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Mehbooba chairs high-level meet as heavy rains lash J-K
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called on a high-level meeting with the army, police and the senior officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Government in Srinagar to take precautionary measures in view of the incessant rain and untimely snowf
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Cautious RBI puts growth low on priority: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): According to ASSOCHAM, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been cautious in its approach, even as faced with a big challenge of managing excess liquidity following demonetisation. The RBI has rightly decided to not go over-board and resorted to much feared me
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Punjab CM directs restructuring of DTO, professionalisation of registratio
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Government has decided to initiate a series of sweeping reforms to streamline the transport system in the state, with a new draft transport policy expected to be announced within two weeks and several measures to u
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Unhappy over ticket distribution for MCD polls, AK Walia offers quits Cong
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 3 (ANI): Lashing out at the Congress Party for adopting undemocratic measures with regard to allocation of tickets for the upcoming MCD polls, former Delhi minister and senior leader A.K. Walia on Monday said that he has offered to resign following the unnecessary cha
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European Investment Bank President calls on PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 31 (AN): Dr. Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and appreciated India's strong and proactive measures in the field of climate change, and expressed the bank's continued support for India'
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Cabinet approves simplification, rationalization of visa regime in India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): With a view to stimulate economic growth and to increase the earnings from the export of services like tourism, medical value travel, travel on account of business, the Union Cabinet has announced approval of various measures for liberalization, simplificati
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Now, a method to measure potentially damaging cigarette smoke radicals
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has come up with a method for measuring free radicals, which are atoms or groups of atoms with unpaired electrons thought to be partly responsible for making smokers sick, and this could help improve the understanding of the relatio
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Not for us to be moral guardians of other parties: BJP on Gaikwad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Mumbai [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday castigated Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad for his unruly behaviour with an Air India staffer and called for corrective measures to ensure that such shameful conduct is never ever repeated in public life.
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Rejoice beer lovers! A pint a day keeps heart problems at bay
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 24 (ANI): Drinking a pint of ordinary beer, lager or two small pub measure (25 ml) of spirits a day may lower the risk of several, but not all, cardiovascular diseases, suggests a study.
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Earthquake of 4.2 magnitude jolts Swat, surrounding areas in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 23 (ANI): The U.S. Seismological Centre on Thursday measured the earthquake at 4.2 Richter Scale at a depth of 180 kilometre in Swat and surrounding areas of Pakistan.
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No escalation of security in Delhi, Mumbai post U.K. Parliament attack
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 23 (ANI): There will be no major escalation in security measures in the metropolitan cities of India - Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai - following the major terror attack outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Wednesday.
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U.K. Parliament attack: NYPD increases security following incident
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 23 (ANI): Following a major terror attack on the U.K. Parliament in London, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has stepped up security measures in the United States.
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