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Chennai,10 July-2014: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday welcomed the Union Budget and said it reflected the seriousness with which the new government has set about the task of addressing the challenges of revival of growth and improving …

Lucknow/Kolkata, July 10 : The union budget for the year 2014-15 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday was greeted with mixed response in Uttar Pradesh, a state that is politically important for the BJP. Union Budget gets mixed response …

Hyderabad, July 10 : Andhra Pradesh has decided to induct oil major Shell with 26 percent equity in the proposed Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for setting up of a floating, storage and re-gasification (FSRU)-based liquefied natural gas terminal in Kakinada.”The …

New Delhi, July 10 : The central government will review the scheme for modernisation of state police forces, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday. Centre to review police modernisation scheme The scheme for modernisation of state police forces would be …

Srinagar, 10 July-2014(DNA): Shock, anger and disbelief gripped Kashmir after the authorities “banned” the annual Pandit Rughonath Vaishnavi annual talk by the renowned author Mridu Rai in a hotel in Srinagar on Wednesday. Cultural emergency: Abdullah government bans lecture of …

Hyderabad, 9 July-2014(PTI): The state’s economy gave “a sense of gloom and doom” due to the “twin burdens” of a decade of Congress misgovernance and bifurcation of the state besides a Rs 18,236 crore “resource gap” during the current year, …

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS): The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a status report from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on a plea seeking direction on the problem of inadequate water supply in Dwarka area. Delhi HC seeks report from …

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS): A 28-year-old gangster, carrying a bounty of Rs.1 lakh on his head, has been arrested here over his involvement in 10 cases of murder and attempt to murder, police said Wednesday. Gangster with Rs 1 …

Thiruvananthapuram, July 9 (IANS): Like there are ‘undesirable elements’ in all professions, a few head-load workers are indecent, but that does not mean all of them are bad, a union leader in Kerala said after a worker was arrested on …

Panaji, July 9(IANS): An FIR has been filed for uploading a morphed photo of Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar in a pink swimsuit which went viral on Facebook last week. FIR over uploading Goa minister’s morphed photo in social …