2017

Mumbai: The rupee gained 12 paise to 68.08 against the dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amidst higher opening in the domestic equity…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on February 3 the plea of consortium of banks led by State Bank of India that it be heard in the Aircel-Maxis 2G spectrum case as it has got financial exposure in the firm concerned. A…
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Mumbai: After spending 56 years in the movies, Jackie Chan received the honorary Oscar in 2016, but the action star says he does not work for awards and his only motivation are his fans. Chan, who is in the city to promote Indo-Chinese…
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Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex advanced by over 100 points in early trade today, building on yesterday's recovery, as investors and domestic institutions widened their bets amid mixed global cues. Short-covering by speculators ahead of…
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Dr. Kavita Suri In the past 26 years of armed conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, a number of contemporary fiction and non-fiction narratives have come out which reflect the trauma and the sufferings of the people impacted by the conflict in…
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Congress and Samajwadi Party getting into a pre-poll pact for Uttar Pradesh Assembly, ending days of suspense and feverish parleys, with compulsions of realpolitik forcing the two parties to come together to thwart BJP's attempt to storm…
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Three train derailments in as many months claiming nearly 200 lives can't be accidents due to technical failure. Though unfortunate the accidents have a common trait snapping of some portion of rails which is blamed on the fatigue of the…
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Sameer Sagar The heroic achievements of lionhearted Miyan Zorawar Singh is one of the most audacious and significant record of the past achievements. How he traversed not only once, twice but six times over the snow clad ranges of Ladakh…
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R. K. Sinha Panddit Jawahar Lal Nehru always felt insecure from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, though Netaji always gave due respect to and considered Nehru in reverence. But Nehru, even after Independence carried misgivings about Netaji…
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Dear Editor, The recently raised controversy over the apology of Dangal girl Zaira Wasim on her meeting with present CM of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has raised innumerable eye brows over the civility of Kashmiri culture. A culture…
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