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Bengaluru, Jan 2: The entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, was possible only with the support of the Kerala Government, Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State President B S Yeddyurappa, charged here today. In a statement, he said that “The State Government itself was involved in facilitating the breaking of the age-old

New Delhi, Jan 2: The government Wednesday approved the merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB) to make it a globally competitive lender. With the merger, BoB will become the third largest bank after State Bank of India and ICICI Bank. "There will be no impact on the service conditions of the employees and there will be no retrenchment following the merger," Union Law

Mumbai, Jan 2: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday charged that the claims of alleged middleman Christian Michel in AgustaWestland case were an attempt to corner Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The Sena, an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, further alleged that the government machinery was being misused to nail political opponents. A Delhi

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple early on Wednesday were given police protection during their trek to the shrine. The two women in their 40s entered the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala and offered prayers. "Earlier, women were not able to enter the temple due to certain hurdles. They may have entered the shrine

Jan 2: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel had personally written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about wanting to resign, citing personal reasons, several months before stepping down from the office in December, Modi said in an interview with news agency. "The governor himself requested (to resign) because of personal reasons. I am revealing for the first time, he was telling

New Delhi, Jan 2: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that a decision on an ordinance on the Ram temple in Ayodhya could only be taken after the completion of the judicial process, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said the assurances given by the BJP had very little credibility. He also alleged that sharpening communal polarisation was the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 1: Ahead of the inauguration of Women Wall program in Thiruvananthapuram today, CPM State Secretary K Balakrishnan has said that the women wall was not a "referendum" on the Sabarimala verdict. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is set to inaugurate the Women Wall program later today. The CPM state secretary said government fund was not utilised for the program and

Jan 1: India slashed import tax on crude and refined palm oil sourced from Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries after request from suppliers, a government notification said late on Monday. The duty on crude palm oil was lowered to 40 percent from 44 percent, while a tax on the refined variety was cut to 50 percent from 54 percent, the notification said. The cuts took effect on Tuesday. In March 2018

Bulandshahr (UP), Jan 1: Police have arrested a saffron extremist, accused of attacking Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh with an axe before shooting him dead during the December 3 Hindutva violence in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district over alleged cow slaughter, officials said on Tuesday. The arrest of Kalua from a bus stand on Monday night takes the total number of accused held in this case to 30

Ahmedabad, Jan 1: Students of Gujarat schools will answer roll calls with 'Jai Hind' or 'Jai Bharat' instead of the current 'yes sir' and 'present sir' from January 1 in order to foster patriotism, a notification issued on Monday stated. The notification, issued by the Directorate of Primary Education and Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), lays down that students of