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Anandiben offers to quit as Gujarat chief minister

About two months ahead of her 75th birthday, Anandiben Patel has offered to step down as Gujarat’s first woman chief minister. In a social media post, she asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership to relieve her of the top responsibility in the state. Citing examples of party members who have stepped down after attaining the age of 75, Anandiben Patel said she was following the same. “Since sometime, senior party

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Patent Acquisition and Collaborative Research And Technology Development policy

The Government proposes to address the issues of less number of patents and low research share, of the country, in the world by encouraging industries to increase technology depth and value addition so as to manufacture products based on indigenous patents. The Government is already providing excise duty waiver on goods based on patented technology. Government has also promoted the setting up of technology

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Soundekar dynasty Rajmata passes away at 66

Ponda: Rajmata Umadevi Soundekar Wadiyar of the erstwhile Soundekar dynasty in Goa passed away on Monday following a brief illness.She was 66 and passed away in a private hospital at Belagavi, Karnataka.She was the wife of the 13 th generation king of Soundekar dynasty, late Sadashiva Basavalinga Soundekar Wadiyar. After the death of King Sadashiva in 2006 and her elder son

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Supreme Court notice to Centre, RBI and CBI on plea on Participatory-notes

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, RBI, market regulator SEBI and CBI on a plea seeking a direction that the offshore portfolio investors, who invest in the Indian stock market through participatory-notes, should not be allowed to withdraw the money till further orders. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan issued the notice on the interim application, which was

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International Solar Alliance Cell and World Bank Signs Declaration for Promoting Solar Energy

On the occasion of the visit of the World Bank President to India, the Interim Administrative Cell of the International Solar Alliance (ISA Cell) and the World Bank declared their intention to promote solar energy globally. The declaration was signed & exchanged by  Shri Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Chairperson, ISA cell and Mr Onno Ruhl, India Country

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Veteran Tamil film director AC Tirulokchandar passes away

Veteran Tamil film director AC Tirulokachandar, who had directed over 60 movies including Tamil, Telugu and some Hindi films, passed away here today. “He was 85 and he passed away at a hospital here due to age related health issues and he is survived by a son and a daughter,” N. Shan, son-in-law of Raj Chandar, son of Tirlokachandar told PTI. The cremation would be held in Chennai tomorrow, Mr. said. Remembered

American Literary Translator Gregory Rabassa dies

Gregory Rabassa, prominent literary translator, passed away on 14 June 2016 in Branford, Connecticut following a brief illness. He was 94. Rabassa is known for his translations of several well-known Latin American writers, including Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortazar, Octavio Paz, Clarice Lispector and Jorje Amado.

McCartney's Wings' guitarist Henry McCullough passes away

Henry McCullough, who played guitar in Paul McCartney's band Wings, passed away on Tuesday. 

He was 72. His LIVE music agent Nigel Martyn said McCullough died after a long illness. He said the guitarist never fully recovered from a severe heart attack suffered four years ago. McCullough played with the Grease Band with Joe Cocker at Woodstock, and worked at various times with

Donald Carr, former England Cricket captain, dies aged 89

Donald Carr, the former captain of England Cricket team, died on 12 June 2016. He was 89. Beside prominent batsman Carr was also one of the most prominent administrators of the post-war era.

• His first-class career spanned from 1945 to 1968 in which he scored nearly 20000 runs and claimed 328 wickets with his left-arm spin for Oxford University, Derbyshire and England.

Noted Playwright and Actor Achyut Lahkar passes away

Noted playwright and actor Achyut Lahkar, doyen of Assam’s mobile theatre movement, passed away on 12 June 2016 following a protracted illness. He was 85. Lahkar was the pioneering dramatist, veteran actor director and producer who staged numerous memorable plays in mobile theatre.

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Veteran journalist Inder Malhotra passes away

Distinguished journalist, editor and author Inder Malhotra passed away following a long illness in New Delhi. He was 86. He had served as a resident editor of The Times of India and The Statesman. In his journalistic career he had mapped the ebb and flow of the Indian politics under every Prime Minister of independent India. About Inder Malhotra Malhotra was the resident editor of The Statesman in New Delhi from 1965 to

Doyen of Assam's mobile theatre passes away

Assam on Sunday lost another doyen of its cultural sphere when the founder of Assam's world famous mobile theatre Achyut Lahkar passed away in his home town of Pathsala after prolonged illness. Lahkar, who was 85 years old, was a renowned playwright, actor and dramatist who founded the base of Assam's successful mobile theatre movement. Born in 1931, Lahkar is considered to be the father of the Bhramyaman