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Despite Sonia calling for an alliance among anti-BJP parties, the prospects appear bleak with the CPI(M) and Samajwadi Party hinting about charting their own course in 2019.
"What is wrong with the one nation, one identity idea? After all, we are all Indians and proud of that identity," the SC remarked.
CPI inflation is projected to rise at 4.5-4.6 per cent between October-2018 to March-2019, with an upward risk trend.
The political row erupted after SC Chief Justice Ali Hamid overturned the conviction of exiled ex-president Mohamed Nasheed
The MT Marine Express ship was part-laden with 13,500 tonnes of gasoline, along with 22 crew members on board.
In 2017, over 860 ceasefire violations were recorded in 2017.
Karnataka, along with Punjab, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Puducherry is among the five remaining states being ruled by the Congress.
"We will continue to condemn the Union Budget and mount pressure on the central government for assisting in various projects for Andhra Pradesh," said senior TDP leader Y S Chowdary.
The state's decision to conform with the SC order was confirmed by Chief Secretary Sumit Mallick.
If Chandrayaan-2 mission ends up being a success, ISRO would bag the honour of landing the first-ever satellite near the moon's south pole.
The crew-manning agency, Andheri-based Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, has confirmed that all members on board of the merchant vessel are Indians.
The beneficiaries include 10 crore lowest earning households of the nation, as per the socio-economic census of 2011.
The court ordered the state government to enact all measures to prevent breakdown of law and order on February 4.
Jallikattu was earlier criminalised by the top court in May 2014. The ban, however, was reversed through a special legislation passed by the Tamil Nadu assembly in January 2017.
"No concrete step has been taken to raise our disposable income," the top union leader said.
Petrol prices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai and Noida have crossed the Rs 80-benchmark.
Parliamentarians should accept this module for pay hike if they do not intend to "face future criticism", Jaitley said, during his Budget speech.
A University for Railways will be set-up in Vadodara to impart training to the workforce who would be deployed for high speed railway projects.
Speculations are rife whether the Finance Minister would lean towards populism, considering the eight assembly elections to be held this year.
The corporate tax for companies filing I-T returns for an annual turnover of Rs 250 crore has been reduced from 30 per cent to 25 per cent.