The RJD leader said the coming to power of the Mahagathbandhan government with the JD-U, the RJD, the Congress and other parties uniting "augurs well for opposition unity".
Maharashtra chief minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh announced on Thursday sanctiong of Rs 2,356 crore for the first corridor of Varsova-Andheri-Ghatkopar rail project jointly to Anil Ambani group company Reliance Energy and MMRDA.
The previous government set up a cabinet task force to clear the backlog of projects but failed to make much of an impact.
Bettering the promise of monthly payouts to homemakers by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the DMK, Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam on Friday assured Rs 3,000 "value rights assistance" to them in its manifesto for the April 6 assembly polls, but maintained it was not a dole.
Prices in most areas have been stagnant but some regions are showing reasonable appreciation.
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The Central Railway will soon introduce modified seating arrangement in the coaches of a local train to check the ever increasing deaths of commuters.
In a significant directive, the home ministry said that state governments shall not impose any local lockdown outside the containment zones without prior consultation with the central government.
Police said farmers have been allowed to hold peaceful protest at the Nirankari Ground in north Delhi.
Rice at Re 1 per kg for poor families, bonus for farmers, interest-free loans for peasants, free laptops and tablets for students are the key promises made by the ruling BJP in its manifesto for the Assembly polls to be held in the state this month.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is agreeable in principle to this tax, but the government is yet to take a decision.
Modi also lashed at those "demeaning" the valour displayed by the armed forces after the Jaish-e-Mohammed attack against the Central Reserve Police Force in Kashmir.
Accompanied by BJP national general secretary and party in-charge of poll-bound Tamil Nadu, C T Ravi, and Murugan, with his security detail in tow, the home minister warmly waved at the overjoyed supporters who had thronged the airport since the morning.
The security was jacked up after a website showed graphics of the Taj Mahal with a terrorist standing alongside holding what looked like a weapon.
The Rajasthan Congress led by its state president Sachin Pilot on Thursday held a Chetna Rally against "anti-people" policies of the Vasundhara Raje led Bharatiya Janata Party Rajasthan government.
The new stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad, which will be completed in two years, will become the biggest cricket stadium in the world with seating capacity of 1.10 lakh.
National Disaster Response Force personnel left the spot, while State Disaster Management Department personnel continued their rescue work at the accident site with cranes, earth movers and drilling machines.
While flight operations have already resumed, inter-intra state train services also were partially operating since Tuesday night, they said.
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Easing of restrictions came even as Maharashtra continues to registered a record number of new coronavirus cases with no flattening of curve in sight in the state.
The apex court has directed that status quo be maintained till its next hearing on October 21.
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"Our parents talked to us about Maradona, and we will talk to our sons about Messi. We hope that we will win the cup, and we can celebrate with him and all the people in Argentina," said Nicolas Gomez, a fan from Argentina.
Mukesh Ambani said he had never seen any city decked up so strikingly as Lucknow
The government has also told the state governments that "special care" should be taken of Jammu and Kashmir residents and students residing in their state.
These projects will be undertaken by BMC, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation.
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The DMK leadership may now have to deal with a demand for more seats from its Congress ally in the Lok Sabha polls, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.
Jaitley said an effective multi-modal logistics and transport system will "make our economy more competitive.
Indian Railways schedules will now be available on Google Transit.
The Supreme Court, however, said it will ask authorities like Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to augment public transport system to ensure people do not face difficulty.
The economic slowdown has made it difficult for companies to record financial closure of a few awarded projects.
'A one-party State is not possible in a diverse country like India.'
'Even though we are very religious and God fearing, we do not subscribe to the kind of Hindutva they practise, a very hierarchical, Brahmanical, Hindutva.'
Then the horrific December 16 gang rape took place and she made up her mind not to 'run away from the battlefield'.
Markets across the globe are rallying on hopes that the US Federal Reserve won't lift interest rates until 2016.
Economists, however, caution against interpreting the data as a broad-based revival
Though buses and trains plied normally in Bengal and TN, office attendance was less.
The cement industry continues to present a puzzle to investors.
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