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Japan unleashing a $1.3 trillion stimulus, the value of yen against dollar has plunged to a multi-year low of 100, making Japanese goods competitive globally but also raising prospects of currency wars....
Source : DNA | 2 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
number of people applying for houses in the state’s housing projects is on the decline.This year, 29,000 people have applied for a total of 1,200 homes up for grabs under the scheme put out by Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority or Mhada. As per Mhada’s records, 76,372 people had applied online but only 29,531 paid the money.On an average, that’s 24 applicants vying for each house.....
Source : DNA | 2 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
man and wild-animal conflict is an ancient and unignorable one; this might finally be a workable solution.Advancements in technology have brought about a host of initiatives to reduce man-animal conflict in areas around wildlife habitats. In an attempt to tackle the issue of wild animals foraying to human-inhabited lands, the state’s forest department has designed two projects christened Project H...
Source : DNA | 2 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
Polling in the upmarket south districts under tight security was marred by strong protests by the MQM workers in Karachi and Hyderabad, as PTI chief Imran Khan blamed the murder of Zahra Shahid Hussain on MQM chief Altaf Hussain.Re-polling was held in 43 polling stations in Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi today in the shadow of the brazen killing of a founder member of the Pakistan Teh...
Source : DNA | 2 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
minister Siddaramaiah's 28-member council of ministers is a mixture of experience and promise.The 28-member new council of ministers for Karnataka sworn in on Saturday signalled convergence between chief minister S Siddaramaiah and the Congress high command over keeping the “tainted” out of the cabinet in the state, which recently rejected a corrupt BJP government.The imprimatur of Rahul Gandhi wa...
Source : DNA | 2 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
transport officials from Saarc countries are likely to finalize the norms for convergence of motor vehicle rules of all the member countries. The officials are likely to come out with a final draft of the proposal this week, after a two-day meet in Udaipur in Rajasthan.Road transport and highways ministry officials said the second meeting of the expert group on the Saarc Motor Vehicle Agreement wa...
Source : Times Of India | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
BEIJING: India and China are expected to skirt the issue of a riparian agreement to manage the flow of river water in India from the sensitive Tibetan region, informed sources said on Sunday. Prime minister Manmohan Singh's talks with premier, who is heading the first high-level visit to India since the leadership changes in China, is likely to cover a range of concerns but avoid specific commitme...
Source : Times Of India | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
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Source : Times Of India | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
Eight tribals, including three children, were killed by security forces in what was supposed to be an anti-Maoist operation on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday in Chhattisgarh’s restive south Bastar.Senior police officers today admitted, but refused to be quoted, that those killed in Bijapur’s Edakmetta village had no links with the CPI (Maoist). Yesterday, police had first let out informa...
Source : Telegraphindia | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
Mumbai police sources claim they have a “list” of Bollywood figures who used the network of Sunil Dubai, a Dawood Ibrahim cohort and the Dubai-based mastermind of the betting racket, to wager on the IPL.The claims follow the arrest and interrogation of a key Mumbai bookmaker, Ramesh Vyas, who allegedly liasoned between Indian and Pakistani bookies.One of the Bollywood figures who used the network ...
Source : Telegraphindia | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
I had completed a year in government I got somewhat restless. Reaching the conclusion that official bondage was not my cup of tea, I left the ministry of finance and went out of the country on a United Nations assignment. Returning in January 1957, I joined a private research outfit in New Delh |Sir — Ordinary Indian citizens are now disillusioned with cricket because of the corrupt practices  |in...
Source : Telegraphindia | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
Andhra is witnessing possibly the harshest summer in 50 years, recording more than 45°C in Hyderabad and 51°C in Guntur last week, Met officials said today.Little relief is in sight as the spell is likely to continue this week, the officials said. “The failure of Cyclone Mahasen (which veered off to Bangladesh) worsened conditions,” an official said.(PTI): The Uttar Pradesh government has sought a...
Source : Telegraphindia | 5 Hour(s) AgoCategory : National
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