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For the past few days the officials have been scouring a suitable place to conduct the council meeting.

The appointment of veteran Sinha, who has been in active politics since the early 1980s, is likely to help create a conducive atmosphere in which J&K’s political parties will be encouraged to return to active political work again.

The initiative has been taken amid reports of complaints from patients that they are not getting the latest health bulletin as entry is restricted in Covid-19 hospitals.

The four-member Bihar Police team arrived in Mumbai on July 28 to probe the 'abetment to suicide' case registered by Sushant Singh Rajput's father in Patna against Rhea Chakraborty and others.

Dehlvi, who wrote about women, minorities, Islamic spirituality and Delhi's heritage and culture for more than 40 years, was laid to rest on Thursday at the city's Shidipura cemetery.

The Bank of England said on Thursday that Britain's economy would probably take longer to get back to its prepandemic size than it previously thought, even if the scale of the hit this year might not be quite as bad.

India's central bank unexpectedly kept interest rates on hold on Thursday, amid a recent rise in retail consumer prices, and said it would ensure inflation remains within its target range.

Mangroves absorb excess water but they are being destroyed in Mumbai in the guise of infrastructure development, city-based environmentalist Debi Goenka said.

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The RBI had already reduced the repo rate by a total of 115 basis points since February, on top of the 135 basis points in an easing cycle last year, from 6.50%, responding to slowing growth.

Indian shares clocked broadbased gains on Thursday ahead of a bimonthly monetary policy decision by the country's central bank, with financial and IT stocks leading gains.

BSE CEO Ashish Chauhan in a tweet said the exchange has sought help from the fire brigade to ensure the signage does not fall to the ground and injure some one or lead to property damage.

Thackeray directed the authorities to monitor the situation arising out of disruption of power supply, uprooting of trees and water-logging as a result of heavy rains.

Shah said the construction of the temple is the result of centuries long sacrifice, struggle and penance of the innumerable devotees of Lord Ram.

Lebanese rescue workers dug through the rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut, killing 78 people and injuring nearly 4,000 in a toll that officials expected to rise.

The district administration has deputed several senior officers to take care of certain sensitive areas, ahead of the foundation stone laying ceremony for a Ram temple in Ayodhya.