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Competition panel spares DLF

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) allegations of anti-competitive practices made against realty major DLF. This clearance resulted in its stock jumping to nearly 5% on Thursday. After opening at Rs 113.55, the stock climbed to a day`s high

Ports, many state capitals in India’s smart cities project

The government has included 24 state capitals in the list of 98 cities, which are to be developed as smart cities.  The list of smart cities was unveiled by Union minister Venkaiah Naidu today.  He said that the "prime motive behind

Supreme court to decide on validity of compensation to religious places

The supreme court is hearing a case that has far reaching impact on India’s response to religion and religious activities. The court on Wednesday resumed the crucial hearing to decide whether the courts can command the state to fund the rest

Delhi govt to enter e-gov age from Dec 1

The national capital will take enter e-governance in most complete and comprehensive manner from December 1 and take the position of a pioneer in e-office system. The Delhi government will switch to e-offices and the Cabinet has giv

Morning briefing: Gujarat tense & death toll in Patel quota stir rises to 8, army out

Tense situation continued to prevail in Gujarat on Thursday even as the state administration clamped curfew in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Mehasana, Patan, Palanpur, Unjha, Visnagar and Jamnagar. While the army was called in on Wednesday to control

Evening digest 66% recruiters expect new jobs to be created in second half of 2015

66 per cent of recruiters expect new jobs to be created in the second half of 2015, a slight dip compared to the 69 per cent in the first half of 2015, the Naukri Hiring Outlook Survey August 2015 has revealed. The half yearly survey which gauges

Delhi govt tells LG not to interfere in CNG probe

In a continued saga of confrontation, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said that ministry of home affairs (MHA) does not have the power to stop the inquiry ordered by the Delhi government on the CNG kit scam. The state gover

PM goes on TV to seek peace in his home state

Prime minister Narendra Modi called for calm in Gujarat as violence rocked parts of the state. “We can reach a solution through negotiations,” Modi said in Gujarati in his first reaction to the agitation by the Patel community demandin

Half of Indian workforce spends office time in discussing personal financial issues

Almost 54% employees are always under financial stress and spend time thinking about personal financial issues at work, impacting productivity at the workplace.  There is also the issue of mismatch between what employees perceive as employmen

Census data shows Muslim growth but it has been slow

The data will be misused and polarize the Indian polity. However, fine print should be checked before the politicians raise the temperature. And what is this hot stuff? Muslims are the fastest growing group in India and Hindus have

Morning briefing: Hardik Patel calls for Gujarat bandh, Whatsapp and SMS suspended to contain rumour mongering

Patels community leader Hardik Patel has called for a bandh in Gujarat today. In a late night message on WhatsApp, he also said, "I make an appeal to maintain peace and keep calm."  Meanwhile, internet services on mobile phones have

Evening digest: One rank one pension announcement for jawans likely on Friday

The central government is likely to announce the implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme on August 28, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war with Pakistan. Close to 22 lakh ex-servicemen and over six lakh war widows stand t

Govt thinks aloud on session for GST as Moody’s advises reforms

Even as union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said that government may convene second part of the monsoon session to pass key legislations, rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday cautioned that it would revise India’s ratin

Huge refugee influx poses great moral challenge to Europe

Europe is in the throes of one of the worst humanitarian crises. But the 28-nation powerful bloc has managed only a faltering and blinkered response that has already cost far too many lives. According to the International Organisation of Migration

Govt fears misuse of RTI and seeks to keep out political parties

Terming information commission’s ruling as ‘a very liberal interpretation’ and ‘erroneous conclusion that political parties are public authorities under the RTI Act’, the Union government has told the supreme court th

Insurance major rescues Indian Oil from slipping on manic Monday

Disinvestment secretary Aradhana Johri said it was a very difficult day. “Still we are happy to have got the value despite huge volatility,” she said. She should be happy as the government managed to garner Rs.9,379 crore from the sale

AP gets on board Tata Trusts to develop 264 villages

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu is putting focus back on developing rural areas and can no longer be called the urban politician.  The Andhra Pradesh government, which is building its new capital in Guntur-Vijay

Morning briefing: Sensex, Nifty recover after Monday’s plunge

The BSE Sensex on Tuesday gained more than 356 points to touch 26,098 in early trade. The broader 50-share NSE Nifty also gained close to 100 points at during the opening trade. All the sectoral indices on the BSE are trading in the green, with th

Evening Digest: Investors lose over ₹7 lakh crore in Sensex crash, govt blames outside forces

In a stock market bloodbath, the Sensex on Monday crashed over 1,700 points or 6.22 per cent in the pre-close trade. The overall investors’ wealth, measured in terms of total valuation of all listed stocks, also plunged nearly by Rs. 7 lakh

Bangalore-Nanded Express collides with lorry, Cong MLA among 6 killed

As many as six people including  Karnataka Congress MLA Venkatesh Naik were killed and eight others were injured when a lorry carrying granite stones rammed into Bengaluru-Nanded Express train at Madakasira railway-level crossing in Penukonda

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