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The railways announced fare hike across its network, excluding suburban trains, effective from January 1, 2020, according to an order issued on Tuesday. The railways also announced a 2 paise/km hike in fares of mail/express non-AC trains & 4 paise/km hike in fares of AC classes. Premium trains like Shatabdi, Rajdhani and Duronto trains are included in the fare hike.

PM Modi on Tuesday shared a video and hoped that the year 2020 marks the continuation of people-powered efforts to transform India and empower the lives of its citizens. PM Modi made these remarks on Twitter responding to a tweet which posted a song wrapping up the achievements of the Modi government in the past year.

The recent promo of Bigg Boss 13, shows a big fight between Vishal Aditya Singh and Madhurima Tuli. Vishal goes to talk to Madhurima regarding a cup and tells her not to make an issue out it.

Australians greeted the new year on Wednesday with a spectacular firework display over Sydney Harbour, despite deadly wildfires which have forced thousands to seek refuge on beaches and compelled many towns to call off their celebrations. New Zealanders were among the first to welcome 2020, with fireworks lighting up the night sky over Auckland.

A video showing police officers beating up people who appear to be inmates of a prison was shared with Times Fact Check by a reader on our WhatsApp number 8527001433.

Former South Africa pacer Makhaya Ntini feels the seeds of Virat Kohli's stardom were sown at the U-19 World Cup back in 2008 when he captained the Indian team to the title. "If you look at players like Virat Kohli and Kagiso Rabada, they all started playing U-19 cricket and representing their country in the U-19 World Cup, and look where they are today," Ntini wrote in a column for the ICC.

Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Kiara Advani and Diljit Dosanjh starrer 'Good Newwz' hit theatres last Friday and is getting great response from the cinephiles. The film is about two married couples trying to conceive babies but ends up in a major goof-up during in-vitro fertilisations (IVF). Audiences are thoroughly enjoying the performances of all the four actors. The romantic-comedy film collected Rs 17.50 crore nett on day 1 and as per the latest update the film has recorded a super-strong collection... Читать дальше...

Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday said India reserves the right to preemptively strike at sources of terror threat if the neighbouring country does not stop state-sponsored terrorism. ​​"The Pakistan army's proxy war design received setback due to elimination of terrorists and decimation of terror networks (by India)," he said.

In 2013, Verma, secretary of the unauthorised Cricket Association of Bihar, filed petitions against the BCCI on the spot-fixing scandal, dragging the erstwhile all-powerful president N Srinivasan to the court. Nearly seven years later, Verma, on the last day of 2019, seemed a satisfied man as his son Lakkhan Raja made it to the Bihar Ranji team for their next game against Mizoram in Patna.

Investors became richer by over Rs 11 lakh crore in 2019 helped by a stupendous rally in the stock market where the benchmark Sensex clocked over 14 per cent gains on an annual basis.

At the start of this decade, clashes between Arsenal and Manchester United were still potentially title-deciding affairs, but when the pair meet on New Year's Day at the Emirates they will have more modest goals in mind.

Internet at all government-run hospitals and SMS services to mobile phones will be restored from December 31 midnight in the Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir official spokesman Rohit Kansal said on Tuesday. On December 10, some short message service was partly enabled on mobile phones in order to facilitate students, scholarship applicants, traders and others.

Pinning its hopes on revival of economic growth, Dalal Street expects the stock market to scale new highs in 2020 with a rally of 12-15 per cent, with experts listing the Union Budget, RBI's rate actions and the US elections as key factors to watch out for in the new year.

As the world rings in 2020, here are the images of celebrations from across the world

The Delhi government's naming committee on Tuesday decided to rename Pragati Maidan metro station as Supreme Court metro station.

Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said the Parliament alone has got powers to pass any law regarding citizenship and not a state legislatures, "including Kerala assembly." His assertion came hours after the Kerala assembly passed a resolution seeking scrapping of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke the news to General Bipin Rawat about his appointment as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). PM Modi broke the news to General Rawat during his farewell dinner at the Prime Minister's residence about his appointment. Modi had announced the creation of the post of CDS in his Independence Day speech on August 15 this year.

For Vahbiz Dorabjee, 2019 has been quite a roller coaster ride with some ups and downs which have not only been lesson learners for her, but have in fact even helped shape up her life in a lot of ways.

Close to 50% students in the country depend on free education, subsidised textbooks and stationery, so it’s no surprise that fee hikes result in protests

Market benchmark sensex slumped 304 points on the last trading session of 2019, dragged by losses in index-heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and TCS.