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Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 2: Creating a safe and comfortable zone for lactating mothers during journeys, a startup mentored by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has launched a project for installing state-of-the-art breastfeeding pods at three railway stations in the state. Christened Domatio, the new age breastfeeding pod has already been set up in Thrissur Railway Station and the facility will be

Pathankot, Sept 2: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Monday flew a sortie in a MiG-21 fighter aircraft from the Pathankot Airbase. Vir Chakra awardee Varthaman who shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet post-Balakot operations had resumed flying operations on August 23. The officer has started flying after medical clearance. During Pakistani counter-attack on

Islamabad, Sept 2: A senior Indian diplomat on Monday met Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan, after Islamabad granted consular access to the Indian prisoner "in line with the ICJ judgement". The meeting between a senior Indian diplomat and the convicted Indian spy is currently underway after Pakistan formally granted the consular access to him in line with the decision of

Solapur, Sep 2: Union Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday took a dig at the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra over "influx" of party leaders joining the ruling party ahead of the Assembly elections. Shah was in south Maharashtra's Solapur to attend the conclusion of the second leg of the ''Mahajanadesh Yatra'' launched on August 1 by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. "If the BJP

New Delhi, Sep 1: Banking details of Indians with accounts in Switzerland will be available to tax authorities here from Sunday as the automatic exchange of information regime kicks off between the two countries. The move, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said, is a significant step in the government's fight against black money and the era of "Swiss bank secrecy" will finally be over from

New Delhi, Sep 1: India and Pakistan on Sunday had a heated exchange during the South Asian Speakers' Summit in the Maldives after the Pakistani side tried to raise the issue of abrogation of Article 370 provisions on Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani representative referred to the Kashmir issue after which a point of order was raised by India and a strong rebuttal was given by Rajya Sabha Deputy

Kolkata, Sep 1: Iterating that the Centre must ensure no genuine Indians are left out of the NRC, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she was "shocked" to find out that one lakh people of the Gorkha community have been excluded from the list. The TMC supremo insisted that "justice should be meted out to all Indian brothers and sisters". "Earlier I was not aware of the full

Mumbai, Sep 1: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday termed lynching an "inhuman" act and called for stern action against perpetrators of such crimes. Talking to reporters in Latur district during his ongoing 'Mahajanadesh Yatra', Fadnavis also said he is a "Hindutvawadi" person but with a scientific mindset. Several incidents of mob fury have come to light from various places

Chennai, Sep 1: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday allayed fears of job losses following the proposed merger of public sector banks, saying not even one employee shall be removed following the amalgamation. "Absolutely, ill-informed. I want to assure every union in every one of these banks to please recall what I have said last Friday. When we spoke about the amalgamation of banks I

New Delhi, Sep 1: Nearly 19 lakh people from Assam were excluded Saturday from a final citizenship list that is intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants, amid fears they could be rendered stateless. A total of 3.1 crore people were included on the list, leaving out 1.9 lakh, according to a statement from the Assam government. Critics have viewed the exercise as an