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China producing more electric cars
Beijing : Chinese car makers produced 11 times as many new energy vehicles in August 2014 as they did in August 2013, authorities said.
They made a total of 5,191 green vehicles last month after the government rolled out more support for…
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Dena Bank readies forensic audit report
Chennai : Dena Bank is now monitoring all transactions of over Rs.5 crore online even as the forensic audit of the bank's Malabar Hill branch in Mumbai, involved in the alleged siphoning off of funds, is expected to be ready soon, said a…
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DGCA threatens to suspend licenses of 140 Jet pilots
New Delhi : Aviation regulator DGCA has cracked down on nearly 140 Jet Airways pilots for continuing to fly without clearing mandatory biannual exams and issued show cause notices to the airline questioning its pilot training programme.…
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Rains continue to lash Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh : Rains today continued to lash parts of Punjab and Haryana, with mercury dropping a few notches below the normal level in the region.
While vast swathes of the states including Chandigarh received heavy downpour yesterday,…
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8 members of family killed as house collapses
Batala : Eight members of a family were killed and one was seriously injured after the roof of their house collapsed due to rains at Dhalla village near here, police said today.
The incident occurred late last night when the roof…
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Jaya sacks Minister Moorthy, comeback for Ramanaa
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today sacked Milk and Dairy Development Minister V Moorthy and appointed B V Ramanaa in his place.
Ramanaa, who was sacked as Revenue Minister on May 19, is staging a comeback in the…
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Modi’s century
Dear Editor,
Narendra Modi's first 100 days in office may be dismissed by his opponents as a period marked by rhetoric and showmanship. But by and large he has been able to project himself as a man who means business. It is a welcome sign…
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Quota system
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The caste-based reservation system is not the right policy of our government. The quota system should not be based on caste/subcaste but on economic conditions. This will prove effective in removing poverty from our country. In…
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Kabaddi over Cricket
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That the Pro Kabaddi League has been a grand success is heartening news. In a cricket-crazy nation like India, nobody thought the Kabaddi League will attract people. The League crossed the expectations of the organisers,…
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Pakistan’s Army just cannot tolerate democratic regimes
Dear Editor,
Imran Khan and clergy Tahir ul-Qadri are trying to create a political crisis to gain power by hook or crook. This is nothing but blackmail with overt or convert connivance of the only powerful institution in Pakistan - the…
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