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Opening of Online Customer Survey by India Post

Opening of Online Customer Survey by India Post

Since inception in 1854, India Post has been serving its citizens by catering to their basic requirements of communications. Over the years, it has evolved by providing varied services to Indian Citizenry in terms of Mail Services (both domestic and international), Money remittances (both domestic and international), Small Savings, Philately, Securing lives, Retail Services and […]

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Union Cabinet approves creation of National Urban Housing Fund

Union Cabinet approves creation of National Urban Housing Fund

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given approval for creation of National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) for Rs.60,000 crores.  This fund will be situated in Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC), an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. […]

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Assault on Delhi Chief Secretary: Centre seeks report

Assault on Delhi Chief Secretary: Centre seeks report

New Delhi, Feb 20 :The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday sought a report from Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on an alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by AAP MLAs. “The LG has been asked to submit his report by today evening,” a Home Ministry official said. Prakash was allegedly assaulted by AAP MLAs […]

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Mob lynches 2 Arunachal men accused of raping, killing minor

Mob lynches 2 Arunachal men accused of raping, killing minor

A mob barged into a police station, dragged out two men accused of raping and killing a minor and then lynched them on the streets in a town in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lohit district, police said on Tuesday.The two had been arrested for the alleged rape and murder of a five-year-old girl at Namgo village in […]

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SC to hear plea against Nirav Modi on Feb 23

SC to hear plea against Nirav Modi on Feb 23

Feb 20, 2018 The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation seeking “immediate deportation” of Nirav Modi, the main accused in the Punjab National Bank scam, on February 23. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra will hear the PIL filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda. Dhanda, in his PIL, also sought action […]

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10 Questions For Arun Jaitley On Nirav Modi Scam

10 Questions For Arun Jaitley On Nirav Modi Scam

February 20, 2018 The Nirav Modi scam has not only exposed the frailties of the banking system in the country but also sullied the sparkling image of the Modi government. It was but natural for a political slugfest to break out as a result of this scam, but in the confusion created by the allegations […]

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Rotomac bank fraud: CBI files FIR in scam worth Rs 3,695 cr

February 19, 2018 The CBI has registered a case against Rotomac pen promoter Vikram Kothari and his family in connection with a case related to the alleged swindling of Rs 3,695 crore of bank loan funds, officials said today. The scam was earlier estimated at around Rs 800 crore. The case against Kanpur-based Rotomac Global […]

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India, Indonesia joint military drill begins in Bandung

India, Indonesia joint military drill begins in Bandung

Jakarta, Feb 19:The Indian and Indonesian armies on Monday began the sixth edition of their annual military exercises in the West Java province of the archipelago country. The opening ceremony of the two-week Garuda Shakti military drill between the Special Forces of the Indian Army and the Indonesian Army was held at Bandung. The exercises […]

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PNB fraud: Petition filed in SC demanding SIT probe

PNB fraud: Petition filed in SC demanding SIT probe

February 19, 2018 A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Monday demanding a Special Investigation Team probe in the ongoing Punjab National Bank fraud. PNB detected the scam last week, wherein noted jewellery designer Nirav Modi acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking from one of its branches for overseas credit from other Indian […]

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Another MP minister warns voters, says ‘no scheme benefits if you vote for Congress’

Another MP minister warns voters, says ‘no scheme benefits if you vote for Congress’

After Yashodhara Raje Scindia, another minister in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan has sparked a controversy by saying that only those who vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would get benefits of government schemes, those voting for the Congress party would simply waste their votes. During bypoll campaign in Madhya Pradesh, Chouhan-led BJP government’s minister […]