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Swaraj meets Singaporean counterpart; discusses trade

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met with her Singaporean counterpart Dr Vivian Balakrishnan here and discussed bilateral and multilateral issues relating to the economic and strategic partnership, officials said. The two leaders also discussed the enormous potential for cooperation between ASEAN and India, officials said. They had discussions on bilateral and multilateral issues relating to the economic and strategic partnership, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet. Swaraj addressed the Indian diaspora at the ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) during which she reaffirmed India’s commitment to…

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Govt open to proposals to further cleanse pol funding: Jaitley

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The electoral bonds mechanism is a substantial improvement in transparency over the present system and the government is open to suggestions to further cleanse political funding, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday. In a Facebook post, Jaitley said the conventional practice of funding the political system was to take donations as well as undertake expenditures in cash. The sources are anonymous or pseudonymous. The quantum of money was never disclosed and the system ensures unclean money coming from unidentifiable sources. “It is a wholly non-transparent system. Most political groups…

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Two brothers arrested for duping people at ATMs

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Two brothers were arrested today for duping people at ATMs to the tune of several lakh rupees, police said. Police said that Satendra Mishra (32) and Bhupendra Shivbahadur Mishra (35) used to watch over people’s shoulders while the latter were using an ATM in order to memorise the PIN. The duo, along with two to three more accomplices, would then get the victim to use another ATM machine saying that the first one was malfunctioning, said police. An official explained that one member of the gang, meanwhile, would keep the…

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WB reels under cold spell; similar conditions to continue, says MeT office

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Icy winds walloped most areas in West Bengal intensifying the prevailing cold conditions even as the MeT office today forecast similar conditions for the next few days. While the western districts of the state experienced cold wave conditions, there was abnormal drop in day temperatures in some sub-Himalayan districts. Sriniketan in Birbhum district was the coldest in the plains with minimum temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius at 5.30 am this morning, the MeT department said. In North Bengal, Jalpaiguri recorded the day’s maximum temperature at 13.5 degrees Celsius, 10 notches…

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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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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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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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