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SC stays order allowing police to take voice sample
The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court permitting the police to take the voice sample of its official, accused in a corruption case for allegedly demanding bribe
Adopting security measures will ease chemical exports: experts
There are economic incentives for Indian chemical industry to improve security measures of their facilities as per requirements of US authorities, chemical security experts from the USA, said here today. Compliance to certain security programmes will help speed up exports to the USA, they said
US business schools can study India's GST implementation: Modi
American business schools could study India's implementation of the "complex" Goods and Services Tax (GST), Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested, ahead of the roll out of the landmark tax reform measure from July 1. "The implementation of the landmark initiative of GST could be a subject of studies in US business schools," Modi said yesterday while interacting with 20 top American CEOs at a roundtable here ahead of his first meeting with US President Donald Trump
Two killed in clash in Haryana's Bahadurgarh
Two persons were killed and two others injured in an exchange of fire between two groups after an argument in a village function in Bahadurgarh town, the police said today. The incident took place last night in Goyla Kalan village in Haryana's Jhajjar district, SHO, Police Station (Sadar), Bahadurgarh, Inspector Jasvir Singh said over phone
Swaraj giving human face to diplomacy through social media: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for giving a "human face" to diplomacy and effectively using social media to deliver good governance and help Indians in distress in any corner of the world. "Social media has become very powerful
K Kasturirangan heads panel on National Education Policy
The HRD ministry has appointed a new nine-member panel, headed by space scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, to work on a New Education Policy (NEP), sources said. The Prakash Javadekar-led HRD ministry has chosen experts and educationists from wide-ranging backgrounds to be part of the panel that is expected to recast India's education policy
Five killed as jeep falls into gorge
Five members of a family were killed and five others injured when their jeep rolled 200 mts deep into a gorge near Nerwa in Shimla district, 140 Km from here, this morning
No Eid Celebration, Only Black Bands at Junaid's Village in Ballabhgarh
It is a sombre Eid in Haryana’s Ballabhgarh, the home of 17-year-old Junaid who was stabbed to death by a mob onboard a train three days before the festival
Eid celebrations underway in Kashmir, clashes reported
Eid-ul-Fitr was today celebrated across Kashmir as people thronged mosques, shrines and Eidgahs for special prayers but a few incident of stone-pelting and clashes between protestors and security forces were reported in the Valley. Muslims from all walks of life started making a beeline to Eidgahs (prayer ground) or mosques for offering Eid prayers as a thanksgiving for the month-long fasting of Ramazan
Not single taint on my govt in three years, says Modi in US
Highlighting his achievements in rooting out corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that there has been "not even one taint or blot" on his government in the past three years. Modi said corruption was the main reason why governments in India were voted out in the past