Indian Rupee finally gets its New Identity
Union Cabinet today approves new rupee symbol for the Indian rupee .An amalgam of the Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem .Finally Indian rupee join the elite club of US dollar, British pound-sterling, Euro and Japanese yen to have its own symbol and become the fifth currency in the world to have a distinct identity. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni announced this and the symbol will be printed or embossed on … Read entire article »
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Major killed, Col injured in encounter with LeT
An Army Major was killed and six other personnel including a Colonel were injured in Mandhar sector of Poonch in an encounter on Tuesday night with suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. Major Amit Phunge was killed in the operation, while Col Ajay Katoch of 47 Rashtriya Rifles was injured when the terrorists resorted to heavy fire and lobbed grenades, official sources said. The Army team had gone to the spot following information that about 15 Pakistan-based terrorists had sneaked … Read entire article »
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No ‘LADEN’ For Pakistan
Now a day’s director of the movie ‘TERE BIN LADEN ’, Abhishek Sharma is following a wise saying, “precaution is better than cure”. As a result of which he has dropped ‘LADEN’ from his film’s title for Pakistan release. Pakistani singer Ali Zafar, who plays a journalist in the film, advised Sharma to make this change in the title. As per Sharam, he respects Ali’s opinion as Ali knows the sensibility of the people in Pak. … Read entire article »
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Govt to form GOM on new law for honour killings
The Government today decided to form Group of Ministers (GoM) to consider amendments to the law to deal with honour killings and bill will be brought in the monsoon session of Parliament. Apart from a Group of Ministers (GoM), views will also be sought from states to the proposed amendments to IPC and CrPC to deal with the killings. The amendments will seek to bring honour killings under the definition of murder by amending the Indian … Read entire article »
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Bharat Bandh Puts India on Hold
The opposition sponsored countrywide Bharat bandh against fuel price hike is set to disrupt normal life. The price of diesel went up by Rs.2 a litre, kerosene by Rs.3 a litre, petrol by Rs.3.50 a litre, and cooking gas by Rs.35 per cylinder, as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday ruled out a rollback. The BJP and the Left have, however worked to pre-emt any perception of a collaboration to deny congress an opportunity to accuse CPM … Read entire article »
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