April 17, 2024 11:31 am | Updated 01:26 pm IST The story so far: The Gujarat government recently issued a circular clarifying that Buddhism and Hinduism must be considered as two separate religions for religious conversions in the State. Accordingly, anyone converting from Hinduism to Buddhism, Jainism or Sikhism needs …...Read More

April 17, 2024 11:30 am | Updated 11:31 am IST - BHUBANESWAR The Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) nomination of 22 female candidates for the Assembly elections, though ostensibly an attempt to promote gender equality in ticket distribution, reveals an inconvenient truth as the majority of these women happen to be …...Read More

A man has been arrested after a police officer was stabbed in the shoulder in north London. The Metropolitan Police said the officer had been responding to reports of a man with a knife in Mandeville Road, Enfield, on Tuesday afternoon. A 30-year-old man was later arrested on suspicion of …...Read More

April 17, 2024 11:13 am | Updated 11:20 am IST - Mumbai Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha member Milind Deora has claimed that the Congress, which once ushered in economic reforms, currently has a divisive economic agenda which seeks to derail India's economic growth trajectory. In an interview to PTI, Mr. …...Read More

April 17, 2024 10:51 am | Updated 10:51 am IST - Darjeeling (West Bengal) Amid a new political alignment in Darjeeling, the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland is back in focus and electoral fortune of parties hinges on promises of a permanent political solution to the long-pending issue. …...Read More

April 17, 2024 10:48 am | Updated 10:48 am IST - HYDERABAD The Election Commission of India (ECI) on April 16 issued a notice to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president and former chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao regarding his recent remarks targeting Congress leaders during a press conference in Siricilla. …...Read More

April 17, 2024 10:46 am | Updated 10:46 am IST - Patna Out of a total of 50 candidates contesting the Lok Sabha polls on 5 seats in the second phase in Bihar, the Congress candidate from Bhagalpur Ajit Sharma is the wealthiest. In contrast, the Independent candidate from the …...Read More

April 17, 2024 10:12 am | Updated 04:56 pm IST - Washington India is not reaping the benefits of demographic dividends, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on April 16, emphasising that there is a need to focus on improving the human capital and enhancing their skill sets. “I think …...Read More

April 17, 2024 10:12 am | Updated 10:13 am IST - Washington India is not reaping the benefits of democratic dividends, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on April 16, emphasising that there is a need to focus on improving the human capital and enhancing their skill sets. “I think …...Read More

The governor of the Bank of England has signalled the UK is still on course for an interest rate cut as official figures show a further easing in the pace of price growth in the economy. Andrew Bailey was speaking hours before the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that …...Read More