Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, January 03, 2017 | | | SC: Can't seek votes on basis of religion, caste | | The Supreme Court has ruled that seeking votes in the name of religion, caste, race, community or language by a candidate, his agent or anyone with his consent would be a corrupt electoral practice rendering the person open to disqualification. |
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| Election symbol: Akhilesh in talks with SJP-R? | | The Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) (SJP-R) could come to Akhilesh’s rescue in case the SP’s symbol is frozen by the Election Commission. SJP(R)’s current president, Kamal Morarka, has offered Akhilesh the option of contesting the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh on the party’s tree symbol. |
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| | | WhatsApp no longer works on these iOS and Android phones | | Popular social media application WhatsApp has stopped working in older iPhones and Android handsets to ensure that it could continue to introduce new features and stay secure, which relies on the app being used on newer operating systems. |
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| | 'Best wishes if SC feels retired judges can do better' | | Anurag Thakur issued a statement with a snide remark in response to the judgement stating if the Supreme Court feels the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) could do better under retired judges, he wishes them all the best. |
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| | SBI hopes rate cuts to help boost sagging loan market | | The nation's largest lender State Bank of India on Monday said the 90-basis points-reduction in the lending rates is likely to prop up its sagging loan growth and expects to boost the loan book to 8-9 per cent for the current financial year. |
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| Rupee breaches 68-mark to usher in 2017, plunges 30 paise | | The rupee started 2017 on a weaker note and plummeted by a whopping 30 paise to 68.22 against the US dollar due to huge demand for the American currency. The RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 68.0225 and for the euro at 71.51. |
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| Sensex trips on first trading day of 2017, logs loss | | In listless trading, the Sensex on Monday closed with a marginal fall of over 31 points at 26,595 on the first trading day of 2017 as banking stocks felt the heat due to worries that the lending rate cuts will hit their bottom line. |
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| | Salman and KJo's first joint venture stars Akshay | | It cannot get bigger than this in Bollywood. Two of the industry’s power centres — Salman Khan and Karan Johar — are all set to team up as producers. And, their first joint production will star none other than Akshay Kumar! |
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