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Page 41 - Chinese Whispers

Mamata Banerjee brushes up her Hindi

Her preference for the language seems to have grown in tandem with her growing friendship with her Delhi counterpart, Arvind Kejriwal

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Updated On : 05 Dec 2016 | 10:37 PM IST

Whose fund is it?

In a tweet, Goenka said he wrote to the bank to know whether the use of insufficient funds referred to the bank's funds or funds in his account.

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Updated On : 05 Dec 2016 | 10:38 PM IST

Gita of oil and gas

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been a vocal proponent of the recommendations made by the M B Lal Committee

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Updated On : 04 Dec 2016 | 10:38 PM IST

Salary advance over the mic

After the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Indian Railways came to the rescue of its employees by giving them Rs 10,000 in cash as salary advance

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Updated On : 04 Dec 2016 | 10:35 PM IST

Happy playing second fiddle

M Venkaiah Naidu, who is quite media savvy, is often the first one to come up with the government's viewpoint whenever the Opposition raises an issue before television cameras

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Updated On : 04 Dec 2016 | 10:34 PM IST

You can't buy planes with cash

Aerospace companies don't accept payments in cash for the million-dollar planes they sell

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Updated On : 04 Dec 2016 | 10:32 PM IST

Payday at Parliament House

ATMs in and around Parliament House, for smaller denomination notes from the State Bank of India branch

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Updated On : 01 Dec 2016 | 11:12 PM IST

Fresh air to make policy

The government is making sure that Delhi's toxic air does not come in the way of policymaking

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Updated On : 01 Dec 2016 | 11:07 PM IST

A different worry

November 1, and why spouses and children of BJP leaders shouldn't also submit their bank statements

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Updated On : 30 Nov 2016 | 11:01 PM IST

Looking for an opportunity

The Supreme Court order was made in the afternoon

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Updated On : 30 Nov 2016 | 11:00 PM IST

Caught in the middle

Now, however, the Centre is reaching out to these think tanks and explaining its move

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Updated On : 30 Nov 2016 | 10:56 PM IST

Chinese whispers: All is forgotten

Should the CJI go to a private party hosted by former law and justice minister Ashwani Kumar, who had to quit because of the coal scam?

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Updated On : 29 Nov 2016 | 10:59 PM IST

Chinese whispers: Eye estimates

With sowing estimates sometimes at variance with the final production numbers, the central government has decided to tread lightly

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Updated On : 29 Nov 2016 | 10:56 PM IST

Chinese whispers: Bureaucrat's karma

Anil Swarup said transfer, like death, was inevitable for a civil servant until he obtained "nirvana" by way of superannuation

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Updated On : 29 Nov 2016 | 10:53 PM IST

Thumbs up to Aadhaar

Pandey said all one required was the Aadhaar number and fingerprint; there was no need for a separate PIN to access the bank account

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Updated On : 28 Nov 2016 | 10:52 PM IST

Don't say it with flowers

The organisers had used an abundance of marigold, a flower Shah is allergic to

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Updated On : 28 Nov 2016 | 10:48 PM IST

'Family' support for PM

Family members of senior Modi government ministers are also pitching in, as are outfits like the Bajrang Dal

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Updated On : 28 Nov 2016 | 10:46 PM IST

Printed and ready, but...

Bibek Debroy, that currency notes worth Rs8 lakh crore had been printed before notebandi was announced

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Updated On : 27 Nov 2016 | 10:44 PM IST

So what's the truth?

Ravi Shankar Prasad, has said that notebandi was recommended by the RBI

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Updated On : 27 Nov 2016 | 10:40 PM IST

When the TV went silent at RBI

Many questions have been asked about the role of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the business of notebandi

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Updated On : 27 Nov 2016 | 10:37 PM IST