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New Delhi, July 7: Investors have very high hopes for the new pro-business Modi government's maiden budget on July 10. It has three priorities: restarting a stalled investment cycle, repairing the government's fiscal health and reforming the supply side of the economy. Addressing all three will be a daunting task. But with a mix of honesty and creativity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his

New Delhi, July 7: Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal, who had a testy relationship with Narendra Modi during his tenure as the chief minister, was transferred to remote Mizoram on Sunday. The move is seen as an indication to Beniwal to quit the gubernatorial post before her term ends on October 14. Sources said she had not responded to the Centre’s recent nudge to quit the post. A Rashtrapati Bhawan

New Delhi, Jul 6: The questioning of two former governors — M.K. Narayanan and B.V. Wanchoo — has led CBI’s probe into the Rs. 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal to the role of the previous NDA (National Democratic Alliance) regime as both have informed the agency that a decision to decrease the flying altitude was taken in principle in 2003, when the BJP-led government was in power

New Delhi, Jul 6: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's maiden Budget on Thursday is expected to be a tightrope walk of trying to meet demands for tax sops especially from the middle class and pursuing fiscal prudence to spur investment and growth. The Budget for 2014-15 will be presented by the new BJP-led government, which rode to power on promises of providing relief to inflation-hit common man, amid

New Delhi, Jul 6: Hours before the media got a hint of the imminent evacuation of the Kerala nurses from strife-torn Iraq, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday night walked into Kerala House here with a smile that no one could decipher. Though he betrayed no strain, mediapersons gathered there speculated about the possible fallout on his political career if things went wrong. But Chandy was a

New Delhi, Jul 6: Two-hundred Indians landed here from Najaf in trouble-torn Iraq on a special chartered flight of Iraq Airways early on Sunday. The flight landed here at around 0430 hours in the morning carrying the passengers. More passengers are expected to be airlifted and brought back from Iraq over the next two days from special flights including that of Air India. The plane was chartered by

New Delhi, Jul 5: The Congress is considering going to court if it is not given the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, sources said. "Knocking the court's door is one of the options, but we will wait and watch for now," said a Congress leader who did not wish to be named. The source, however, added that the issue was being discussed right now and a final decision has not been taken

Kochi, July 5: After about a month's long ordeal in the strife torn Iraq, 46 Indian nurses returned to their homeland today with most of them vowing not to go back risking their lives. "We will not go back. There is no question of going back. We are not prepared to endanger our lives once again", said Sandra Sebastian, who arrived at the Kochi airport along with 45 other nurses to a warm and

Patna, Jul 5: It was a case of insult upon injury for 36-year-old Shweta Pathak, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader who raised her voice against miscreants and extortionists in Bihar’s Buxar district. She was not only slapped by a cop when she went to Itari police station to lodge an FIR against the hoodlums, but the miscreants, getting to know about the incident, reportedly abducted her and tried

Mumbai, Jul 5: A special Air India flight carrying 46 Indian nurses set free by Sunni militants ISIS in strife-torn Iraq and 137 others arrived in Mumbai today. The flight carrying 183 Indian nationals from Erbil landed in Mumbai at 8:43 AM. The flight has made a 'technical halt' in Mumbai for refuelling and catering supplies. The flight would leave for Kochi at 9:55 AM and reach the city at 11:55