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  Rail fare won't be reduced despite diesel price cut: Suresh Prabhu

  National | January 31, 2015 23:20 IST

  Vadodara:  Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today said that although diesel prices have come down, reduction in passenger fares is unlikely to happen.  “Railway recovers only 50 per cent of the passenger cost it bears.There

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  Select spices slide on reduced offtake, good supply

  May 26, 2014 16:18 IST

  Mumbai: Copra Alapuzha and copra Kozhikode dropped sharply at the spices market here today due to lack of buying from stockists amid reduced offtake by millers. Elsewhere black pepper and ginger also declined on poor

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  Polling hours reduced in Bengal's Maoist-hit areas

  India | April 13, 2014 7:08 IST

  Kolkata: Polling will end two hours early in six assembly segments of two Lok Sabha constituencies in Maoist-affected areas of West Bengal, an Election Commission official said on Saturday.In a bid to prevent any untoward

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  Outflow Has Reduced Farakka Water Level

  India | February 16, 2012 23:08 IST

  Kolkata, Feb 16: The excess outflow of water from Farakka barrage through two damaged sulice gates has reduced its water level by three metres and is posing erosion threat at Jangipur area of Murshidabad district.“The

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  Gold, Silver Fall On Reduced Off-take, Weak Global Cues

  December 19, 2011 20:28 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 19: Gold fell by Rs 10 to Rs 27,830 per 10 grams, while silver shed Rs 350 to Rs 52,650 per kg in the bullion market here today on reduced offtake at

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  Gold Eases On Reduced Jewellery Offtake, Silver Declines

  November 15, 2011 18:42 IST

  Mumbai, Nov 15: Gold prices eased from all-time record high at the domestic bullion market here today on reduced stockists and jewellery buying at existing higher levels on the back of bearish overseas market.Silver also

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  Tatkal Reservation Period Reduced To 24 Hrs

  India | November 11, 2011 22:16 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 11: Plagued by increasing number of complaints in Tatkal booking scheme, the Railways today decided to reduce the advance reservation period of the scheme from two days to one day as part

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  Minimum Sentence Can't Be Reduced Even By Courts, Says SC

  India | September 23, 2011 20:13 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 23: The Supreme Court today ruled that minimum sentence prescribed under law for criminal offences, including under Prevention of Corruption Act, cannot be reduced by courts even if the amount involved is