The violence erupted in the city of Costa Mesa, as the US presidential hopeful held a rally there on Thursday evening attended by thousands of backers. The protests were mostly peaceful as the Republican front runner gave his speech but later they became more rowdy. The front and back windows of a police car were smashed and its roof was dented. […]
» Read moreThe Union finance ministry on Friday agreed to increase interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8.8 per cent for 2015-16 from the 8.7 per cent decided by it earlier. The Central Board of Trustees (CBT) had decided 8.8 per cent interest rate, however, the finance ministry approved only 8.7 per cent interest on PF deposits citing lower earnings. Labour […]
» Read moreA 17-year-old IIT aspirant, who was studying at a coaching institute here, allegedly jumped to her death on Friday as she was disappointed with her scores in IIT-JEE Mains, police said. This is the fifth case of student suicide in Kota this year. The JEE Mains results were announced on Thursday. Kirti allegedly jumped from the fifth floor of the […]
» Read moreEmbattled tycoon Vijay Mallya has said he is in a “forced exile” and has no plans to return to India where things are flying at him “fast and furious.” Mr. Mallya, whose passport was revoked this month, said he wanted a “reasonable” settlement with creditor banks for his defunct airline, but they “are not getting any money” by taking his […]
» Read moreThe YSR Congress, senior leader M.V. Mysura Reddy has resigned from the party alleging that there was no internal democracy in the party and that the party president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy was engrossed in only pursuing “self-centred politics.” “The party’s activities are all centred on money and money-based politics. There is no consistency in the gestures and words of the […]
» Read moreChief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said it will not be surprising if the budget of Telangana crosses Rs. 2 lakh crore by 2019-20, against Rs. 1.15 lakh crore now, going by the pace of developmental programmes in the State, but the government had mega plans to spend the huge amount on infrastructure creation and welfare of poor. Addressing the plenary […]
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