BJP to raise chopper deal in House
The upcoming Budget Session of Parliament is set to be stormy with BJP on Monday announcing that it would raise issues like the VVIP chopper deal and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s remarks on saffron terror. BJP leaders will also hold a protest march on Wednesday in the capital on Shinde’s remarks...
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Environment Min working on electronic tracking
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Arun shouldn't comment like this: Digvijay
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Cong-BJP engage in 'war-of-words'
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India in high corruption risk category: Report
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My room, table had been bugged: VBS
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ICFRE stresses on using advanced technology
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Did wildlife contraband seized in Nepal originate in Uttarakhand?
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Naveen's statement on Pyari-Maoist link sought
BJD member Pradeep Maharathy on Monday demanded in the State Assembly that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik make a statement on the alleged nexus between Odisha Jan Morcha leader and Rajya Sabha member Pyarimohan Mohapatra and the Maoists. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik must tell the House about the alleged link between Mohapatra...
Child sex ratio shows improvement in Haryana
After an abysmal showing in the 2011 census, the child sex ratio (CSR) in Haryana has registered a slight improvement with 850 females per 1,000 males in the State. The CSR recorded in 2011 was 830 females per 1,000 males. Talking at a public function in Panchkula, the State Health Minister Rao...
Rahul Gandhi begins visit to Odisha
With the sole aim to strengthen the Congress from the grassroots, the AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi landed here for a face-to-face interaction with the party functionaries of all ranks. But bad weather at New Delhi delayed Gandhi’s flight almost by three hours. Hence, his two-phase programme with the party workers...
'Visa in one day for Indian investors'
Britain will introduce same-day visa service for Indian businessmen wanting to invest there, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Monday as he sought a "special relationship" between the two countries, saying it is about the future for which sky is the limit. Out to woo Indian students, Cameron also said there...
PIl on nursery admission: HC to pronounce verdict today
The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Tuesday on a PIl challenging Government notifications giving powers to unaided private schools to formulate their own criteria for nursery class admission. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice VK Jain is expected to deliver the judgement...
'India needs to reduce regulatory uncertainty to boost growth'
Bringing down FDI barriers and reducing regulatory uncertainty to attract more private investments will help boost India's economic growth, according to OECD, a Paris-based body. Suggesting various measures to boost India's growth, OECD has said there should be further reforms in the financial sector such as promoting entry of new private...
Govt cancels Rs12K crore bond issue to contain fiscal deficit
The Government on Monday cancelled Rs 12,000 crore bond auctions, lowering its market borrowing programme for the current financial year in its bid to contain the fiscal deficit at 5.3 per cent. With this, the total market borrowing by the Government in the current fiscal would come down to Rs 5.58...
