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New Delhi: Former RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has opined that only enlightened leadership at Centre and state levels can resolve the complex north-south divide in deciding on the distribution of the tax pool among states, saying it is beyond the remit of the Finance Commission. Subbarao, who held various positions …

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal New Delhi: India on Thursday came down hard on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and said it continues to publish its propaganda on the country “masquerading” as part of an annual report. In an unusually sharp reaction to the USCIRF’s …

New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) refuted media reports claiming that it allowed higher pesticide residues in herbs and spices. Terming the reports “false and malicious”, the food safety regulator, through a press note, asserted that India has one of the most stringent standards of …

New Delhi: A 77-year-old man absconding for 27 years in a murder case, was arrested from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, a Delhi Police official said on Tuesday, adding that he was taking shelter at various religious places as a ‘saint’ to conceal his identity. The accused was identified as Tillu a.k.a …

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking postponement of certain papers of the Chartered Accountancy (CA) exams scheduled for May on account of the Lok Sabha polls. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said the …

Around 33% of students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur did not secure placements in 2023, as revealed by data obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) request. The Career Development Centre (CDC) at IIT Kharagpur, in response to an RTI query from Dheeraj Singh, the founder of …

Harda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the opposition INDIA bloc is contemplating “one year, one PM” formula to resolve their leadership issue and added the world will ridicule such an arrangement in the largest democracy. Modi, addressing an election rally at Harda under the Betul Lok Sabha seat …

Islamabad: Pakistan and Iran have agreed that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through “peaceful means based on the will of the people” of the region, said a joint statement issued by the two countries after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s maiden visit on Wednesday. President Raisi paid an official visit …

Bhopal: Criticising the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the grand old party has ‘snatched’ the reservation quota of the OBCs in Karnataka and gave around 15 per cent of that to the people of the Muslim community in the southern state to save its vote bank. Speaking …