India

New Delhi, Jul 9: Get ready to pay more for cooking gas and diesel, where the government may allow oil marketing companies to raise prices by at least Re 1 every month to pare their losses following the steep rupee depreciation. The impact of the near 12% fall in the rupee against the dollar since the financial year began in April will translate into higher prices for almost everything - from

Ranchi, Jul 9: Armed with the support of 42 MLAs in the 82-member Jharkhand Assembly, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Legislature Party leader Hemant Soren would formally stake claim to form government on Tuesday. “The JMM leader sought time between 5 pm and 6 pm to stake claim for a new government formation, and Governor Syed Ahmed gave him time at 5.30 pm,” said an official attached to Raj Bhavan

Bangalore, Jul 9: Governor H?R?Bhardwaj has given his assent to a land revenue bill that proposes to regularise unauthorised houses built by the poor on government land in rural areas. The controversial Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill was first passed during the tenure of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?government by both houses of the state legislature in June last year, but was returned

Talegaon (Maha), Jul 8: As many as 13 bombs were planted inside the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bodh Gaya of which ten had exploded injuring two monks, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today. "Today, I have the information of 10 blasts. A total of 13 bombs were placed there. I will not go into details where they were kept and all. Two persons have been injured-- 50-year-old Dorji and Bala

Patna, July 7: A National Investigation Agency team began its probe into the serial blasts on Sunday evening in the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya town, police officials said. “An NIA team led by an IPS officer Vikas Vaibhav began probe into the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya soon after they arrived,” said an official at police headquarters in Patna. According to police officials in Gaya, the

President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday condemned the serial blasts at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya as a senseless act of violence to target innocent pilgrims. Expressing deep anguish over the blasts, he said it was a “senseless act of violence targeting innocent pilgrims and monks who had gathered to worship at this temple dedicated to the great apostle of peace - Gautam Buddha“. In a statement

Gaya, Jul 7: Five people including two tourists were injured in a serial blast near Mahabodhi temple complex at Bodh Gaya 110 km from Patna on Sunday morning. According to Gaya police, the blasts took place in quick succession between 5.30 am and 6 am in the temple complex and near Mahabodhi tree. Senior police officers, including DIG of Magadh range, have reached the world heritage site-Mahabodhi

Washington, Jul 7: Three Indians were on board the ill-fated Asiana Airlines flight which crashed landed at the San Francisco airport, killing two people and injuring more than 180, officials said today. The tail ripped off the airplane as it was touching down on the San Francisco airport runway about 11:30 am local time yesterday after arriving from Seoul, Federal Aviation officials said. Ten

Patna, Jul 6: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today launched a 'virtual' election campaign in Bihar making a veiled attack against his bete noire Nitish Kumar saying those who 'betrayed' BJP will be defeated by people of the state. "There is a 1974-like anti-Congress wave prevailing in the country now. The mandate of the people of Bihar was for NDA. Like then (in 1974), those who betrayed the

New Delhi, Jul 6: Keen to find out “deliverables” before they meet in New York in September, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif have asked their special envoys to start informal talks, supplementing the structured dialogue between the officials of the two countries. Sharif’s special envoy Shahryar Khan is currently in New Delhi and is understood to have