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Strongly refuting allegations of favouring Reliance Industries, Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Friday said the proposed revision in natural gas price will apply to all companies including state-owned ONGC. Mr. Moily thrashed CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta’s allegations of favouring RIL as “totally false and baseless” and said the proposed increase in natural gas...

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Sharad Pawar’s NCP on Friday demanded resignation of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan after his son-in-law’s name figured in the investigations into the IPL spot fixing scandal. “If Mr. Srinivasan has any iota of morality and public accountability then he should immediately tender his resignation,” NCP chief spokesman D.P. Tripathi told reporters here. He said...

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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Friday launched three Aadhaar-Enabled services to help citizens authenticate their identity online and announced opening of 300 more permanent enrolment centres. The services that were launched are eKYC (eKnow Your Customer) service, authentication service using Iris, and authentication service using one time pin (OTP). “This is...

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A Mumbai court on Friday extended the police custody of actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested for alleged links with IPL betting syndicates, till May 28. Mumbai police’s Crime Branch told the court that it planned to “confront” Vindoo with N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan (who has been summoned for questioning), and question him about...

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The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) at Wellington House here has brought out a ‘Do and learn’ scheme, which aims to boost the morale of traditional artisans and create awareness on the different art forms in the country, many of which are tottering on the brink of extinction. The IGRMS is an autonomous...

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The government will set up a cell in the State to monitor the functioning and repair of all equipment in primary and community health centres, and taluk, district and State-level hospitals soon. Malfunctioning equipment would be got repaired only through companies that manufactured it. Minister for Health and Family Welfare U.T. Khader said that...

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