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Jio To Cover 100% Bengal Population By December 2018: Ambani
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said the Jio network will cover 100 per cent of West Bengal's population by December 2018 and also committed over Rs 5,000 crore of investments in the state for non-Jio businesses in the next three years. ....
Over 1 Million Rohingyas Registered In Bangladesh
Bangladeshi immigration authorities have registered more than a million Rohingyas -- or around 95 per cent of the estimated Muslim minority members living in refugee camps in the country, an official said on Wednesday.....
IAS Officers Aided Corrupt Bank Officials: Delhi Assembly Panel Report
A multi-crore-rupee scam happened in a government cooperative bank and two IAS officers delayed a probe against corrupt bank officials and lied during an inquiry, according to a Delhi Assembly committee report tabled in the house on Wednesday.....
52 Killed In Kazakhstan Bus Fire
At least 52 people were killed on Thursday after a passenger bus travelling on a country road in western Kazakhstan caught fire, officials said.....
India-Israel Business Doing Wonders, Netanyahu Tells India Inc
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said "the business partnership between India and Israel is doing wonders" and that he has developed "a strong personal friendship" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ....
GST Council Slashes Rates On 29 Items To Zero Per Cent
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Thursday decided to slash rates on 29 items, mainly handicrafts, to zero per cent, according to Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prakash Pant.....
US Government Shuts Down
The US government began shutting down on Saturday, putting thousands of workers on unpaid leave, after the Senate failed to pass a stopgap budget.....
Modi Condoles Deaths In Delhi Warehouse Fire
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the death of 17 people in a huge fire at a plastic warehouse in west Delhi's Bawana area.....
Delhi Government Orders Probe Into Bawana Warehouse Fire, Announces Ex-gratia
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday ordered a thorough probe into the Bawana plastic factory fire incident that claimed at least 17 lives and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the next of the kin of the deceased.....
India Will Regain Rank As Fastest Growing Economy In 2018-19: IMF
The International Monetary Fund on Monday reaffirmed that India's economy is projected to grow by 7.4 percent in the next fiscal year, regaining the rank of the world's fastest growing large economy. ....
