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Panajim: Newly formed Goa Forward party has opposed the release of a book on Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse scheduled for Saturday on the death anniversary of the Father of the Nation. The book, titled ‘Nathuram Godse – The Story of an Assassin’ and written by Anup Ashok Sardesai, is …

NEW DELHI(PTI): The government on Thursday said it is focusing on improving ease of doing business for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to increase exports from the country. “The focus of the government is on Ease of Doing Business so that entrepreneurs, particularly in the MSME sector, are freed …

NEW DELHI(PTI): Opposition Congress on Thursday welcomed the decision of President Pranab Mukherjee to return a controversial anti-terror bill passed by Gujarat Assembly and alleged the proposed legislation was being used as “a tool of votebank politics” by ruling BJP. The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill, …

MUMBAI(PTI): The government is likely to drastically scale down the disinvestment target for 2016-17 from the one set for the current fiscal as markets are expected to stay subdued, industry chamber Assocham said on Thursday. The government had budgeted to collect Rs 69,500 crore through PSU disinvestment in current fiscal. …

Mumbai: Three Indians – Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji and Dilip Shanghvi – have made it to a global list of 50 wealthiest people that is topped by Bill Gates. According to a new list by Wealth-X in collaboration with Business Insider, Mukesh Ambani was ranked at the 27th place on …

NEW DELHI(PTI): With a renewed focus on bilateral ties and economic engagement between the two countries, Japanese investments into India are expected to rise, industry body PHDCCI on Wednesday said. “Now that the political relationship as well as economic commitments of the top leadership of both India and Japan have …

DAVOS(Reuters): Confident of utilising the headroom available to the Indian economy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said it needs some additional growth engines and the focus now is on reviving private investments. Inviting foreign players to invest in the infrastructure space, he exuded confidence that the stuck reform measures …

NEW DELHI(PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will await the government’s stand in its endeavour to examine a plea to legalise passive euthanasia by means of withdrawal of life support system to terminally-ill patients. “Is the government making its stand clear in a reasonable time,” a five-judge Constitution …

Mumbai(PTI): Rahul Gandhi on Friday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming the credibility of his government has “eroded” and said he was surprised how this happened “very quickly”. “It takes two-three-four years for the credibility of a government to decline but I am surprised the BJP government’s credibility has …

NEW DELHI: Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh to undergo lie detector test next week in connection with Pathankot terror probe, the Ministry of Home Affairs said. The SP-rank officer of Punjab Police Salwinder Singh was quizzed for the fourth day on Thursday by NIA whose interrogators also questioned his cook …