Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:40:17
Transactions through debit and credit cards rose by merely seven per cent post demonetisation, as against a surge of over 23 per cent in overall digital transactions, top government officials told a parliamentary panel.
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Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:20:54
Former Committee of Administrators member Ramachandra Guha feels Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan are being subjected to "public humiliation" by the manner in which their appointment as consultants has been put on hold.
"The shameful treatment of Anil Kumble has now been compounded by the cavalier treatment of Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid," Guha tweeted.
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Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:20:48
Department will begin to dispatch new ration cards within a month, said Minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs U T Khader on 15th July, Saturday.
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Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:16:07
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned those breaking the law in the name of cow protection and asked the states to take stringent action against them, but cautioned against giving political or communal colour to the issue.
"All state governments should take stringent action against those who are violating law in the name of cow protection," Modi said at an all-party meeting a day before
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Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:12:53
In a sudden move, 32 convicts serving terms in the Parapanna Agrahara Central Prison were today shifted to two other jails in Karnataka allegedly for trying to air their grievances, an official said.
The convicts were shifted around 1 am to prisons in Ballari and Belagavi, the official said on condition of anonymity.
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Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:09:53
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah indicated on Saturday that the 2018 assembly polls could “most likely” be his last election.
He also hinted at choosing Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru -- the place that gave him ‘political rebirth’ -- for the election.
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Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:07:25
Karwar, Bhatkal, Kumta,Honnavar and Ankola received heavy rain on Saturday while Sisri, Siddapur and Mundgod received intermittent showers.
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Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:01:38
A united opposition is all set to raise the heat on the government over issues like lynching incidents and vigilantism, the Kashmir situation and the border stand-off with China during the monsoon session of Parliament that begins tomorrow.
The session, which will continue till August 11, is also likely to witness heated debates on other key issues like the fallout of the GST, the agrarian cris
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Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:59:00
At least 16 Amarnath pilgrims were killed and around 30 injured when a bus skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and rolled down into a deep nullah in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today, officials said.
The bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road, turned turtle and rolled down into the nullah at Nachlana belt of Ramban late this afternoon, Senior Superintendent of Polic
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