2016

New Delhi:- Railways today launched bar coding system for unreserved tickets to prevent revenue leakage and bring transparency in the ticketing system. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said bar coding of unreserved tickets, one of the rail…
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New Delhi:- The expenditure on import of defence equipment in 2014-15 stood at Rs 24,992 crore, a decline of Rs 10,990 crore against the previous year, the government today said. In a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha, Defence…
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New Delhi:- Shiv Sena member Arvind Sawant today demanded that the word 'Sindh' in the national anthem be removed and replaced with an appropriate word, saying there was no state by that name in the country. Raising the issue during the…
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New Delhi:- Under all-round attack, the government today promised to consider demands for a rollback of the proposal to tax 60 per cent of withdrawals from provident fund and a ceiling on employers contribution but made it clear that PPF…
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Srinagar:- A daily wage labourer in Power Development Department (PDD) was electrocuted after he came in contact with a live wire in Bandipora district of north Kashmir today. Khursheed Ahmad Bhat of Seer Mohalla locality in Chatti Bandi,…
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New Delhi:- The new one-time compliance window for domestic black money holders is not a "total amnesty" scheme, CBDT said today making it clear that declarations under it will enjoy immunity from prosecution except under the…
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New Delhi: Government has resolved over 80 per cent of disputes relating to TDS deduction through an online system and will carry out changes in TDS limits or slabs once the recommendations of the Easwar Committee are received, Rajya Sabha…
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New Delhi: An uncle and brother of JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is in jail in connection with a sedition case, today said the kind of support students and global intellectuals have shown for him makes them proud of the…
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New Delhi: Government has not taken a decision on 5/20 norm, which requires an Indian carrier to have minimum 5 years of domestic flying and at least 20 planes for going overseas, Parliament was informed. "No such decision has been taken,"…
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New: A war of Privilege Motions has broken out in Parliament, with BJP today giving notice for such an action against Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, hitting back at the opposition party for a similar move against HRD Minister Smriti…
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