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It is resolved: Rahul Gandhi on Punjab Cong infighting

10:16 pm July 23, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday said the infighting in the party’s Punjab unit has been resolved. He said this after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh attended Navjot Singh Sidhu’s coronation as the new state unit chief at a function at Punjab Bhawan at Chandigarh. “It is resolved. You can see, Gandhi told reporters […]

Maha: 129 dead in rain-related incidents in 48 hours

10:12 pm July 23, 2021

Mumbai: As many as 129 people have died in rain-related incidents including landslides in Maharashtra in the last 48 hours, a senior official from the state disaster management department said on Friday evening. This included 38 deaths in a landslide in a village in the coastal Raigad district’s Mahad tehsil on Thursday, he told PTI. […]

TMC MP Santanu Sen thanks BJP for suspending him

9:59 pm July 23, 2021

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen on Friday thanked the BJP-led government at the Centre for suspending him from Parliament in an unparliamentary way but asserted that his voice cannot be stifled by such tactics. Sen was on Friday suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining period of the Monsoon session for snatching and […]

Rashtrapati Bhavan to re-open for public from August 1

9:55 pm July 23, 2021

New Delhi: People will be able to visit Rashtrapati Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex, which have been closed since mid-April due to COVID-19 outbreak, from August 1, according to an official statement issued on Friday. The tour of Rashtrapati Bhavan will be available on Saturday and Sunday (except on gazetted holidays) in three pre-booked […]

Forex reserves zoom to record high of USD 612.73 bn

9:46 pm July 23, 2021

Mumbai: The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose by USD 835 million to touch a record high of USD 612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021, RBI data showed. In the previous week ended July 9, 2021, the reserves had surged by USD 1.883 billion to USD 611.895 billion. In the reporting week ended […]