2 Guj MlAs meet Dy CM to pacify discontent
In order to pacify discontent among MlAs, top leaderships of BJP and Congress were in damage control mode on Friday and held long meetings with complaining legislators of their respective parties. Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel had more than three hours long meeting with three out of two MlAs from...
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Jews to get minority status in Gujarat
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Assam sanctions Rs 50l to preserve Bezbaroa's house in Sambalpur
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CBI summons AirAsia director
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Rs 2,043 cr scam: Bank of Maharashtra sacks MD, ED
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Govt clears list of clothing items for soldiers
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Honour killing: 20-yr-old girl killed by parents for falling in love with her neighbour
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Tripura lynchings: CM warns lawbreakers of stern action
30 June 2018 | IANS
Father, brother booked for killing 17-yr-old boy for human sacrifice
The father and a brother of a 17-year-old boy were booked after the village sarpanch and locals claimed that the teenager was killed allegedly for human sacrifice in Bharatpur district, police said. A case was registered against the father and elder brother of the deceased 17-year-old boy, they said. Khori village sarpanch...
Govt to oppose nikah halala in SC
The Government would oppose in the Supreme Court the practice of ‘nikah halala’, which allows a man to remarry his divorced wife, when the top court examines its legal validity in the coming days, a senior law Ministry functionary said on Friday. The Government believes that the practice is against the...
Peacock wanders on tracks of Delhi Metro station; rescued
An injured peacock was on Friday rescued at a metro station in north Delhi after it had wandered on to the rail tracks, leading to brief delay in services, a senior official said. The incident took place this morning at the Model Tower Metro Station on the busy Yellow line, he...
Honour killing: 20-yr-old girl killed by parents for falling in love with her neighbour
In a suspected case of honour killing, a 20-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her parents for falling in love with her neighbour in Tewda village which comes under the jurisdiction of Kakroli police station, police said on Friday. The matter came to light when the body of the woman was...
Ex-IAS GC Chaturvedi now as ICICI Bank's non-exec Chairman
ICICI Bank Board on Friday approved the appointment of Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as its non-executive and part-time chairman for a period of three years and he would resume his duty effective from July 1, 2018. “This is to inform you that the Board of Directors of ICICI Bank at its...
Markets rebound as July F&O series opens strong; post 1st weekly fall in six
The BSE Sensex surged almost 386 points today, reversing two sessions of losses, as the July series derivatives contracts started on a robust note amid recovery in the rupee. This is the benchmark’s biggest single-session gain since May 31, when it had vaulted 416.27 points. Global markets climbed after a prolonged spell...
Govt rules out 'knee-jerk' reaction to tackle rupee fall
The Government on Friday ruled out any “knee-jerk reaction” to tackle the fall in rupee and said appropriate measures would be taken after taking into consideration the global situation. Against the backdrop of the rupee breaching the 69-mark versus the US dollar and touching lifetime lows on Thursday, Finance Minister Piyush...
