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Airlines urged to follow Indian rules for security checks
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Airlines should follow the law of the land while frisking passengers in India, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said Wednesday.
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Absconding SP legislator's property to be attached
Lucknow, July 29 (IANS) A court in Varanasi Wednesday issued orders to attach the property of Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator Abdul Samad Ansari, who is absconding after being acc... More
Author, publisher arrested for Prophet's picture in textbook
Lucknow, July 29 (IANS) The author and publisher of a controversial textbook, that carries a picture of Prophet Mohammad, were Wednesday arrested in Uttar Pradesh for 'hurting the... More
Jindal Steel net profit dips 25 percent
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Jindal Steel and Power Wednesday reported a 25 percent dip in net profit to Rs.300 crore for the first quarter this fiscal as compared to Rs.402.3 crore in ... More
Congress distances itself from R.K. Anand
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday distanced itself from lawyer R.K. Anand, who had once contested the Lok Sabha polls as a party candidate, after the Supreme Court ... More
Act against Trinamool ministers questioning cabinet decision: CPI-M
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday demanding action against two union ministers of the Trinamool Congress because they 'violated coll... More
Cracks in Trinamool-Congress alliance over Bengal by-polls
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) With both Trinamool Congress and Congress putting up candidates in state Assembly by-polls to two seats in West Bengal, fissures have developed in their fo... More
Once close to Congress, R.K. Anand had influential clients
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) R.K. Anand, the high-profile lawyer who was convicted by the Supreme Court for contempt of court Wednesday, handled several significant cases in his lega... More
Over 100 miners have chikungunya: Goa minister
Panaji, July 29 (IANS) More than 100 mine workers in the South Goa district have been infected with chikungunya, Health Minister Vishawajeet Rane said in the state assembly Wednes... More
Sensex crawling up
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Even as corporate India's earning figures were trickling in, a key index of Indian equities markets was trying to crawl back into the green Wednesday aftern... More
Housing Development and Infrastructure net profit dips 66 percent
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) Wednesday reported a 66.19 percent fall in its net profit to Rs.107.47 crore in the quarter ended June 30,... More
Punjab National Bank net profit up 62 percent
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) State-run Punjab National Bank's net profit jumped 62 percent in the quarter ended June 30 to Rs.832.05 crore from Rs.512.4 crore in the like period last fi... More
NIIT Technologies profit dips 13.5 percent
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) IT solutions provider NIIT Technologies Wednesday reported a 13.5 percent dip in its operating profit to Rs.39.4 crore for the quarter ended June 30 as a... More
Lok Sabha adjourned again over joint statement
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the third time Wednesday, as soon as it convened after lunch, as opposition MPs shouted slogans against the government. P... More
97 new polio cases in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, July 29 (IANS) Out of the 136 fresh polio cases detected in the country, as many as 97 were in Uttar Pradesh this year, according to a new report.
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