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November 8, 2017 6:46 AM

Twitter says it is ending its 140-character limit and giving nearly everyone 280 characters

Twitter has said, it is ending its iconic 140-character limit and giving nearly everyone 280 characters. Users tweeting in Chinese, Japanese and Korean will still have the original limit as writing in those languages uses fewer characters. The company has said, 9 per c...

November 8, 2017 6:45 AM

Top Indian American economist says, India as place for business is lot more attractive

A top Indian American economist has said, India as a place for business is a lot more attractive than its ranking by the World Bank suggests. In an interview to PTI, Arvind Panagariya, professor at the Columbia University, observed that the recent increase in India's ease ...

November 7, 2017 8:43 PM

Parking fee hiked by 4 times in Delhi to curb air pollution

The Supreme Court mandated green body Environment Pollution ( Prevention and Control) Authority- EPCA has recommended four time hike in parking fees and reduction of metro fares during off-peak hours to tackle the severe air quality in Delhi- NCR.' The Committee met in New ...

November 7, 2017 8:37 PM

Parking fee hiked By 4 times in Delhi to curb air pollution

November 7, 2017 8:19 PM

Prisoner should be informed about his case within a week: SC

The Supreme Court today suggested the creation of a mechanism where prisoners are informed about the status of their appeals against conviction in the High Court or the apex court within a week. The top court said that a para-legal volunteer of State Legal Service Authority (SLS...

November 7, 2017 7:56 PM

Prisoner should be informed about his case within a week: SC

The Supreme Court today suggested the creation of a mechanism where undertrial prisoners are informed about the status of their appeals against conviction in the High Court or the apex court within a week. The top court said that a para-legal volunteer of State Legal Service Aut...

November 7, 2017 7:38 PM

J&K interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma meets youth groups

The big names stayed away but the Centre's special representative on Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma held a series of meetings with civil society and youth groups today on day two of his visit to the Valley. Sharma, the former director of the Intelligence Bureau who is on a five-d...

November 7, 2017 7:36 PM

PCI seeks report from TN govt on arrest of cartoonist

The Press Council of India (PCI) has asked for a report from the Tamil Nadu government on the arrest of a freelance cartoonist for allegedly depicting Chief minister K Palaniswami in an obscene manner, the council said in a release today. The PCI said it has "noted with con...

November 7, 2017 7:34 PM

Polavaram case: SC slaps Rs 25,000 cost on Centre

The Supreme Court today slapped a cost of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for not filing its response on a plea filed by Odisha government in a matter pertaining to Indira Sagar Polavaram Project on river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. The apex court imposed the cost while expressing dissa...

November 7, 2017 6:07 PM

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