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After Uddhav Thackeray’s “If Insulted” Call, Nitin Gadkari In BJP’s 2nd List

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After Uddhav Thackeray’s “If Insulted” Call, Nitin Gadkari In BJP’s 2nd List

Uddhav Thackeray (L) and Nitin Gadkari (R) (File). New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has been named in the party’s second list of candidates for the forthcoming general election. Mr Gadkari, 66, who hails from Maharashtra, will defend the state’s Nagpur seat that he has held since the 2014 poll.  That…

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Maharashtra Cabinet Approves Name Change For 8 British-Era Stations In Mumbai

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Maharashtra Cabinet Approves Name Change For 8 British-Era Stations In Mumbai

Maharashtra cleared a proposal to change British-era names of eight suburban railway stations Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet today cleared a proposal to change the British-era names of eight suburban railway stations in Mumbai. The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. These eight stations are located on the Western,…

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RBI Asks These 2 Banks To Stop Adding Customers To Co-Branded Credit Cards

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RBI Asks These 2 Banks To Stop Adding Customers To Co-Branded Credit Cards

The lenders did not disclose the reasons cited by the central bank (Representational) Mumbai: India’s central bank has asked South Indian Bank and Federal Bank to stop adding new customers to their co-branded credit cards, the lenders said in separate stock exchange filings on Wednesday. South Indian Bank said it has been asked to stop…

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‘Didi’ Bets On ‘Didi No.1’ Star To Woo Women Voters Amid Sandeshkhali Row

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‘Didi’ Bets On ‘Didi No.1’ Star To Woo Women Voters Amid Sandeshkhali Row

Rachna Banerjee has been fielded by the Trinamool Congress from Hooghly seat. PTI New Delhi: If there was an award for glitz quotient in announcing Lok Sabha poll candidates, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress would be a clear winner. While other parties, including the BJP and the Congress, put out lacklustre lists with names of candidates…

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Government Urged To Remove Designated Rooms In Hotels, Airports

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Government Urged To Remove Designated Rooms In Hotels, Airports

New Delhi: On the occasion of No Smoking Day, doctors, cancer victims and hotel associations urged the government to remove designated smoking rooms in hotels, restaurants and airports to protect people from second-hand smoke. While appreciating the government for initiating the process to amend COTPA 2003 and setting a target of making India 100 per…

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Midnight Knock On Woman’s Door For Lemon Unbecoming Of A CISF Officer: High Court

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Midnight Knock On Woman’s Door For Lemon Unbecoming Of A CISF Officer: High Court

Knocking on the door of a woman at odd hours asking for a lemon is preposterous, the court said. Mumbai: Knocking on the door of a woman at odd hours asking for a lemon is preposterous and unbecoming of a CISF personnel, the Bombay High Court said refusing to quash the penalty imposed on him…

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After Delhi High Court Setback, Congress To Appeal In Supreme Court In Over Rs 100 Crore Pending Tax Case

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After Delhi High Court Setback, Congress To Appeal In Supreme Court In Over Rs 100 Crore Pending Tax Case

Congress has said the tax tribunal’s order freezing its funds was “an attack on democracy” New Delhi: The Congress will move the Supreme Court to cancel a Delhi High Court order that allowed a tribunal to recover over Rs 100 crore outstanding tax from the party, sources said. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) on…

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September 17 To Be Celebrated As ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’: Amit Shah

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September 17 To Be Celebrated As ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’: Amit Shah

The region was liberated from Nizam’s rule on September 17, 1948. New Delhi: The Centre announced that it will celebrate September 17 every year as ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’. In a notification, the Union Home Ministry said Hyderabad did not get independence for 13 months after India’s independence on August 15, 1947, and was under the…

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National Cadet Corps ‘World’s Largest’ As Rajnath Singh Approves Expansion

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National Cadet Corps ‘World’s Largest’ As Rajnath Singh Approves Expansion

With sanctioned strength of 20 lakh cadets NCC is largest uniformed youth organisation in the world New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for expansion of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) with an addition of 3,00,000 cadets. The expansion is expected to cater to the increasing demand for the NCC from educational…

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