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Soft inflation, emerging slack led to rate cut in December

mumbai, Dec. 20 -- India's monetary policy committee decided to lower the repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) in December on the back of benign inflation and emerging signs of weakness, even as the gro... Read More


16 injured as pick-up vehicle overturns in Mahendergarh

Rohtak, Dec. 19 -- As many as 16 people, including 10 women, wereinjured when a pick-up vehicle overturned after its tyre burst near Neerpur village in Mahendergarh on Thursday, police said. The injur... Read More


Property deals worth Rs.34,000-cr unreported, wrong figures cited

Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- The intelligence and criminal investigation (I&CI) directorate of the income tax (I-T) department on Wednesday unearthed irregularities to the tune of Rs.34,000 crore in the rep... Read More


Punjab-origin cabbie held for raping unconscious passenger in California

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- An Indian-origin cab driver was arrested for alleged assault of an unconscious passenger in a California city, according to reports. The accused, identified as Simranjit Singh Se... Read More


PDP lashes out at Omar for 'targeting' Mehbooba

Srinagar, Dec. 19 -- The People's Democratic Party (PDP) lashed out at chief minister Omar Abdullah for targeting PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti instead of questioning Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar over... Read More


Court denies bail to LeT operative

JAMMU, Dec. 19 -- A special UAPA court has rejected the interim bail plea of an alleged terror operative of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit, said officials on Thursday. The accused was identified ... Read More


Judge recuses from hearing of advocate accused of rape

New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- A Delhi High Court judge on Thursday said he would recuse himself and transfer to another bench the anticipatory bail and FIR-quashing petitions filed by a 51-year-old advocate a... Read More


HC slams 'perfunctory' probe, says CBI should take over investigation

JAMMU, Dec. 19 -- Expressing displeasure and anguish over 'perfunctory' exercise in the name of probe into the mysterious death of a minor girl by Jammu Police, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and L... Read More


Lanterns in darkness see us through fragile times

India, Dec. 19 -- I lost my father a few months ago. His absence created a silence that was almost unbearable, a gap that no words, rituals, or reasoning could fill. Grief is universal, yet when it st... Read More


Wiping out drug menace a collective responsibility: Guv kataria

Ferozepur, Dec. 19 -- The Indian Red Cross Society, in collaboration with the Karan Gilhotra Foundation, organised an awareness programme against drugs in Fazilka on Thursday. Punjab governor Gulab Ch... Read More