Union ministers grow richer since 2009: Poll watchdog

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New Delhi, Sep 15: Ministers in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government have grown richer by an average Rs 10 crore since the 2009 general elections, says a report by an election watchdog. Among the ministers who have gained the most in the past two years, Dr S Jagathrakshakan of DMK tops More

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Maruti to shut plants today

11 HURT IN SCUFFLE

Gurgaon, Sep 15: The labour unrest at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant took a violent turn today with 11 people sustaining injuries in a scuffle, while the company announced that its two main plants will be shut tomorrow due to engine supply constraints. Even as tension increased, Haryana More

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Sonia Gandhi back to work, chairs CEC meeting

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New Delhi, Sep 15: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who had undergone a surgery in the US last month, was her usual self today, chairing a party meeting that discussed names of 98 candidates and finalized 70 for Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The meeting of Central Election Committee More

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Another blast victim succumbs to injuries, toll 14

New Delhi, Sep 15: Admitted with intestine jutting out of the abdomen and pellets embedded all over the body, 34-year-old Mridul Bakshi, a victim of the Delhi High Court blast, today succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here taking the toll in the September 7 terror attack to 14. Doctors More

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Chinese interest in NE insurgent groups needs to be probed: IB

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New Delhi, Sep 15: Director of Intelligence Bureau Nechal Sandhu, the country's senior most cop, today said the growing interest of China in insurgent groups in Northeast needs to be probed at the earliest.Delivering his lecture at the three-day conference of the top police brass, Sandhu, a 1973 More

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Amar Singh gets interim bail

New Delhi, Sep 15: A Delhi court Thursday granted interim bail till Sep 19 to Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, now in custody for his alleged involvement in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam, on grounds of his "fluctuating" health. Considering Amar Singh's interim More

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India ranks 100th on women representation in Parliament

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New Delhi, Sep 15: While Rwanda, a small East African nation, tops the list of nations across the world for having the maximum representation of women in Parliament, India ranks a poor 100th and falls below many conservative Islamic countries.Placed 100th in the order, India, which boasts of being More

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Departmental probe on against former DD DG

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New Delhi, Sep 15: A departmental inquiry has been initiated against the former Director General of Doordarshan Aruna Sharma over the award of a contract for production and coverage of CWG games by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Sources said "a departmental inquiry had been initiated More

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Sony show to recreate PTV serial magic

Mumbai, Sep 15: Pakistani TV series 'Dhoop Kinare' was the rage on both sides of the border during the 1980s and Sony is trying to cash in on the popularity of the hospital romance with its new show 'Kuch Toh Log Kahenge', an adaptation of the Rahat Kazmi and Marina Khan starrer. The theme More

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Rajasthan violence: Death toll 6

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Bharatpur, Sep 15: With the recovery of three more bodies, the death toll has risen to six in the violence-hit district where a clash broke out between two communities over a land dispute yesterday, police said. Though the situation was under control today, curfew remained in force in six police More

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Central govt employees get 7% DA

New Delhi, Sep 15: Ahead of the festival season, the government Thursday raised the dearness allowance of central government employees and pensioners by 7 percent effective July 1 in view of the stubbornly high inflation. Besides the five million central government employees, about four million More

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