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Cabinet Approves 50% Profit Over Input Cost For Farmers
The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved Minimum Support Price (MSP) for summer-sown crops for the year 2018-19, which will provide farmers a profit of 50 per cent or more over the cost of production.....
Karnataka Waives Farms Loans, Raises Levies On Petrol-diesel, Power
Presenting its maiden budget, the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka on Thursday waived farm loans totalling Rs 34,000 crore, giving relief to distressed farmers across the state, while proposing higher levies on petrol, diesel and liquor and power to mop up more revenue.....
Amarnath Yatra Resumes From Pahalgam Route
The annual Amarnath Yatra resumed on Friday from the Pahalgam route in the Kashmir Valley while it continued to remain suspended for the third day from the Baltal route.....
Delhi Development To Be Speeded Up: Kejriwal
Amid his unending power tussle with Lt. Governor Anil Baijal, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said developmental works in the national capital will be "speeded up" and he would personally inspect them.....
Thailand Gears Up For Second Day Of Cave Rescue
Thai authorities on Monday were preparing for the second day of the rescue of the remaining nine boys trapped for more than two weeks in a cave in northern Thailand following a successful first operation in which four were taken out alive.....
NCLT Upholds Tata Sons 2016 Move Sacking Cyrus Mistry As Chairman
In a significant ruling, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Monday upheld the October 24, 2016 decision of the Tata Sons Board of Directors dismissing its then Chairman Cyrus Mistry, a company official said here, which Mistry's office termed as "disappointing".....
SC Reaffirms Death Sentence To Four In Nirbhaya Case
The Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed its verdict upholding the death sentence to four convicts who gangraped and murdered Nirbhaya.....
Army Commando Killed In Kashmir Gunfight
An Indian Army commando was killed and another injured in a gunfight with militants in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, army officials said.....
Storm Brews After Tharoor's BJP Making India 'Hindu Pakistan' Remarks
A major controversy brewed on Thursday over Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's remarks that a Hindu Pakistan would be created if the BJP returns to power with the Congress asking him to be restrained after the saffron party attacked him. ....
Brexit Plan 'may Kill' US Trade Deal: Trump
US President Donald Trump has said the UK will "probably not" get a trade deal with the US, if Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan goes ahead.....
