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After opening in the green by over 225 points, the benchmark BSE Sensex in a volatile trade pared all of its early gains and fell by over 50 points after IT bellwether Infosys slashed guidance for the fiscal despite posting 9.8 per cent rise in profit for the second quarter. Massive selling in IT and […]
Distancing himself from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s call for a review of the reservation policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today firmly ruled out a rethink on it and assailed a “group of liars” for spreading “falsehood” about quotas facing threat under NDA rule. Breaking his silence on the contentious issue while invoking B R Ambedkar’s […]
Today, one labor of Kosambari village of Dharampur taluk in Valsad district killed 5 children, a grandson and his wife. After killing 7 family members, he ended up himself by hanging him. Reason for threshing entire family is unknown. Shravan was a Labor was of Warli community who killed 3 daughters, 2 son, 1 grandson […]
Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been drafted into the Indian ODI squad after Ravichandran Ashwin suffered a side strain during the opening game of the five-match series here today. Harbhajan, who was part of the T20 squad for the three-match series, was left out for the ODIs but the Punjab-born player got a lucky call-up […]
India and the Maldives today decided to ramp up cooperation in various fields including defence, security, energy and health as the two nations restarted the Joint Commission talks after a hiatus of 15 years. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is here on a two-day visit, assured the Maldives that India will always be the […]
In 2013, Surat wing of the Samast Patidar Samaj SPS began to organise marriages of Odiya women with the Patels in Surat. On October 16, 42 women from Odisha’s Kurmi community will marry with Patidar men at a mass marriage ceremony in Surat. In the first year, seven Odiya women married Patels. This year, 42 […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed the Emergency, imposed in 1975, as the biggest blow to democracy and said its memories should be kept alive to draw lessons to further fortify the democratic framework and values in the country.”Emergency was the biggest blow to democracy. The kind of crisis that hit the country during that […]
The US has said it welcomes any contributions by India in dealing with the problems of climate change and looks forward to cooperate with the country in this regard. “Any contributions by India towards helping us deal with the problems of climate change and clean energy initiatives are welcome and we would look forward to […]
After Dadri, tension now prevails in this district where rumours of cow slaughter triggered violence with protesters targeting police vehicles and setting afire shops, leaving seven policemen injured. Twenty-one people have been arrested for yesterday’s violence even as the circle officer has been suspended for alleged laxity. The violence started after some persons spread rumours […]
Today Hardik Patel, on quota agitation posed questions on ‘Gujarat Model’ of development and said he will “expose the reality behind it. While making announcements in Gandhinagar during a Press Conference about the next round of agitations, Hardik, leads a faction of Patel groups campaigning to get reservation under OBC quota, quoted some examples to […]
