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Centre admitted in court Satyendar Jain not an accused', claims Kejriwal

The Centre has itself admitted in the court that Satyendar Jain is not an 'accused'. When he is not an accused, how can they call him corrupt? a statement issued by the AAP quoted Kejriwal as saying

KCR fires fresh salvo against Centre, says Telangana discriminated

Centre is conspiring to weaken the states financially, Rao alleged while Rahul Gandhi said Telangana was born out of people's aspirations for a better future, but it has suffered from 'misgovernance'

Centre may soon arrest Manish Sisodia, misusing probe agencies: Kejriwal

The AAP supremo also said progress of several important projects of Delhi like Yamuna cleaning, opening of new mohalla clinics has been hampered following the arrest of Health Minister Satyenda Jain

SC refuses interim relief in LIC IPO matter, issues notice to Centre

The Court also tagged the matter with the proceedings before the Constitution Bench as the petitions also raised issues regarding the enactment of law as a money bill

Vodafone Idea teams up with ICRIER to set up telecom centre of excellence

The centre has been named InViCT (ICRIER and Vodafone Idea Centre for Telecom), which will drive research advisory and policy support efforts, according to a statement

Power crisis: Centre, states are trying to resolve the situation

Currently, some 59 per cent of the power plants dependent on domestic coal are running low on coal stock

100 cities in six months: Govt's ambitious ONDC pilots today

UPI equivalent for e-commerce will help create a robust playbook

Opposition parties blame Centre for not doing enough to control oil prices

Some have now criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing this issue up during a meeting on Covid-19

As subsidy spending rises, finance ministry sees no compromise on capex

Officials say no rejig of expenditure at a time when reviving growth is priority

Raise GST rates, but not without reforms

Avoid past mistakes and reduce the number of GST rate slabs along with rate increases

The revenue share conundrum

States should focus on creating hubs in privatised airports instead

PSUs, cooperative societies disallowed from bidding for state-run entities

PSUs in non-strategic sectors would be privatised if feasible or considered for closure.

IMF projects India's general fiscal deficit at 9.9% of GDP for FY23

Rising energy and food prices will put renewed pressure on fiscal deficits, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said in a tweet.

Alliance Air becomes central govt's independent business unit

Alliance Air was an esrtwhile part of Air India prior to the latter's divestment. At present, it is operated as a division under the Air India Asset Holdings Pvt Ltd (AIAHL)

Telangana to procure paddy from farmers itself after centre's denial

The decision was taken by the state cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who had led a protest in Delhi on Monday demanding the Centre to procure the entire paddy crop

SC commences hearing on AAP govt's plea for control over services in Delhi

The Supreme Court Tuesday took note of the submissions of the Centre seeking a hearing of the contentious issue of who should control administrative services in Delhi to a constitution bench.

DMK hits out at the central govt over Hindi 'imposition'

Ruling party's mouthpiece 'Murasoli' in its edition today carried a well-known slogan of Karunanidhi against foisting Hindi on people and captioned the write-up as 'Warning to the Union government"

High Court asks Meghalaya govt to seek funds from Centre for roads

During the hearing, the counsel representing the state had informed the court that the funds for such roads are sanctioned and provided by the Centre through the rural development ministry

Govt likely to introduce Bill in RS to amend laws governing CAs

The discussion on the working of the ministry of labour and employment is also likely to conclude in the Rajya Sabha

Top headlines: Centre to step up borrowing; Adani Group wins big in FY22

India's big business groups owned by families continue to steal a march over their bigger rivals. More on this is our top headlines.