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New Delhi, Jan 28: The Jan Lokpal Bill is likely to be approved by the Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday as its draft has almost been finalised by a panel headed by Chief Secretary. According to an official, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today held a long discussion on the Bill in a meeting attended by lawyer and AAP leader Prashant Bhushan, advocate Rahul Mehra, Cabinet ministers and senior government

New Delhi, Jan 28: Taking on Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Gujarat government was involved in 2002 riots. Speaking to an English news channel on Monday, Rahul defended the Congress government for 1984 riots and said, "Gujarat government was involved in 2002 riots while Congress government tried to stop 1984 riots

Ranchi, Jan 27: Naxalites on Monday carried out multiple IED blasts in Jharkhand's Giridih district, injuring 12 security personnel who were on a search operation to trace four persons abducted by Maoists. Preliminary information coming to the base headquarters here said close to seven Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts were carried out in Dolkata area of the district when troops were out

New Delhi, Jan 27: The restrictions on gold imports will be reviewed by March end, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today. "I am confident that by the end of this year we will be able to revisit some of the restrictions on gold import but we will do so only when we are absolutely sure that we have a firm grip on the current account deficit," he said while addressing tax officials at the Customs

New Delhi, Jan 27: Slym, 51, was in Thailand to attend a meeting of the board of directors of Tata's subsidiary in the country. He had joined the company in October 2012, as part of a major management overhaul that also saw two other top-level appointments, and was the brainchild in the company's strategy to regain its position in the domestic market. His demise is likely to be a speed breaker in

Mumbai, Jan 27: The benchmark BSE Sensex today plunged over 335 points in early trade, extending losses for the second session as funds and retail investors engaged in reducing positions amid a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share barometer, which had lost 240.10 points in the previous session, fell by 335.33 points, or 1.58 per cent, to 20,798.23. Stocks of banking, capital goods, metal

New Delhi, Jan 27: Expelled AAP MLA Vinod Kumar Binny on Sunday night described his ouster from the party as unfortunate, and claimed that the ruling party in Delhi “wants the Government to fall” to escape the promises it has made to the people. “It cannot be more unfortunate than the fact that you need somebody to make you realise the promises you have made to the public and you end up expelling

Ahmedabad, Jan 26: The Gujarat unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today launched a "broom march" as part of its campaign for the Lok Sabha elections and to expose corruption of the state government. "The march began from Indulal Yagnik's statue in Lal Darwaja area of the city and it will cover all Lok Sabha constituencies of the state," AAP media coordinator Harshil Nayak said. Television

New Delhi, Jan 26: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today made it clear that he will be contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, seeking to put a lid on speculation that he may be nominated to the Rajya Sabha. "I have not said anything (about going to RS) and if somebody offers me this suggestion I will think about it. But it is natural, I think, that if I had to consider it I would have done it

Mumbai, Jan 26: Even as its application to start a commercial bank is pending, India Post has drawn a massive plan to install as many as 3,000 ATMs and 1.35 lakh micro-ATMs at the ubiquitous post offices across the country for savings account holders by September 2015, a top official has said. "We will be starting with three ATMs to be installed in New Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore on February 5