Haryana Congress president Kumari Selja on Friday said that there has been a spike in chitta (heroin) cases in the state after the clampdown on drug abuse in neighbouring Punjab, but the Manohar Lal Khattar government is in denial. Campaigning for party nominee from Kalka, Pradeep Chaudhary, who quit the […]
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I-T dept raids continue in Karnataka, Rs 9 cr seized from several medical colleges
The Income Tax Department’s raids continued for a second day at medical colleges and other premises linked to former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara and former union minister RL Jalappa. A senior official said the department had recovered Rs 9 crore worth of property so far in searches at 30 […]
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Air may be ‘very poor’ by Sunday in the national capital
Delhi’s air quality slipped further in the ‘poor’ category on Friday due to slowed winds and crop residue burning in Haryana and Punjab, with pollution monitoring agencies predicting the Air Quality Index (AQI) to plunge to ‘very poor’ levels by Sunday. On Friday, the 24-hour average AQI was 216 – […]
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Hindon civil terminal becomes operational, first flight lands from Pithoragarh
Eight months after it was inaugurated in March by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the new civil terminal at Sikandarpur near the Hindon airbase became operational with the first civil flight landing from Uttarakhand’s border town of Pithoragarh on Friday afternoon. The nine-seater aircraft of Air Heritage then took passengers to […]
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VBA, MNS may dent bigger players in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra assembly elections is being seen by many as a straight contest between two alliances. But there are two non-allied players, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), who have the potential to upend poll calculations in many seats and hurt major players. The MNS […]
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Will OBC discontent over quotas hurt BJP in Maharashtra?
They are a block of 400-odd castes and tribes who form the backbone of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) support base in Maharashtra for almost four decades now. But as the October 21 assembly election approaches, the Other Backward Classes (OBC) groups are unhappy about the quantum of reservation allocated […]
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75% jobs for locals, farm loan waiver in Congress Haryana poll manifesto
The Congress on unveiled a slew of promises with primary focus on wooing over 1 crore women population followed by farmers, unemployed youth and the weaker sections in its ‘sankalp patra’, the manifesto for the October 21 Haryana assembly polls released here on Friday. From waiving off farmers’ loans within […]
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Different strokes for Haryana’s sporting icons in political arena
With folded hands, 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Babita Phogat walks into Hindol village, and talks about her struggle. She describes herself as the “pride” of the region and urges people to bless her by voting for her from Charkhi Dadri assembly constituency in central Haryana. Her campaigning style […]
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PM Modi told Donald Trump not to interfere in Kashmir: Amit Shah
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Donald Trump that Kashmir is an internal matter of India and he need not interfere in it, Union home minister and BJP president Amit Shah said on Friday. Shah also said that in 70 years, no other Prime Minister but Narendra Modi “showed the courage to abrogate […]
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Visa, Mastercard shun Facebook’s Libra digital currency plan
Visa and Mastercard on Friday announced their departure from Facebook’s Libra project, a major setback to the social network’s plan for a worldwide digital currency. Along with the two payment giants, several other large companies have said they’re exiting Libra. Payment processing company Stripe is stepping back, as well as […]
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Mukesh Ambani retains top position, Adani jumps 8 spots to become second richest on Forbes list
The past year has proved challenging for the India’s ‘wealth creators’ as Forbes’ 2019 list of business tycoons saw their total wealth dropping by 8 per cent. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, had said that the country’s wealth creators help in reducing poverty and deserve respect […]
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RBI fixes cooperative banks’ daily reporting system post PMC collapse
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday has changed the daily reporting system at cooperative banks after the collapse of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank following the unearthing of over Rs 4,000 crore fraud there. In a circular addressed to chief executives of all cooperative banks, the RBI has asked […]
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Industrial output contracts 1.1% in August
India’s factory output contracted 1.1% in August as against a growth of 4.2% reported a month ago, thus signalling a deepening economic downturn. This may pave way for further monetary easing by the central bank for the sixth consecutive time in December. Data released by the ministry of statistics showed manufacturing and electricity […]
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Post paid mobile phone services in Jammu and Kashmir to be restored from Monday: Government
All post-paid mobile phone services will be restored in the remaining areas of Jammu and Kashmir from Monday, the government announced on Saturday, more than two months after clampdowns were enforced in the state. “All postpaid mobile phone services, irrespective of the service provider, will be restored from noon on […]
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PM Modi calls summit a ‘new era’, Xi says had ‘heart to heart’ discussions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the ongoing informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping marked a new era in ties between the two countries. The PM said this in his opening remarks as two leaders resumed their talks on the second day of the summit in Tamil Nadu’s Mamallapuram . Xi, in […]