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New Delhi: The government has announced a considerablecut in airfares for devotees travelling to Saudi Arabia this year, with the prices of round tickets being slashed by Rs 20,000 to Rs 97,000.

Union minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi described the move as a "major step" that would end the "political and economic exploitation of Haj performers as was being done during the Congress-led UPA regime", allegedly in the name of offering subsidies.

The minister said the move sought to address concerns about airfares going up after the Haj subsidy was abolished last month.

New Delhi: Prime Minister NarendraModisays, that his Government is working to change the fate of the country by changing the fortune of its villages and farmers. 

Addressing a farmers rally at Devangare, in central Karnataka on Tuesday, he said, the plans of his Government are focused on farmers' welfare and agricultural growth. 

Mr. Modi said, Operation Green, launched by the Central Government, will usher in revolution in the cultivation of vegetable and fruits. 

New Delhi: China is developing new bullet trains with a speed up to 400 kmph besides researching on the next generation magnetic-levitation train with a top speed of 600 kmph, according to a Chinese official.

"We are now focusing on how to link TV signals to trains so that passengers will be able to enjoy films on window-turned screens," Ding Rongjun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.

He also said China was carrying out research on the next generation magnetic-levitation (meglev) trains which have a top speed of 600 kmph.

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Recruitment Board (SSRB) is in thick of controversy by referring to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) as ‘Azad Kashmir’ in its geography question paper for an examination for the selection of patwaris (land revenue officers).

A photograph of the question, which asked the candidates to define Kashmir’s boundaries, was shared on social media on Monday.

‘J&K has an International Border with China in the north and east, and the Line of Control separates it from the Pakistan-controlled territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in… ’ the multiple choice question reads, followed by four options.