New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Apprehending shortfall in rice
procurement due to monsoon failure, the government on Thursday
increased the minimum price paid to farmers for paddy by Rs

Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) Alternating days of gains and losses
continued on Thursday for the BSE Sensex as the barometer
seemed to be consolidating at the psychological 15,000 level

Shimla, Aug 20 (PTI) A committee, set up by Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) to look into the Lok Sabha (Lower House of
Indian Parliament) poll debacle but the existence of whose

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Government on Thursday said
effective implementation of its pet three-year-old flagship
national project to guarantee rural employment was proving to

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) A proposal to amend the
Constitution to provide 50 per cent reservation to women in
panchayats and other local bodies could not be taken up at a

Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) The Indian rupee on Thursday
appreciated further by nine paise against the American
currency following positive trends in equity markets despite

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader Jaswant Singh on Thursday questioned the party's
contention that he had violated the party's discipline and

New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader Jaswant Singh on Thursday questioned the party's
contention that he had violated the party's discipline and

Jalandhar, Aug 20 (PTI) Indian Off-spinner Harbhajan
Singh on Thursday said he has full faith in the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and will abide by whatever

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