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November 9, 2019 06:50 IST

The first batch of 550 Indian Sikh pilgrims will include former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his family, and about 150-160 other dignitaries, including Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and her husband and former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Badal.

November 9, 2019 04:38 IST

While Moody’s has maintained the country ratings and only lowered the outlook, it still poses risks of capital flight unless the government improves its fiscal health materially through aggressive stake sale in state-owned companies.

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November 9, 2019 06:48 IST

Ayodhya Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid Case Verdict: On Friday, hours before the Supreme Court notified the Saturday sitting, CJI Gogoi met Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari and Director General of Police Om Prakash Singh in his court chamber.

Maharashtra: Unlikely to get central assistance, state taps into contingency fund
November 9, 2019 04:07 IST

The data shows that Maharashtra accounted for almost 40 per cent of all farmer suicides in the country in 2016. Karnataka (1,212) was second on the list but still recorded 50 per cent less farmers’ suicides than Maharashtra.

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November 9, 2019 08:08 IST

The three were under SPG cover since the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. Two months ago, the government had similarly downgraded the security cover for Congress leader and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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November 8, 2019 06:28 IST

In the case of complaints of any kitchen compromising on hygiene standards, the violator will have to pay fine upto Rs 1 lakh.

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November 8, 2019 06:48 IST

Insurers should also ensure that service providers of wellness and preventive programmes have an appropriate mechanism to discharge their obligations by offering the agreed services or products.

For faster resolution, NBFCs to be brought under IBC purview
November 8, 2019 06:32 IST

The notification will allow existing consortium of lenders and the existing resolution professional to take the financial service provider or the NBFC to the NCLT and seek a resolution plan that is binding on all parties.

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November 8, 2019 06:32 IST

Former PM Manmohan Singh part of first batch of 550 pilgrims

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November 8, 2019 09:17 IST

Minutes of the last meeting of the Strategic Planning Group of the Currency and Coins Division of the Ministry of Finance, held on June 3, show that printing and bank note paper stock situation continue to be in flux after demonetisation.

Govt revokes author Taseer’s OCI card for hiding father’s Pak origin
November 8, 2019 07:26 IST

A spokesperson for the Union Home Ministry Thursday said that Aatish Taseer, while submitting his PIO application, “concealed the fact of Pak origin of his late father”.

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November 8, 2019 06:56 IST

In the absence of support from its pre-poll alliance partner, the BJP appears to be exercising caution. Despite being the single largest party with 105 MLAs in the 288-strong Assembly, it did not stake claim to form the government.

Students’ suicides: Centre recruits 1,176 counsellors for 635 Navodaya schools
November 8, 2019 10:13 IST

Their scope of work includes providing personal and group counselling to students, diagnosing students with learning disability and helping new students adapt to the residential environment at these schools located in rural area.

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November 8, 2019 06:50 IST

In January this year, the CBI had moved an application in Delhi’s Patiala House Courts, seeking consent for conducting polygraph tests on the accused and the complainant in the case.

Latest in Karnataka phone-tapping: Actor Sumalatha on list
November 8, 2019 08:25 IST

Sumalatha Ambarish is the wife of M H Ambarish, the former film star turned Congress and JD(S) mass leader from Mandya.

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November 8, 2019 06:51 IST

The youngest of nine siblings, Ansari spent much of his life in Mumbai before moving to Dubai in 2008 to work at a printing press. Two years into his job, he was arrested when he returned on vacation.

November 7, 2019 07:18 IST

The petition filed by Mumbai-based National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms had sought review of the 1993 judgment in the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association and Another vs. Union of India, also known as the Second Judges Case.

November 7, 2019 11:57 IST

Asked what the system should do to ensure that such surveillance does not happen illegally, Justice Srikrishna told The Indian Express: “Generate strong public opinion against what you see as a clear onslaught on democratic and Constitutional rights of citizens.”

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November 7, 2019 07:12 IST

This is the first time the Union government has officially pitched for deployment of paramilitary forces in its educational institution.

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November 7, 2019 11:55 IST

The Gabriel Sena, launched in the archdiocese of Thalassery in Kannur last month, will hold its first meeting at Taliparamba in Kannur district on November 15. 

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November 7, 2019 03:58 IST

Taking stern note of the “inability” of the Delhi government to tackle pollution, the bench warned the state’s Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev that “we will not spare your top boss if you don’t” take remedial action.

Unnao rape case: Delhi court convicts MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, pulls up CBI
November 7, 2019 03:26 IST

Records show that “during the time of the incident, UTP (undertrial prisoner) Kuldeep Sengar, an accused in Unnao rape case, was also lodged in the lock-up”.

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November 7, 2019 07:19 IST

Only for net worth positive projects, those classified as NPAs, before NCLT.

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November 7, 2019 07:21 IST

This suspicion of “outsiders” as trouble makers is echoed by most people The Indian Express spoke to in the temple town.

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November 7, 2019 05:22 IST

The Indian Express Senior Editor Anuradha Mascarenhas has won the award under the Gender Based Reporting category for her report on how locals in Araku Valley in Andhra Pradesh were reaching out to tribal women to ensure zero maternal deaths.

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