plea filed by the management committee of Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi against Allahabad High Court’s ruling that the ASI can survey the mosque premises, except for 'wuzu khana'.

The 1982 batch Jharkhand cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer was first appointed the Cabinet Secretary in 2019 for a term of two years. He received an extension in service in 2021.

The ones in West Bengal are: Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, Kolkata; and Institute of Alternative Medicine and Research, Diamond Harbour Road, Builtech inn, Thakurpurkur.

The GST council will on Wednesday take a final call on levying 28 per cent GST on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing, amid requests from the gaming industry to revoke the decision, claiming that it will hurt the nascent sector's growth.

All the bills were passed through voice vote and the Lower House was then adjourned for the day, amid sloganeering and display of placards by Congress-led opposition members, who stood in the Well of the House, while protesting over the Manipur issue.

Leading US asset manager Vanguard has further slashed its holding in ride-hailing major Ola by more than half, which takes Bhavish Aggarwal-run company’s valuation down to nearly $3.5 billion from $7.3 billion at the end of 2021, the media reported on Tuesday.

The minor wrestler complainant in the sexual harassment case against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Tuesday did not oppose the Delhi Police's cancellation report in court. 

Sachin Bishnoi a.k.a Sachin Thappan, the main conspirator behind the murder of famous Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, hails from Punjab’s Fazilka and is a relative of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

Among the 4,001 MLAs across the country, 1,356 of BJP own assets worth Rs 16,234 crore followed by 719 Congress legislators with Rs 15,798 crore, a report claimed on Tuesday.

In a boost to the BJP-led NDA in the Parliament, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday said that it will support the government on the passage of the Delhi Passage Bill and also oppose the no confidence motion moved by Congress-led opposition in Lok Sabha.

For the first time in India’s history, a majority of the promoters and executive directors of Nifty50 companies are neither foreign educated nor educated at the elite IITs & IIMs, says a research by Marcellus Investment Managers.

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court has reiterated that the police should not automatically arrest a husband or his relatives when an FIR alleging cruelty is lodged at the instance of a married woman.

Hero Motocorp share price slumped more than 4 per cent after the Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at the residence of company Chairman Pawan Munjal.

Sachin Bishnoi, who is the cousin of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, is believed to be one of the main conspirator behind the murder of the Punjabi singer, which occurred in May of the previous year.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday suspended, with immediate effect, 2007-batch AGMUT-cadre IAS officer Udit Prakash Rai, who has been accused of demolishing a historic monument in Delhi to construct a government accommodation.

A total of 108 projects worth Rs 2,273.44 crore were sanctioned under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) from 2019-23, Union Minister for Development of North-East Region (DoNER) said on Monday. 

In his reply filed in the Supreme Court in the Rahul Gandhi defamation case, complainant BJP legislator Purnesh Modi has said that the former Congress president displayed "arrogance" and his plea "deserves to be dismissed with exemplary costs". 

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday said that they have attached one of the oldest and largest arms and physical training center’s of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala.

Supreme Court (SC) on Monday stressed for the need of evolving modalities to deal with the larger issue of sexual violence against women in Manipur and sought details of FIRs registered in all such cases from the Centre and the state government.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday reiterated that the government is ready for a discussion on the Manipur situation and accused the Opposition of running away from a debate in the Parliament.

A day after clashes erupted in the national capital between police personnel and a mob during the Muharram processions, a large number of people, including some religious groups, on Sunday staged a protest outside the Nangloi Police station here. 

Discussion on the no-confidence motion moved against the Narendra Modi government by the main opposition Congress, is likely to be initiated in Lok Sabha on August 2, sources aware of developments said.

In six years since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the government has detected 5,070 fraud cases of GST registration misusing PAN and Aadhaar details of people to claim input tax credit (ITC).

The police have also recovered a few more CCTV footages to identify the culprits. Six police personnel and six volunteers including five women sustained minor injuries while containing the situation.