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  • Bastar collector warned for wearing sunglasses while receiving PM Modi

    “As Bastar collector, you received the Prime Minister on May 9 at Jagdalpur airstrip. However, the government has noticed that you did not wear proper clothes while receiving the PM and also sported sunglasses,” reads the notice issued to Mr. Kataria by Mr. ....

    “As Bastar collector, you received the Prime Minister on May 9 at Jagdalpur airstrip. However, the government has noticed that you did not wear proper clothes while receiving the PM and also sported sunglasses,” reads the notice issued to Mr. Kataria by Mr. ....

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  • RBI cuts repo rate, airs worries

    But the move comes with a message that any further cut this year is unlikely. Articulating the concerns of the RBI over the expected poor monsoon and crude oil prices, Governor Raghuram Rajan expressed fears that a monsoon shock could push up food prices and challenge i ....

    But the move comes with a message that any further cut this year is unlikely. Articulating the concerns of the RBI over the expected poor monsoon and crude oil prices, Governor Raghuram Rajan expressed fears that a monsoon shock could push up food prices and challenge i ....

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  • Monsoon to be more deficient than expected

     The unusual heat wave in May, followed by the delay in monsoon by a week, is a definite manifestation of climate change, Union Minister for Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. Announcing the likelihood of a deficient southwest monsoon this year, Mr. Vardh ....

     The unusual heat wave in May, followed by the delay in monsoon by a week, is a definite manifestation of climate change, Union Minister for Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. Announcing the likelihood of a deficient southwest monsoon this year, Mr. Vardh ....

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  • BJP promises interest-free agri loans to farmers in Bihar

     In an attempt to woo farmers in Bihar, the BJP today announced that it will provide them “interest-free agriculture loans” if the party comes to power in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state. “Zero interest will be charged from them be ....

     In an attempt to woo farmers in Bihar, the BJP today announced that it will provide them “interest-free agriculture loans” if the party comes to power in the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state. “Zero interest will be charged from them be ....

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  • De-recognised student group demands apology from IIT-Madras dean

    The members staged a placard-holding protest inside the premises of the institution in Chennai, even as the media was not allowed entry to cover the agitation. The agitating members were seen raising slogans against the management of IIT-Madras, demanding that their ....

    The members staged a placard-holding protest inside the premises of the institution in Chennai, even as the media was not allowed entry to cover the agitation. The agitating members were seen raising slogans against the management of IIT-Madras, demanding that their ....

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  • Sonia: Move fast on Atrocities Bill

    “It is a matter of disappointment,” Ms. Gandhi writes, “that the NDA government allowed the Ordinance to lapse by sending it to the Standing Committee. Even though the Standing Committee submitted its report in December 2014, Government did not bring i ....

    “It is a matter of disappointment,” Ms. Gandhi writes, “that the NDA government allowed the Ordinance to lapse by sending it to the Standing Committee. Even though the Standing Committee submitted its report in December 2014, Government did not bring i ....

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  • Man hacks mother, wife, and daughter to death in Hyderabad

    The accused S. Ram Reddy, also tried to kill his elder daughter, who saved herself by hiding in the bathroom. "Later, Ram Reddy jumped into an agriculture well, but was rescued by locals and firemen. He maintained that his elder brother committed the triple murd ....

    The accused S. Ram Reddy, also tried to kill his elder daughter, who saved herself by hiding in the bathroom. "Later, Ram Reddy jumped into an agriculture well, but was rescued by locals and firemen. He maintained that his elder brother committed the triple murd ....

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  • Some still alive inside capsized Chinese ship

    Five bodies had been recovered since the ship capsized in a storm late on Monday, state media said. Only about a dozen people had been rescued so far from the four-decked tourist boat amid confusing reports about how many had been saved. The microblog of the offic ....

    Five bodies had been recovered since the ship capsized in a storm late on Monday, state media said. Only about a dozen people had been rescued so far from the four-decked tourist boat amid confusing reports about how many had been saved. The microblog of the offic ....

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  • U.S. airline refuses to serve Muslim

    The Muslim chaplain at Chicago’s Northwestern University was onboard a flight this weekend when she was denied an unopened can of soda and was told “we are unauthorised to give unopened cans to people, because they may use it as a WEAPON on the plane. &ld ....

    The Muslim chaplain at Chicago’s Northwestern University was onboard a flight this weekend when she was denied an unopened can of soda and was told “we are unauthorised to give unopened cans to people, because they may use it as a WEAPON on the plane. &ld ....

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  • ATF price hiked by 7.5%; non-subsidised LPG by Rs 10.50

    Price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, in Delhi was raised by Rs 3,744.08 per kilolitre (kl), or 7.54 per cent, to Rs 53,353.92, oil companies announced on Monday. On May 1, ATF price was hiked by a marginal Rs 272 per kl or 0.5 per cent to Rs 49,609.84. ....

    Price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, in Delhi was raised by Rs 3,744.08 per kilolitre (kl), or 7.54 per cent, to Rs 53,353.92, oil companies announced on Monday. On May 1, ATF price was hiked by a marginal Rs 272 per kl or 0.5 per cent to Rs 49,609.84. ....

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