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How Kashmir is emerging as the home of the world's largest handmade silk carpets

Srinagar, Jan. 31 -- After years of being eroded by machine-made imports, political uncertainty and the slow exit of skilled artisans, Kashmir's carpet industry is repositioning itself at the very top... Read More


Architect of chaos: Harshad Mehta and the price of reform

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- In July 1991, India dismantled the four-decade-old Licence Raj and embraced economic liberalization. Over the next few months, as unprecedented foreign capital poured in, a pecul... Read More


UP empowers ministers; project approval limit hiked to rRs.r50 cr

India, Jan. 31 -- LUCKNOW In a significant move to accelerate development ahead of the 2027 UP Assembly elections, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday authorised a major enhancement in the financ... Read More


'Antithetical to the right to life with dignity': Supreme Court declares menstrual hygiene a fundamental right

India, Jan. 31 -- The Supreme Court on Friday held that access to menstrual hygiene is inseparable from the constitutional right to life, ruling that forcing girls to manage menstruation without priva... Read More


Sunetra Pawar to take oath as first woman deputy CM of Maharashtra today

India, Jan. 31 -- Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar is set to take oath as the first woman deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Saturday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders aware of the matter... Read More


Mohali emerging as safe haven for gangsters due to govt failure: Punjab BJP

Mohali, Jan. 31 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that Mohali has turned into a safe haven for gangsters due to the failure of the Punjab government to effectively control crime an... Read More


Sunetra Pawar to be state's first woman deputy CM, swearing-in today

India, Jan. 31 -- Sunetra Pawar will become Maharashtra's first woman deputy chief minister, taking over the position from her late husband, NCP chief Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on Wednesda... Read More


Sena candidate files nomination for Thane mayor's post

India, Jan. 31 -- The tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena over the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) mayor's post culminated on Friday, with Sharmila Pi... Read More


No longer Malaysian: New border line puts Sebatik's 'two-nation house' in Indonesia

TAWAU, Jan. 31 -- The popular "two-nation house" at Sungai Haji Kuning, Pulau Sebatik, within Malaysian territory, is no longer a tourism attraction for the country. Kalabakan Member of Parliament Da... Read More


Savarkar Sadan cannot be declared a centrally protected monument: ASI tells HC

India, Jan. 31 -- The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has told the Bombay High Court that Savarkar Sadan in Shivaji Park - which once housed Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - cannot b... Read More