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Centre to ban all online real-money games. Billion-dollar industry faces existential threat.

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- A new bill to be tabled in the Lok Sabha shortly seeks to ban all online games involving any monetary transaction, irrespective of whether these are fantasy sports or involve gam... Read More


Metro fare chart surfaces; may range from Rs 5 to Rs 70

Kolkata, Aug. 19 -- With just a day left for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate three new Metro stretches in Kolkata on Friday, the spotlight is on the possible fare chart that has surfaced ah... Read More


Guv Bose proposes measures for migrant workers, sends report to Centre & state

Kolkata, Aug. 19 -- A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a scheme to rehabilitate migrant labourers from Bengal allegedly harassed outside the state, Governor CV Ananda Bose put forwar... Read More


BJP questions Kejriwal over school threat allegations, links to AAP leader

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva today called on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal to clarify his position and whether he has questioned fellow party leader Atish... Read More


Jaishankar arrives in Moscow for Inter-Governmental Commission meeting

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in Moscow this evening on a three-day official visit for discussions on further strengthening cooperation in several areas includ... Read More


Harbhajan Singh prays at Golden Temple for film 'Meher', shares strong views on India-Pakistan cricket

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- Former Indian cricketer and Rajya Sabha member Harbhajan Singh, accompanied by his wife, actress Geeta Basra, and film director Raj Kundra, visited the sacred Sri Harmandir Sahi... Read More


"No north or south.": B. Sudershan Reddy speaks after being named Opposition Vice Presidential pick

India, Aug. 19 -- The INDIA bloc Vice-Presidential candidate B. Sudershan Reddy said on Tuesday that there was only one citizenship in the country. The former Supreme Court justice said that both he ... Read More


UP Govt, UK FCDO launch joint Chevening scholarship for students

LUCKNOW, Aug. 19 -- The Uttar Pradesh government and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), UK, signed an agreement in the presence of chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday to lau... Read More


'No north or south': B. Sudershan Reddy speaks after being named Opposition Vice Presidential pick

India, Aug. 19 -- The INDIA bloc Vice-Presidential candidate B. Sudershan Reddy said on Tuesday that there was only one citizenship in the country. The former Supreme Court justice said that both he ... Read More


NDA allies to hold conferences in all Assembly constituencies in Bihar: Sources

Patna, Aug. 19 -- Gearing up for the Bihar Assembly elections, all the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) allies will together hold conferences in all 243 Assembly constituencies from August 23, sourc... Read More