India

New Delhi, Mar 3: Diesel price for bulk consumers like Railways has been hiked by almost a rupee per litre, while the price of cooking gas (LPG) is cut by Rs 37.50 a cylinder that consumers buy beyond their quota of subsidised bottles. Neither the retail prices of diesel sold through petrol pumps nor rates for subsidised LPG cylinders has been changed. The government had in January allowed state

Lucknow, Mar 3: In a bid to re-affirm his commitment to the Muslim cause and allay fears of having an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the backdrop of his recent statement in the Lok Sabha, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh has pulled out all stops to woo the minority community ahead of next year’s general election. While reiterating his stand on the implementation of the Sachar

New Delhi, Mar 2: A parliamentary committee has endorsed the government's decision not to treat "marital rape" as a sexual offence in the recently-promulgated anti-rape ordinance, agreeing that it could destroy the institution of marriage. However, the panel was silent on rape in live-in relationships, with many members of the view that treating it differently from other sexual offences was not

Shillong, Mar 2: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked the entire northeast India and adjoining Bangladesh Saturday morning. No casualties were reported, officials said.According to a seismologist here, the quake was felt around 7.01 a.m. in most parts of the northeast region and neighbouring Bangladesh, and its epicentre lay along the India-Bangladesh border."The exact epicentre

New Delhi, Mar 2: Finance Minister P Chidambaram has appealed to people not to buy so much gold, a day after his 2013-14 Budget surprised traders by keeping gold import duty unchanged at 6 per cent. But Chidambaram, who is trying to rein in imports by the world’s biggest bullion buyer to curb a record current account deficit, told CNBC television on Friday that the duty was not yet high enough to

New Delhi, Mar 1: Petrol price was on Friday hiked by Rs 1.40 per litre, the second big increase in rates in as many weeks.A rise in international oil prices and depreciation in rupee have necessitated a Rs 1.40 per litre increase in price of petrol with effect from midnight tonight, said a statement by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).The hike is excluding local sales tax or VAT and the actual

New Delhi, Mar 1: Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday committed yet another gaffe when he named the victims of the Bhandara rape incident in Rajya Sabha which had to be expunged at the intervention of the Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley. Pointing out the gaffe, Jaitley, a senior lawyer, said as per law the victims of rape, that too minors, are not identified and named and their

Hyderabad, Mar 1: A breakthrough eludes police even a week after the terrorist attack in Hyderabad that killed 16 people and injured over 100. Despite claims by the police of obtaining many clues, it appears to be still groping in the dark. No one has been arrested so far in connection with the twin bomb blasts, though police picked up for questioning many youth including some who were acquitted

New Delhi, Mar 1: Despite the verve with which it captured the dramatic escape of six Americans from the Canadian embassy during the Iranian revolution - culminating in an Oscar for best picture this year - Argo is perhaps no more than just another American red rag for the Iranians. The chairman of Iran's Parliament and one of the key politicians in the country, Ali Larijani, said on Thursday that

New Delhi, Feb 28: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday proposed to pump in Rs.5,000 crore ($909.09 million) into ailing national carrier Air India in the next fiscal. "Budgetary support of Rs.5,000 crore has been earmarked for equity infusion in Air India Limited," said the expenditure budget presented to the Lok Sabha for the financial year starting April 1, 2013. In his last budget (2012-13