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Six Shiv Sainiks held after ink attack on Kulkarni
13 Oct 2015
Mumbai police said on Tuesday they had arrested six members of the Shiv Sena over an ink attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni who organised the launch of a former Pakistani foreign minister's book in the city
Govt issues draft business processes on GST
12 Oct 2015
SC refuses to widen Aadhar card scope
08 Oct 2015
Restart Kudankulam nuclear plant, Jaya begs Modi
08 Oct 2015
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Panel moots Rs2.1 lakh monthly pay for Delhi MLAs
07 Oct 2015
A panel looking into Delhi legislators’ salaries on Tuesday recommended a Delhi MLA’s monthly package should be more than doubled to Rs210,000 from the current Rs88,000, which could make them the highest paid legislators in the country
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India asks Pakistan to vacate 'occupied Kashmir' as Nawaz Sharif raises issue at UN
01 Oct 2015
India today hit back at Pakistan demanding that it vacate its occupation of Kashmir and end terrorism in the region
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Committed to transparent and accountable governance, Modi tells CEOs
25 Sep 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a meeting of American business leaders in New York that predictable, transparent and accountable governance is his number one priority
Governor rejects Sanjay Dutt’s mercy plea
24 Sep 2015
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PM Modi leaves for Ireland, US
23 Sep 2015
Apart from visiting Google and Facebook headquarters, he will also meet Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
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Tax issues being ‘put to sleep’, reforms in offing: Jaitley
19 Sep 2015
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday efforts are being made to "put to sleep" pending taxation issues to attract investments and make the fundamentals of the economy sound so that it can withstand the global turmoil
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An arsenal of political allegations
15 Sep 2015
Retired IAS officer Vivek K. Agnihotri, a former secretary-general, Rajya Sabha, mulls over aspects of governance just after the Emergency and today
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Boost for India’s UN ambition as Assembly accepts key text
15 Sep 2015
Strengthening India's efforts for a permanent Security Council seat, the UN General Assembly on Monday endorsed a document that will be the basis for negotiations on reforming the long-stalled process of reforming the council
HC stays Mumbai meat sale ban
15 Sep 2015
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Bengal to declassify 64 Subhas Chandra Bose files
14 Sep 2015
Members of Bose’s family who have been demanding declassification of all files on Netaji have welcomed the move and are hoping the BJP-led NDA government will now release files it holds
Maids’ rape: Saudi Arabia refuses to cooperate
12 Sep 2015
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Bihar paradox: polls divided, but Nitish favourite for CM
11 Sep 2015
With the Bihar election dates announced, one opinion poll gives the BJP-led alliance a clear majority, while another says it will lag behind the JD (U)-led grand alliance. But incumbent Nitish Kumar seems to be the favourite for Chief Minister
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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