Centre chalks out plan to tackle poor monsoon
The Cabinet is also likely to discuss the proposal to give Rs 4,400 crores interest-free loan to sugar mills to pay the arrears of the cane growers Gearing up to meet the challenge posed by the...
View ArticleJute mill row rattles Bengal
Rattled by the murder of jute mill CEO H.K. Maheshwari, the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to hold a tripartite meeting to address the problems which are plaguing the jute industry in the...
View ArticleCongress slams AAP over action plan
The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party, which claimed to have taken radical steps to improve the power and water supply measures in the national capital, for failing to “draw up a summer...
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Need to rebuild Congress: Janardan Dwivedi
Janardan DwivediThe Congress appears to be going back to basics to rebuild the organisation following its debacle in the recently-held Lok Sabha elections. The party has realised this after knowing...
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Government maintains silence over minister of state resignation
Nihalchand MeghwalIn the eye of a storm over a case of alleged rape, MoS Nihalchand Meghwal has left Delhi and is reportedly cooling his heels at his Sri Gangnagar residence in Rajasthan. In the eye of...
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Bhabha’s Malabar Hill bungalow sold for Rs 372 crore
The bungalow of late scientist Homi Jehangir Bhabha which was auctioned in Mumbai on Wednesday. — PTIMaharashtra chief minister wrote to the Prime Minister requesting him to declare the house a...
View ArticleAssent to Trai bill, scrapping of groups of ministers
The Union Cabinet, in its meeting on Wednesday, discussed the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament, which is likely to begin from July 7. The Cabinet also gave its assent to a proposal to amend the...
View ArticleGujarat bagging key posts in Prime Minister’s Office
Officers from the Gujarat cadre are being appointed in key positions in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Another senior IAS officer from the state cadre, Rajeev Topno, was on Wednesday appointed...
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Lalu Prasad Yadav overrules party, backs JD-U
Lalu Prasad YadavRJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday cited Lord Buddha as he brushed aside protests from his party’s leaders and announced support for the RJD’s bitter rival and Bihar’s ruling...
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Government may amend Land Act
Nitin GadkariHis predecessor Gopinath Munde felt the act does not need any change, it needs to be properly applied Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday hinted at amending the Land Acquisition Act...
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Ministry of Home Affairs turns down Surender Koli, 4 others’ mercy pleas
Surendra KoliThe Union home ministry on Wednesday rejected the mercy petition of Surender Koli, who was found guilty in the infamous serial killing of children in Nithari (Uttar Pradesh), along with...
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Governors dig in as pressure may grow
K. Sankara-narayananThe Modi government is planning to get aggressive in shunting out the governors who have so far refused to resign. Some of the governors hinted that pressure was being mounted by...
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India clueless on fate of 40 abducted in Iraq
An Iraqi Shia woman holds a weapon to show willingness to join Iraqi security forces against Jihadist militants. AFPMost workers from Punjab; MEA says situation difficult The government has landed...
View ArticleJD-U rides on Lalu Prasad Yadav wave, wins 2 Rajya Sabha seats
The votes of the RJD legislators crucially helped the two official nominees of Bihar’s ruling JD(U) win in a keenly contested bypoll for two Rajya Sabha seats on Thursday despite cross-voting in favour...
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‘Haven’t given thought to CM post’
Uddhav ThackerayShiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday disappointed party workers by announcing that he was not interested in the post of chief minister or contesting elections. Instead, he...
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‘Meghwal case Congress conspiracy’
Nihalchand MeghwalBacking rape-accused minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers Nihalchand Meghwal, the BJP on Thursday claimed the case against its leader was a “politically-motivated” effort...
View ArticleBJP’s Raj Bhavan plan formally starts
The MHA has drawn up a list of at least 10 governors who may be eased out alongside those who are serving second termsUP, Chhattisgarh extra charge to Uttarakhand, MP governors The process of putting...
View ArticleSwiss bank more Indian, less global, cash
Indians’ money in Swiss banks has risen to over two billion Swiss francs (nearly `14,000 crore), despite a global clampdown against the famed secrecy wall of Switzerland banking system.The funds held...
View ArticleCentre aims for NCW, NCSC and ICCR chiefs
A full-blown political war has begun, with the Narendra Modi government, which has been gunning for UPA-appointed governors, intensifying its “clean-up” operation, targeting chairpersons and members of...
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Abducted Indians safe, their rescue difficult
Reena Choudhary, wife of Rajesh Kumar, who is stuck in Iraq, at Miran Sahib, about 15 km from Jammu, on Thursday. — PTI India claimed on Thursday that the 40 Indian nationals abducted from the northern...
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