Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:38:25
Drawing flak for his remark on the Bengaluru molestation incident, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said that he has been quoted "out of context". Addressing a press conference, Parameshwara said incident's like the one that took place on New Year must not bring bad name to Bengaluru.
"Bengaluru has always been peaceful for women. My quote about the New Year's Eve molestation
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Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:27:58
Police have registered an FIR against Dakshina Kannada BJP MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, after a jurisdictional magistrate court directed them to investigate an alleged hate speech by him.
In his speech on January 2,Kateel had allegedly said Dakshina Kannada district would be set on fire if murderers of Karthik Raj of his party were not caught within 10 days.
Raj, the son of former Mangaluru talu
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Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:15:03
India has "broken" UN limits on nuclear arms and long-range missiles and Pakistan should also be accorded the same "privilege", state-run Chinese media said today as it criticised New Delhi for carrying out Agni-4 and 5 missile tests whose range covers the Chinese mainland.
"India has broken the UN's limits on its development of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missile," the ruling Comm
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Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:11:41
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday chaired a high-level committee and approved central assistance of Rs 1782.44 crore for drought hit Karnataka and Rs 208.91 crore for Uttarakhand which was ravaged by floods.
The committee had examined the proposal based on the reports of the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) which visited the states of Uttarakhand and Karnataka affected by flood
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Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:09:53
The Reserve Bank is believed to have received deposits close to Rs. 15 lakh crore, of estimated Rs. 15.4 lakh crore worth junked Rs. 500/1,000 currency notes that were in circulation, from the 50-day demonetisation exercise that ended on December 30.
When asked if about Rs. 15 lakh crore has come to the system till December 30, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, "I don't know the number."
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Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:04:09
A farmer in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district was shocked to receive Rs 2,000 currency notes without the image of Mahatma Gandhi from a branch of a public sector bank.
Laxman Meena, a farmer from Bichchhugawadi village, received three notes of Rs 2,000 when he withdrew money from the bank's branch at Baroda town in Sheopur.
"I was given three notes of Rs 2,000 on withdrawal from my account
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Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:02:25
Younis Khan claimed his 34th Test century and first in Australia to keep Pakistan's first innings barely alive in the final Test in Sydney today.
The 39-year-old Pakistan great became the first batsman to score Test hundreds in 11 countries as he turned around an indifferent series with his first century since October.
He fought back from a dreadful mix-up which led to the run-out of the tea
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Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:00:07
FreeCharge, India’s fastest growing digital payments platform today announced the appointment of Mayank Kapoor as its new head of Human Resources vertical.
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