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Bhopal/New Delhi, Jul 16: The CBI on Wednesday registered three FIRs and formally launched its probe in the Vyapam scam, which generated more political heat, with Congress alleging an accused in the scandal extended favours to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other BJP and RSS leaders, a charge denied by them. The CBI team, which has been camping in Bhopal for the last two days, registered

New Delhi, Jul 15: Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today denied any favour from Vyapam scam accused Sudhir Sharma saying his tickets for visit to Bhopal in May 2010 were procured by the Party. "I never got tickets from anybody, as a Party General Secretary my tickets were booked by the party headquarters," he said here. The Congress has demanded Prdahan's resignation following his name allegedly

New Delhi, Jul 15: Chief Ministers of nine Congress- ruled states as well as those of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha today kept away from NITI Aayog's Governing Council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss various issues, including the land Bill. The second meeting of the NITI Aayog's Governing Council, was, however, attended by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish

New Delhi, Jul 15: Anticipating an end to sanctions against Iran, India, which had reduced its oil imports from Tehran under western pressure, stepped up its oil imports from the Gulf nation from April this year, upping it by over 50% from the same period last year. It was an early signal to Tehran that while India resisted the sanctions, it plans to enter Iran in a big way. Welcoming the deal

Mumbai, Jul 15: Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case will be hanged to death on July 30, if the apex court rejects his mercy plea on July 21, according to reports. In 2014, President Pranab Mukherjee had turned down Memon's clemency plea . Memon has been described as the mastermind of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts that claimed 257 lives and left 713 injured. The

Vijayawada, Jul 14: At least 27 pilgrims, 13 of them women, died and 20 others injured in a stampede at a major bathing spot on the banks of the Godavari river where a huge crowd of devotees had gathered on the opening day of 'Pushkaram' festival here today. A major religious event held once in 12 years, hundreds of people drawn from different parts of the state had converged on the river bank to

Bhopal, Jul 14: Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has said that the `acche din` promised by his political organisation will take 25 years to be achieved, adding that a mere five-year rule by the party cannot take the country to the top of the world. According to reports, Shah said that `acche din` was the pride that India enjoyed before the British Raj, adding that the BJP would need to

Bhopal, Jul 14: Senior Bhartiya Janta Party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya has termed the Vyapam scam as a "small incident" and said that the party's morale is not down on the issue. "For us it (Vyapam) is a chutput (small) incident. It may be big for you," Vijayvargiya, the national general secretary of BJP, told reporters in Bhopal on Monday. He and the national vice president in charge of MP

Islamabad, Jul 13: In a turnaround, Pakistan today asked for "more evidence and information" from India on the Mumbai attack case and asserted that talks cannot take place without Kashmir being on the agenda, barely three days after the two countries agreed to re-engage. Going back to its oft-repeated stand, Pakistan Prime Minister's Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz

New Delhi, Jul 13: The government has capped the subsidy it will pay on kerosene at Rs 12 per litre while deciding to foot the entire bill on domestic cooking gas, a senior official said. The Finance Ministry will pay Rs 12 per litre in cash to state-owned fuel retailers and any unbridged gap between the retail selling price and the cost of production will be borne by upstream companies like ONGC