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New Delhi, Sep 2: CBI Director Ranjit Sinha was today at the centre of a controversy with an NGO telling the Supreme Court that entry register of his residence portrays a "very disturbing" and "explosive material" coming in the way of administration of justice in 2G spectrum allocation scam. The issue was raised by the NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), one of the PIL petitioners

Kochi, Sept 2: Slamming the move to appoint Justice P Sathasivam as Kerala Governor, Congress on Tuesday wondered whether there was anything in the former CJI's "persona, functioning or decisions" that "pleased" Prime Minister Narendra Modi or BJP President Amit Shah. Noting that Sathasivam was the first former Chief Justice set to be appointed as Governor, Congress wanted to know from the

Tokyo, Sep 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday turned into a drummer, a day after signing a number of deals with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. The PM amazed everyone when he played traditional Taiko drums with great vigour. Modi’s performance came at the launch of Tata Consultancy Services’s Technology and Cultural Academy. After concluding his opening remarks, TCS CEO N Chandrasekaran invited

Tokyo, Sep 2: Living up to the hopes and expectations of several watchers, the Japanese government on Monday announced a public-private investment of 3.5 trillion yen (Rs 2.03 lakh crore) in India. The two countries have set a target of doubling Japan's foreign direct investment and the number of Japanese companies in India within five years. Japanese funding will also be made available for Public

Tokyo, Sep 1: Japan today announced doubling of its private and public investment in India to about USD 34 billion over the next five years even as the two countries decided to elevate their ties to a Special Strategic Global Partnership but failed to conclude a civil nuclear deal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during their summit talks also reaffirmed the

Kyoto, Sep 1: With India and Japan now talking of a new chapter in their global and strategic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today begins the second leg of his five-day Japan visit - to convince the country to 'make in India and invest in India'. According to the Nikkei business daily, Japan aims to double its direct investment in India in five years from around $2 billion last year. India and

Nagpur, Aug 31: Nationalist Congress Party general secretary Tariq Anwar has accused the BJP-led government at the centre of fanning communal passions in the country just to polarize voters on basis of religion before elections in five states. "But the voters are seeing through this game plan of the BJP and have shown in recent by-elections in Bihar that they would prefer secularism to communalism

New Delhi, Aug 31: In a third such reduction in a month, petrol prices were reduced by Rs 1.51 per litre from midnight on Sunday while diesel prices were increased by 50 paise per litre excluding value added tax (VAT) . The cut in petrol price will be more after the local taxes or VAT is added to the base price. VAT varies from state to state. Consequently, in Delhi, the petrol prices will be cut

New Delhi, Aug 30: Taking credit for the uptick in domestic economy, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the 5.7 per cent growth in the first quarter vindicates UPA government's projection that revival would take place in the beginning of 2014-15 as a result of measures taken in the previous fiscal. "The GDP data for the first quarter of 2014-15 was released yesterday and the Congress

Kyoto, Aug 30: Varanasi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in the Lok Sabha, will be developed into a 'smart city' by using the experience of Kyoto, the 'smart city' of Japan, under a pact signed here on Saturday. A partner city MoU was signed by Indian ambassador Deepa Wadhwa and Kyoto mayor Daisaka Kadokawa at a ceremony witnessed by Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. The