Mumbai(dna): So Sharad Pawar has hit the streets – after 35 years. On Friday, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president kick-started a three-day protest walk in Marathwada against the BJP government. In 1980, he led a protest march against then …
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Government unveils revival plans for public-sector banks
New Delhi,Praveena Sharma: After announcing its capitalisation plans for public sector banks (PSBs) recently, the government on Friday came out with a comprehensive roadmap for their revival that involves making their operations more professional to eventually pin down swelling non-performing …
Read More »Narendra Modi’s I-Day promises: No mere jugglery with words
New Delhi,Iftikhar Gilani: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort last year was extempore and overarching. Unlike his immediate predecessor, he looked into the eyes of crowd and spoke without a …
Read More »Supreme Court stays Gujarat High Court order on judges’ plot allotment PIL
Two days after the issue of illegal government plots allotted to the judges rocked the high court, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Gujarat High Court’s order issuing notices to 27 former and sitting judges including a sitting apex …
Read More »2007 Samjhauta blasts case: How is bail for Aseemanand different from Pak’s bail for Lakhvi, questions Omar Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday questioned the justification of bail to Swami Aseemanand, chargesheeted in the 2007 Samjhauta blasts case, saying how was it different from Pakistan’s explanation in Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi case. “How is the …
Read More »Kerala government offers help for ailing actor Innocent
Kerala government on Wednesday offered all possible helps to Lok Sabha MP and Malayalam actor Innocent who is undergoing treatment for cancer at All India Institute of Medical Science in New Delhi. “The state government will provide all helps to …
Read More »IS executes 300 civil servants in Mosul
Mosul, Aug 9 – A firing squad of the Islamic State terrorist group on Saturday executed at least 300 civil servants who worked for the Iraqi Supreme Electoral Commission at a military camp in Iraqi city of Mosul, according to …
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