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New Delhi, Jun 24: Heads of 11-state-owned banks will apprise a parliamentary committee about the problems of mounting bad loans and increasing fraud cases on Tuesday, sources said. They will be appearing before the Standing Committee on Finance, headed by veteran Congress leader M Veerappa Moily, which is looking into 'Banking Sector in India- Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward, including Non

New Delhi, Jun 24: Violence and cruelty can never solve a problem and it is peace and non-violence which always win, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Referring to Guru Nanak Dev and Kabir Das, he said they worked towards social harmony and fought against casteism. He also referred to Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, saying he worked for the unity and integrity of

Kabul, Jun 24: According to a government statement, India will make sure that Chabahar Port in Iran becomes operational by 2019. India`s statement came after the United States (US) threatened to renew sanctions against Tehran. The Chabahar port complex is expected to open way for millions of dollars in trade and cut its dependence on Pakistan. This Indian-backed port is being developed as part of

New Delhi, Jun 23: Nearly two dozen Air India flights were delayed across its network including at IGI Airport on Saturday after a technical glitch in the check-in software hampered operations, an airline spokesperson said. The departure timings of as many as 23 flights were affected and the delays owing to the software malfunction stretched from 15-30 minutes, the spokesperson said. "The software

Hapur, Jun 23: Another video of the Hapur lynching purportedly showing a mob beating up a man and forcing him to confess to having slaughtered a cow has gone viral on social media. Samayuddin (65), one of the men who was allegedly brutally assaulted by the mob after a minor tiff with a man on a motorcycle, can be seen pleading to the attackers. The mob can be heard asking him to identify others

Mumbai, Jun 23: As the Maharashtragovernment is set to enforce the ban on a variety of plastic items -- announced in March -- from Saturday, environment minister Ramdas Kadam said errant manufacturers will face a strong action, but common people and small traders will not be harassed. He was speaking to reporters after a review meeting with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board officials. On

Mumbai, Jun 22: The Shiv Sena on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's farmers' outreach programme and said that only farmer suicides, and not their income, have doubled. Modi had spoken on Wednesday, via video-conferencing, to farmers in 600 districts nationwide, as part of a farm outreach programme, in which he highlighted how his government had doubled the agriculture budget to Rs 2

New Delhi, JUN 22: India made its first official move to clampdown against big bank loan defaulters under a new law as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) moved a court against liquor baron Vijay Mallya seeking to declare him a 'fugitive offender' and to confiscate his assets worth Rs 12,500 crore. Officials said the agency filed an application before a Mumbai court under the recently promulgated

Lucknow, Jun 22: An investigation has been launched against three policemen after a photograph showing them walking with a mob dragging away an alleged lynching victim in Uttar Pradesh created outrage on social media. The 45-year-old man, identified as Qasim, was beaten to death in Pilkhuwa, Hapur district, on Monday evening allegedly over rumours of cow slaughter. The victim was a cattle trader

Siddapet, Jun 22: A debt-laden journalist in Telangana’s Siddipet district committed suicide by hanging himself after smothering his two children to death and strangulating his wife at his residence in the early hours of Thursday. According to ACP Rajeswar, journalist S Hanumantha Rao, 35, working for a Telugu daily at Kondapaka mandal smothered to death his two children Deekhsa Sri (5) and Shine