Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:19:13
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to "fulfil their commitment" of permitting withdrawal of Rs 24,000 per week to the extent possible and review the decision periodically.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur noted the submissions of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi who had said government has already made it amply clear that it would take around 50 days time to streamline
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Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:56:06
After the Communist Party of India (Marxist) skipped the opposition delegation that met President Pranab Mukherjee over the demonetisation issue, while defending their party's decision, general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said they never supported the decision to meet the President as they wanted to approach the common man in this matter.
"We had asked earlier, what would the President
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Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:53:08
Pakistan were in early trouble chasing Australia’s first innings of 429 on the second day of the day-night Test at the Gabba on Friday.
The visitors lost their first wicket in the fifth over when Azhar Ali was well caught by a diving Usman Khawaja at third slip off Mitchell Starc for five.
At the interval, Pakistan were 20 for one with Sami Aslam on three and Babar Azam not out on nine.
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Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:48:41
Extremely upset with the disruptions in the month-long Winter Session, former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Friday said that he had not witnessed such scenes in Parliament in his political career so far, adding it was extremely unfortunate that various political parties were acting as per their convenience with least concern for the common man.
"Is there any unity in the opposition? There i
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Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:45:10
Launching attack on the NDA government on demonetisation, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday asked it to waive off farm loans and deposit the black money recovered by it into the accounts of the poor as they are the worst hit due to this 'unplanned' move.
She said after so days after demonetisation people continue to suffer and the poor farmers have no money to sow their crop
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Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:40:41
After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a demand to provide relief for debt-ridden farmers, the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the former has accepted that the situation of farmers is critical in the country, but did not commit anything on waiving off their loans. “Prime Minister accepted that the situation of farmers is critical, But he did not say anything about wai
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Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:38:09
In tongue-and-cheek remarks, NCP leader Sharad Pawar said the Supreme Court, which has so far been guiding how to run the country, will now decide how to organise cricket.
“While I am closely associated with cricket, the matter is in the Supreme court. The Court is now going to decide how cricket will be organised. Till yesterday, they were guiding how to run the country. Now, they are also gui
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Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:36:27
Tainted former Pakistan captain Salman Butt does not believe cricket can ever be completely free of corruption but has praised the mechanism put into place by the ICC and member boards to safeguard players from corrupt elements in the game.
In an interview with PTI, Butt who has tasted his biggest cricketing success this week since his five year ban for spot-fixing expired in September 2015, sa
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Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:27:22
Eight-month-old Pakistani infant Rayan has become the youngest bone marrow donor in India by donating healthy bone marrow stem cells to his elder sister, who underwent successful transplant at a city hospital here.
The two-and-a-half-year-old Zeenia, hailing from Sahiwal in Pakistan, was suffering from Hemaphagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare disease in which bone marrow produces some a
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