The 'dustbin scam' came to light when Himanshu Love, a city-based social activist, met the mayor and told him the GMC has bought dustbins from the funds made available under the central government's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme at Rs 9,000 a piece, which is about three times the market price.
Abe told the Wall Street Journal that countries should avoid seeking to weaken their currencies with "arbitrary intervention."
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Unable to sustain their own livestock in the desert, Saudi Arabia is scooping up more and more American farmland, with the onus now on drought-stricken U.S. states to raise the crops to feed Saudi dairy cows.
Saudi dairy company Almarai, which in 2014 bought 9,600 acres of farmland in Arizona, has expanded its U.S. farmland holdings to 14,000 acres, causing growing worries about the state of local water reserves in drought-stricken Palo Verde Valley in southern California. Читать дальше...
"This is the big leagues. It gets much tougher as it goes on. "
A 23-year-old youth was caught by a team of city police's Special Operations Group (SOG) from near Ambar Tower in Juhapura on Monday for his involvement in four bikes thefts from the city in the past eight months. What, however, surprised cops was the way he used to dispose of the stolen bikes.
Cash and valuables worth Rs 61,400 were reported stolen from a residence in Jashodanagar.
Starting pitcher Matt Garza was put on the 15-day disabled list by the Milwaukee Brewers because of a strained muscle in his back. The move is retroactive to Saturday.
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One soldier's struggle with PTSD
As KJ Maye prepares for his pro career, he’s helping those who will try to replace his production with the Gophers' football team.
State home department on Tuesday issued a notification for transfer and promotion of six IPS officers. Two IPS officers have been transferred to Ahmedabad city to take charge as DCPs of traffic and control room.
members at the metropolitan court on Tuesday complained that some judicial members humiliate their subordinates.
Founding partner Ramon Fonseca said the firm had broken no laws and that all of its operations were legal.
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Pregnant women who use marijuana may be putting their baby at risk for health problems, a new study suggests.
We get it. We get it—coconut oil for the win! There's no doubting the benefits of the ingredient...or denying its celeb fans. Gwyneth Paltrow uses it to clean her teeth....
Uttar Pradesh BJP president Laxmikant Bajpai visited 40-year-old Farzana, widow of slain NIA officer Mohammed Tanzeel Ahmed, who is battling for her life at Noida's Fortis hsopital.
Gujarat high court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to former IAS officer and ex-chairman of Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA), Sanjay Gupta, in connection with the alleged Rs211-crore scam in the project.
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican army says it has discovered almost an acre (0.37 hectares) of opium poppies growing in the township of Ensenada, near the U.S border.
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MEXICO CITY — Almost every Latin American government has purchased or shown interest in obtaining aggressive surveillance software, taking advantage of a failure to enforce lax regulations but potentially violating human rights, according to a new report by the Santiago-based NGO, Derechos Digitales.
Authorities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico and Panama have all bought software licensed from Hacking Team, an Italian company... Читать дальше...
The Gujarat high court has directed the state government to update cops on latest rules of registration of FIR, and include new recruits at police academy, so that "aware and informed" cops can serve society better.
The 30-year-old winger who was one of four players Toronto added via Ottawa in the Dion Phaneuf trade
Move comes after high-profile incidents in which educators were attacked.
The admission committee for professional courses (ACPC) has decided to reserve two per cent super-numerary seats in each faculty for meritorious sportspersons from the state.
2 GOP candidates win court ruling, will appear on ballot SACRAMENTO — Two Republican candidates will appear on the June ballot — despite missing the deadline to file for office — after suing the secretary of state last month. A judge ruled in favor of the candidates, one running for the state Assembly seat in a Sacramento suburb and one running for a South Bay congressional seat, requiring their names to appear on the ballot. A third candidate seeking to run for another Sacramento Assembly seat was included in the lawsuit... Читать дальше...
EVER wondered why you cheer for the navy Blues or how the Collingwood army became black and white? We explain how the Victorian-based AFL teams got their colours.
