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Government Meets Veterans, Might Make Announcement On 'One Rank One Pension'...
NEW DELHI -- The Indian government is expected to make an announcement about 'One Rank One Pension' today after a delegation of ex-servicemen met defence minister Manohar Parrikar today. While the...
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Government Announces OROP Scheme; Veterans Express Disappointment
NEW DELHI -- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today announced the much-awaited 'One Rank One Pension' scheme, which will be implemented 1 July 2014 onwards, with 2013 as the base year. However,...
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Sheena Bora Murder Case: Police Custody Of Three Accused Extended Till...
MUMBAI -- Police custody of the three prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case — Indrani Mukerjea, Sanjeev Khanna and Shyamvar Rai — was today extended till 7 September by a local court. The three...
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Greenpeace Recreates 9 Bollywood Posters To 'Reclaim Right To Dissent'
NEW DELHI -- Soon after the Indian government cancelled the registration of Greenpeace India under the Foreign Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA), alleging its activities hampered the country's...
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ISIS Is Not A Big Challenge To Us, Says Home Minister Rajnath Singh
India is well equipped to deal with the dreaded terrorist group, Islamic State, and they pose no big challenge to the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said. Singh also warned Pakistan that...
View ArticleWhat Is Your 'Cool' Quotient?
Being as cool as I am, I'm going to go out and risk sharing my hypothesis of what defines ultimate coolness. Then you can go right ahead to judge your own cool quotient. Let me reiterate again, though,...
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
Don't be too concerned about money, because all it will do is distract you from achieving happiness. And the irony of ironies is that people think they will be happy when they have money. Money has...
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Why Technology Needs To Embrace Senior Citizens As Well
At 90, Barbara Beskind is the oldest member of the human-centred design team, IDEO, in Silicon Valley. She is a firm believer of the power of technology in improving lives and is surprised that so few...
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Hardik Patel Postpones 'Reverse Dandi March' To Sept 13
SURAT — Hardik Patel announced the postponement till September 13 of his 'reverse Dandi yatra' over the Patel quota issue, which was scheduled to be taken out today. He, however, warned that he would...
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9 Times Salman Rushdie Shut Down His Haters On Twitter With Pure Sass
It has been seven years since British author Salman Rushdie has released a novel, since his 'The Enchantress of Florence' in 2008. These days the author's Twitter feed is buzzing with news of his new...
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7 New Security Features To Be Incorporated In Rs 1,000 And Rs 500 Notes
New Delhi — A new numbering system and seven new security features will be incorporated in all currency notes, especially in high denomination Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, in order to check the menace of...
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Toyota To Invest USD 50 Million In An Intelligent Self-Driving Car Project
Houston — Japanese automaker Toyota will be investing approximately USD 50 million over to the next five years to set up joint research centers at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of...
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Is This 12-Year-Old Girl Of Indian Origin Smarter Than Albert Einstein And...
Melbourne — Smarter than Einstein and Stephen Hawking! This 12-year-old girl of Indian origin has joined the ranks of Mensa after attaining a higher IQ score than great minds. Joining the 1 per cent of...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Takes A Metro Ride, Clicks Selfies
Commuters on the Delhi metro on Sunday had a VVIP fellow passenger. Prime Minister Narendra Modi delighted commuters on the Janpath Metro by clicking selfies on his way to flag off the...
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Narendra Modi On 'One Rank One Pension': We Made A Promise, We Will Fulfill It
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday affirmed that armed forces personnel who retired prematurely will be entitled to 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) scheme that ensures uniform pension for veterans...
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Politician Digvijaya Singh And Journalist Amrita Rai Are Now Married
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and television anchor Amrita Rai are now married, Rai announced in a Facebook post. "I would like to share with my friends that I and Digvijaya Singh have married...
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Sadda Haq, Aithe Rakh! Sloganeering Veterans Finally Withdraw Hunger Strike...
NEW DELHI — Slogans of 'sadda haq, aithe rakh' (give us our due) rent the air as protesting ex-servicemen finally called off their fast unto death on Sunday, after assurance from Prime Minister...
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Sheena Bora's Murder: Indrani Mukerjea Is 'A Hard Nut To Crack', Police Tells...
MUMBAI — A day before police custody of all three accused ends in the Sheena Bora murder case, investigators are looking at all possible angles to unravel the "filmi" plot and said they wanted to...
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Global Rankings Reveal India Lags Behind In Inclusive Growth And Development
GENEVA -- India has been ranked very low, mostly in the bottom half, globally on most of the parameters for inclusive growth and development even as it fares much better internationally when it come to...
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PM Modi's 16 Foreign Trips Cost Rs 37 Crores, Reveals RTI Query
Despite heavy criticism against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being an "absentee PM", his frequent trips abroad have been extremely economical, as per travel records revealed via an RTI query....
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