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New Delhi, Nov 18: India’s monetary policy makers and government officials will meet Monday in a board meeting that promises to be anything but its usual dull affair. Locked in a power struggle over how much capital the central bank needs and how tough its lending rules should be, a trained accountant parachuted into the Reserve Bank of India’s board by the government in August may be key to

Raipur, Nov 17: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday promised to waive farm loans in Chhattisgarh within 10 days of assuming power in the state and said the money for it would come from the "likes of" Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Anil Ambani. Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation ahead of the second and final phase of the Chhattisgarh polls, Gandhi alleged

Mau, Nov 17: Reiterating that Muslims have contributed their part in the development of the country, Jamiat Ulema-Hind general secretary Mahmood Asad Madani here said that Muslims need to change their roles according to the changing scenarios. Addressing the gathering here in a programme organised on 'communal harmony', Mr Madani said, "Muslims started from scratch about 70 years back and now they

Thiruvanathapuram, Nov 17: Travancore Devaswom Board Minister Kadakampally Surendran on Saturday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and RSS for announcing indefinite strike by the right-wing activists from Sunday to protest against the arrest of Hindu leader K P Sasikala. "BJP is seeking political gains from Sabarimala," he said. While addressing a press conference here, Surendran said

Washington, Nov 17: Facebook investors have called on the company's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to step down as chairman following reports that the company hired a public relations firm to smear its critics, a media report said on Saturday. The New York Times recently published a report revealing that Facebook at times smeared critics as anti-Semitic or tried to link activists to billionaire

Jakarta, Nov 17: Seven people were killed and more than 8,000 others are taking shelters as landslides and quakes struck Mamasa district of Indonesia's West Sulawesi province, a disaster agency official said Saturday. The seven people were killed during evacuation, Pasamboan Pangloli, head of rehabilitation and reconstruction unit of the disaster management agency in the district, told Xinhua over

New Delhi, Nov 17: Fashion Designer Mala Lakhani wound up a long conversation with her sister, saying she would call back after watching "Bigg Boss" but that was never to be. About an hour later, she was killed, allegedly by her own tailor who she had helped get out of jail, her sister Aarti Sharma said on Friday. It was 'Meenu', as Mala was known in her family, who helped get Rahul out of jail

London, Nov 17: The UK High Court on Friday quashed a lower court's order against extraditing alleged bookie Sanjeev Kumar Chawla to India and directed the District Judge to re-start extradition proceedings against him after being convinced with the assurances by the Indian government on the safety of prison conditions in New Delhi's Tihar jail. Chawla, a key accused in the cricket match-fixing

Raipur, Nov 17: Former Union Minister and Senior Congress Leader Veerappa Moily, while claiming recovery of back black money of Rs 35 thousand crore during UPA regime, alleged that during four and a half years of Modi rule frauds like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Mallya have fled abroad with Rs 62 thousand crore. Moily who came to Chhattisgarh under election visit, said at a press conference here

New Delhi, Nov 16: A 1984 anti-Sikh riots witness and victim on Friday identified Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with the alleged killings of the Sikh people during the riots. During the hearing of the case in Delhi's Patiala House court, the witness, Cham Kaur issued a statement identifying Kumar. Earlier, another witness Sheela Kaur identified him. The case has been listed for