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Hope in due course of time, my father will understand why I joined BJP: Sujay Vikhe-Patil
March 28, 2019 07:02 IST

Four years ago, after he won the election at the debt-ridden and twice-auctioned Rahuri Sugar Cooperative Factory, Sujay Vikhe-Patil was able to restructure the factory and pay arrears partially.

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March 28, 2019 07:03 IST

Ambedkar’s decision to not join the opposition alliance, and contest the election as a candidate of VBA, an umbrella coalition of many parties, has divided political opinions in Akola.

INS Shivaji to celebrate platinum jubilee will raise awareness of armed forces among students
March 28, 2019 05:35 IST

A press statement released by the institute said several events were organised to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

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March 28, 2019 14:25 IST

A railway press release said a special train will make a total of 26 trips between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai and Lucknow.

Pune institute works on model to improve crop insurance
March 28, 2019 05:14 IST

There are a few insurance companies in India that deal with crop insurance and the Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd is the largest of them, with a 60 to 65 per cent share of the market.

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March 28, 2019 05:15 IST

The 17 participating nations were Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Indian contingent was represented by Maratha Light Infantry’s Jangi Paltan.

Alliance candidate not decided yet; leaders of Cong, NCP discuss campaign plan for Pune Lok Sabha seat
March 28, 2019 05:52 IST

As they wait for an announcement about the Congress candidate for the Pune Lok Sabha seat, leaders of the party met their NCP counterparts on Wednesday to decide on a campaign strategy for the unnamed candidate. The Pune seat is contested by a Congress candidate as per the party’s seat-sharing arrangement with the NCP, which […]

Govt bans Saridon, 328 other combination drugs: Here's the full list
March 27, 2019 02:04 IST

The new Clinical Trial Rules, the ISCR said, has reduced the time for approving applications to 30 days for drugs discovered in India or whose research and development has been done in India and are proposed to be manufactured and marketed in India. For drugs developed outside the country, the approval time has been fixed to 90 days.

Punjab University seminar: ‘Over 15,000 farmer suicides in last 10 years’
March 27, 2019 02:00 IST

The farmer says that his income had seen a spike over the last two years, a part of which, he said, could be attributed to bee-farming that he had taken up to supplement his earnings.

March 27, 2019 02:00 IST

“The study of ancient texts holds great importance in society today as it forms a means to better understand both our past as well as our present. The discovery and preservation of these texts will ensure that Indological research continues to grow and thrive as an academic field in our country,” Murty said.

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March 27, 2019 18:09 IST

The Army chief will be the chief guest at the validation exercise and closing ceremony of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19), which will conclude on Wednesday at Aundh Military Station.

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March 27, 2019 01:51 IST

Police have arrested the suspect, Avinash Kailas Kamble (39), and his alleged accomplice Nitish Thopte (30). They also suspect that more people were involved in the conspiracy to murder Vanshiv.

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March 27, 2019 01:44 IST

The BJP leader said the Congress had made “big announcements” about granting a loan waiver to farmers in Rajasthan and other states where it came to power, but had failed to implement it.

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March 27, 2019 01:42 IST

Speaking during an Idea Exchange at The Indian Express office in Pune, Sule, who is the NCP candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from Baramati, said the biggest challenges ahead of the country right now were agrarian crisis and unemployment, and on both these issues, the government had “failed utterly”.

March 25, 2019 08:42 IST

Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lakhowal) and Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) — have started dharnas at separate sites in Dhuri area of Sangrur. A total of 1,320 crore dues of farmers have been pending before co-operative and private sugar mills since 2017-18.

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March 25, 2019 08:18 IST

“Why the poor chowkidar is being defamed by these leaders for political gains,” questions Kuldip Kaur, who is one of the 10,500 village chowkidars employed by the Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management in Punjab.

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March 25, 2019 07:42 IST

Not far from Bargari, is Burj Jawahar Singh Wala from where Guru Granth Sahib was stolen from a gurdwara on June 1, 2015 and later torn pages were found in the streets of Bargari on October 12, 2015.

Before BJP ended suspense over candidate, Pune Lok Sabha seat attracted big names and bigger rumours
March 24, 2019 10:07 IST

The Pune Lok Sabha seat has been in the limelight for almost six months. No other Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra has been discussed, and its candidates have remained undecided, for such a long period.

To push retail sale by mills, sugar commissioner writes to district collectors & ZPs
March 24, 2019 09:37 IST

As of March 15, sugar mills have managed to pay Rs 14, 881.01 crore of the Rs 20,653.02 crore they owed to farmers as the fair and remunerative price (FRP). But, with over Rs 5,000 crore in cane dues, millers face possible action from the officer of the sugar commissioner.

In Chandigarh, AAP gained most from Congress vote bank in 2014, says study
March 24, 2019 09:36 IST

A study by the Institute of Development and Communication (IDC) post-2014 Lok Sabha polls spoke about the rise of AAP in Chandigarh city.

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March 24, 2019 10:33 IST

The DC had to reach National Martyrs’ Memorial at Hussaniwala to pay tributes to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev who were cremated at this place on March 23, 1931. Saturday was their 88th martyrdom day.

March 24, 2019 09:27 IST

The driver of the Volvo bus Surinder Singh who had been held guilty and sentenced imprisonment of two years by the JMIC Court earlier in 2017, has been acquitted from the charges on March 6.

‘Regular checkups, proper medical care can prevent stillbirth’
March 24, 2019 09:17 IST

If there is some inherent cause, which could be genetic, then the risk of conceiving within a year of stillbirth increases even more.

March 24, 2019 10:27 IST

Son of Ranbir Singh, Bhagat Singh’s younger brother, the Army veteran was speaking on the 88th martyrdom day of the freedom fighter at Delhi Archives on Saturday.

Interview: Maneet Gohil was featured in Forbes India 30 under 30
March 24, 2019 09:05 IST

In Chandigarh on an invitation by the University Business School, PU, Gohil tells The Indian Express what led him to become an entrepreneur. 

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