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2019 Kumbh Mela is the costliest ever with a budget of Rs 4,200 crore

This year's Kumbh Mela is spread over an area of 3,200 hectare as compared to 1,600 hectare area in the previous melas.

NCW wants police to probe Jadavpur University professor who compared virginity to sealed bottle

The professor had written a post on Facebook on virginity of women which he deleted later.

Rs 736 crore windfall for Maharashtra’s OBCs and tribes, months ahead of polls

The money is part of a conscious effort by Devendra Fadnavis govt to reach out to the OBC community, which forms 52% of the state’s population.

By March 2019, each rail division to get Rs 20 crore to make one model station

The divisions have been asked to focus on developing the infrastructure of stations based on footfall and revenue.

Supreme Court orders UPSC secretary to appear in DGP appointment case

The court wishes to ascertain whether the commission makes a panel of senior police officers before deciding who is appointed as the DGP.

PM Modi inaugurates 13-km, two-lane Kollam bypass on NH-66

The bypass has three major bridges over the Ashtamudi Lake, with a total length of 1,540 metres

SC allows BJP public meetings and rallies in Bengal, but rath yatra needs fresh proposal

SC bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said the Mamata Banerjee govt’s apprehensions over the proposed rath yatra were not unfounded.

CAG refuses to share details of Rafale audit, says disclosure will cause breach of Parliament

The Comptroller and Auditor General said that any disclosure at this stage will amount to breach of the Parliament's privilege.

Supreme Court to hear Zakia Jafri plea challenging Modi clean chit in 4 weeks

Zakia Jafri, wife of ex-MP Ehsan Jafri, one of 68 killed in the post Godhra Gujarat riots.

Want ‘Make in India’ only — Ahmedabad taxman rants against Chinese water bottles

An Income Tax official shot off a letter to the administration department, calling China ‘exploitative’ & ‘narcissistic’, and asking for Indian-made bottles.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.