New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Minister for Jal Shakti, C R Patil and Netherlands' Vice Minister for Infrastructure and Water Management, Jaap Slootmaker, met on Thursday in New Delhi as they discussed strengthening India–Netherlands cooperation in the water sector.
Sabarkantha, Sep 24 (IANS) A 26-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her husband after he suspected her character in Haripura village, with police arresting the accused within hours of the incident, officials said on Thursday.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asserted that its ECINet digital platform is a decentralised system in which only designated election officials can perform statutory functions relating to electoral rolls, not officers at the poll panel’s headquarters.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Amid a row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday drew attention to the provision, cleared with "unanimous approval", that those submitting an additional declaration form, along with Form 6 or Form 8, would not have to submit any other document.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The introduction of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select high-value UPI merchant transactions is being viewed by stakeholders as a step towards creating a sustainable revenue model for India's rapidly expanding digital payments ecosystem, while keeping the vast majority of transactions free for users and small merchants.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court has laid down a set of safeguards to prevent the misuse of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) in matrimonial and child custody disputes, cautioning that false allegations can cause irreparable harm to an accused parent while also adversely affecting custody proceedings.
Burhanpur, Sep 24 (IANS) The 'Seva Sankalp Yatra' that is traversing from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthplace, Vadnagar (Gujarat), to Varanasi reached Nepanagar in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur on Thursday. During this leg of the journey, Prime Minister Modi interacted with the local leaders and participants of the Yatra via video conferencing and enquired about their experiences.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Union Minister of State and Republican Party of India (A) chief Ramdas Athawale on Thursday hit back at Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders for demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) BJP on Thursday hit back at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's claims that anti-incumbency has "seemingly disappeared" during the current regime, accusing the latter of lacking knowledge of Indian politics.
New York, Sep 24 (IANS) Palestine's Ambassador to India, Abdullah M Abu Shawesh, on Thursday criticised the US' decision to extend visa restrictions on members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA), saying that the host country behaves like an owner of the United Nations.
