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Want to explore opportunities for “Make in Konkan”: Prabhu

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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu today said a delegation of experts will soon visit the Konkan region to explore opportunities for “make in Konkan”. Speaking at the inauguration of 6th Global Kokan Festival here, Prabhu said that the “Make in India” initiative of the Centre will be successful only if it happens at the state and district levels. “As Railway Minister I had undertaken a program of developing a joint tourism circuit including Konkan and Goa regions. Now as Minister for Commerce and Industry I want to take…

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The world will be watching what you do’, US warns Iran

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“The world will be watching what you do,” US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has warned Iran during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in the Islamic nation which has faced a series of nationwide anti-government protests. During the meeting, three members France, Russia and China of the permanent five, joined Iran in asserting that this 15-membered body was not an appropriate forum to discuss the current situation in Iran as it does not pose any threat to international peace and security.Heated debate…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Lalu gets 3 yrs, 6 mths in jail, fined Rs 10 L in fodder scam case

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A special CBI court today sentenced RJD chief Lalu Prasad to three-and-a-half years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on him in a fodder scam case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from the Deoghar Treasury 21 years ago. The punishment was handed down to 69-year-old Prasad by CBI court judge Shiv Pal Singh. This is the second time that he has been jailed in the fodder scam. The judge also imposed a fine totalling Rs 10 lakhs on him. He was sentenced to…

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Congress accuses Modi, Jaitley of ignoring economic wisdom

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The Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of ignoring economic wisdom and dealing a “catastrophic” blow to India’s growth story.Party communication in-charge Randeep Surjewala claimed that the double whammy of “Modi Made Disaster of Demonetisation” and the implementation of a flawed GST were responsible for the economy’s downturn. “An arrogant Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a failed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, hell bent upon ignoring economic wisdom, have dealt a catastrophic blow to India’s growth story as proved by the latest GDP estimates slumping…

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ENTERTAINMENT 

I feel Rajinikanth means only good: AR Rahman

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Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman feels actor Rajinikanth means “only good” by advocating “spiritual politics”. Announcing his political debut on December 31, the Tamil superstar had promised his fans “spiritual politics, which is free from caste and creed”. On Tuesday, Thalaiva clarified that spiritual politics meant “honest and secular politics”. “He has spoken about spiritual politics of a secular character. I feel Rajinikanth meant only good,” Rahman told reporters in Chennai on Thrusday. Responding to a query on actors entering politics, he said: “They must have felt there is a…

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10 drug smugglers, peddlers held, 7 kg heroin seized

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Ten drug smugglers and peddlers were arrested and around 7 kg of heroin worth Rs 7 crore in the international market was seized in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. A racket of drug traffickers was unearthed in the Akhnoor border belt of Jammu with the arrest of five people and seizure of 7 kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan, IGP (Jammu) SD Singh Jamwal said. A case was registered at the Akhnoor police station, he said. Besides, Gandhi Nagar police apprehended four persons, including…

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CBFC gives green signal to Amartya Sen documentary

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National Award-winning director Suman Ghosh today said the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has agreed to release his documentary on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in its entirety, including the four words that the board’s regional office had objected to in July last year. The hour-long documentary had courted controversy last year when the director refused to abide by CBFC Kolkata diktat of beeping the four words — cow, Gujarat, Hindutva and Hindu. “CBFC chairman Prasoon Joshi watched ‘The Argumentative Indian’ in Mumbai yesterday along with other board members and…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Sufficient storage capacity for foodgrains exist: Paswan

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The government said today there is sufficient capacity for storage of food grains at the national level. During the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan said that the peak time requirement of the capacity required is 600 lakh metric tonne. “Against this, the total storage capacity available with Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and state agencies along with the hired capacity was 726.18 lakh metric tonnes as on November 30, 2017,” he said. As such there…

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