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Makers want beer to be delinked from hard liquors for taxes
All India Brewers Association Director-General Shobhan Roy said the current policies pertaining to alco-bev sector in India are driving people towards consumption of hard spirits.
India third in world after China, US in issuing passports: MEA official
The number of passports issued went up from around 60 lakh five years ago to 1.2 crore in 2015, Joint Secretary and Chief Passport Officer of Ministry Muktesh K Pardeshi said.
Pampore encounter ends after 2 days, 3 heavily armed 'foreign' terrorists killed
The Pampore terror encounter ended on Monday evening and the joint forces are now engaged in sanitizing the EDI complex in Jammu & Kashmir.
Factbox: FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein
Factbox on Jordan's Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, one of five candidates standing for the FIFA presidency in an election on Feb. 26.
Man vs Computer: World champion certain he'll beat AI at ancient Chinese board game
South Korean Lee Sedol, says he will prevail in a match with Google's computer program AlphaGo next month.
Jat stir: SC seeks status report on water crisis, raps Delhi government for not taking up the issue with Haryana
"You people instead of solving the problem at government-to-government level are moving to Supreme Court. You want order from the Supreme Court. You want everything on the platter," the SC said.
Bihar's mobile health initiative gains recognition the world over
CCS is an intervention that has already impacted the lives of thousands of women, men and children in the state of Bihar.
Feel happy when others get awards but they don't matter in my life: Salman Khan
30 hours on, gunbattle continues between Army and terrorists in J&K's Pampore; 7 killed
The terrorists have been holed up in the building since Saturday afternoon after they attacked a CRPF convoy, killing two jawans and a civilian and injuring nine other jawans.
Mere FIR in Pathankot attack won't do, says Defence Minister Parrikar
Parrikar also ruled out withdrawing army from Siachen, a call often made by Pakistan, saying no such question arises and noted that India occupies highest peaks there.
Six dead in random Michigan shootings, suspect in custody
The suspect, Jason Dalton, 45, opened fire late on Saturday outside an apartment complex, Kalamazoo police said on their Facebook page on Sunday.
Beijing plans ventilation corridors to curb smog
The five primary ventilation corridors are designed to be more than 500 metres in width, while some secondary corridors will be over 80 metres wide, the report said, without giving a time frame for the project or the amount being spent.
Jat quota stir: Ex-soldier Hawa Singh claims to have shot 5 robbers
Singh claimed that the mob became violent and tried to storm bank. He claimed that he saved himself by locking himself in strong room.
Jat quota stir: Situation tense in Haryana, Army stages flag marches
So far seven persons have been killed in the firing by security personnel "to quell arson and firing" by the protesters while 154 FIRs have been registered.
Chhattisgarh: Unidentified men hurl acid like chemical on AAP leader Soni Sori
A case has been been registered in this connection based, the official said adding that further probe was on.