2016

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry should consider raising tax holiday for startups to 7 years from the current 3 years to encourage budding entrepreneurs, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said. Sitharaman said lots of…
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Mumbai: Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley says section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is a big challenge for millions of people, who belong to the LGBT community. The ambassador of 'Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival',…
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Islamabad: A DNA test has confirmed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour's death in a US drone strike in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan on May 21, the government here has said. "The second man killed in the drone…
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Panaji: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said garbage and sewerage treatment is a "major scam" area as even those built as part of the central schemes are left unaudited. "The garbage and sewerage treatment is a major scam area.…
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Jammu: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested and 50 grams of heroin was seized from their possession in Jammu this afternoon, police said. During a surprise check, two persons were noticed roaming in a suspicious manner near Prem Nagar…
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Fortworth, (US): India's Anirban Lahiri produced a superb front nine en route to a steady final round to finish tied sixth at the Dean & Deluca Invitational golf tournament here and register his first top-10 position of the ongoing…
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Mumbai: The first poster of "Dishoom," starring John Abraham and Varun Dhawan has been released. The lead actors revealed their character looks on Twitter. "#Dishoom poster. So this is how Kabir and Junaid walk into work on a Monday…
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Antalya (Turkey): Ankara will abandon a deal with the European Union to reduce migrant flows if its citizens are not granted visa-free travel to most of the bloc, Turkey's foreign minister has warned. With the two sides locked in an…
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Melbourne: Mass bleaching has killed 35 per cent of corals on northern and central sections of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, scientists said today, with the current event at the World Heritage Site much more extreme than measured…
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Baghdad: Iraqi officials say a suicide car bombing has targeted an army checkpoint in Baghdad, killing at least eight people. A police officer says the bomber rammed his explosives -laden car into the checkpoint near a commercial area in…
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