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1 dead in high speed car crash on Yamuna Expressway

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In a high speed accident on Yamuna Expressway 1 person lost his life. The accident that killed one person happened when the driver of the Swift Dzire tried to overtake a speeding Lamborghini, which abruptly swerved to its left hitting a Maruti Eeco car that was following the high-end vehicle. The impact was such that the Eeco car rolled over ...

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Burhan anniversary: Curfew in Tral,restrictions across Kashmir

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Authorities clamped curfew in three towns including Tral in Kashmir and imposed restrictions on the movement of people in the rest of the valley to foil the separatists’ plan to hold a rally on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in strength across Kashmir to ...

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SC stays counselling and admission in IITs over bonus marks system in JEE

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The Supreme Court on Friday found faults in IIT’s decision to award 18 bonus marks to students for wrong and vague questions in the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) paper and stayed the ongoing counselling and admission in IITs, NIITs, IIITs and all government-funded engineering colleges. The apex court’s decision comes at a time when 33,000 candidates have already taken admissions ...

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President gives nod to order on GST in J-K

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President Pranab Mukherjee today gave nod to an order pertaining to implementation of the Goods and Services Tax regime in Jammu and Kashmir, clearing decks for the state assembly for enacting a State GST law. Official sources said that the President cleared the order and sent it to Ministry of Home Affairs for further action. The PDP-BJP government had passed ...

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SC gives Centre, RBI time to devise plan for depositing demonetised currency

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The Supreme Court today granted the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India two weeks to consider the option of granting a window to those who could not deposit their demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes for a compelling reason. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud asked Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, ...

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Darjeeling shutdown enters 20th day, situation remains tense

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The situation in Darjeeling remained tensed as the agitation for a separate Gorkhaland entered its 20th day today. Internet services remained suspended for the 17th consecutive day as the Darjeeling district extended the ban on it in the hills for eight more days yesterday. Except pharmacies all the other shops, restaurants, hotels, schools and colleges remained closed. The Gorkha Janmukti ...

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Rajasthan woman names son born on June 30th midnight ‘GST’

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A baby born on midnight of June 30-July 01 in Rajasthan has been named ‘GST’. His mother decided to name him ‘GST’ as he was born at 12.02 am in Beawa. Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje tweeted about it saying: Live long & healthy Baby GST! https://t.co/7gz8cOLVdL — Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) July 2, 2017   The Goods and Services ...

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Pak denies consular access to Jadhav yet again

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Pakistan on Sunday again rejected India’s demand for consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, saying it would be a “travesty of logic” to link his case with Indian civilian prisoners languishing in Pakistani jails. India yesterday had sought consular access to the 46-year-old Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer sentenced to death in April by Pakistan’s Field General Court Martial for ...

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Pak violates ceasefire for 3rd consecutive day along LoC in JK

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The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire for the third consecutive day today by targeting Indian posts and civilian areas with mortar bombs, small and automatic weapons along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. This is the 23rd incident of ceasefire violation in June. “The Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from small arms, automatic weapons ...

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Cabinet approves recommendations of the 7th CPC on allowances

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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the recommendations of the 7th CPC on allowances with some modifications. The revised rates of the allowances shall come into effect from 1st July, 2017 and shall affect more than 48 lakh central government employees. While approving the recommendations of the 7th CPC on 29th June, 2016, the ...

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