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State clears 35-km metro linking Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports

India, Jan. 28 -- The state government has approved a 35-km-long metro line that will connect the Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports. The proposed metro corridor, Line 8, will include a 9.25-km-long unde... Read More


Parliament set for face-off as Centre rejects call for jobs Act, SIR debates

India, Jan. 28 -- The Union government on Tuesday rejected the Opposition's demand to debate the ongoing Special Intensive Review (SIR) and the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission ... Read More


Rain brings sharp day chill, but fails to clean air in NCR

India, Jan. 28 -- Noida A fresh spell of rain and thunderstorms, driven by an active western disturbance, brought colder conditions to Gautam Budh Nagar on Tuesday, disrupting daily life and slowing t... Read More


Education minister seeks to assuage critics of UGC rules; SC to hear pleas

India, Jan. 28 -- A simmering row over the University Grants Commission (UGC)'s regulations on equity in educational campuses reached the Supreme Court on Tuesday as upper-caste groups protested again... Read More


Historic deal: India, EU play their trump card in 'mother of all' trade pact

India, Jan. 28 -- India and the European Union (EU) concluded a free trade agreement billed as the "mother of all deals", with their leaders positioning commerce as a bulwark against protectionism and... Read More


PM Narendra Modi destroyed MGNREGA, rights of workers: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi destroyed MGNREGA by stripping workers of their right to negotiate daily wages, panchayats of their power, states of their authority and centralising... Read More


SC's Tiger ruling sparks demand for insurance, legal protection for investments

Mumbai, Jan. 28 -- The Supreme Court (SC) judgment on Tiger Global, upholding capital gains tax on its Flipkart share sale, has opened the door for a review of similar past investments by other entiti... Read More


"Grassroots leader dedicated to Maharashtra people": PM Modi mourns Ajit Pawar's death

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday mourned the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, remembering him as a mass leader with deep grassroots. In a post on... Read More


"Deeply shocked, pained to learn about untimely demise of Ajit Pawar": Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday expressed shock over the demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a charter plane crash near Baramati... Read More


"Unfortunate, huge loss": Union Minister Nitin Gadkari condoles death of Ajit Pawar in plane crash

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday condoled the death of Maharashtra Deputy CM and NCP Chief Ajit Pawar in a plane crash in Baramati. Speaking to the media, Gadkari, whil... Read More