Rajesh Agrawal

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  Chhattisgarh Congress Heavyweight TS Singh Deo Loses To BJP Candidate

  Congress heavy-weight and Chhattisgarh's outgoing deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo lost the state elections to BJP's Rajesh Agrawal by a margin of 8,367 votes. He was one of the party veterans the Congress was banking on this election.

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  Trial Run Of Vande Bharat-Type Trains From Mumbai To Begin Next Week

  Buoyed by the success of the Vande Bharat Express between New Delhi and Varanasi, the Railways is planning to explore the possibility of running such semi-high speed trains between Mumbai to Pune, Nashik and Vadodara.

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  Lalu's Daughter Misa Bharti Summoned By I-T Department In Benami Land Case

  The Income Tax Department has issued summons to RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter and member of Parliament Misa Bharti and her husband in connection with its probe in Rs 1,000 crore alleged benami land deals and a tax evasion case.

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  Indian-Origin Deputy Mayor To Chair London's Promotional Firm

  An India-born entrepreneur picked recently as deputy mayor by London mayor Sadiq Khan today also took over as chair of the mayor's official promotional company.

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  Edible Oil Producers Fight Losing Battle Against Cheap Palm Oil Imports

  Massive imports have driven down Indian soybean prices by 20 per cent in four months, discouraging farmers from expanding oilseed area.

• London-Based Indian-Origin Entrepreneur Launches Unique Remittance Service

  A London-based Indian-origin entrepreneur has launched a unique "pay-what-you-want" money remittance service that abolishes compulsory fees.

• High Court quashes Tamil Nadu government order on GAIL project

  The Madras High Court today quashed the state government order restraining implementation of the Kochi-Mangalore gas pipeline project passing through agricultural lands in seven districts of Tamil Nadu.

• Stock markets may remain volatile on derivatives expiry, economic growth data: experts

  Stock markets may remain volatile this week as investors churn portfolios ahead of the monthly derivatives contract expiry on Thursday and announcement of second quarter economic growth data on Friday, according to experts.

• Rajesh Kumar Agrawal sworn in as Chief Justice of Madras High Court

  Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal was today sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

• Jayalalithaa inaugurates National Law School in Tamil Nadu

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today inaugurated the Rs 100 crore National Law School at her native constituency Srirangam.

• High Court moved against inquiry commission into Ilavarasan's murder

  A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to quash Tamil Nadu Government's July 8 order appointing retired Justice SR Singaravelu as the Commissioner of Inquiry into the circumstances leading to the recent death of Dalit youth Ilavarasan in Dharmapuri.

• Tamil Nadu BJP leader murder: Madras High Court dismisses plea for CBI probe

  Madras High Court today dismissed a petition seeking to transfer the investigation into the murder of BJP Tamil Nadu General Secretary V Ramesh at Salem to the CBI.

• Monsoon rains 22% below average in past week

  Monsoon rains were 22 per cent below average in the week to July 18 against one per cent above average rains in the previous week.