Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:52:08
Najeeb Jung on Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after springing a surprise by tendering resignation as Delhi's Lt Governor even as he said that he had wanted to quit earlier but was asked by the PM to continue.
Jung reached the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) at South Block in the national capital around 11.30 am and spent a little over an hour inside.
Sources said it was a
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Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:48:12
A 35-year-old Iraqi woman has got a new lease of life from two years of pain, after doctors at a private hospital here successfully removed a coconut sized tumor from her head.
Doctors in Iraq had rated "very low" the post-surgery survival chances of Wizdan Khadim and referred her to Fortis Hospital here for brain surgery.
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Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:46:38
The Home Ministry has asked digital payment and e-commerce companies to beef up their cyber security mechanisms to prevent any attack from virtual world in the wake of surge in digital payments triggered by demonetisation.
Sources in the Home Ministry said that Information Technology Ministry and concerned agencies have been told to communicate the concerns of the government to the companies in
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Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:44:42
A high profile pre-marriage liquor party at a farmhouse on the city outskirts was raided and 260 people including former IPL Chairman Chirayu Amin were booked in this connection, police said today.
Police recovered 103 liquor bottles and 116 bottles of beer, priced at Rs 1,28,950 during the raid conducted at the Akhand farmhouse in Ampad village near here. Also, 125 men and 134 women were book
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Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:42:57
CBI has asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to appear before it on December 26 in connection with a probe into the purported sting operation involving him.
This is the second time that Rawat has been summoned by the CBI on a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) registered by it in last seven months. He had earlier appeared before the agency on May 24 during which he was questioned for nearly fiv
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:52:38
Farmers in Karnataka are facing hardships in selling their kharif produce in mandis because of demonetisation and trade has come down by about 30-35 percent, state Agriculture Minister Krishan Byre Gowda today said.
"We did not face difficulty in rabi sowing because of demonetisation. But we are seeing problems in mandis, where farmers are not able to sell their kharif produce due to poor dema
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:48:12
Expressing concern over the plight of drought-hit farmers in the state, the Karnataka government today demanded that the Centre expedite the process to announce a relief package of Rs 4,702 crore for the crop loss in the Kharif season this year.
The state government has also sought a central relief of Rs 370 crore to help farmers whose crops were affected due to excessive rains in Bidar, Gulba
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:41:57
It turned out to be double delight for Ravichandran Ashwin at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Annual Awards on Thursday as he became only the third Indian player ever to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named the ICC Cricketer of the Year.
The off-spinner thus became the third India player and 12th overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. Ashwin follows i
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Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:34:52
Alluding to the recent Supreme Court order banning liquor shops within 500 metres of highways, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said half of Goa will be affected by the decision though the apex court's concern over the issue has a "base".
Referring to a proposed elevated road on NH4A and NH17, he said, "Once this road is completed, we will have to denotify the road that runs below. Now
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