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In Bihar, the INDIA bloc fights a perception battle

India, Oct. 13 -- Will it be the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that will assume office in Patna on November 14, when the Bihar assembly election results are announced? Or will it be the Mahagathb... Read More


The recipe of trumping odds: The RSS playbook

India, Oct. 13 -- I have been watching the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - in its 101st year now - for more than 50 years. An obvious curiosity arises about the secret of its success. People may p... Read More


The Great Game in rare earths

India, Oct. 13 -- US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100% additional tariffs on China after the latter tightened export controls on rare earth minerals that are essential to the produc... Read More


Pro-pigeons party to contest BMC polls

MUMBAI, Oct. 13 -- In a prayer meet for the pigeons that he said had succumbed after the ban on kabutarkhanas in July, Jain muni Nilesh Chandra Vijay-who had previously threatened to take up arms for ... Read More


E-trucks localisation plans stumble on scalability block

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- A chicken-or-egg-first problem has developed in the country's electric truck industry with the government pushing manufacturers to comply with an ambitious localization plan, whi... Read More


H-1B fee hike is Trump's second blow to gems and jewellery

mumbai, Oct. 13 -- Donald Trump's decision to hike H-1B visa fees may have put the spotlight on India's information technology (IT) services industry, but it has also delivered a twin blow to the gems... Read More


UP police chief orders crackdown on illegal firecracker making, sale and storage

LUCKNOW, Oct. 13 -- Director general of police (DGP), Rajeev Krishna, has issued strict directives to crack down on the sale, purchase, manufacture, and storage of crackers and its raw materials acros... Read More


3 men thrashed for 'occult practices'in Meerut village; two arrested

MEERUT, Oct. 13 -- Three men were thrashed by locals at a cremation ground in Azrada village under Mundali police station limits in Meerut district for allegedly performing occult rituals late Friday ... Read More


Visit of Afghan foreign minister to Taj cancelled

AGRA, Oct. 13 -- The planned visit of Afghanistan's foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, to the Taj Mahal, Agra, on Sunday was cancelled at the last moment, officials confirmed, without providing a re... Read More


Power engineers reject privatisation, resolve for record supply during Diwali

LUCKNOW, Oct. 13 -- At a "Chintan Manthan Shivir" (brainstorming camp) held here under the banner of Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Parishad Abhiyanta Sangh, power engineers unanimously rejected the priva... Read More