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Andhra Pradesh CM Reddy disburses Rs 6,419 cr under YSR Asara scheme

Under Asara scheme, outstanding bank loans of eligible women Self-Help Groups will be written off to enable them to stand on their own feet

PM Modi's security breach during roadshow in Karnataka's Davanagere

A man tried to run towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy during his roadshow here but was caught by the security personnel on Saturday

Rahul trying to divert and mislead people, insulted OBCs, says BJP

While addressing a press conference, BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad said Rahul Gandhi's problem is that the people are not voting for the Congress party

Fugitive Amritpal seen in jacket, trousers in CCTV footage from Patiala

The self-styled Sikh preacher continued to be on the run for a week now following the police crackdown against him and his Waris Punjab De outfit

Special meeting for civic budget to be held on March 28, says MCD

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is "exploring options" to have the remainder of the civic budget cleared by March 31, official sources said on Friday

Punjab govt won't hesitate in taking tough decisions: Kejriwal on Amritpal

Kejriwal's remarks come in the wake of Punjab police action against radical preacher Amritpal Singh and elements of an outfit, headed by him, named Waris Punjab De

BIMSTEC meet on climate change, food security underway in Kolkata

The seven members of the BIMSTEC are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand

State administrative service base of good governance: Rajasthan minister

He described the contributions of the state administrative service as important in realizing the dream of making Rajasthan a 'Model State'

US President Biden's TikTok, oil moves test the loyalty of young voters

The risk for Biden is less that young left-of-centre voters will vote Republican and more that they would sit out an uninspiring election altogether

FM tells PSBs to diversify deposit, asset base amid global financial stress

Use the crisis to frame detailed crisis management strategies, FM to bankers

Rajasthan govt announces 4% hike in DA of state employees, pensioners

Apart from the state employees, this benefit will also be payable to the work-charged, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad employees

Health as critical agenda as trade, transport for us: BIMSTEC secy general

The main sectors in focus are trade and investment, technology, human resource development, tourism, agriculture, energy, and infrastructure and transportation

Second G20 framework working group meeting concludes in Chennai

Around 87 delegates from G20 member countries, invitees, and international organizations attended the meeting

Covid: Mock drill at Delhi govt hospitals on Sunday to check preparedness

The national capital recorded 152 coronavirus cases with an increased positivity rate of 6.66 per cent on Friday

BJP trying to divert attention from Adani issue by making accusation: RaGa

Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel hit out at the BJP over its charge of insulting OBCs, saying it wants to divert attention from the Adani issue

Government hasn't intervened in Adani's tussle with US short seller: Sanyal

The "government has not intervened anywhere," Sanyal, a member of prime minister's economic advisory council, said in an interview in New York

Assam Govt signs MoU with Flybig to start flight in non-Udaan sector

The state government is also studying the feasibility to replicate the same services in Jorhat, Tezpur and other towns in the state, Sarma said

Nothing to panic about, take precaution: Doctors on rise in Covid cases

Over the past week, Delhi has seen a rise in daily Covid cases amid a sharp increase in H3N2 influenza cases in parts of the country, including the national capital

12 people hurt, 30 houses damaged as tornado hits Punjab's Fazilka

Deputy Commissioner Senu Duggal, who visited the affected village, said the administration shifted those villagers whose houses were damaged to the local government school

Meta-owned Whatspp's new features to give more power to group admins

These changes follow some updates made over the last few months, including making groups larger, and giving admins the ability to delete messages sent in the groups they manage