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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today stressed on the need for the three pillars of the Indian democracy -- government, judiciary and bureaucracy -- to strengthen each other and work together for a new India.The three pillars of democracy are all members of one family and should work together to...
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Members of film and television industry stopped shooting for a while Mumbai at Film City on Sunday to show solidarity with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and counter the protests against film Padmavati's release.Along with 19 other bodies of the film and television industry, the Indian...
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India has a wide network of different banks to meet the financial needs of people and hence the government has no intention to consider introducing Islamic banking, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said.Islamic or Sharia banking is a system of finance in which interest is not charged.In...
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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today cited a media report on a drop in the production of 'Nano' cars at a Gujarat plant and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet 'Make in India' project 'just died' turning Gujarati tax payers' Rs 33,000 crore into 'ash'.Gandhi also asked who should be...
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Arthur road jail in Mumbai will be the home of fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya if he is extradited to India to face the law in connection with the Rs 9,000 crore loan default cases.This will be conveyed to a British court next week by India through the Crown Prosecution Service, which is...
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Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu lost 18-21, 18-21 in the final of Hong Kong Open Super Series against Tai Tzu Ying, on Sunday.Sindhu had lost in last year's final too as she failed to emulate Saina Nehwal and Prakash Padukone, who had clinched this title in 2010 and 1982.
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Pakistan's government has called in the army to restore order after clashes between police and protesters belonging to hardline religious groups killed six people and injured more than 200 others in the capital.The police aided by paramilitary Rangers and Frontier Constabulary yesterday lunched a...
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Retirement fund body Employees' Provident Fund Organisation may lower interest rate on provident fund deposits this fiscal compared to 8.65 per cent provided to its 4.5 crore members for 2016-17, a labour ministry official said.The EPFO is likely to cut interest rate on the grounds that it is...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation via his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat.Speaking on Constitution Day, he paid tributes to the 'makers of our Constitution'. Excerpts from the ongoing radio address:- The makers of our Constitution worked hard to give us a Constitution we...
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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has accused the Congress of seeking refuge in casteism and outsourcing its campaign to caste leaders while dismissing any threat to the BJP's poll prospects from theCongress-Hardik Patel tie-up.He alleged that the Congress was deceiving the people over the...
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday announced that visas will be given to four Pakistani nationals to undergo treatment in India, three days after Islamabad accused India of politicising humanitarian issues.On Thursday, Pakistan had accused India of selectively issuing medical...
10:36
The Aam Aadmi Party will celebrate its fifth Foundation Day today and hold a national convention at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.The venue is special for the party as it was from this place that it began its political journey.Senior party leader and Delhi Labour Minister Gopal Rai said the...
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for questioning the Rafale fighter aircraft deal, saying unlike during Congress regimes when middlemen ruled the roost,there was no Quattrocchi in the contract for the fighter jet.Jaitley, who is the BJP's...
09:31
Before towing away a vehicle from no-parking area, police should make an announcement on megaphone and ask if its owner is around, as per the new set of rules issued by the Mumbai traffic police.Further, a vehicle should not be towed away even from no-parking area if someone is sitting inside,...
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Days after the Kerala high court ordered that Malayalam film S Durga be screened at the ongoing International Film Festival of India in Goa, half a dozen Hindu organisations have submitted a petition to the organisers requesting them not to show the film.The petition, handed over to IFFI...
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The top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders including party chief Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will today tune in to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat' over cups of kadak chai in poll-bound Gujarat.The event, to be held at all 50,128 polling booths in...
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