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Post Budget reaction from technology, education, retail, BFSI and others
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI-NewsVoir): Union Budget 2017-18 is a big relief for the common masses from reduction in personal income tax to sops for affordable housing - the Finance Minister has announced various measures to benefit farmers and weaker sections of the society.
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Need freedom of expression, says 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' dire
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], Feb. 24 (ANI): A day after 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' was denied certification by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for being 'lady oriented' and 'abusive', film director Alankrita Shrivastava says it is a matter of shame that she is a
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Manipur: Rajnath's clarification on framework fails to convince Civil
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 22 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's clarification on framework agreement signed between the NSCN-IM and the Government of India, during his visit to Imphal has failed to convince the Civil Society organisation of the state as well as the students'
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'Khawaja Asif a mouthpiece of India': Pak Defence Min under fire
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb. 22 (ANI): With Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif branding Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed as a "threat to the society", several political and religious leaders across Islamabad have lashed out at him, accusing him of becoming the 'mouthpiece&
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Triple Talaq highlights 'unacceptable' inequality between men an
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 17 (ANI): Branding triple talaq as immoral, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday stated that the controversial practice only proved inequality between men and women which was unacceptable in the Indian society, adding that freedom of religio
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National TB workshop calls for knowledge-sharing on best practices
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.16 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and CARE India's National Workshop on TB in Delhi focused on strengthening existing partnerships, involving more partners from private sector and civil society and an outcome-based roadmap to reduce TB burden in
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President Mukherjee lays emphasis on knowledge based society
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Feb. 13 (ANI): Asserting that knowledge based society is going to be the order of the day, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said there is no dearth of talent either of students or teachers in the country.
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Guru Ravidas' ideals have profound impact on society: PM Modi
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New Delhi [India], Feb. 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the occasion of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on Friday, said that the ideals and thoughts of the Indian mystic poet-sant have a profound impact on society.
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Two-wheeler sales still under pressure, says SIAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Reacting on the two-wheelers sales post demonetization, which has seen improvement although the January sales were recorded negative, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Thursday said that the January two-wheelers sales registered a decline of
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Owaisi slams PM for 'raincoat' remark, questions his role in Gul
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 9 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his 'raincoat' remark on his predecessor Dr. Manmohan Singh and questioned the former's role in the 2002 Gulbarg Society
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Budget is progressive, pragmatic and people-oriented: Finance Secretary
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 4 (ANI): The Budget 2017-18 charts a story that is consistent with the policies of government in the last couple of years, predictable in its approach and is shorn of unnecessary surprises for the industry and society, said Ashok Lavasa, Finance and Expenditure Secret
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J-K: Poonch Police organise symposium on drug abuse
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb. 3 (ANI): The Poonch Police has organised a symposium on drug abuse to eradicate the use of narcotics from the society.
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