Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:32:29
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said a lower level of taxation that is globally compatible is necessary if the country has to have a broader base of economy.
He said gone are the days of the philosophy that high taxation will bring greater revenues and that since 1991 the course of economy has altered itself.
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:30:53
Mahinder Pal Singh has become the first Sikh cricketer to be selected in Pakistan's National Cricket Academy after he was picked for a fast bowlers' camp, being organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The 21-year old Mahinder was selected at an emerging player camp, organised by PCB in Multan in November.
"It was a proud moment for me to be selected for the camp," Pal, who hails from the tr
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:28:15
Russian divers on Monday found the main body of the military plane that crashed in the Black Sea with 92 people onboard, an official told Russian news agencies.
"Divers... have found the fuselage of the plane that crashed on Sunday in the Black Sea," agencies quoted a member of the emergency ministry's Sochi-based search and rescue team as saying.
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016 19:30:53
Kumta: Foundation stone laying ceremony for a new Jamia Masjid at Kimani in Kumta was held on 26th December, Monday, in the morning, in the presence of Ulamas from Kumta and Bhatkal. Several leaders from muslim organizations were also present at the event.
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:14:38
India on Monday test launched its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile 'Agni,5' from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.
Unlike other missiles of Agni series, 'Agni-5' is the most advanced having some new technologies incorporated with it in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine.
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:09:27
In an untoward incident, more than 900 cylinders stored in two trucks blast near Chintamani in Karnataka's Chikkaballapura district
The blast led to huge fire that engulfed two trucks and a Bolero vehicle. However, no causalities have been reported so far.
As per the reports, the incident took place last night due to short circuit of battery.
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:02:54
President Pranab Mukherjee today said the people of West Bengal and Karnataka share a deep bonding by way of many things, including the literature of the two states.
"People of West Bengal and Karnataka share a deep bonding by way of many things, including Kannada and Bengali literature," he said at the inauguration of the 89th annual conference of Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan here.
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:01:28
In an embarrassment to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a video of a person tying his shoelaces at an event here has gone viral, prompting opposition BJP to dub him as 'arrogant' and 'pseudo-socialist' (rpt) 'pseudo-socialist'.
The video shows a person bending down to tie the shoelaces of the Chief Minister and him looking elsewhere.
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Mon, 26 Dec 2016 11:56:28
2016 can be summed up as a year when the Law Ministry came under constant fire of outgoing Chief Justice of India T S Thakur for rising vacancies in the higher judiciary even as its efforts to finalise a document to guide appointments in high courts and the Supreme Court failed to get finalised.
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