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Industrialist Anand Mahindra today praised the government's move to reduce corporate tax in a bid to boost economic growth amid slowdown in several key sectors including manufacturing and finance. He termed the announcement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a "shot that will be heard around the world". The announcement also had an immediate effect on the markets, with the S&P BSE Sensex surging over 2,100 points and the NSE Nifty climbing above the 11,250 mark, after days of volatile trading.

Early detection of chemical-biological agents is the prerequisite for successful protection and decontamination, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday ordered the quashing of an FIR lodged against Bollywood film producer Boney Kapoor on charges of duping an investor of Rs 2.5 crore in the name of organising a Celebrity Cricket League.

The court had on September 3 sent Ratul Puri to judicial custody in the case after his 14-day custodial interrogation ended.

Terming the National Register of Citizens (NRC) a medium to instill fear, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said if it is implemented in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would have to leave the state.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today backed the centre's decision to impose steep fines on traffic violations as a move that enjoyed non-partisan support. Some states ruled by the BJP including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat and the BJP's only fortress in the south, Karnataka, have on "humanitarian" grounds reduced the heavy penalties that motorists are required to pay now against the relatively paltry sums they had to shell out before.

US President Donald Trump heads to Harris County, Texas, this weekend to a major rally ahead of next week's United Nations General Assembly - for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The website for the "Howdy, Modi" rally boasts that the "live audience will be the largest gathering for an invited foreign leader visiting the United States other than the Pope": Some 50,000 people, many from Houston's large Indian community, are expected to turn out.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today alleged that the Modi government was "shattering" people's trust in LIC by investing the state-run insurance firm's money in loss-making companies.

Shiv Sena and BJP will contest the next month's Maharashtra Assembly elections jointly and an announcement on the seat sharing formula will be made in the next two days, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday.

Former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Friday filed an anticipatory bail plea in the Alipore district and sessions court, a day after a city court said that the CBI does not need a warrant to arrest him in the Saradha chit fund scam case.

Amid the chanting of Buddhist prayers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga today jointly unveiled a statue of Lord Buddha at the Gandan Monastery in Mongolia via video conference.

Anticipating the BJP's move on population control, the Congress jumped into the debate, with Congress Working Committee member Jitin Prasada saying that for all-around development of the country population control is needed.

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday opposed in the Delhi High Court the bail plea of Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case, saying the magnitude of financial embezzlement and misuse of high public office does not entitle him for any relief.

Senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain has reinforced Home Minister Amit Shah's resolve to remove illegal immigrants from "every inch" of India, over a week after the final list of people who have made it and who didn't in the Assam citizens' list was published.

Senior police officer Rajeev Kumar failed to turn up at the Kolkata CBI office yet again today, a day after the agency issued a fresh notice, asking him to appear before it in connection with the probe into Saradha chit fund scam, sources said.