Marathi poet Mangesh Padgaonkar passes away
Renowned Marathi poet, Sahitya Academy Award winner and Padma Bhushan recipient Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar passed away at his Sion residence in north-central Mumbai on Wednesday, after a brief illness. He was 86 and is survived by two sons and a daughter. Padgaonkar was accorded a State funeral at a crematorium at Sion...
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Karat too bends, hints at truck with Congress
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'losses' push Kerala beer-wine parlours to closure
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Jogis in trouble for 'fixing' C'garh bypoll
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High time India, Pakistan set aside hostilities: Sharif
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Three Nigerians held for raping a 22-year-old
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MHA alerts MoD about ISI spy ring
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Girls barred from UP sports events
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Tota Ram arrested in UP, released on bail
In a first incident of its kind in UP, a politician having the rank of Minister of State was arrested. Totaram Yadav, Samajwadi party leader and chairman of Pradesh Cooperative Cold Storage Federation (PACFED) of MoS rank was arrested in Mainpuri on Wednesday. He was later released on bail in the...
Global economy, pvt investment main challenges: Jaitley
Subdued global economy and moderate private sector investment will continue to pose challenge in the next year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. “As I speak at the end of the year, the current engines which are driving the economy will continue, and beyond that the three downsides are global economy, a...
Government stares at 50,000 crore shortfall in disinvestment proceeds
The Finance Ministry is staring at a shortfall of Rs 50,000 crore in disinvestment target for the current fiscal and is hoping to make up for it through higher revenue realisation, sources said. The Government has so far raised only Rs 12,700 crore through PSU disinvestments in the current fiscal and...
PM reviews infra projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday pushed for early completion of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project as he reviewed the progress of vital infrastructure projects in road, railway, metro rail, power and food processing sectors spread over various states. The projects in the states like Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand,...
Govt cancels 4th tranche of coal auction on poor response
Government on Wednesday annulled the process for fourth round of coal block auctions, scheduled for the next month on account of poor response from bidders in sectors like steel as well as depressed commodity prices and adverse market conditions. The Government had last month kick-started the process to auction nine blocks...
Govt okays Amended TUF Scheme, creates 30l jobs
Government on Wednesday oakyed an Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS) in lieu of the existing Revised Restructured TUFS for technology upgradation of the textiles industry, a move expected to boost job creation and exports in the sector. The amended scheme would give a boost to ‘Make in India’ initiatives in...
India needs additional 1.5% growth to sustain wage hikes & benefits
India needs to grow by additional 1-1.5 per cent so that it can sustain wage hike and other benefits given to workers and the poor, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday. “Our GDP growth of 7.5 per cent is at a time when the world is experiencing global slowdown. We...
