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Fuel Bunks To Shut On Sundays In Seven States, Puducherry
Fuel bunks in seven states and Puducherry will be shut every Sunday starting May 14, it was announced on Tuesday, to protest the public sector oil companies' failure to hike dealer margins.....
Sunday Off For Petrol Pumps Could Invoke ECA: Government
The threat by petroleum dealers to shut down pumps on Sundays will be dealt with according to measures necessary to maintain supplies of essential commodities, the Centre said on Wednesday.....
Whistleblower BSF Trooper Dismissed From Service, Says Will Move Court
BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav -- who triggered a political uproar when his video clip on "substandard food" served to BSF men went viral in January -- was on Wednesday dismissed from service, an official said.....
Babri Demolition Case: PM Meets Senior Ministers, Uma Bharti Cancels Ayodhya Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a meeting with senior ministers, hours after Supreme Court ordered restoring of criminal conspiracy charge against BJP leaders L. K. Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti in the Babri Masjid demolition case.....
Terrorist Module Busted In Pan-India Operation, One Nabbed In Thane
A terrorist module was busted with the arrest of one and detention of two men from Mumbra in the neighbouring Thane district in a multi-state anti-terrorism operation, an official said here on Thursday.....
14 Killed As Truck Ploughs Into Villagers In Andhra
At least 14 persons were killed and 24 injured when a truck rammed into a group of villagers standing outside some shops in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Friday, police said.....
Strong Wind, Dust Storm Bring Down Delhi Temperature
A strong wind exceeding 39 km per hour kicked up a dust storm in Delhi on Saturday evening and brought respite to its residents after a sunny morning.....
K Viswanath Conferred Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Eminent film director and actor Kasinathuni Viswanath will be conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the countrys highest award in cinema, it was announced on Monday.....
Vinod Khanna, Superstar And BJP MP, Is Dead
Vinod Khanna, a Bollywood superstar who later embraced politics, died here on Thursday morning following a battle with cancer, marking the end of an era in Hindi films. He was 70.....
Akshaya Tritiya Overcomes Note-ban Shadow, Sees Jump In Gold Sales
With cash flow almost normalising after demonetisation, customers on Friday thronged jewellery shops across the country to celebrate Akshaya Tritiya.....
