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State-Run Banks Report Frauds Of More Than $13 Billion In Six Months: Finance Minister

India’s state-run banks reported fraud worth 957.6 billion rupees ($13.34 billion) in the first six months of the fiscal year…

4 years ago
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Kashmir Shutdown Caused Losses Of More Than $1 Billion, Trade Body Says

Economic losses in Kashmir have run into well over a billion dollars since India revoked its autonomy and statehood in…

4 years ago
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Delhi HC Declines To Entertain Plea To Replace Delhi Police With Another Security Force In Courts

The Delhi High Court declined on Monday to entertain a plea by two lawyers seeking to replace Delhi Police with…

4 years ago
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Prince Andrew Sex Claim Scandal Overshadows UK Election Campaign

A sex claim scandal involving Prince Andrew overshadowed Britain’s election campaign on Monday when Queen Elizabeth’s second son faced a…

4 years ago
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Fiscal Stimulus Needed To Revive India’s Stuttering Economy: Analysts

India has depended on monetary policy to support its economy growing at its slowest pace in six years but the…

4 years ago
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India Says E-Cigarette Ban Implies Use Of Devices Also Prohibited

The Indian government has told a court that its federal ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes implies that their…

4 years ago
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India Looks To Relax Norms To Attract Global Coal Miners, Industry Sceptical

India is looking to lower advance payments and offer larger mining blocks to attract global companies to invest in its…

4 years ago
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Winter Session Starts On Stormy Note; Opposition Uproar In Lok Sabha

The Winter Session of Lok Sabha on Monday began on a stormy note, with protests by the Congress and other…

4 years ago
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Heavy Deployment Of Police Outside JNU Ahead Of Protest March To Parliament

In the wake of a protest march to Parliament by the JNU Students' Union against hostel fee hike, heavy police…

4 years ago
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Won’t Issue Direction To Parliament For Drafting Uniform Civil Code: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will not issue any direction to Parliament for drafting a uniform civil…

4 years ago
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NRC In Assam Targeting Religious Minorities: US Commission On Religious Freedom

A federal US commission on international religious freedom has alleged that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is…

4 years ago
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CBI Raids Amnesty International Offices In India

India’s central investigating agency raided the local offices of human rights group Amnesty International on Friday, the Central Bureau of…

4 years ago
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Untimely Rains Hit India’s Summer Crops, Delay Rural Economy Recovery

Heavy rains in October and November have brought more misery to India’s farmers, after summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton,…

4 years ago
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Over Half Of India’s Coal-Fired Power Plants Set To Miss Emission Norm Deadline

More than half of India’s coal-fired power plants ordered to retrofit equipment to curb air pollution are set to miss…

4 years ago
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Delhi’s Schools To Reopen Next Week, Parents Wary Of Hazardous Air

Schools in India’s capital New Delhi will reopen on Monday after closing for two days due to a spike in…

4 years ago
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Maharashtra Politics Turning New Page: Sena-NCP-Congress Pact Takes Shape

The first-ever Shiv Sena- NCP-Congress alliance in Maharashtra appears to be taking definitive shape with Sharad Pawar on Friday announcing…

4 years ago
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Sena-NCP-Congress Government Will Complete 5-Year Term: Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government will be formed and it will complete a five-year…

4 years ago
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy Activist Abdul Jabbar Dies

Social activist Abdul Jabbar, who worked tirelessly for the victims and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, died of…

4 years ago
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Indian Tax Officials Find Modi’s Targets Too Taxing, Some Quit

India’s tax officials are facing a taxing issue. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government wants them to collect 17% more in…

4 years ago
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Vietnam Jails Music Teacher For 11 years Over ‘Anti-State’ Facebook Posts

A court in Vietnam jailed a music teacher for 11 years on Friday for a series of posts on Facebook…

4 years ago
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Decision On Odd-Even Extension To Be Taken On Monday: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said a final call on extending the odd-even scheme would be taken on Monday as…

4 years ago
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Wrestler Ritu Phogat Ready For Tilt At MMA World Title

Competing at the Olympic Games is the dream of most athletes but Indian wrestler Ritu Phogat has always wanted to…

4 years ago
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Schools Shut Because Of Delhi’s Smog, But Hundreds Of Children Run A Race

About 1,000 children ran a race in thick smog in the Indian capital New Delhi early on Thursday when authorities…

4 years ago
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Activists Urge India, UK To Challenge Pak Atrocities In Balochistan

The UK chapter of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) and associated organisations called on the Indian government to challenge the…

4 years ago
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Love Of Cash Hinders India’s Move To Digital Economy

India’s dependency on cash may slow the country’s transition to digital payments despite large numbers of internet and mobile phone…

4 years ago

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