2016

New Delhi:- Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed with senior officials the progress of relief operations in cyclone Vardah battered areas of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Singh ordered that the inter-ministerial central team should…
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Mumbai:- The rupee weakened further today and closed 12 paise lower at 67.54 against the US dollar on steady demand for the greenback from importers and corporates. Currency traders stayed on sidelines amid extreme caution ahead of…
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New Delhi:- Aam Aadmi Party today demanded Union minister Kiren Rijiju be sacked for "trying to sweep under the carpet", the alleged Rs 450-crore power scam in Arunachal Pradesh. Addressing a press conference, party leader Ashish Khetan…
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New Delhi:- A child born out of rape is entitled to compensation, independent of any such relief granted to the mother, the Delhi High Court has ruled. The verdict to this effect, in which a man has been sent to jail for his entire…
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New Delhi:- Rejecting graft charges against Kiren Rijiju as "baseless", BJP today said Congress was trying to blame the Union Minister for its "sins" as it was in power at the Centre as well as in Arunachal Pradesh when the project under…
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New Delhi:- Aiming to increase revenue, Railways has firmed up plans to generate Rs 8000 crores through commercial development of rail land across the country. There are many areas near railway stations, workshops, colonies which are lying…
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Jakarta: The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia has soared to nearly 84,000, leaving authorities struggling to care for the victims, an official said today. The shallow quake last week killed more…
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New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on Congress, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the party's "scandalous record" is making it extremely uncomfortable with the Modi government's anti-corruption campaign of which the…
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New Delhi: Hyundai Motor India Ltd today said it will hike prices by up to Rs 1 lakh across models from January to offset higher input costs, fluctuating exchange rates and marketing expenses. "In these challenging year-end market…
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Dubai: Amid a chill in Indo-Pak ties, political leaders and prominent journalists from the two countries have met here and underlined that the only way forward to improve relations was through a "candid and consistent" dialogue. The fifth…
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