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  • Nationwide advocates stir cripples judicial work
    New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Judicial work across the country was crippled on Friday following a nationwide strike by advocates in protest against a proposed bill that prohibits them from holding agitations and m
    / 31st March 2017
  • 'Northeast Railway did outstanding work in laying tracks'
    Agartala, March 31 (IANS) Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has done outstanding work in laying new railway tracks in the mountainous northeastern region despite various odds, an official said here on Friday.
    / 31st March 2017
  • Bomb near mosque in northwest Pakistan kills at least 22, wounds dozens
    PARACHINAR, Pakistan, March 31 (Reuters) - A bomb apparently targeting a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Parachinar killed at least 22 people on Friday and wounded dozens in an attack claimed by the P
    / 31st March 2017
  • China warns India against allowing Dalai to visit Arunachal
    Beijing, Mar 31 (PTI) For the second time in a month, China today warned India of "serious damage" to bilateral ties if it allows the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh as Beijing asked New Delhi to honour i
    / 31st March 2017
  • Bihar to pay power bill subsidy to consumers: Nitish Kumar
    The decision to file a tariff petition before BERC for 2017-18 on zero subsidy was part of a "well thought strategy" on the basis of which the Commission issued its tariff list without subsidy, said Bihar CM Ni
    / 31st March 2017
  • Assam's progress will impact Bhutan: Tshering Tobgay
    Guwahati, March 31 (IANS) Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Friday said the progress of Assam and India's northeast region will impact neighbouring countries like Bhutan and Bangladesh.   He
    / 31st March 2017
  • Interest on small savings schemes cut by 0.1%
    New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The government on Friday lowered the interest rate on small savings schemes, including Public Provident Fund (PPF), by 0.1 per cent for April 1-June 30 period.   Accordingl
    / 31st March 2017
  • Jennifer Lopez sued over hoverboards
    Los Angeles, March 31 (IANS) Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has been sued by a hoverboards company for not keeping her end of the contract.   Lopez got some customised hoverboards for her Las Vegas sh
    / 31st March 2017
  • Indian equities close flat, global cues hamper sentiments
    Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) Breaking the three-day gaining streak, the key Indian equity indices closed on a flat note on Friday -- the last day of the financial year 2016-17 -- as negative global cues hampered inv
    / 31st March 2017
  • New front to contest 2018 Meghalaya polls
    Shillong, March 31 (IANS) A new political party, the People's Democratic Front (PDF), has been floated in Meghalaya and it will contest the 2018 assembly elections, the PDF announced on Friday.   How
    / 31st March 2017
  • Eating legumes may reduce your risk of diabetes
    London, March 31 (IANS) A higher consumption of legumes -- such as lentils, chickpeas, beans and peas -- has the potential to lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 35 per cent, researchers say. &nb
    / 31st March 2017
  • Why judicial reform should start with lower courts
    By Shobhit Mathur & Ram Prasath IANS/ IndiaSpend   Of the 30 million pending court cases in India as of December 2014, over 80 per cent are in district and subordinate courts, which are short
    / 31st March 2017
  • Mukherjee inaugurates Namami Brahmaputra in Assam
    Guwahati, March 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday inaugurated the five-day-long Namami Brahmaputra river festival here in Assam.   Mukherjee inaugurated the programme by lighting a cerem
    / 31st March 2017
  • Best-performing IITs still far behind two top world varsities: Study
    Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) India's best performing IITs, including IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Bombay, are far behind in research performance of the two top ranking world universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Te
    / 31st March 2017
  • Pakistan trying to destabilise India: Rajnath
    New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday accused Pakistan of trying to destabilise India and said cross-border terrorist groups in Jammu and Kashmir egged on youths to stone security for
    / 31st March 2017
  • Korean murder suspects go home with victim's body as Malaysia forced to swap
    KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Reuters) - Three North Koreans wanted for questioning over the murder of the estranged half-brother of their country's leader returned home on Friday along with the body of victim Kim Jo
    / 31st March 2017
  • China's popular first lady takes the stage in Xi's U.S. visit
    BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - Glamorous, popular and passionate about fighting AIDS, Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan is Beijing's diplomatic not-so-secret weapon spreading Chinese soft power around the world.
    / 31st March 2017
  • Australians cling to roofs as floodwaters swamp towns
    SYDNEY, March 31 (Reuters) - Flooding rivers swamped towns along Australia's east coast on Friday forcing tens of thousands of people to be evacuated as fast-flowing waters cut roads and destroyed bridges after
    / 31st March 2017
  • Philippine media groups cry foul over Duterte's diatribes
    MANILA, March 31 (Reuters) - Philippine media organisations have hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte for an expletive-laden speech that lashed out at a domestic newspaper and a television network, saying thre
    / 31st March 2017
  • Rosneft-led deal to buy India's Essar delayed, seen closing in April
    NEW DELHI/MOSCOW, March 31 (Reuters) - The purchase of Indian refiner Essar Oil by a consortium led by Russian oil company Rosneft has been delayed, the two sides said on Friday, because some Indian lenders to
    / 31st March 2017
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