Southern States offered land at Sabarimala
The Kerala government has offered five acres each to the four Southern States at Nilakkal for setting up community centres to provide basic amenities for Sabarimala pilgrims, Chief Minister Oommen...
The Kerala government has offered five acres each to the four Southern States at Nilakkal for setting up community centres to provide basic amenities for Sabarimala pilgrims, Chief Minister Oommen...
China could well become a long-term fuel supplier to Nepal, undercutting IOC, which had been the sole supplier of fuel to Nepal for four decades.
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First-time Senator from Florida, Marco Rubio, who spoke about his humble beginnings as the son of a bartender and a maid, and promised to protect the interests of the “average American”, appeared c...
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Israeli film-maker Amos Gita and screenwriters Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar get excellence awards.
Productivity and investment need to accelerate to match ambitions of double-digit growth.
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While the earlier plan was to implement BS-V by 2020 and BS-VI by 2024, the Petroleum Ministry sought to skip BS-V and directly implement BS-VI standards by 2020
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To avoid cash payments,Deptartment of IT has asked all Ministries towork out a plan.
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It is indisputable that judicial independence, based on the principle of separation of powers, is part of the Indian Constitution’s basic structure. However, the majority judgment in the NJAC case has wrongly interpreted judicial independence to mean primacy in appointments.
With nearly 60 per cent of the population living at a disposable income of under $2 per day, one would agree with C. Rangarajan that poverty ratio remains high despite reforms (“
British ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair’s apology, which has come after 12 long years, is indeed late (“
The refusal of the Supreme Court to ban the bursting of firecrackers during Diwali is understandable (“
A BJP spokesperson’s statement (“Dalits were upper castes: BJP leader,” Oct.29),...
The cow is a very useful animal. Many Indian households, irrespective of their religion, shelter cows for a sustainable income. However, when it becomes unproductive due to old age, its disposal i...
After writers and artists, it is the turn of scientists to voice their concern at the intolerance clouding the country’s political climate. (“
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