Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:52:55
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Tuesday expressed doubts over Indian economy growing at 7 per cent when not enough jobs were being created and said the current cloud over the GDP numbers must be cleared by appointing an impartial body to look at the data.
Rajan, who has also served as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said he had no idea what statistics are pointing a
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:50:35
A record-breaking 28 medals in his kitty, the most decorated Olympian Michael Phelps says although Beijing Olympics was the greatest for him the "climb up the mountain" to the Rio Games made it equally special.
Phelps won a staggering eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning all the events he participated in.
In the 2012 London Games, the ace swimmer went on to win four gold a
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:47:20
Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday and may be fielded by the party from the Rampur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
Jaya Prada, a close associate of former Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, had been elected from Rampur on SP ticket twice.
If fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Rampur, she will take on senior SP leader Aza
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:44:49
The Congress is still relying on the 'Garibi Hatao' slogan coined by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1971 as they could not drive away poverty during their rule, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday.
"They are coming up with the Garibi Hatao slogan again.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:42:18
Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said Tuesday opposition parties may not have come together to fight the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in all states but would join hands post-poll to form government.
The former union minister said he was not at all disappointed that the opposition alliance to take on the BJP has not materialised in some states.
"...idea-wise, spirit-wise, they (oppos
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:37:47
Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who has been associated with BJP for about three decades, will join Congress at New Delhi on March 28, a senior party leader said here on Tuesday. "Shatrughan Sinha will join Congress in New Delhi on March 28 at 11.30 am ... He will be our candidate from Patna Sahib", chairman for the state Congress election campaign committee Akhilesh Prasad Sin
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:33:39
)" promised by him if his party is voted to power at the Centre.
"In the 21st century, India will define a 'minimum income line' and no one should live below this line. With this intention, we came up with NYAY. It will be a 'surgical strike' against poverty in the country. If the Narendra Modi government can give money to the rich, we can do it for the poor. 20 per cent of the poorest families
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:23:45
The Navy has made every effort to search for seven fishermen aboard the fishing boat 'Suvarna Tribhuja' which went missing off Malpe in Udupi since December 15 last, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday.
The minister, who met the family members of two missing fishermen Chandrashekar Kotian and Damodar Salian along with BJP leaders, told reporters that she had promised them to arrang
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:19:21
After having been denied Lok Sabha ticket from South Bengaluru parliamentary constituency, late Union Minister Ananth Kumar's wife Tejaswini said that she was shocked but will stand by the party's decision since the nation comes first.
BJP has fielded 28-year-old Tejasvi Surya as its candidate from the seat despite the fact that the seat was represented by Ananth Kumar since 1996. He passed awa
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