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Cong, BJP join hands to pass Pension Bill in Lok Sabha

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New Delhi: A key economic reforms legislation, the Pension Bill, that provides for investment of funds in equity market and opens the sector to at least 26 per cent FDI was on Wednesday passed by the

Ford may hike prices to offset rupee depreciation impact

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New Delhi: Ford India on Wednesday said it is considering a hike in prices of its cars to offset impact of rupee depreciation. "Input costs are increasing so are the freight costs. The rupee deprecia

PETA demands complete ban on animals in circuses

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New Delhi: People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has demanded a complete ban on animals, including elephants, in circuses. PETA officials said they found rampant and widespread abuse o

Telangana: Kiran Kumar Reddy asks AK panel for a sop on division

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Hyderabad: Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy asked for ‘an announcement’ from the Centre to ease the situation in the Seemandhra region, when he met the A.K. Antony committee in New Delhi on Tuesda

Government approves India-Abu Dhabi air services accord

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New Delhi: The India-Abu Dhabi bilateral air services agreement, which ran into controversy following the Jet-Etihad deal, was approved by the government on Tuesday enabling their airlines to fly 50,

Government may ban use of Gmail, Yahoo in official communications

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New Delhi: Wary of cyber snooping, the government may ban use of e-mail services like Gmail and Yahoo for official communications so as to safeguard its critical data.
Department of Electronics and I

Train e-ticket booking crosses a record 5.72 lakh on single day

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New Delhi: A record 5.72 lakh online train tickets were booked on Monday, the highest in a single day for Railways.
The e-ticketing website of IRCTC booked the highest ever e-tickets on a single day

Kingfisher CEO gets Rs 4 crore pay package; headcount halves

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New Delhi: Grounded for almost a year now, Kingfisher Airlines has given its CEO Sanjay Aggarwal a pay package of nearly Rs 4 crore for the last fiscal, during which its headcount nearly halved to 2,

Government not honouring contracts on KG-D6 gas block, says Reliance

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New Delhi: Amidst move to force Reliance Industries to sell gas from its main fields in KG-D6 block at old rates of USD 4.2, the Mukesh Ambani-run firm on Tuesday hit out saying the government was no

Government cuts import tariff value of gold to USD 458/10 gm

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New Delhi: The government on Monday reduced the import tariff value of gold to USD 458 per 10 grams due to fall in its global prices. It also cut the import tariff value of silver to USD 783 per kg.

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