Gopalkrishna Gandhi declines offer to be Presidential candidate for Opposition

New Delhi, 20/6:Opposition will have to start afresh their search for a common candidate for the Presidential elections as Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Monday declined their offer to fight the electoral battle saying there could be “far better” people than him for the honour, a day before the leaders are to meet here to discuss the…

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Vedanta seeks EoI for sale of its Sterlite Copper unit in Thoothukudi

New Delhi, 20/6:Four years after the Tamil Nadu government sealed the sprawling premises on charges of pollution, Vedanta on Monday announced that its Sterlite Copper plant and other units in the southern port city of Thoothukudi are up for sale.     Vedanta, in advertisements published in English and Tamil dailies, along with Axis Capital…

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Opposition leaders to meet on Tuesday, may finalise Presidential poll candidate

New Delhi, 19/6:Opposition leaders will meet on Tuesday afternoon to finalise their candidate for the Presidential elections with Gopalkrishna Gandhi emerging as the only name in contention after National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah announced that he will not contest as several urged him to fight.     Sources said the meeting will be held at…

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4 terrorists killed in encounters in Kupwara, Kulgam

Kashmir,19/6:Four terrorists were killed in two separate encounters with security forces Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara and Kulgam districts, police said.     While two terrorists were killed in Kupwara as many were eliminated in Kulgam, they said, adding some more terrorists are hiding and operation was still underway in both the areas.  …

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India fully protected interests of farmers, fishermen at WTO meet: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi, 19/6:India has completely protected the interests of farmers and fishermen in the recently concluded ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. Goyal, who led the Indian delegation for the WTO talks, also said that the decisions taken in the conference will…

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