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New Delhi, Jun 2: Jet Airways has handed over pink slips to 50 of its expat pilots by prematurely terminating their contracts as part of its cost-cutting measures as well as reducing dependency on the high-cost overseas flight crew. "We have prematurely terminated the service contracts of 50 expatriate pilots between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015," Jet Airways acting chief financial officer

New Delhi, Jun 2: In what is being perceived as a direct message to the Sangh Parivar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview to news agency UNI said that comments against minorities were "uncalled" for. The Prime Minister also asserted that he would not tolerate any discrimination or violence against any community. "Our Constitution guarantees religious freedom to every citizen and that is

Patna, Jun 1: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Sunday there would be neither merger of Janata Parivar nor alliance between JD(U) and RJD for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar. "Forget the much touted merger of Janata Parivar parties, which has failed. There won't even be any alliance between JD (U) and RJD for the coming Bihar Assembly elections. One thing is for sure that there will

New Delhi, May 31: The current heatwave gripping India is the fifth deadliest ever in the world, as per a report in a leading Daily. Also, it is the second deadliest in India, the Daily said, quoting an international database of disasters. Before this the worst was in 1998 when 2,541 people had died due to the heatwave. As far as the world is concerned, the worst was the one in Europe in 2003

Lucknow, May 31: Bollywood film “Peepli Live” seems to be re-enacted in real life at the village of Aruna Shanbaug’s assaulter Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur district, 400 km from here. Mediapersons have been making a beeline in front of his house since Thursday after his whereabouts came to light. TV news channels are competing with each other to get a byte from Sohanlal and

New Delhi, May 30: In a strong response to Rahul Gandhi's 'suit boot ki sarkar' jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said "Suit boot is definitely more acceptable than suitcase." He also said that the contentious Land Acquisition Bill is not "a matter of life or death for me" and that he was prepared to accept any suggestions. "Suit boot is definitely more acceptable than suitcase. After ruling

New Delhi, May 30: The Union Cabinet today recommended re-promulgation of the controversial Land Acquisition Ordinance. The land ordinance will be issued for the third time. The Ordinance was promulgated for the first time in December last year to amend the 2013 Act. Despite being passed in Lok Sabha, the government did not take it to Rajya Sabha as it lacked numbers there. The Ordinance was re

Chennai/New Delhi, May 30: With the decision of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, to derecognise temporarily a student group, Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle), for alleged criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi attracting nationwide criticism on Friday, the institute authorities and the Union Human Resource Ministry went into a fire-fighting mode. The IIT said the derecognition was

New Delhi, May 30: India has overtaken China to become the world's fastest growing economy by clocking 7.5 percent GDP for the March quarter, prompting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to say that the economy is clearly on "a recovery path". The economic growth rate on sequential basis improved from 6.6 percent in the third quarter (October-December) of the financial year 2014-15. For the fiscal as a

Chennai, May 29: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras was at the centre of row today over derecognition of a students group, many of whom are Dalits, following a complaint that it was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering protests from Congress and AAP. In Assam (rpt) Assam, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani backed IIT's action, saying the institution has clearly stated that some