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At NITI Meet, Modi Moots Double Digit Growth, Linking MNREGA To Agriculture
The fourth annual meeting of the NITI Aayog's Governing Council was conducted on Sunday in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chaired the meet, gave the target of achieving double digit economic growth as well as the idea to link MNREGA employment with agriculture, among other things.....
Indefinite Nationwide Truck Strike Begins
Truck owners and operators launched an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday against increasing diesel prices and a sharp hike of third party insurance premium.....
IAS Officers Want To Talk, Kejriwal Says LG Should Be Involved
IAS officers on Tuesday said they are waiting for a formal communication from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on his assurances of providing security to them while the AAP leader said he was waiting for Lt. Governor Anil Baijal's nod.....
Oli Arrives In China On Five-day Visit
Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli arrived in Beijing on on Tuesday on a five-day visit where he is expected to sign a slew of deals including a railway project linking Tibet to Kathmandu.....
Sitharaman Visits Rifleman Aurangzeb's Family In J&K
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday visited the family of rifleman Aurangzeb who was abducted and killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir on June 15.....
CEA Arvind Subramanian's Term Won't Be Extended On His Own Request: Jaitley
The Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), Arvind Subramanian's term would not be extended any further as he wants to go back to the US due to family commitments, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. ....
Gorakhpur Terror Funding Mastermind Arrested In Pune
Gorakhpur terror funding mastermind Ramesh Shah has been arrested in a joint operation by the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, an official said on Thursday. ....
3 IS Militants Killed In J&K Gunfight: Police
The three militants killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Anantnag district belonged to the Islamic State terror group, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) S.P. Vaid said on Friday. This is the first official confirmation of any IS militant being killed in Kashmir.....
Major Held For Colleague's Wife's Murder
An Army Major was arrested on Sunday for his alleged role in the murder of his colleague's wife whose body was found with her throat slit on a road in Delhi Cantonment, police said.....
GST Victory Of Integrity, Celebration Of Honesty, Says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that information technology has replaced the 'Inspector Raj' under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), as he termed the first year of the indirect tax regime as a "victory of integrity, celebration of honesty and a symbol of cooperative federalism".....
