Darjeeling is on the boil over the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state. June and July are bad months to have a strike. Tea picking during its most valuable season has been affected. Those consequences will be felt all over the world and ultimately damage Darjeeling tea.
With almost all opposition parties and several trade unions backing the 'Bharat Bandh' and many announcing parallel protests in support of the farmers, the Centre has issued an advisory directing all the states and Union Territories to tighten security and ensure COVID guidelines are followed.
This is the second increase in rates of petrol this month while in case of diesel it wipes away a part of the hike effected earlier this month
The Reserve Bank has permitted PNB to make provisions against the fraud amount.
The district authorities' permission to Rahul Gandhi comes two days after the district magistrate and Superintendent of Police had asked him to reschedule his visit on law and order grounds.
Parts of the country are reeling under severe heat wave conditions, resulting in temperatures soaring in the 40s. In fact, Banda in Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest temperature of 47 degree Celsius on Monday. India is really feeling the heat and these images prove it...
'No commercial bank will be allowed to fail. There is nothing to worry about.'
The company has a valuation of Rs 2.22 trillion, up from Rs 1.33 trillion a year ago.
Darren Sammy's success in captaining the West Indies to the World Twenty20 title has been recognised by his native St Lucia after it was announced that the island's main cricket ground would be renamed in his honour.
Earlier, at the AGM of 2016, shareholders had approved his appointment for a period of three years with effect from February 5, 2017
Between April and August, it issued request seeking LoC against 147 individuals to prevent them from leaving the country, the bank said in response to a Right to Information query filed by Pune-based activist Vihar Durve.
However, growth is expected to bounce back to an average of 7.3 per cent in the second half of 2017 and 7.7 per cent in 2018
National Disaster Response Force personnel left the spot, while State Disaster Management Department personnel continued their rescue work at the accident site with cranes, earth movers and drilling machines.
Here are some of the best images clicked across the globe in the month of August.
In May, price growth for drugs was in negative territory at (-)1 per cent
'If the virulence of COVID-19 has muted the toxicity of the BJP's communalism, it will be an example of good coming out of the pandemic,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
A day after an under-construction flyover collapsed in the city leaving at least 24 dead, the police on Friday night arrested three top officials of a Hyderabad based company which was building the flyover and slapped murder charges on them.
Small Factories Act, Industrial Relations Code likely to be redrafted under pressure from Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
The states which achieved "extraordinary growth" in total taxes collected include Kerala (44 per cent), Jharkhand (20 per cent), Rajasthan (14 per cent), Uttarakhand (13 per cent) and Maharashtra (11 per cent), an official statement said.
Mita said she was not worried about the criticism she faced on social media over her anti-war stand.
Decorated lights decked up buildings and earthen lamps dotted houses as people across the country celebrated Diwali.
But this could be shortlived as the rise has been buoyed on Chhattisgarh assembly poll freebies
The Railways plans to float an independent fund.
The iconic bridge was opened to the public in the middle of World War II.
Here are the major events that shaped the country in the past 48 hours.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman N Srinivasan refused to comment on the West Indies team's sudden pullout of the India series.
The review will not only present data, trends but also list out the achievements of the Narendra Modi government
The 3G, 4G data and Airtel Money services are the next growth engines for the company in Africa.
The production in Maharashtra is pegged higher at 11-11.5 million tonnes against 10.71 million tonnes
'When the virus, in a way, tires itself out, because it is not finding any more people to attack or keep itself viable, that is when the peak actually has been reached and you are on the downward limb (of the curve).'
He said the budget is a watershed moment for Railways.
With infrastructure claiming a larger share, movement and distribution of cement is bound to change.
Around 576,000 housing units, worth Rs 4.64 trillion, are delayed in seven major cities of the country
SBI is the third state-run lender to lower the lending rates after Indian Overseas Bank Tuesday and Bank of Maharashtra which also lowered their loan prices by 5 bps on loan tenors of one year and above, effective April 10.
'You can only see it when you look for it. Seek and you shall find.'
The total market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies had gained Rs 26.79 lakh crore to Rs 1,21,54,525 crore during 2016-17 fiscal.
The challenge before the management is ensuring simultaneous disclosure of key information to stock exchanges and investigating agencies.
Total income during the reported quarter stood at Rs 11,776.63 crore as against Rs 10,258.13 crore in the year-ago period
Petrol price cut by Rs 1.46, diesel by Rs 1.53 per litre
When you are born with six toes on each foot like Indian heptathlete Swapna Barman, you cannot help being fussy about your footwear.
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