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Mumbai, Sep 11: On a day his party supported the Congress' Bharat bandh against fuel price rise, MNS chief Raj Thackeray said the current BJP dispensation at the Centre is "worse" than the erstwhile UPA government. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supported the national shutdown along with other political parties in the state. Addressing reporters, Thackeray also attacked the Shiv Sena which didn

New Delhi, Sept 11: The country is being divided under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rule, Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged on Monday and declared that a united opposition will defeat the BJP in the next elections. Addressing a protest rally with various opposition parties at the Ramlila grounds in Delhi, he also questioned the Prime Minister's silence on rising fuel prices, the Rafale jet

New Delhi, Sept 11: Over-optimistic bankers, slowdown in government decision making process and moderation in economic growth mainly contributed to the mounting bad loans, said former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in a note to Parliamentary panel. In a note to Chairman of Estimates Committee Murli Manohar Joshi, he said: "A variety of governance problems such as the suspect allocation of coal mines

Jaipur, Sept 11: Stoking a controversy, Rajasthan minister Rajkumar Rinwa on Monday advised people to reduce their expenses to deal with rising fuel prices, a comment slammed by the Congress as "arrogant" and "insensitive". On a day when the Congress and other opposition parties held a nationwide protest, 'Bharat Bandh', against the rise in fuel prices, the minister said, "People do not understand

New Delhi, Sept 10: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a report from a sessions judge in a Lucknow court on how he intends to complete the trial in the Babri Masjid demolition case involving BJP veterans L.K. Advani, M.M. Joshi and Uma Bharti within the April 2019 deadline. A Bench of Justices R.F. Nariman and Indu Malhotra also sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea of trial

New Delhi, Sep 10: The Congress has no moral right to protest against the increasing fuel prices, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy said on Monday. "Under the Congress regime also petrol prices had increased and they made silly comments during that time. They have no moral right to protest now," said Swamy. Swamy, however, added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must take steps

New Delhi, Sept 10: Even as the opposition parties called for Bharat Bandh to protest against the soaring fuel prices, the govt-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) have again increased the price of sensitive petroleum products like petrol and diesel in the country on Monday. The prices of petrol and diesel touched a new high with Mumbai paying the maximum among the four metros. While petrol costs

New Delhi, Sept 10: The BJP Monday dubbed the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the Congress and several other parties as an attempt to spread rumour and confusion among the masses and said people will "puncture the grand alliance balloon" floated by the main opposition party. Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi took on the Congress, saying it has been a "history

New Delhi, Sept 10: Congress president Rahul Gandhi kick-started the nationwide protests against fuel price hike by staging a sit-in demonstration at a petrol pump near Rajghat along with leaders from 20 political parties. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP leader Tariq Anwar, RSP leader N K Premachandran, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, RJD leader J P N

Mumbai, Sept 10: The rupee on Monday slumped to a fresh record low of 72.18 by falling 45 paise against the U.S. dollar on strong demand for the U.S. currency from importers as the greenback strengthened against other currencies overseas on upbeat jobs data. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the local currency opened at record low of 72.15 a dollar from its previous close of 71.73