Learning from East Asia, India must reform its district administration with performance, accountability, and vision to achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat, points out Deepak Mishra.
Information technology (IT) stocks ended at their lowest in nearly nine months after a fresh bout of selling, triggered by concerns over a recession in the US, the key market for domestic software exporters. A report by Morgan Stanley citing risks to growth also weighed on sentiment.
Policemen spotted Samulu Pangi and arranged an ambulance to take the body of his wife Ide Guru (30) to his Sorada village in Pottangi block.
Harinder Singh Bains, the Sikh-American, who helped police capture the man wanted for the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey, said he feared he might have been mistaken as the perpetrator because of the misconceptions about his faith.
Rahul Bajaj was transparent, outspoken, and not ready to bend the rules, says R C Bhargava.
No prime minister in Pakistan's recent history has survived long in office after appointing an ISI chief who did not have the army chief's confidence. Imran may be no exception, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing.
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has worked for weeks to prepare speeches and the Congress' Jaipur Declaration. "This is the Obama moment of the Congress, where the party is re-energised with the rise of young leadership," he said.
A 55-year-old pilgrim and a porter died en route to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll during the ongoing pilgrimage to 32, officials said.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Piyush Guha, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment along with civil rights activist Binayak Sen in a sedition case. The vacation bench of justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad suspended the sentence of life imprisonment and directed Guha's release on bail.The bench also directed Guha to furnish a bail bond of Rs two lakh and two sureties of one lakh each. Guha, a Kolkata-based businessman, was convicted along with Sen.
Judicial Magistrate S S Oja sent Bilal to judicial remand after he was presented by ATS squad on expiry of his police custody, public prosecutor Ajay Misar told reporters. Bilal, also a suspect in the Pune blast, was in police custody from September 8 to October 2. As his identification period is yet to be conducted, the court has sent him in the judicial custody, he said.
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Mayawati comes to the battle field armed with a Dalit-Brahmin-Muslim combination once again. She has given around 10 seats to Other Backward Classes and three each to the Baniya and Thakur communities. If she wins impressively, it will be because of her "inclusive politics".
People anxious over their hair loss might not need to worry anymore, for a gene that prevents regeneration of hair has been identified -- opening a broad path to treatments for thinning locks.
The government in Assam is mulling to issue identity cards to Indian daily wage labourers on demand to safeguard them against harassment in the name of detection of illegal Bangladeshi migrants in the state.
Seven terrorists were gunned down by the army at Bashbari in Dhubri district of western Assam bordering Bangladesh at around 3.15 am on Friday and a huge cache arms and ammunition was recovered. Security sources informed that acting a tipoff that a group of terrorists was passing in the area, the amy laid an ambush in Bashbari area.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
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With President Musharraf under pressure from the US, his continuance as leader of Pakistan is under a cloud, says Anil Athale.
The accused has confessed that he strangled the lecturer to death before disposing of the body in a canal in Sanauta in Bulandshahr district.
Consign Technology on Wednesday launched its multi-platform application development tool for mobile, handheld and wireless devices.
Singapore-based Ascendas is exploring the possibility of setting up an IT park in West Bengal, Alan Tan, Centre director and first secretary commercial of Singapore High Commission said.
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The terrorists were looking for a security personnel and a special police officer belonging to the family. But when they could not find them, they killed women and children.
The BCCI said a player offered two selectors money to secure a berth in the India 'A' team.
The MEA said it was the Chinese side that recently undertakook activities hindering India's normal patrols in the areas.
All those who engaged in racist violence over the weekend in Charlottesville "will be held fully accountable," Trump said in a televised address from the White House.
'It is absolutely important for us to continue to message to people that they must wear masks, keep physical distancing, as much as is practically possible, at work or at home.'
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Telcos have indicated that rates will have to be raised, as higher volumes alone will not suffice to meet the higher costs.
'Trump's desecration of all that Obama represented can be seen at different levels: Personal, political, systemic and structural,' explains Ambassador B S Prakash.
'The disquiet in the Sangh is, of course, over demonetisation.' 'But more than that, it is about the growing centralisation in the running of the government and party,'
'Modi's abject capitulation will play out badly in his core constituency.' 'The bulk of our strategic community is under the impression that India under Modi has already become a superpower.' 'They don't even want to look at the country's emaciated limbs or its asthmatic problems,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
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