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Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take back the controversial land acquisition ordinance and make it a pro-farmers act. If the government doesn't pay heed to the farmers demands, a bigger…

BJD Spokesperson and former School & Mass Education Minister, Rabi Narayan Nanda, has been fined Rs 10,000 for submitting wrong information in his affidavit. The Orissa High Court took strong exception to Rabi Nanda's tactics, which…

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday hit out at Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi for taking leave when parliament is in session, saying he is "holidaying" while the budget session is on. Asked about the sabbatical taken by the…

Maria Golovnina, Islamabad-based bureau chief of Reuters for Pakistan and Afghanistan, was found dead in her office-cum-residence in the capital’s F-8 sector, police sources said Monday. Golovnina had reportedly gone to the toilet, and had…

The Indian Banks Association (IBA) has decided to hold talks Monday with leaders of bank unions, who have given a call for a four-day nationwide strike beginning Feb 25. "The IBA agreed to hold negotiations with the United Forum of Bank…

Domestic electronics company iBall has topped the Indian tablet market in the fourth quarter (October-December) of 2014, dislodging South Korean giant Samsung, an International Data Corporation (IDC) report said Monday. iBall had the…

India's largest integrated electric utility company Tata Power Monday said it has signed a preliminary accord with Russia's largest coal miner Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) to develop opportunities in the energy sector there. "As…

A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Monday closed trading 256.30 points or 0.88 percent down as consumer durables stocks tanked. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also closed trading 78.65 points or 0.89…

President Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the land acquisition Act has been "refined" to minimise some procedural difficulties in acquiring land for critical projects and that inclusive growth is government's topmost priority. Addressing a…

In a recently concluded beauty contest at Goa, Odia girl Jyotirmayee Bal who was the Miss Odisha title winner for the year 2014 has bagged the Miss Global India – 2015 title. Addressing the media for the first time after the achievement in…