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Interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, during a virtual meeting with six Chief Ministers, including West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee and Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray, on Wednesday termed the compulsory GST compensation not being paid to the states as "betrayal" on the part of the Narendra Modi government. ....
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday left it to the states and union territories to decide on reopening of schools and coaching institutions after October 15 in a graded manner. ....
Speculation mounted over the possibility of a new political equation in Bihar as Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) President Upendra Kushwaha held a secret meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. ....
Team India has picked Prithvi Shaw to open the innings with Mayank Agarwal and Wriddhiman Saha as wicketkeeper-batsman for the first Test against Australia, a pink-ball fixture that begins on Thursday at the Adelaide Oval. Umesh Yadav will be third pacer besides Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. ....
Social media giant Twitter announced that it is banning US President Donald Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence". ....
An unprecedented second impeachment of outgoing US President Donald Trump in the final days of his term has been initiated, with the Democrats on Monday introducing the single article charging him with "incitement of insurrection" following the violent storming of the Capitol last week. ....
In a major decision, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of all three farm laws and also formed a committee comprising mostly agriculturists to hear the grievances of the farmer unions against the laws. ....
The farmers' unions said in a joint statement on Tuesday that the Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of the three Central farm laws as an interim measure, which is a welcome step, but it is not a solution. ....
After being closed for nearly 10 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, schools in Delhi are set to reopen from today for students of Classes 10 and 12. However, parents are still in a quandary whether to allow their wards to attend. ....
Ram Janmabhoomi Construction Committee head Nripendra Mishra arrived in Ayodhya on Thursday to attend a two-day meeting called to discuss the final stages of the temple development scheme. ....