Abolish export duty on onions: LoP

Mumbai, Aug 22 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, Ambadas Danve, on Tuesday demanded to abolish export duty on onions. Criticising the central and the state governments, he alleged that the Centre’s decision to levy 40 per cent export duty on onions is an attempt to financially ruin…

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CM KCR appears “unsettled”: Observes Tarun Chugh

Hyderabad, Aug 22 (UNI) Tarun Chugh, the BJP National General Secretary and Telangana Incharge, has remarked that the unveiling of a list containing 115 candidates by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) for the upcoming assembly elections underscores an unprecedented sense of unease on KCR’s part, a sentiment hitherto unseen since the formation of Telangana….

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Sensex ends flat at 65,220.03 pts

Mumbai, Aug 22 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Tuesday ended almost steady at 65,220.03, rising 3.94 pts as renewed buying was seen in telecommunications, power, and industrial stocks. The Nifty too gained 2.85 points to 19,396.45. The market remained sluggish during the day, as it opened at 65,272.42, up 56 points. It surged 146 pts…

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Elderly passenger vomits blood mid-air on Mumbai-Ranchi IndiGo Airlines, dies

Nagpur, Aug 22 (UNI) A Mumbai-Ranchi IndiGo flight had to make an unscheduled landing at Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur on Monday evening, after an elderly passenger suffered medical emergency, an official said on Tuesday. The emergency landing followed a serious medical situation involving a 62-year-old male passenger, identified as Devanand Tiwari started vomiting…

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