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A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index BSE Sensex, made healthy gains in the early morning session on Monday. It was trading 255 points or 0.93 percent up, as bank stocks rose. The wider 50-scrip Nifty…

Authorities on Monday declared flood in the Kashmir Valley, asking people living close to the banks of the Jhelum river to exercise extreme caution and move to safer places. "Flood level was 22.8 feet (status red) at Sangam (Anantnag),…

Despite the intervention of Assembly Speaker Niranjan Pujari, the Opposition parties continue to stall the proceedings of the House over power tariff hike. The House was adjourned till 12:50 amidst chaotic scenes. Earlier, the Speaker…

With 8.8 crore members by March 29 (Sunday), BJP became the world's largest political party, surpassing Communist Party of China, which had 8.67 crore members as of 2014. BJP has a target of securing 10 crore members by March 31, but some…

Today's "Facebook Generation" is happier and healthier than teenagers a decade ago, finds a new study. Adolescence is a crucial stage in life when you lay the foundation for adulthood. The findings, published online by the European…

Former Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) legislator Bharat Singh was shot at by unidentified gunmen here during a religious programme on Sunday evening, and succumbed to his injuries in a hospital, police said. The 38-year-old Bharat Singh…

NMDC, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in public sector, on Sunday commissioned its new iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, worst hit by insurgency. The mine - Bailadila Iron Ore Deposit 11B - is located in…

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who on Sunday met rain and hailstorm-affected farmers in Rajasthan, assured the state that the central government would provide all possible help for providing relief to the affected farmers. "There…

After the ruling BJD expressed its dissatisfaction over central PSUs backing out from the Aahar scheme, the Odisha unit of BJP on Sunday hit out at the former, stating that the PSUs' corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds were not…

The central government will try to build consensus on banning cow slaughter, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in Indore on Sunday. Cow slaughter has always been against the principles of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and that was why the…