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44% guarantee funds spent on North K'taka: CM

Bengaluru, Dec. 20 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday told the state assembly that 43.63% of the total expenditure on the state government's five guarantee schemes had gone to beneficiaries in N... Read More


Nagpur Solar Panel Tragedy: Water tank collapse kills six workers from Bihar, CM expresses deep condolences

Nagpur, Dec. 20 -- A major accident occurred on Friday at a solar panel manufacturing factory in Nagpur when a water tank collapsed. The tragic incident claimed the lives of six workers from Bihar. M... Read More


A Brazilian judge allows ex-President Bolsonaro to leave prison for a hernia surgery

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup since November, was granted permission on Friday to leave prison fo... Read More


Cold wave and rising AQI grip the Capital; flights also disrupted

NEW DELHI, Dec. 20 -- After four days of marginal respite from 'severe' pollution levels, Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) once again neared the 400-mark as the city woke up enveloped in a thick blanke... Read More


Four arrested for defrauding 180 people by promising them jobs abroad

India, Dec. 20 -- The police have arrested four people for allegedly cheating around 180 people by promising them jobs abroad, mostly in Russia, and defrauding them of crores of rupees. From one of th... Read More


South Africa coach 'very surprised' with Hardik Pandya not winning Player of the Series: 'He's been the difference'

India, Dec. 20 -- South Africa coach Shukri Conrad said that he would be "surprised" if Hardik Pandya didn't win the Player of the Series accolade for his performance against the Proteas, and this is ... Read More


Hijab row escalates: Islamic leader Ziauddin Siddiqui slams Nitish Kumar, seeks apology

Ch. Sambhajinagar, Dec. 20 -- The President of the 'Muslim Numinda Council' (Muslim Representative Council) and All India Ameer of Wahdat-e-Islami, Ziauddin Siddiqui, today strongly condemned the cond... Read More


Rajasthan emerges as leading state in "achieving compliance burden reduction & de-regulation regime"

Jaipur, Dec. 20 -- Diligent and consistent efforts by the bureaucracy has enabled Rajasthan to emerge among the leading states in implementing the national reform agenda prescribed by the Centre aimin... Read More


Cong MP Syed Hussain slams Modi govt over MGNREGA, National Herald case

Lucknow, Dec. 20 -- Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led union government, accusing it of dismantling the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guar... Read More


Best of the Week: Is India losing its pull for foreign tourists?

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- Best of the Week is a weekly newsletter by Siddharth Sharma/Shravani Sinha. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your inbox. India's tourism story is hitting ... Read More