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In the first cabinet meeting of the newly formed BJP-JJP regime, the Haryana government today decided to double the House Rent Allowance (HRA) admissible to ministers.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday expressed confidence that he would notch up a historic win from Jamshedpur (East) seat following his five years of developmental works in the state.

Hours after Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi to discuss the Maharashtra situation, he was visited at his home by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday. Although Mr Raut did not let on much about the discussions that ensued, he claimed that the day was not far when the state would have a Sena-led coalition at its helm.

The Gujarat government on Monday appointed retired IAS officer VS Gadhavi to inquire allegations of misconduct against suspended IAS officer Gaurav Dahiya, an official said.

About 80 blackbucks that inhabit the grounds around Mughal emperor Akbar's tomb in Sikandra in Agra will now get a new home, an official said.

India will launch its cartography satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites into sun synchronous orbit on November 25, the Indian space agency said today.

India was committed to achieve $26 billion defence industry by 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Thailand capital Bangkok on Monday.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla warned members from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) by saying, "don't turn the Lok Sabha into the West Bengal Assembly" when they clashed during a debate on a bill to amend the Chit Funds Act.

The BJP on Monday held its NDA ally AJSU party responsible for not being able to reach a seat-sharing arrangement between the two parties for the Jharkhand assembly polls.

A surprise awaited the members of the Rajya Sabha as he upper house of parliament opened for its 250th session today. The marshals of the Rajya Sabha, dressed traditionally in Indian attire complete with turbans, were seen in uniforms that closely resembled that of the armed forces.

A 27-year-old man from Chennai was killed in a paragliding accident in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Monday, the police said.

The Centre on Monday moved the Chit Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for passage in the Lok Sabha to facilitate orderly growth of the chit fund sector, but this was opposed by Trinamool Congress which suggested it be "scrapped" and questioned its need as there is already an existing law.

India has set a target of exporting military equipment worth $5 billion by 2025, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Bangkok on Monday, inviting global defence majors to be part of India growth story.

NITI Aayog is considering building up a healthcare system for the middle class which is still not covered under any public healthcare system, the government think-tank said on Monday.

The Delhi High Court has directed the centre to take action in accordance with law after "looking" at a July 2016 HRD ministry notification to phase out the private schools running in several IIT campuses in the country and replace them with Kendriya Vidyalayas.