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Security tightened in Manipur over possible Rohingya influx
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept 23 (ANI): Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh, on Friday, said that stringent security measures have been taken up at the border areas of Manipur, sensing the possibility of a mass influx in the backdrop of the recent large scale violence in Rakhine pro
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Uttar Pradesh becomes the new flavour of Bollywood in 2017
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New delhi [India], Sept. 19 (ANI): With a number of films released this year, the audience has already got a new flavour which has emerged to be a hit amongst the masses. Films set against a backdrop of Uttar Pradesh are striking cords with the viewers across all quarters.
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CBDT highlights 25 percent surge in filing of IT returns
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday highlighted a 25 percent increase in the number of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) filed in the current fiscal, on the backdrop of economic reform, including demonetisation and the Income Tax Department's (I
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Vijender Singh dedicates his 'Battleground Asia' victory towards
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Boxer Vijender Singh, who on Saturday defeated China's Zulpikar Maimaitiali in the unified WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental Super Middleweight title, has dedicated the victory towards peace and harmony between India and China, more particularly in the bac
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ASSOCHAM urges RBI to slash interest rates due to low inflation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Against the backdrop of a decline in factory output, with inflation at a five-year low, the ASSOCHAM on Sunday wrote to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel, stressing on the need to cut at least 25 basis points in the policy interest rate, a
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Kerala: Congress on hunger strike, demands end to violence between RSS, CP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], July 30 (ANI): In the backdrop of a spree of violence between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) members in Kerala spurred by the death of an RSS activist, the Kerala unit of the Congress Party on Sunday staged a protest demand
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People do not see future in grand old party: BJP on Gujarat Congress crisi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 29 (ANI): In the backdrop of Gujarat Congress MLAs quitting and joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the latter on Saturday said it is happening as people do not see any future in the Congress Party.
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Gujarat political drama: 44 Congress MLAs leave for Bengaluru
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 28 (ANI): In the backdrop of Gujarat Congress MLAs quitting and joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as many as 44 of the grand old party MLAs left for Bengaluru on late Friday night to ensure they don't succumb to police and political pressure to
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K'taka CM writes to Centre, asks for removal of Hindi script from Nam
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Amid the protests over the use of Hindi in Bengaluru Metro signboards, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written a letter to Union Urban Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar asserting that the state government was compelled to
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US special envoy to visit Israel to de-escalate Temple Mount tensions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], July 24 (ANI): U.S. envoy to the peace process Jason Greenblatt will today visit Israel to support de-escalation of tensions amid the backdrop of the Temple Mount row.
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Iran announces missile production line 'Sayyad 3 missile'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran (Iran), July 23 (ANI): Iran announced the launch of its new missile production line Sayyad 3 missile, in the backdrop of tension between the United States (U.S.) and Tehran.
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Nitish Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi amid speculations of rift in 'mahagat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi at the latter's residence here on Saturday, in the backdrop of clouds of uncertainity hovering over the 'mahagathbandhan' in Bihar.
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