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"Like To Remind Rahul Gandhi...": Anil Ambani's Reliance Group Hits Back
Anil Ambani's Reliance Group in a strongly worded statement has criticised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for accusing the industrialist of being a "crony capitalist and dishonest businessman", and pointed out that the conglomerate received projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore when the UPA was in power for 10 years.
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Under Modi Government, VIP Hate Speech Skyrockets - By 500%
The use of hateful and divisive language by high-ranking politicians has increased almost 500% in the past four years, an NDTV data collection exercise has found.
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Air India, Looking for Buyers, Seeks 1,500 Crore In Short Term Loans
This is the second time in little over a month that Air India has floated tenders for short tenure loans.
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IMF Welcomes Passage of GST by Indian Parliament
The GST - originally mooted by the UPA - will subsume excise, service tax, state Value Added Tax (VAT), entry tax, octroi and other state levies after its implementation from April 1, 2016.
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Government Reconfirms Appointment of Dinesh Sarraf as ONGC Head
Mr Sarraf, 57, was selected to head Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) by the previous UPA government in August 2013. He took charge of the post on March 1, 2014.
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No Final Decision on Gas Prices Yet: Arun Jaitley
The previous UPA government had in December last year decided to price all domestic gas from April 1, 2014 according to a formula suggested by the Rangarajan Committee.
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Minimum Monthly Pension of Rs 1,000 Soon Under EPS-95: Report
The UPA government's decision to ensure a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 a month under the retirement fund body EPFO's scheme, which will immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners, is going to be a reality soon.
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Gas Price Hike Deferred by Three Months
Gas price was set to double from the current $4.2/unit from April 1, but was not implemented by the UPA government because of ongoing elections. The UPA government's decision to double gas rates to $8.4 per unit was based on the Rangarajan formula.
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Food Security Bill likely to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today
The landmark bill, aimed at providing rice at Rs 3 per kg, wheat at Rs 2 per kg and coarse cereal at Re 1 per kg to almost 800 million Indians, is expected to cost the national exchequer Rs 1.25 lakh crore.
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J Jayalalithaa protests Cabinet nod to raise natural gas price
Despite opposition, the Congress-led UPA government had last week approved doubling of natural gas prices from the present $4.2 mmBtu to $8.4 mmBtu from April 1, 2014.
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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill
The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...
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Government 'seriously' considering revising fuel prices: Moily
The ruling UPA's political leadership is holding consultations on options like raising diesel and LPG prices to cut an unprecedented Rs 1,60,000 crore revenue loss expected from selling auto and cooking fuel below cost this fiscal.
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Cash transfer of subsidy brings hope to Ranchi village, but hurdles remain
As officials in Delhi get busy trying to roll out the UPA government's Aadhar card-based direct cash transfer of subsidy scheme on January 1, 73-year-old Chawa Oraon in faraway Ranchi is getting hopeful.
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Prime Minister's Office denies Narendra Modi's claim of Rs 1880 cr expense on Sonia Gandhi's trips abroad
The Prime Minister's Office has, without naming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, rubbished his allegation that the government spent Rs 1,880 crore of public money on UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips as "untrue and misleading", also stating emphatically that the Manmohan Singh government has not paid for Mrs Gandhi's medical treatme...
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Narendra Modi says he will apologise if charges on Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips proved wrong
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has offered to tender a public apology if his allegation that Rs 1,880 crore was spent from state exchequer for Congress President Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips is found to be false.
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"Like To Remind Rahul Gandhi...": Anil Ambani's Reliance Group Hits Back
Anil Ambani's Reliance Group in a strongly worded statement has criticised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for accusing the industrialist of being a "crony capitalist and dishonest businessman", and pointed out that the conglomerate received projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore when the UPA was in power for 10 years.
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Under Modi Government, VIP Hate Speech Skyrockets - By 500%
The use of hateful and divisive language by high-ranking politicians has increased almost 500% in the past four years, an NDTV data collection exercise has found.
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Air India, Looking for Buyers, Seeks 1,500 Crore In Short Term Loans
This is the second time in little over a month that Air India has floated tenders for short tenure loans.
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IMF Welcomes Passage of GST by Indian Parliament
The GST - originally mooted by the UPA - will subsume excise, service tax, state Value Added Tax (VAT), entry tax, octroi and other state levies after its implementation from April 1, 2016.
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Government Reconfirms Appointment of Dinesh Sarraf as ONGC Head
Mr Sarraf, 57, was selected to head Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) by the previous UPA government in August 2013. He took charge of the post on March 1, 2014.
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No Final Decision on Gas Prices Yet: Arun Jaitley
The previous UPA government had in December last year decided to price all domestic gas from April 1, 2014 according to a formula suggested by the Rangarajan Committee.
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Minimum Monthly Pension of Rs 1,000 Soon Under EPS-95: Report
The UPA government's decision to ensure a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 a month under the retirement fund body EPFO's scheme, which will immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners, is going to be a reality soon.
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Gas Price Hike Deferred by Three Months
Gas price was set to double from the current $4.2/unit from April 1, but was not implemented by the UPA government because of ongoing elections. The UPA government's decision to double gas rates to $8.4 per unit was based on the Rangarajan formula.
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Food Security Bill likely to be taken up in Rajya Sabha today
The landmark bill, aimed at providing rice at Rs 3 per kg, wheat at Rs 2 per kg and coarse cereal at Re 1 per kg to almost 800 million Indians, is expected to cost the national exchequer Rs 1.25 lakh crore.
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J Jayalalithaa protests Cabinet nod to raise natural gas price
Despite opposition, the Congress-led UPA government had last week approved doubling of natural gas prices from the present $4.2 mmBtu to $8.4 mmBtu from April 1, 2014.
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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill
The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...
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Government 'seriously' considering revising fuel prices: Moily
The ruling UPA's political leadership is holding consultations on options like raising diesel and LPG prices to cut an unprecedented Rs 1,60,000 crore revenue loss expected from selling auto and cooking fuel below cost this fiscal.
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Cash transfer of subsidy brings hope to Ranchi village, but hurdles remain
As officials in Delhi get busy trying to roll out the UPA government's Aadhar card-based direct cash transfer of subsidy scheme on January 1, 73-year-old Chawa Oraon in faraway Ranchi is getting hopeful.
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Prime Minister's Office denies Narendra Modi's claim of Rs 1880 cr expense on Sonia Gandhi's trips abroad
The Prime Minister's Office has, without naming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, rubbished his allegation that the government spent Rs 1,880 crore of public money on UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips as "untrue and misleading", also stating emphatically that the Manmohan Singh government has not paid for Mrs Gandhi's medical treatme...
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Narendra Modi says he will apologise if charges on Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips proved wrong
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has offered to tender a public apology if his allegation that Rs 1,880 crore was spent from state exchequer for Congress President Sonia Gandhi's foreign trips is found to be false.
