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IMF HIKES India's GDP growth projection to 7.3% for FY26

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The IMF on Monday raised India's growth projection to 7.3% for fiscal 2025-26, up 0.7 percentage point from its October forecast, on the back of better-than-expected performance ... Read More


Spain: 39 killed in train collision

Adamuz, Jan. 20 -- Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed train collision the previous night in the south of the country, as efforts to recover the bodie... Read More


Thrust of the matter: Why Isro's workhorse PSLV trips at Stage 3?

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- In back-to-back failures, two of Isro's PSLV missions have malfunctioned during the third of four stages. In May last year, PSLV-61 experienced a drop in pressure in the propulsi... Read More


Unnao custodial death: HC junks Sengar's plea to suspend sentence

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar's plea seeking suspension of sentence in a case related to the custodia... Read More


Manikarnika Ghat row:18 protesters detained

VARANASI, Jan. 20 -- Members of the Pal community reached Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi on Monday to stage a protest against the alleged damage to an idol of Ahilyabai Holkar on the wall of a platform ... Read More


VNN announces 100% waiver of water tax surcharge for residential, mixed-use buildings

VARANASI, Jan. 20 -- The Varanasi Nagar Nigam has waived off the water tax surcharge by 100 percent for residential and mixed-use buildings in the city. Now, no surcharge will have to be paid on the o... Read More


Hold special exam for student who was not issued admit card: HC

Prayagraj, Jan. 20 -- The Allahabad high court has said that the right to appear in an examination is akin to the right to live with human dignity, enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution. Therefo... Read More


Shankaracharya continues protest, Mela administration says he was not insulted

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 20 -- Even as Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati continued his protest on the second day on Monday over his palanquin having been stopped on the way to the Sangam on Sun... Read More


10 illegal shrines razed in Bahraich

BAHRAICH, Jan. 20 -- The district authorities on Monday demolished 10 illegal shrines situated within the premises of Maharaja Suheldev Autonomous State Medical College here. The operation was carried... Read More


Man accused of cattle slaughter held in police encounter

PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 20 -- A man wanted for the theft and slaughter of three cattle in Barsanda village of Pratapgarh was injured in a police encounter on Monday morning. Naushad Qureshi, 41, from Mauaima ... Read More