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Bill proposing 100% FDI in insurance gets Centre's nod

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a bill that allows 100% foreign direct investment in the insurance sector, up from the current 74%, provided the entire premium collected is ... Read More


Review: The Oracle of Hate by Hamza Jalil Albasit

India, Dec. 13 -- Fouzia and Qazi-ud-din Ahmed started hating their son Waleed when he turned 13. His descent from being their precious firstborn, and a boy at that, to a fat, ugly school dropout was ... Read More


Cabinet nod to set up single regulator for higher education

India, Dec. 13 -- The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a bill to create a single regulator for higher education, replacing the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical E... Read More


Punjab: Navjot Kaur Sidhu seeks security, accuses CM Mann-led govt of shielding land, liquor mafia

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who has been recently suspended by Congress, has raised serious allegations against the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government, seeking security and accusing the adm... Read More


PMC clears rRs.r400-crore proposals before model code is enforced

India, Dec. 13 -- With the model code of conduct for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections expected to be announced in the next few days, the civic administration pushed through a flurry of m... Read More


PM Modi, top leaders to pay tribute to security personnel who sacrificed their lives in 2001 Parliament attack

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders will pay tribute to the security personnel who lost their lives during the 2001 Parliament attack on the occasion of its anniversar... Read More


RPP shifts, calls for monarchy restoration by consensus

Kathmandu, Dec. 13 -- The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has reiterated that any initiative for restoring the monarchy should come only through a broad national consensus, not a referendum. Releasing the... Read More


Baramati court sets aside process against DCM Ajit Pawar in 2014 poll code case

India, Dec. 13 -- An additional sessions court in Baramati has set aside a magistrate's order initiating legal proceedings against deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a 2014 election-related case, ter... Read More


Supreme Court races to recover case files lost in Gen Z protest vandalism

Kathmandu, Dec. 13 -- Over a month after the Supreme Court began recovering the case files destroyed during the deadly Gen Z movement, it has so far managed to restore under a quarter of the files los... Read More


Yug murder case: Family moves SC against HC's order commuting death sentence of 2 and acquittal of one

Shimla, Dec. 13 -- In pursuit of justice for 4-year-old Yug Gupta - who was kidnapped and murdered in 2014 - his family has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court challenging th... Read More