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Pension income ceiling enhanced to ₹1.20 lakh, set to benefit over 20 lakh persons in Karnataka
The scheme covers old-age pensions, widow pensions and disability pensions, and the existing income ceiling had been capped at ₹32,000
Why do you still feel unwell when your blood tests are ‘normal’? Nutritionist explains what could be going on • Manoj Bajpayee to play Gandhi in Sudhir Mishra’s upcoming film • Supreme Court scraps worker-friendly 1978 ‘industry’ precedent for new labour code • Pension income ceiling enhanced to ₹1.20 lakh, set to benefit over 20 lakh persons in Karnataka
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The scheme covers old-age pensions, widow pensions and disability pensions, and the existing income ceiling had been capped at ₹32,000

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is leading a ministerial delegation to participate in the 4th India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) on August 19-20

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Leader of Opposition R. Ashok said the government had neither reviewed the situation nor prepared a list of taluks facing severe drought following a deficit monsoon

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Home Minister says Congress’s decision to render only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram reflects “appeasement politics” and alleges that the 1937 resolution laid the foundation for Partition

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The incident took place outside an ICICI Bank branch in Gomti Nagar where the wife worked as a relationship manager; police said the accused was reportedly experiencing marital discord
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The scheme covers old-age pensions, widow pensions and disability pensions, and the existing income ceiling had been capped at ₹32,000
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is leading a ministerial delegation to participate in the 4th India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) on August 19-20
Leader of Opposition R. Ashok said the government had neither reviewed the situation nor prepared a list of taluks facing severe drought following a deficit monsoon
Home Minister says Congress’s decision to render only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram reflects “appeasement politics” and alleges that the 1937 resolution laid the foundation for Partition
The incident took place outside an ICICI Bank branch in Gomti Nagar where the wife worked as a relationship manager; police said the accused was reportedly experiencing marital discord
Court directs him to approach trial court – Chottanikkara Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Ernakulam – on the matter
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