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Indian shares extended gains to settle over 1% higher on Wednesday as a rally in IT stocks helped overshadow jitters stemming from the rapid spread of a new variant of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom.

Cairn in March 2015 filed a formal dispute against a demand for more than $1.6 billion from the Indian tax department that dates back to the 2007 listing of its then Indian operation.

Late Justice Rajindar Sachar, most remembered for the Sachar Committee report of 2006 which documented the social and economic condition of Muslims in India, fought to preserve the secular fabric of the country till his demise, jurist Soli Sorabjee notes...

Sena MP Sanjay Raut said this while hitting back at the BJP over claim of its leaders of "exodus" from other parties.

The CBI has booked the accused under section 14 (use of child for pornographic purposes) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and section 67 B (publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, e...

Ruling out the charges levelled by the Union minister, senior TMC leader Saugata Roy mentioned the state's impressive performance in GDP, industrial output, per capita income, construction of rural roads among others.

UP Police found that the police officers who came to Noida from Jabalpur (MP) had accepted bribe in lieu of defreezing a bank account in ICICI bank and not lodging a criminal case against Noida-based accused.

The flight landed around 11.30 pm on Monday.

This is the first time in five decades that a prime minister has attended an AMU event as the chief guest. Prime Minister Modi attended the event via video conferencing.

A division bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and S D Kulkarni asked the government to file an affidavit while hearing petitions of three job aspirants, who had applied for the posts of tehsildars (revenue officer) under the Socially and Economically Back...

A trust member said that around 100 kg of gold would be required. He said that temple has enough gold reserves to spend on the project.

The main idea of marking this day is to create awareness among people about the importance of mathematics.

Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata was conferred the title of "Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace" by the Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (FIICC) for epitomising "unity, peace and sustainability". "Ratan Tata's support toward...

A bench comprising justices U U Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy said that disallowing meritorious candidates of reserved categories to migrate and get selected under general category would amount to communal reservation.

Releasing the 'Status of Leopards in India 2018' report, the minister said, the leopard population has been estimated using camera trapping method.

During investigation, it was found that Shahzeb and his relatives were dancing on the street during his sister's pre-wedding function on Saturday late night when he tried to take out a pistol from his pocket.