Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:18:02
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raising issues of disparity in allocation of State Disaster Relief Funds (SDRF) allocated to each state, for the five years from 2015-16 to 2019-20 under the 14th Finance Commission.
Siddaramaiah in his letter said, "I would also like to insist that the Union government is duty-bound to ensure that disparit
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:07:39
In the first two months of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, 803 incidents of rape and 729 of murder were reported, the state Assembly was informed today.
"Between March 15 and May 9, 729 murders, 803 rapes, 799 loots, 2,682 kidnappings and 60 dacoities took place," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said during the Question Hour.
The issue was raised by Sama
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:04:44
Fifteen passengers were killed and nine injured as a bus rolled into a 700-metre deep gorge in Rampur area of Shimla on the Hindustan-Tibet National Highway, about 140 km from here, today.
The bus carrying about 40 persons was on its way from Reckong Peo in Kinnaur to Nauni in Solan. According to police, the toll is expected to rise.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:01:35
The anti-Hindi agitation seems to be growing with each passing day, as the members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) blackened words written in Hindi on the signboard outside Yeswanthpur metro station.
On Wednesday night, the members took up the task of blackening the Hindi words written on almost all metro stations, including Jaynagar, Peenya, Deepanjali Nagar, Mysore Road, and Yashwanthp
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:58:34
A Hindu family at a remote village in West Bengal's Nadia district had no money to take the body of their father to the creamatorium for the last rites but their Muslim neighbours came to their help.
Akali Sardar (80) of Palashipara Dhawapara village near Tehatta in Nadia district had died yesterday. His family had no money to take the body to the burning ghat about 26 km away.
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Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:54:59
The counting of votes for the presidential election was underway here today with the numbers stacked in favour of the ruling NDA's nominee Ram Nath Kovind over opposition's candidate Meira Kumar.
The name of the next occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhawan would be known by 5.00 pm. The voting took place on Monday.
First, the ballot box of Parliament House would be opened, and then, the ballot bo
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:19:17
The Karnataka government, which is under fire for considering a flag for the state, today said the issue of whether a state could have its own flag was a "grey area" as there was no mention of it in any of the Acts in the country.
Law Minister T B Jayachandra said the existing Acts referred only to the national flag.
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:17:06
The Reserve Bank will shortly issue bank notes of denomination Rs 20 in Mahatma Gandhi series 2005 that will be similar in design to those currently in
circulation.
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