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New Delhi, Jan 14: Setting a rule of sorts, Environment Minister M Veerappa Moily has made it clear that green nod will not be given to a project that is opposed by local panchayats. He made this clear against the backdrop of rejection of clearance to London-based Vedanta's $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri in Odisha. "I have rejected the Niyamgiri because all the panchayats have

New Delhi, Jan 14: Ahead of the AICC meeting on Friday when he is expected to be named the Congress Prime Ministerial candidate, Rahul Gandhi today appeared ready to take up the responsibility. "I am a sepoy of Congress.I will obey whatever order is given to me. I will do whatever Congress wants me to do... Decisions are taken in our party by senior leaders," he told Hindi daily 'Dainik Bhaskar'

New Delhi, Jan 14: AAP is likely to sweep Delhi, bagging six of the seven seats, pick up a seat in Greater Mumbai and one in the Noida-Ghaziabad area in the coming Lok Sabha polls, according to an opinion poll done in the NCR region and in the Mumbai-Greater Mumbai areas. The party is also set to mark its presence in the other NCR satellite cities, though it may not win a seat in them, the poll

Colombo, Jan 14: Sri Lankan authorities say they have freed 52 Indian fishermen detained for poaching following India's release of 20 Sri Lankan fishermen, in a sign of easing tensions between the two countries over the contentious issue. Sri Lankan Fisheries Ministry spokesman Narendra Rajapakse says the fishermen and their boats were released today after India freed the Sri Lankans held in the

New Delhi, Jan 13: “There are people who just want to meet the CM…so I will be available once a week for two to three hours to meet the people. People need not come to us for their grievances. For that we are opening several avenues," he said. He said the government had a meeting on Monday where it took stock of what went wrong on Saturday. “Now, we are making a system through which people can

Ghaziabad, Jan 13: Notwithstanding Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's stand against taking any security cover, Ghaziabad police have decided to provide 'Z' category protection to him from Monday. As per the security plan outlined by the district police, 30 personnel would be deployed round-the-clock to provide security to Kejriwal. Kejriwal presently resides with his family in a flat in Girnar

New Delhi, Jan 13: Narendra Modi has long associated Delhi with all the negative facets of the Congress led UPA regime. With the Aam Aadmi Party’s success in the national capital and the buzz around its electoral potential on a national scale, the BJP prime ministerial candidate referred to`Delhi’ in a different perspective – to question media obsession, (television news in particular) towards the

Greater Noida (UP), Jan 13: Under pressure from his party, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today said the government is considering increasing the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 per household even as hints were dropped of a one-time hike in diesel and LPG rates. Moily, who last week said there was no proposal to increase the quota from 9 cylinders per household to 12, today said the final

Amethi/AP, Jan 12: Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas was on Sunday shown black flags by a group of people, who were protesting against his purported remarks against a religious event, while he was heading to address a rally in Rahul Gandhi’s constituency here. Stones and eggs were also thrown at two buses ferrying party supporters to the rally venue, in Gandhi Chowk area of the city. Window

New Delhi, Jan 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said true religion cannot be the basis of hatred and division, but of mutual respect and tolerance for faiths and beliefs of all. “It is no use celebrating Swamiji’s life, paying our respects to his ideas and teachings and honouring his memory if we do not imbibe the values that he advocated,” he said while paying homage to Swami