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Textiles ministry ropes in Flipkart to boost handloom marketing
25 Aug 2014
The union ministry of textiles today announced a unique partnership with e-commerce major Flipkart to provide online marketing platform to handloom textiles across the country
All coal block allocations between 1993 and 2010 illegal: SC
25 Aug 2014
The entire allocations through screening committees as well as the government dispensation route, made by both the UPA and the NDA regimes, were arbitrary and illegal, the apex court said
SC dismisses ‘premature’ petitions challenging judicial appointments bill
25 Aug 2014
The top court declined to admit the petitions for hearing saying the bill is yet to receive Presidential assent and become an Act
Govt sets up four-member panel to review gas pricing mechanism
22 Aug 2014
The panel will hold consultations with stakeholders before deciding on the quantum of hike, which will be announced by 30 September
Kerala to serve liquor only in five-star hotels, close Beverages Corp
21 Aug 2014
The UDF decision will cost the state Rs7,000 crore in annual revenues, but the government hopes to repair some damage by promoting the traditional toddy industry
Cabinet approves Digital India programme
21 Aug 2014
Insurance bill in limbo as opposition seeks clarifications on draft
04 Aug 2014
Congress leader Anand Sharma said his party wanted clarity on the implication of the proposed bill inter alia on the settled definition of 'foreign direct investment' given its composite nature
Hike in gas price likely soon, but not for under-producing Reliance
02 Aug 2014
The petroleum ministry is reported to be looking at a $6-6.5 per unit price for domestically produced gas, lower than the price decreed by the former UPA government
Govt allocates Rs500 cr for conservation of indigenous cattle
30 Jul 2014
India is the largest milk producer in the world with a 16 per cent share of global production, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN
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