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New Delhi, Dec 14: Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot will be the next chief minister of Rajasthan, the Congress announced on Friday ending days of suspense over the new leadership in the state. In a delicate balancing act, young leader and state Congress President Sachin Pilot will be the deputy chief minister of Rajasthan. AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal, who was sent as the central

New Delhi, Dec 14: Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday claimed that the loan waivers for farmers actually go to the "best connected rather than the poorest". He also underlined as to how it creates problems for the fiscal of the state too. "Certainly, there is a reason to discuss about farm distress but the question of whether the flows to farmers is best affected

New Delhi, Dec 14: As many as 10,500 restaurants have been de-listed by e-commerce firms like Zomato and Swiggy for not having license or registration under the food safety law, Parliament was told Friday. Minister of state for health Ashwini Kumar Choubey said the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India or FSSAI in July directed food e-commerce firms to de-list the the restaurants which don

Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi stormed into the capital's South Block in end-May 2014, he has reportedly made 84 trips around the world, which cost about $280 million (over Rs 2,010 crore), according to the government. The above information was provided by Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh in Parliament, in a response to a lawmaker's question, Bloomberg reported. The travel

New Delhi, Dec 14: Following is the chronology of events in which the Supreme Court Friday refused to direct CBI to register FIR in connection with the alleged irregularities in the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. -Dec 30, 2002: Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP) adopted to streamline procurement procedures. -Aug 28, 2007: Ministry of Defence issues Request for Proposal for

Washington, Dec 14: President Donald Trump calls India a "true friend", a top American diplomat has said as she highlighted the steps taken by the US over the last two years to strengthen its ties with India for the benefit of a broader Indo-Pacific region. Principal deputy assistant secretary of state for south and central Asia Alice Wells' remarks came at a farewell reception hosted by the State

New Delhi, Dec 14: The BJP Friday demanded an apology from the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhifor levying allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale fighter jet deal, in which the Supreme Court has given the government a clean chit. The apex court dismissed all the petitions seeking a direction to the CBI to register an FIR for alleged irregularities in the procurement

Bhopal, Dec 14: Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath said on Friday he will take oath as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on December 17. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at Lal Parade Ground here around 1.30 pm, Nath told reporters outside Raj Bhavan. Nath, along with senior Congress leaders, including Digvijay Singh, Vivek Tankha and others met Governor Anandiben Patel and informed her

New Delhi, Dec 14: The Supreme Court Friday gave the Narendra Modi government a clean chit on the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France and dismissed all the petitions seeking a direction to the CBI to register an FIR for alleged irregularities in the deal. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the multi-billion

Mumbai, Dec 14: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said his government is ready to "pay a political price" for stringent decisions like demonetisation and the GST, even as he admitted there is an agricultural crisis and rural distress in the country. He also hoped the results of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections won't be the same as the just-concluded assembly polls, in which the BJP lost three