Raj villagers stay put
Security has been tightened in Rajasthan along the country’s border with Pakistan but the villagers are not being moved to safety for now, official sources said on Thursday. “Troops in Rajasthan are in a state of high alertness and preparedness to meet any eventuality,” Army sources said. A high-level meeting was...
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Punjab in emergency mode
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Defamation case: Court goes easy on RaGa
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Sonowal asks SPs to clear encroachments all across Assam
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Dry Bihar woos wine producers
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Revolt in JD(U) against Nitish
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Central Rlys plans `20-K Cr makeover
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New Mins await MSY nod for portfolios in UP
30 September 2016 | PNS
Scarlett's mother writes to PM, wants Nirbhaya-like justice
A harrowed British mother, whose eight-year campaign for justice for her slain teenaged daughter, just came to naught last week, now wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant her justice, the Nirbhaya way. After a trial court in Goa acquitted two beach shack workers of culpable homicide and sexual assault charges...
Kerala goes barking mad
Generating a feeling that dogs perhaps have no place in Kerala, anti-stray-dog campaigners are going on a canine-killing spree by cashing in on the fear prevailing among the people in the wake of the death of a 65-year-old woman in a dog attack in Thiruvananthapuram last month. In yet another...
Sensex tanks 465 pts, Nifty below 8,600-level on surgical strikes across loC
After Indian Army’s ‘surgical strikes’ on Wednesday night on terror launch-pads across line of Control (loC), the stock market on both the bourses was hit very badly as the Sensex on Thursday plunged over 465 points -- the biggest single-day fall in 3 months, while NSE Nifty cracked below 8,600-level...
Stock, currency mkts to stabilise in few days: Das
The Finance Ministry on Thursday exuded confidence that currency and stock markets, which tumbled following the surgical strike, will stabilise in the next few days and decisive action against terrorism will spur growth. While the stock market barometer Sensex plummeted 465 points to close at 27,827, the rupee declined by...
Despite diesel ban, Mercedes Benz hopes to get last year's sales volume
India’s largest luxury carmaker Mercedes Benz is hopeful that the company will retain the same volume as last year despite diesel ban in Delhi and NCR region. “Diesel ban has affected sales but we hope to achieve the same volume as last year. We have sold 6,597 units in the...
RBI Guv meets FM Jaitley ahead of MPC's Oct 4 policy meet
Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel on Thursday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ahead of India’s first collective interest-rate decision on Tuesday. The October 4 monetary policy review will be the first under Patel and by the all-powerful interest-rate setting panel, whose constitution was notified by the Government. Patel, who took...
Small savings interest rates reduced by 0.1%
Interest rates on small savings schemes have been reduced marginally by 0.1 per cent for the October-December quarter of 2016-17, leading to lower returns on Public Provident Fund, Kisan Vikas Patra, Sukanya Samriddhi Account, among others. The popular Public Provident Fund will fetch interest rate of 8 per cent in the...
