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  • CBI registers FIR against Vaghela in NTC land scam

    The CBI sources said FIR has been registered against Mr. Vaghela, former NTC CMD Ramachandran Pillai, and others for allegedly causing a Rs 709 crore loss to the exchequer through the sale of NTC land in Parel. Soon after registering the FIR, the CBI on Wednesday sta ....

    The CBI sources said FIR has been registered against Mr. Vaghela, former NTC CMD Ramachandran Pillai, and others for allegedly causing a Rs 709 crore loss to the exchequer through the sale of NTC land in Parel. Soon after registering the FIR, the CBI on Wednesday sta ....

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  • Nepal quake shifted Mount Everest by 3 centimetres

     The devastating April 25 earthquake and the aftershocks thereafter have moved Mount Everest by three centimetres, media reported on Tuesday. According to China’s National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, the 7.9-magnitude earthquake th ....

     The devastating April 25 earthquake and the aftershocks thereafter have moved Mount Everest by three centimetres, media reported on Tuesday. According to China’s National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, the 7.9-magnitude earthquake th ....

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  • Fake degree case: Tomar withdraws bail plea

    Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav, while accepting the contention of Mr. Tomar’s lawyer, asked the Delhi Police counsel to respond. Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Kumar Shrivastav said he has no objection to Mr. Tomar’s request for withdrawin ....

    Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav, while accepting the contention of Mr. Tomar’s lawyer, asked the Delhi Police counsel to respond. Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Kumar Shrivastav said he has no objection to Mr. Tomar’s request for withdrawin ....

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  • NCT Act governs Capital, Rajnath reminds Kejriwal

    Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has told Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to ‘iron out his differences with the Lieutenant-Governor’s office’ at the earliest, highly-placed sources told The Hindu. Mr. Singh gave this advice to Mr. Kejriwal and Deputy Ch ....

    Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has told Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to ‘iron out his differences with the Lieutenant-Governor’s office’ at the earliest, highly-placed sources told The Hindu. Mr. Singh gave this advice to Mr. Kejriwal and Deputy Ch ....

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  • BJP opens new line of defence, calls Congress ‘anti-woman’

    “I think the Congress is taking an anti-woman view by attacking a woman leader,'' BJP's national spokesperson G.V.L. Narasimha Rao told television channels this morning, opening a new line of defence for the party. However, this immediately drew cau ....

    “I think the Congress is taking an anti-woman view by attacking a woman leader,'' BJP's national spokesperson G.V.L. Narasimha Rao told television channels this morning, opening a new line of defence for the party. However, this immediately drew cau ....

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  • Sushma keeps reporters off at Kailash Mansarovar yatra launch

    The flagging off ceremony was Ms. Swaraj’s first public appearance following the controversy over her recommendation to the U.K. for travel documents for ex-IPL chief Lalit Modi. The Minister, who posted tweets to defend her decision on Sunday, has maintained sile ....

    The flagging off ceremony was Ms. Swaraj’s first public appearance following the controversy over her recommendation to the U.K. for travel documents for ex-IPL chief Lalit Modi. The Minister, who posted tweets to defend her decision on Sunday, has maintained sile ....

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  • Ex-servicemen begin fast for One Rank One Pension

    Continuing their agitation against the government over the delay in implementing the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, ex-servicemen on Monday began an indefinite relay hunger strike across the country. A group of 55-60 veterans sat on a relay hunger strike at Jantar M ....

    Continuing their agitation against the government over the delay in implementing the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, ex-servicemen on Monday began an indefinite relay hunger strike across the country. A group of 55-60 veterans sat on a relay hunger strike at Jantar M ....

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  • Sushma Swaraj should be sacked, says Rahul Gandhi

    “Lalit Modi is the symbol of black money stashed outside and Sushma Swaraj is protecting him. It is not Sushma Swaraj who should resign but it is the Prime Minister Modi who should sack Sushma Swaraj because he said he would bring back black money,” Mr. Gand ....

    “Lalit Modi is the symbol of black money stashed outside and Sushma Swaraj is protecting him. It is not Sushma Swaraj who should resign but it is the Prime Minister Modi who should sack Sushma Swaraj because he said he would bring back black money,” Mr. Gand ....

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  • Congress drags PM into controversy; fault lines open up in Modi govt

     The Congress continued to press for External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s resignation for her role in facilitating travel documents in the U.K. for the scam-tainted former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner. Here are the top developments: 1   ....

     The Congress continued to press for External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s resignation for her role in facilitating travel documents in the U.K. for the scam-tainted former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner. Here are the top developments: 1   ....

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  • SC cancels All India Pre-Medical Test

    A vacation bench of justices R K Agrawal and Amitava Roy directed the institutions involved in conduct of the examination to render assistance to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in this endeavour within the stipulated period decided by it. “Petition ....

    A vacation bench of justices R K Agrawal and Amitava Roy directed the institutions involved in conduct of the examination to render assistance to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in this endeavour within the stipulated period decided by it. “Petition ....

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