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  • Premature to test NJAC, govt. to plead before SC

    A five-judge Bench, led by Justice Anil R. Dave, will start hearing on April 15 a clutch of petitions demanding that the law be declared “unconstitutional and void.” The NJAC, notified on April 13, replaces the collegium system of judicial appointments wi ....

    A five-judge Bench, led by Justice Anil R. Dave, will start hearing on April 15 a clutch of petitions demanding that the law be declared “unconstitutional and void.” The NJAC, notified on April 13, replaces the collegium system of judicial appointments wi ....

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  • Maharashtra, UP, MP, join race to improve ease of doing business

     Egged on by the Centre to improve their business environment, states including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have entered into a race to woo industries by adopting a multi-pronged strategy to improve ease of doing business. The states have initiated ....

     Egged on by the Centre to improve their business environment, states including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have entered into a race to woo industries by adopting a multi-pronged strategy to improve ease of doing business. The states have initiated ....

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  • Caught in a dilemma

    RBI’s inaction on the monetary tools, however, did not make the policy statement a non-event. Quite the contrary, there have been a number of takeaways which in the months to come might herald significant changes in the way monetary policy will operate. A change in ....

    RBI’s inaction on the monetary tools, however, did not make the policy statement a non-event. Quite the contrary, there have been a number of takeaways which in the months to come might herald significant changes in the way monetary policy will operate. A change in ....

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  • Survey finds breast infections rampant in Adilabad tribal women

    Health workers conducting a survey in 10 mandals in the district have so far identified over 10 per cent of the 6,000 respondents carrying different breast infections. “Leave alone breast cancer or any other type of carcinoma, even routine mammarian infections wer ....

    Health workers conducting a survey in 10 mandals in the district have so far identified over 10 per cent of the 6,000 respondents carrying different breast infections. “Leave alone breast cancer or any other type of carcinoma, even routine mammarian infections wer ....

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  • Farmer ends life after crop damage in unseasonal rains

    Unable to bear the damage caused to his crops by unseasonal rains, a 35-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide at a village in the district, police said on Sunday. Rains lashed the district on Saturday evening when Shivaji Anna Sul (35), a farmer from Wadgaon ....

    Unable to bear the damage caused to his crops by unseasonal rains, a 35-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide at a village in the district, police said on Sunday. Rains lashed the district on Saturday evening when Shivaji Anna Sul (35), a farmer from Wadgaon ....

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  • Bodo People’s Front one seat short of majority in Autonomous Council

    The Bodo People’s Front (BPF), which has been controlling the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) since the first election held in 2005, has emerged as the largest party in the recently concluded elections, with only one seat short of a simple majority. While elections ....

    The Bodo People’s Front (BPF), which has been controlling the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) since the first election held in 2005, has emerged as the largest party in the recently concluded elections, with only one seat short of a simple majority. While elections ....

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  • Four injured in explosion in Manipur

    Manipur blast, Manipur bomb blast, blast Manipur, india news, nation news The bomb, apparently meant to target BSF personnel, was set off by suspected militants using remote-controlled device. Four persons were injured today when a powerful bomb, apparently meant to targ ....

    Manipur blast, Manipur bomb blast, blast Manipur, india news, nation news The bomb, apparently meant to target BSF personnel, was set off by suspected militants using remote-controlled device. Four persons were injured today when a powerful bomb, apparently meant to targ ....

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  • Modi slams UPA govt: Coal blocks given away like you give handkerchiefs

    In a scathing attack on previous UPA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that it had allocated coal blocks like one gives away a pen or a handkerchief, resulting in loss of lakhs of crores of rupees. “You must have heard about coal (block allocation ....

    In a scathing attack on previous UPA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that it had allocated coal blocks like one gives away a pen or a handkerchief, resulting in loss of lakhs of crores of rupees. “You must have heard about coal (block allocation ....

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  • Jammu And Kasmir: Kashmiri Pandits say hurt by 'politics' played over their return, rehabilitation

    Jammu: "I was 20 years old when terrorists of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) killed my father in broad daylight... The memories of the incident and the sight of the bullet-ridden body of my father still sends chills down my spine," Ashutosh Taploo, son ....

    Jammu: "I was 20 years old when terrorists of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) killed my father in broad daylight... The memories of the incident and the sight of the bullet-ridden body of my father still sends chills down my spine," Ashutosh Taploo, son ....

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  • Meghalaya CM compares Rahul to Alfred the Great, king who returned to conquer

    Congressmen who have been going to great lengths to defend Rahul Gandhi’s extraordinary “leave of absence” have just gone farther: about 7,000 km and over 1,100 years. Mukul Sangma, the Chief Minister of Meghalaya, told The Sunday Express that Rahul&rsq ....

    Congressmen who have been going to great lengths to defend Rahul Gandhi’s extraordinary “leave of absence” have just gone farther: about 7,000 km and over 1,100 years. Mukul Sangma, the Chief Minister of Meghalaya, told The Sunday Express that Rahul&rsq ....

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