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Lottery jackpots combine over $1 billion this weekend
This weekend you'll have not one but two chances at being a big victor in the upcoming lottery drawings. He believes this is due to the recent cold weather, and the fact people tend to typically spend more on the lottery during the holidays.
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SBI hints at minimum balance reduction
Whereas, if the average balance at the end of the month comes out to be anywhere from Rs 1,499 to Rs 750 then the penalty for non-maintenance of MAB will be Rs 40, and Rs 50 if the MAB is below Rs 750. The penalty was also reduced from Rs 50-100 to Rs 20 -40, plus taxes. The State Bank of India , country's largest public sector lender, may again cut minimum balance requirement for savings bank account customers.
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Fodder scam: Lalu Yadav pleads for minimum punishment on health grounds
During arguments on the point of sentencing, some citation of SC judgements were also produced where four years' punishment was reduced to one year in a similar corruption related case. Lalu and 15 others were held guilty on December 23 in the case, which pertains to fraudulent withdrawals of around Rs 89 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury between 1990 and 1994, a part of the Rs 1,000 crore fodder scam in which government funds were embezzled in the name of cattle feed and medicines and ...
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Andrew McCabe had no conflict in Hillary Clinton email probe — Federal Bureau of Investigation documents
Federal authorities are actively investigating allegations of corruption related to the Clinton Foundation, the charity of Bill and Hillary Clinton , according to a USA official briefed on the matter. In November previous year the US Justice Department asked prosecutors to look into the charitable foundation and a deal to sell a uranium company. Republican lawmakers had called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions in July and again in September to explore various Clinton Foundation dealings, ...
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Republican Senators seek criminal probe of Trump 'dossier' author
On Friday, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and senior committee member Lindsey Graham , R-S.C., sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for an investigation into whether Steele lied to the FBI about his contacts with reporters regarding the contents of his dossier.
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Iran protests can hurt religious elite, but Rouhani most of all
Hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested since the protests began Thursday in Mashhad before spreading to other parts of the country. Judicial officials said they would be severely punished, with the organisers possibly facing a death penalty.