Karnataka seeks drought relief from Centre
Karnataka on Monday sought drought relief aid of Rs 2,434 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to compensate for the crop losses in drought-hit districts. "The southwest monsoon has been very erratic. The prolonged dry spell in north and south interior Karnataka during...
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Gujarat to draw global attention today
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Statue of Unity creates political ripples
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NIA court frames charges against Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya, others
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Shinde, PC, Digvijay will pay for their sins, says Sadhvi Pragya
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Isha Ambani, Anand Piramal to enter into wedlock on Dec 12
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‘BJP twisting history to polarise voters’
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JeM chief's nephew among 3 ultras killed
31 October 2018 | Khursheed Wani
Rs 3K cr splurged on Statue of Unity, thousands of families displaced: CPI
The CPI on Tuesday flayed the Narendra Modi Government for “splurging” nearly Rs 3,000 crore on building Sardar Patel’s gigantic statue at a time when debt-ridden farmers are “being driven to suicide” and millions of people are defecating in the open for want of sanitation facilities. The 182 m Statue of...
MP CM's son sues RaGa for dragging him in Panama
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son Kartikey Chouhan on Tuesday filed a criminal defamation case against Congress president Rahul Gandhi for alleging that his name figured in the Panama Papers. Gandhi, said he mentioned the name of Chouhan's son in the context of Panama Papers due to confusion. While addressing a...
Agni-1 ballistic missile night trial successful
A night trial of India’s indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-1 ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km was successfully conducted Tuesday from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army, defence sources said. The launch of the surface-to-surface missile was undertaken as a...
SBI sets limit to Rs 20K for certain costumers
The country's largest lender SBI has halved the daily cash withdrawal limit from ATMs for certain debit-card holders to Rs 20,000 from Wednesday. The withdrawal limit has been curtailed on Classic and Maestro debit cards, held by a large number of the bank customers. However, customers with other variants of SBI debit...
Rupee skids 23 paise to 73.68 against US dollar
The rupee Tuesday depreciated by 23 paise to close at 73.68 against the US dollar in line with fall in equities amid steady capital outflows and the strengthening of the American unit against major rivals overseas. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened lower at 73.58 and lost further ground...
Business Corner
NHPC pays Rs 211.63 crore as dividend NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydro power company and a ‘Mini Ratna’ Category-I Enterprise of the Government of India has paid a final dividend of Rs 211.63 crore to Government of India for the financial year 2017-18. Shareholders of the company in its 42nd Annual...
Govt may sell IL&FS outright
The Government is examining options including an outright sale of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd, a person with knowledge of the matter said, as the Government tries to stem defaults at the lender with $12.6 billion of debt. A plan to be presented to a bankruptcy court on Wednesday by...
