Daily Newsletter | Wednesday, December 09, 2015 | |
| Nitish proposes panel to monitor Bihar package | | In an apparent move to politically besiege PM Narendra Modi on his announcements during the recently concluded assembly elections, CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday urged the assembly speaker to form a joint committee of state legislature to monitor execution of works under all the schemes listed in the much-publicised Rs 1.65 lakh crore special package for Bihar. |
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| Punjab goes bust, puts widow home, jails on 'girvi' | | The last place from where you expect a state government to raise funds is jails and a widow home. But that is precisely what the Punjab government has done in the past two months to tide over its severe financial crisis. |
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| Chennai rain survivors name baby after Muslim samaritan | | Last Tuesday, a heavily pregnant Chitra was writhing in pain at her Chennai home. Adding to the misery was the swirling waters and her Urapakkam residence was on the verge of getting inundated. Her husband Mohan was at her side, but he was as clueless as her. With most neighbours deserting the locality, the couple were staring at death. |
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| She survived rape, 2 bullets and a night inside this well | | A pistol shot each to her chest and abdomen and 30-foot drop onto the stony bed of a dry well. The trio thought they were done with the girl. They had abducted her in a car from the end of the lane outside her West Delhi house on November 22. |
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| Bittersweet taste to India’s series win over South Africa | | In his first Test series at home, Kohli has pulled off what one of India’s most significant triumphs in the last few years because a transitional side beat one that had not lost an overseas series in nine years. But, opinions remain divided on India’s tactics towards winning in the first and third Tests. |
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| India No. 1 choice for global tech R&D | | India remains the No. 1 location for MNCs to establish product engineering and R&D centres outside their home countries, and the growth of these centres in India is outpacing the average global growth. |
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| Indian basket of crude hits 11-year low | | It’s yesterday once more! Benchmark oil prices on Tuesday slumped 6% to levels last seen in 2009, renewing hopes of lower pump prices for consumers and reduced crude import for government managers but also sparking fresh worries for oil company brass. |
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| Sebi willing to fix MF agents' fee | | Market regulator Sebi will step in to set the commission structure for mutual fund (MF) distributors in case the fund industry fails to lower it on its own from the current levels. |
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