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May 11, 2016 7:07 AM

Court notice to Mallya on ED's plea to withdraw his exemption

A Delhi court has issued notice to liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Enforcement Directorate's (ED) plea seeking to withdraw the exemption granted to him from personal appearance in a foreign exchange violation case. <br/><br/>Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass sought response of M...

May 11, 2016 6:52 AM

Pak arrests 10 Indian fishermen

Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency has arrested 10 Indian fishermen and seized two boats for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters. A spokesperson for the agency said, the fishermen were arrested near Sir Creek, along the maritime border between Sindh and Gujarat. <br/><br/&gt...

May 11, 2016 6:51 AM

India needs growth rate of 9% to end poverty: President

President Pranab Mukherjee has said that India will have to raise its growth rate to 8.5 to 9 per cent annually for the next 15-20 years in order to ensure that poverty is totally eliminated. He made these comments while interacting with a group of 2014 batch trainee officers from Indian Economic Se...

May 11, 2016 6:51 AM

Brussels attack victim discharged from hospital

Nidhi Chaphekar, a Jet Airways crew member who was injured in the Brussels airport bombings, has been discharged from a hospital in Mumbai. Speaking to media persons in Mumbai yesterday, a Jet Airways official said that Nidhi was discharged from the Breach Candy hospital in south Mumbai. <br/>...

May 10, 2016 9:27 PM

India signs revised tax treaty with Mauritius

In a bid to prevent "abuse" of the tax avoidance treaty, India today signed with Mauritius an amendment to the pact to get rights to tax capital gains on shares of Indian company sold after April 1, 2017.<br/><br/>With the signing of the amendment to the Double Taxation Avoidan...

May 10, 2016 9:12 PM

PM Modi meets Chief Ministers of Telangana, MP over drought situation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired a high level meeting on the drought and water scarcity situation with Chief Ministers of drought-hit Telangana and Madhya Pradesh. <br/>During the discussion, Mr Modi said, he is holding separate meetings with Chief Ministers of the drought-affected S...

May 10, 2016 9:08 PM

Results of Civil Services examination declared; Delhi girl tops the list

Result of the Civil Services Examination 2015 has been declared. Delhi girl Tina Dabi who graduated from Lady Shri Ram College has topped the examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission.<br/><br/>Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan from Jammu and Kashmir has bagged the second position...

May 10, 2016 9:05 PM

Pan-India e-auction for tea launched

In Kolkata, the Tea Board of India today launched pan-India e-auctions of tea whereby a buyer registered with any one of the seven auction centres can participate in tea auctions across these centres. Hitherto, the rule stated that a buyer registered with a particular auction centre had to buy tea f...

May 10, 2016 8:59 PM

Three booked under MCOCA in Deonar Dumping ground fire

Three main accused in Deonar Dumping ground fire case have been booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. A senior police official confirmed this to AIR. So far, 15 men have been held for allegedly causing fire inside the dump yard on the 28th of January and the 20th of ...

May 10, 2016 8:59 PM

PM Modi's degree 'authentic': Delhi University

Delhi University today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BA degree as circulated by BJP is authentic and it has all the relevant records relating to his graduation while terming as minor error mention of 1979 in his degree when he passed out a year earlier.<br/><br/>The clarificat...

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