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NEW DELHI: Amid talks with PDP over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, senior BJP leader and Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said it was "very difficult" for political parties to give up their ideological position but hinted…
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Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday launched the sale of subsidised five-kg cooking gas cylinders under Free Trade LPG Scheme, benefiting Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and others. He also launched a new scheme…
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New Delhi: NITI Aayog has a unique innovative framework to facilitate states to participate in policy making which would help India to become a formidable economic power, said former IIM Director Bakul Dholakia. Government has replaced the…
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Patna: A shoe was hurled at Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi during his weekly 'Janata Durbar' (public meeting) in Patna Monday but missed its target, police said, adding that the man who threw it has been arrested. 'Janata Durbar' is…
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Mumbai: The need to share worldwide research and development on nuclear energy was highlighted by experts at a symposium on atomic energy today on the third day of Indian Science Congress here. "My deep conviction is that the world is…
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Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader from Punjab Jagmeet Singh Brar Monday resigned from the party. Brar, a former Congress MP from Punjab, was with the party for nearly 35 years. A former Congress Working Committee member, Brar was…
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New Delhi:  The Supreme Court Monday declined to interfere with the schedule for panchayat elections in Rajasthan. The schedule is being held under the amended provisions that specify educational qualifications for the gram sarpanch and…
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Chennai: Well-known Telugu playwright and dialogue writer Ganesh Patro passed away Monday at a private hospital here, actor-politician Chiranjeevi said. He was 69. Patro, who wrote dialogues for Chiranjeevi's acclaimed film "Rudraveena",…
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New Delhi:  Actress and "Bigg Boss 6" participant Sana Khan, who has entered the ongoing "Bigg Boss Halla Bol" series as a challenger, says she'll bring a whiff of fresh air and positivity amid all the controversial elements in the show.…
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Patna:  Around 1,700 Hindus in Bihar have embraced Buddhism citing the religion's emphaisis on unity and no discrimination among its followers, an official said Monday. Of these, 1,200 belong to Bainkathpur and Kudarbagha villages in Saran…
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