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Jaitley For Urgent World Bank, IMF Quota Reforms
The World Bank needs to decide the issues of Selective Capital Increase (SCI) to reflect the increasing weight of Developing and Transition Countries (DTCs) and General Capital Increase (GCI) to expand its annual lending, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said.....
Kerala Minister Calls IAS Officer 'mad', Abuses Workers
Kerala Power Minister M.M. Mani on Sunday drew flak for allegedly calling an IAS officer "mad" and made disparaging remarks about women plantation workers.....
Millions of men and women on Sunday voted amid EVM glitches to pick three new municipal bodies in an election crucial for all three main contenders -- the BJP, Congress and the AAP.....
Bengal Governor Sustains Minor Injury After Fall
West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi sustained a minor injury when he tripped and fell during an official programme in Kolkata on Sunday.....
Cow Vigilantism Will Cause More Violence, Rajasthan CM Told
Twenty-three former bureaucrats have urged Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to arrest those who killed a Muslim farmer and warned that unchecked cow vigilantism will lead to "large-scale violence". ....
Vice President Leaves On Visits To Armenia, Poland
Vice President Hamid Ansari on Monday leaves on a visit to Armenia and Poland, official sources said.....
Khattar Asks Congress To Rein In Amarinder On SYL Issue
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday accused the opposition of political gimmicks and said the Congress should prevent Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh from stopping water flow to Haryana through the SYL Canal.....
In A First, Uttarakhand Monitors Forest Fires With Drones
In a first, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has launched a drone for real-time monitoring of the forest fire and to take preventive measures, officials said here on Monday.....
Extremely Pained By Maoist Attack: Rajnath
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he was "extremely pained" by the killing of 24 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh on Monday.....
Punjab Sets Up ATS To Break Terrorism-gangster Nexus
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has given the go-ahead for setting up an Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) to break the nexus flourishing between militants and gangsters in the state's prisons, an official said on Monday.....
