2016

Panaji:- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today criticised judiciary claiming that some of the directives given by it are "senseless" and "without any scientific basis". "Senseless directions are being given without any scientific basis.…
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New Delhi:- Days after suffering poll drubbing in West Bengal, CPI(M)'s top leadership is frowning upon its unit in the state, saying the electoral tactics were "not in consonance" with the party's "political tactical line" which prohibited…
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New Delhi:- The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea of industrialist Naveen Jindal, an accused in a coal scam case, seeking a stay on a special court order asking CBI to probe further the matter in view of a…
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New Delhi:- With attacks on African nationals continuing to hog limelight, the government today promised strictest possible action if such assaults were found to have a racial angle. "If racial angle is found in any of the case, strictest…
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Mumbai:- Breaking its three-day rising trend, the rupee retreated from its one-week high to close at 67.16 against the US currency on fresh bouts of dollar demand from importers. A renewed strength in dollar, which climbed to a two-month…
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Lucknow:-Former union minister and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal today filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh. Besides Sibal, Congress leader from Amethi and state Congress general secretary…
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New Delhi:- Faced with a possibility of reduced leather production in the wake of the beef ban in some states, scientists have come up with a novel method of manufacturing a fabric with chicken legs. The quality will be similar to the…
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Mumbai:- Mumbai police has asked Facebook and YouTube to block comedian Tanmay Bhat's video of a mock conversation with Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar that has sparked a massive outrage with the Shiv Sena, BJP and MNS today demanding…
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New Delhi:- A law to authorise expenditure for the ongoing fiscal in Uttarakhand has been approved by President Pranab Mukherjee. It allows withdrawal of about Rs 13,642.43 crore towards defraying the several charges which will come in…
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Bhaderwah: Security forces today busted a militant hideout and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Chirala Forest of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district. Troops of 26 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group (SOG) of J&K…
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