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Global oil prices drive up petrol, diesel; Sensex tumbles over 600 pts
Janjivan Bureau / Mumbai : Spiralling global oil prices sharply drove up the cost of petrol and diesel, and sent Indian market indices tumbling down on Monday. Sensex tanked 642.22 points to end at 36,481.09 and Nifty lost 185.90 points...
Parliament sets up all Standing Committees, Jayant Sinha to head Finance, Ramesh Bidhuri lead Petrolium
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Speaker Om Birla, in coordination with Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has lastly finalized all the 24 Department-related Standing Committees. Where as Jayant Sinha has been appointed as the chairman of the crucial panel...
Centre removes names of 312 Sikh foreign nationals from blacklist
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The Government of India has reviewed the Adverse List containing 314 foreign nationals belonging to Sikh community and brought it down to just two. This review is a continuous and dynamic process and is...
Delhi University polls: ABVP bags 3 posts, NSUI 1
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : BJP students wing ABVP on Friday won three posts, including that of the president, in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) polls, while the Congress-backed NSUI bagged the secretary’s post. Celebrations broke out outside...
Delhi court dismisses Chidambaram’s plea to surrender in INX Media case
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a plea by former finance minister P Chidambaram, lodged in Tihar Jail in the INX Media corruption case, seeking to surrender in the money laundering case. Special judge...
Indian diplomat meets Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pakistani media
Janjivan Bureau / Islamabad : A senior Indian diplomat on Monday met Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan, after Islamabad granted consular access to the Indian prisoner "in line with the ICJ judgement". The meeting between a...
SC asks trial court to consider Chidambaram’s request for interim bail
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the trial court to consider P Chidambaram’s request for interim bail in the INX Media corruption case after the former finance minister said that he not be sent...
Modi Govt. Shrink 27 PSU Bank to 12
Highlights Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank to merge with PNB to become the second largest bank in the country after State Bank of India. Indian Bank and Allahabad Bank to merge to create 7th largest public sector bank...
Principal Secy to PM Misra to step down; PK Sinha appointed OSD in PMO
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra has decided to step down from his post after serving as a key aide of Modi for over five years. Misra has been asked by the...
India growth dips to 7-year low of 5% in April-June
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Sharp deceleration in manufacturing output and subdued farm sector activity pulled down India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to a seven-year low of 5 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2019-20, according to...
