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Govt, Naga rebels sign historic peace accord
04 Aug 2015
The peace pact ends six decades of insurgency in the North East and puts Nagaland on the path of development
Centre reverts to NDA's land bill in bid to end logjam
03 Aug 2015
In a major climb-down over the controversial land bill, the government has agreed to retract all amendments to the UPA's 2013 bill
Govt plans Rs70,000-cr capital infusion in state-run banks in four years
01 Aug 2015
Government expects the fresh capitalisation to improve valuations of PSBs, unlock value from non-core assets and improve capital productivity, enabling banks to raise an additional Rs110,000 crore from the market
Justice delayed, not denied: Yakub Memon hangs, finally
30 Jul 2015
Yakub Memon, one of the masterminds of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts that left 257 people dead and over 700 injured, was hanged to death at Nagpur central jail early on Thursday
SC to hear Yakub Memon's mercy plea tomorrow
27 Jul 2015
The Supreme Court, which took up the mercy plea of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Yakub Abdul Razak Memon today, decided to continue hearing the petition against his death sentence on Tuesday
SIT traces black money to P-Notes, shares and cricket
27 Jul 2015
With half of the Rs2,70,000 crore overseas investment using P-Notes coming through tax havens, the SIT on black money wanted market regulator Sebi to identify the final beneficiaries these instruments
Revised financial sector code aims to clip RBI’s wings
24 Jul 2015
As per the revised financial code, the seven-member Monetary Policy Committee, with just three representatives from the RBI will decide on the monetary policy and the RBI governor will have no veto power – only a second casting vote
Five IT majors bid for building GST network
18 Jul 2015
Microsoft, TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Tech Mahindra have bid for building the pan-India GST Network, which is central to the smooth roll out of the new indirect tax regime
CBI registers first FIRs in Vyapam scam probe
15 Jul 2015
The CBI has constituted a 40-member team headed by joint director R P Agarwal to probe the scam in which several high-profile politicians and bureaucrats are accused
NITI Aayog governing council meets; 12 CMs abstain
15 Jul 2015
The prime minister said that the ordinance was brought about in response to the development concerns of the states, even as CMs from non-NDA ruled states boycotted the meeting over the contentious land bill
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