India is finally at the table with five other countries to decide on the roadmap for peace in Afghanistan after six months of hectic behind-the-scenes diplomacy, sources told The Indian Express. Washington suggested this mechanism even when it emerged that Moscow suggested a plan that kept New Delhi out. The …
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The Prime Minister, who predicted on Sunday that the match was over (“khela shesh”) For the Trinamool Congress, he had invited voters in 2014 to choose a winner-winner from Narendra Modi in Delhi and Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. “Aapke dono haath mein laddu”He said at an electoral rally on the …
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Muthoot Group Chairman George Muthoot died from the fourth floor of his home in East Kailash of Delhi, police said on Saturday. “We received information at the Amar Colony police station on Friday night at 9:21 pm that George, 72, fell from the fourth floor of his home,” said RP …
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On Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the Emergency imposed in 1975 by then-PM Indira Gandhi, his grandmother, it was wrong” and an “error”. It’s a topic that Congressional leaders largely avoid bringing up, but there have been exceptions over the years. Newsletter | Click to get the best …
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IT IS an uphill battle and the opponent is formidable, but Congress is more confident than three months ago and hopes to give the BJP a tough fight in Assam. For the first time in recent history, the party has tasked its top ministers with electoral duties turning the corner …
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The Central Board of Trustees of the Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) retirement fund body recommended that the interest rate for fiscal year 2020-21 be kept at 8.5 percent. This rate, the same as last year, is the lowest offered by EPFO in eight years. The board meeting chaired by …
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The BJP announced Thursday that E Sreedharan, popularly known as the ‘Metro Man’, would be the party’s chief minister candidate for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections. Sreedharan, 88, joined the BJP last week. BJP State President K Surendran, currently on a statewide political tour, Vijay Yatra announced the decision. “The …
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A 31-year-old Japanese national stole a chair from the office of Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP), JC Nagar, in Bangalore last Saturday to secure action against police officers who he claims asked him to pay a bribe in relation to a case in 2019. Hirotoshi Tanaka, who came to Bengaluru to …
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Written by Liz Mathew, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | March 2, 2021 9:57:32 pm The government has announced the merger of Lok Sabha Television (LSTV) and Rajya Sabha Television (RSTV) into one ‘Sansad TV’. This is how the proceedings of Parliament came to be broadcast live to …
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The ‘Pawri’ fever seems to have spread beyond the internet, into the real world of politics. After film personalities, sportsmen and netizens from India and Pakistan did their bit to popularize the trend, it found an echo at a rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Anandpuri, West Bengal. During …
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