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LS Takes Up Maternity Benefit Bill For Debate
The Lok Sabha on Thursday took up for discussion a bill to increase the maternity leave of women to 26 weeks from the present 12 weeks.....
Americans Shouldn't Expect 'absolute Privacy', Says FBI
FBI Director James Comey warned that Americans should not have expectations of "absolute privacy" after the disclosure of a range of hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).....
Maharashtra MLC Suspended For Remarks On Armymen's Wives
Buckling under pressure from both the opposition parties and ruling ally Shiv Sena, Maharashtra legislative council Chairman Ramraje Nimbalkar on Thursday suspended Independent member Prashant Paricharak for 18 months from the house for his objectionable remarks on wives of armymen during the civic poll campaign.....
500 Kg Egyptian Woman Undergoes Weight-loss Surgery
Egyptian woman Eman Ahmed Abdelaly, admitted in Saifee Hospital here since a month, underwent a successful weight reduction surgery on March 7, a medical bulletin said on Thursday. ....
Masood Azhar, Three Others 'proclaimed Offenders' In Pathankot Case
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and three others were on Thursday declared 'Proclaimed Offenders' in the Pathankot airbase attack case by a special court in Mohali town of Punjab.....
Jaitley, RBI Officials To Discuss Banks' Bad Loans
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet with senior Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials in New Delhi on Friday to discuss the issue of banks' non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans, sources said.....
SP Doesn't Rule Out Aligning With Mayawati
While asserting it will retain power in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday did not rule out joining hands with arch rival Mayawati to prevent Presidents rule in case of a fractured mandate.....
'Lost' Chandrayaan-1 Found Orbiting Moon
India's first lunar mission -- the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which was generally considered lost -- is still orbiting the Moon, NASA scientists have found with new technological application of interplanetary radar.....
SC Dismisses Plea Against Padma Vibhushan To Dhirubhai Ambani
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea for quashing a government notification to confer Padma Vibhushan in 2016 on late Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries Ltd.....
Parrikar Says Roy Mathew's Death 'isolated Incident', Discussions On Over Sahayak System
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said police is probing the death of Lance Naik Roy Mathew, who was found dead in an army barrack days afer he featured in a sting video criticizing the 'Sahayak' system in the army.....
