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NEW DELHI: Muslim organisations were not consulted before the government framed a draft bill to criminalise the practice of instant triple talaq, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Law Minister Ravi Shankar said the government believed that the proposed bill would help ensure gender justice, gender equality and dignity of …

Pune(PTI): BJP MP Sanjay Kakade, who hogged the headlines for predicting a dismal show by his party in the Gujarat elections, had to eat his words after it won a majority in the 182-member state Assembly on Monday. An embarrassed Kakade said he had not factored in the impact of …

New Delhi: Soon after the election results were declared the victorious Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision making body swept into action for the next step of selecting the chief minister to represent the state. The party’s decision making body decided to send two teams led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley …

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Naendra Modi on Wednesday in a scathing attack on Congress has blamed the opposition party on the rising non-performing assets (NPAs) problem in the banks. The Prime Minister was addressing the inaugural session of the 90th annual general meeting of Federation of the Indian Chambers of …

NEW DELHI(PTI): Union Shipping and Ports Minister Nitin Gadkari today said 24 companies have offered to invest over Rs 60,000 crore in a special economic zone adjoining the country’s largest container port JNPT.”Twenty-four companies have already offered to come (and) set up (ventures) in JNPT SEZ who will use it …

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today Pakistan has conveyed to India that it will give visas to the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism. In Islamabad, a Pakistan foreign office spokesperson said it will allow …

NEW DELHI: At least 11 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in Panchkula as Dera Sacha Sauda followers have gone on a rampage after a CBI court convicted Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of rape charges on Friday. The rioters have torched at least two railway stations, a …

NEW DELHI: The Government on Saturday released a video message by PM Narendra Modi for the second edition of ‘Samvad’- Global Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness, being organised in Yangon today and tomorrow. The first edition was held in Delhi’s Vivekananda Kendra in September 2015. The Prime Minister …

Former union minister M Venkaiah Naidu is set to take on former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the post of vice-president of India today. The winner of the polls will be appointed as the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. According to Election Commission officials, voting will begin on Saturday at 10 am …

NEW DELHI: India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that war is not a solution to the current standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in the Doklam plateau. “We have a strong Army but war is not a solution. It (solution) will come with courage, patience and via …