Crucial session to test Narendra Modi ideas
Opposition to target government on price rise, Nihalchand issue, Gopal Subramanium appointment Parliament commences on Monday and the session, which is of more than a month’s duration, will see the...
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Railway Budget 2014: Changes to be expected in the country's lifeline
Increase in the number of CCTV and X-ray systems will ensure safety of passengers. Photo: PTIThe Railway Ministry has proposed a list of plans to be presented on July 8, 2014 during the Rail Budget...
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New poverty line: 3 out of 10 in India are poor, says Rangarajan report
The number of poor in the country is 7.5 per cent more than what was estimated earlier. Photo: APThe raging economic crisis appears to have hit the poor in India hard, as an expert group headed by...
View ArticleDRDO chief: Missile test failed due to sensor fault
A missile test conducted in April this year as part of the Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield project by getting an interceptor missile to knock out an incoming ballistic missile failed due to a...
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Two UK ministers visit Mumbai
British foreign secretary William Hague and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in Mumbai on Monday. — APTwo senior British ministers on Monday began their visit to India extending a hand of...
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Pallavi Purkayastha murderer gets life sentence
Pallavi Purkayastha’s parents Sumita and Atanu Purkayastha talk to media after the verdict in Mumbai on Monday. — PTI The sessions court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to Sajjad Ahmed Pathan alias...
View ArticleNirmala Sitharaman, Prakash Javadekar take oath as RS MPs
Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Nirmala Sitharaman, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav and NCP’s Praful Patel on Monday took oath as members of Rajya Sabha.Commerce and industry minister Ms Sitharaman, who...
View ArticleBudget Session cut short by SP
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly was abruptly adjourned sine die on Monday after the BSP and BJP created noisy scenes over the Moradabad incident and the spiralling prices.The government hurriedly passed 60...
View ArticleGovernment phone number, email IDs to be compiled
Soon all government phone numbers, email addresses of elected representatives, gram panchayats to the top most echelons of power in Government of India will be compiled at a “unique webpage” which will...
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Arun Jaitley blames UPA for inflation
Arun JaitleyAssures House government is committed to control price rise ling ‘’inflation’’ a legacy of the UPA, Mr Jaitley said, “Prices for some commodities rise because of lack of supply, it is not...
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Modi government to present its first Rail Budget today, safety and...
With the growth in passenger earnings declining, railways is likely to spell out its strategy to earn additional revenue to reacHaving done a pre-Budget hike of 14.2 percent in passenger fares and...
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Rail Budget 2014: Minister announces diamond quadrilateral of high speed trains
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Railway minister Sadananda Gowda.Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden budget on Tuesday, saying Indian Railways is...
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Architect of BJP’s win Amit Shah set to be the next BJP President
BJP leader Amit Shah with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Photo: PTI Amit Shah, who emerged as the main architect of BJP's unprecedented triumph in Uttar Pradesh in the...
View ArticleAbdullah claims Afghan win, says result a ‘fraud
Abdullah Abdullah claimed victory Tuesday in Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election, blaming fraud for putting him behind in preliminary results as fears rise of instability and unrest.Abdullah...
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Amit Shah likely to become BJP president today
Amit Shah likely to become BJP president todayThe BJP’s highest decision-making body, its parliamentary board, is expected to meet on Wednesday to announce the name of its new party chief. Prime...
View ArticleBullet trains will finally start in India
The bullet train dream has finally arrived. Railway minister D.V. Sadanand Gowda, presenting his maiden Rail Budget, said the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed corridor was on course.The minister earmarked...
View ArticleWi-fi, buggies, food courts...
Passenger amenities stood out in the maiden Rail Budget of the Narendra Modi government. Presenting it, railway minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced a slew of measures to improve facilities, that...
View ArticleSensex falls 518pts, Nifty plunges too
The equity markets tanked on Tuesday as the lack of any big-bang policy announcement in the Railway Budget triggered widespread profit-booking on the domestic bourses. Even the proposal to invite...
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Trinamul, BJP MPs get into a scuffle in Lok Sabha
A view of Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Tuesday during budget sessionIt was one of the most unsavoury scenes that the Lok Sabha has ever witnessed, as Trinamul and BJP members were almost on the verge of a...
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Railways seeks FDI, PPP to upgrade India train travel
Railway minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda arrives at Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday to present the Railway BudgetHaving hiked fares recently to the tune of 14.2 per cent, railway minister D.V....
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