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The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at 40 locations spread across multiple states as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities in the now-withdrawn Delhi excise policy. 20 of these locations are in TRS-ruled Telangana’s capital, Hyderabad, sources said. The searches are being conducted at premises linked to liquor businessmen, distributors, and supply chain […]

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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only four and half-months ago in April, a report by UNESCO had generated great hope regarding girls’ education by showing them performing as strongly as boys in the classroom although there were plenty of barriers holding them back. Now a sense of despair grips the world with release of another report […]

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American Express Banking Corp (AEBC) has announced the appointment of Sanjay Khanna as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Country Manager for India. The company in a statement said Khanna heads the country executive team and is responsible for driving growth across the organisation’s consumer and commercial businesses. Khanna, at present, heads the country executive […]

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A total of 15 officials from five government departments were suspended on the orders of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for their negligence that led to the fire tragedy that took place at a hotel in Lucknow that claimed four lives. The action will also be initiated against four retired officers for their negligence […]

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The women’s wing of the Trinamool Congress, led by senior ministers in the state government, on Tuesday began a 48-hour dharna against the release of 11 men who were jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano. Targeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Trinamool leaders said that the remission of sentences of rape convicts was […]

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By Arun Srivastava It was more than a coincidence, when the rebel Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was echoing the views of Narendra Modi of rout of the Congress at a rally in Jammu, the veteran Nitish Kumar was telling the people of the country that the BJP under Modi would not fetch more than […]

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The BJP is apparently a divided house in Madhya Pradesh, with a handful of MLAs who changed camp along with Jyotiraditaya Scindia now opposing various measures of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government. It has brought much glee in the Congress camp, which has underscored that the Scindia loyalists are troublemakers who are are showing their […]

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Stage is set for what would be the former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s new political chapter after he broke away from his five-decade-long association with the grand old party. It is D day for him and for his supporters in Jammu where Azad is likely to launch his own political party. Preparations are in […]

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By James M Dorsey With the fate hanging in the balance of the 2015 international agreement that curbed Iran’s nuclear program, prospects for greater security and stability in the Middle East are meagre with or without a deal. Undoubtedly, the region will be better off with a revival of the accord from which the United […]

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By Arun Kumar Shrivastav In a breakthrough, IMF said in a statement Thursday morning that a staff-level agreement between IMF and the Sri Lankan government has been achieved. The agreement provides for $2.9 billion in assistance under Extended Fund Facility (EFF) over 48 months. The details of the agreement were made public on Thursday while […]

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By Lavam Tyagi Last month, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (‘PMLA’) in its judgment titled Vijay Madanlal Choudhary versus Union of India. A petition seeking review of the said judgment, filed by politician and businessman Karti Chidambaram before […]

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Portugal’s Health Minister Marta Temido resigned on Tuesday after the widespread criticism of her decision to temporarily close emergency obstetric services and the death of an Indian pregnant woman during transfer between hospitals. Ms Temido in a sentence said that she “no longer has the conditions” to exercise the position, which the prime minister accepted, […]

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