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President Hails 10% Quota For Economically Backward As Historic
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday termed the Modi government's decision to provide 10 per cent quota to the economically backwards sections among upper castes as "historic" and said it will help provide justice to the poor.....
It Could Be A Please-all Budget On Friday
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will present the Interim Budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday that could virtually be a full-fledged budget of the Modi government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in which tax sops for the middle class and the corporates could be expected along with a relief package to address agrarian distress and the stressed small scale industry sector.....
Two Terrorists Killed In Encounter With Security Forces In Jammu And Kashmir's Pulwama
Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were killed on Friday in a gunfight with security forces in a Jammu and Kashmir village in Pulwama district, police said.....
Election Bonanza For Middle Class, Tax Exemption Limit Up At Rs 5 Lakh
In a bonanza for the country's middle class in an election year, the government on Friday proposed various tax sops including tax exemption for individual annual incomes of Rs 5 lakh, all of which add up to taking individual incomes up to Rs 9.5 lakhs outside the tax net.....
Dalit Intellectual Teltumbde Nabbed In Mumbai
The Pune police arrested prominent Dalit intellectual and academic Professor Anand Teltumbde from the Mumbai airport early on Saturday, official sources aid.....
Modi Urges Trinamool To Support Citizenship Bill
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress to support the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament to give the refugees living in India the right to citizenship.....
Unprecedented Confrontation: Mamata Resorts To Sit-in After CBI-police Face-off
In an unprecedented confrontation between the Narendra Modi-led Central and West Bengal governments, chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began a sit-in on Sunday here accusing the Centre of trying to run a parallel administration in states, saying there is a "constitutional break-down" after an ugly face-off between the CBI and the state police.....
CBI To Move SC After Face-off With Kolkata Policemen In Investigation Of Chit Fund Scams
Following the face-off between CBI and Kolkata policemen outside city Police Commissioner's official residence, the central agency said it would move the Supreme Court, alleging the investigation in ponzi scam cases were being hindered and investigation officers were harassed.....
SC Order Moral Victory For CBI: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday described the Supreme Court order asking Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before the CBI, as a moral victory for the probe agency and said that his questioning was not influenced by political considerations.....
Andhra CM To Visit Kolkata Meet Mamata
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday will visit Kolkata to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and express his solidarity.....
