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Launching the second edition of the bank's 'Festive Treats' offers, Puri also urged customers to shake off the gloom and return to the buying mode.

The country received 109 per cent rainfall of the Long Period Average with three of four months June (107%), August (127%) and September (105%) witnessing above normal rainfall, while July recorded (90%) below deficient rainfall.

On September 16 after contracting the virus, Gadkari had isolated himself. The minister had also requested all who had come in his contact to follow the protocol.

Barring coal and fertiliser, all sectors -- crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, steel, cement and electricity -- recorded negative growth in August.

For smaller areas like Delhi, 19 per cent more or less than long-period average rainfall (50 years) is considered normal.

The NHRC also suggests that for Covid-19 patients, there should be free public healthcare and non-Covid-19 patients should not be denied public healthcare services.

With the party set to intensify its campaign for the Bihar Assembly polls besides by-elections to one Lok Sabha and 56 assembly seats, the verdict has brought the emotive issue to the centre stage and given the BJP a handy plank.

Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said the Indian Air Force has responded to the situation with rapidity and is fully resolved to counter any "misadventure” in the region.

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 59,92,532, while the death toll climbed to 94,503 with 1,124 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, data updated at 8 am showed.

Condoling Jaswant Singh’s death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered his service to the nation as a soldier and later as a Union minister.

ISL: 27-year-old James Donachie signed with FC Goa on a one-year loan from A-League side Newcastle Jets.

Assembly elections in Bihar to be held in three phases would be the first full-fledged polls where such details of their candidates would be made public by parties.

Manish Sisodia was admitted to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Hospital in Delhi on Wednesday after complaining of fever and low oxygen levels.

MHA is working on a new "model" where the burden of internal security duties, including conduct of elections, will be largely borne by the country's largest paramilitary force, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

India has an offset policy of 30%, which means that any capital purchases above Rs 300 crore made from a foreign defence vendor, require the vendor to invest at least 30% of the value of the purchase in India in return. This clause is meant to strengthen...

Chief ministers and other representatives of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Punjab attended the virtual review meeting.